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type: weekly
layout: weekly_old
date: "2019-11-14T00:00:00Z"
issuenumber: 34
title: "Issue 34: November 7-14, 2019"
---

<h3>Table of Contents:</h3>
<ul class="contents">
    <li><a href="#news">Recent News</a></li>
    <li><a href="#ideas">CCS Proposal Ideas</a></li>
    <li><a href="#proposals">CCS Proposals Need Funding</a></li>
    <li><a href="#stats">Price & Blockchain Stats</a></li>
    <li><a href="#volunteer">Volunteer Opportunities</a></li>
    <li><a href="#sponsor">Sponsors</a></li>
    <li><a href="#donate">Donate</a></li>
</ul>

<h3 id="news">Recent News</h3>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/dtt2j3/cli_v01500_carbon_chamaeleon_released/" target="_blank">CLI v0.15.0.0 'Carbon Chamaeleon' is released</a>.
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://www.coindesk.com/investment-app-abra-expands-us-offerings-with-60-new-cryptos" target="_blank">Abra Wallet now supports Monero withdraws</a> (via an exchange).
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/MoneroMining/comments/dvv637/xmrig_500_stable_release_unified_3_in_1_miner/" target="_blank">XMRig has released a RandomX ready stable release</a>; the primary new feature being its new 3-in-1 capabilities (CPU, OpenCL, CUDA).
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Coinbase <a href="https://blog.coinbase.com/how-coinbase-views-proof-of-work-security-f4ba1a139da0" target="_blank">released a blog post concerning Proof of Work</a>, where Monero’s previous ideologies were criticized. The Monero Outreach Workgroup <a href="https://www.monerooutreach.org/stories/response-to-coinbase.php" target="_blank">responded with a post of their own</a>, rebutting some of the inaccuracies.
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/dw7l10/monero_application_133_and_141_release/" target="_blank">Ledger has released their updated Monero app in preparation for the hard fork</a>.
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://twitter.com/VCCExchange/status/1194119089360293888" target="_blank">VCC Exchange has listed Monero</a>.
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Monero Talk with Adam Meister on Bitcoin’s surveillance properties, Monero & more - available on YouTube: <a href="https://youtu.be/zI-SbdLAEPc" target="_blank">Part 1</a>, <a href="https://youtu.be/_qmmw6M4SBU" target="_blank">Part 2</a>, and <a href="https://youtu.be/7XvDsTV0Qsg" target="_blank">Part 3</a>.
    </h4>
</div>

<h3 id="events">Upcoming Events</h3>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">November 17, 2019 (Sunday) – 17:00 UTC</p>
    <p markdown="1">Dev Meeting - <a href="irc://chat.freenode.net/#monero-dev" target="_blank">#monero-dev</a> IRC channel</p>
</div>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">November 18, 2019 (Monday) – 17:00 UTC</p>
    <p markdown="1">Research Lab Meeting - <a href="irc://chat.freenode.net/#monero-research-lab" target="_blank">#monero-research-lab</a> IRC channel</p>
</div>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">November 20, 2019 (Wednesday) – 16:00 UTC</p>
    <p markdown="1">36C3 Meeting - <a href="irc://chat.freenode.net/#monero-ccc" target="_blank">#monero-ccc</a> IRC channel</p>
</div>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">November 23, 2019 (Saturday) – 17:00 UTC</p>
    <p markdown="1">Community Workgroup Meeting - <a href="irc://chat.freenode.net/#monero-community" target="_blank">#monero-community</a> IRC channel</p>
</div>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">November 30, 2019 (Saturday) – 16:00 UTC</p>
    <p>Monero Coffee Chat - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKxLNPJeEjPXOke55i5AIXA" target="_blank">watch online here</a></p>
</div>

<h3 id="ideas">CCS Proposal Ideas</h3>

<p>Below you can find recent CCS proposal ideas open for discussion.</p>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/merge_requests/102" target="_blank">WIP: Norwegian translation</a></p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/merge_requests/97" target="_blank">funding for a new payment gateway</a></p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/merge_requests/91" target="_blank">Telegram bot for Monero-Jobs group</a></p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/merge_requests/88" target="_blank">BrandedGIFS-JB</a></p>
</div>

<h3 id="proposals">CCS Proposals Need Funding</h3>

<div class="proposal">
    <p><a href="https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/36c3.html" target="_blank">36C3 Supplies</a> by rehrar</p>
    <p>Raised <b>0.04 of 560.00</b> XMR</p>
</div>

<h3 id="stats">Price & Blockchain Stats</h3>

<h4 class="stat">Blockchain Stats</h4>

<div class="bcstats">
    <p>Block height: <b>1967099</b></p>
    <p>Hash rate: <b>293.220 MH/s</b></p>
    <p>Median block size: <b>13.6 kB</b></p>
    <p>Average Tx per block: <b>10.41</b></p>
    <p>Weekly Moving Average Tx per day: <b>7466</b></p>
    <p>Block reward: <b>2.17 XMR</b></p>
</div>
<p class="note">Data taken on November 14, 2019</p>

<h4 class="stat">Hashrate Pool Distribution</h4>
<p><img src="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-1114.png" alt="Hashrate Pool Distribution Pie Chart"/></p>

<h4 class="stat">Price & Performance</h4>

<div class="price-intro">XMR Market Cap: <b>$1,126,557,777</b><br>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$62.50</b></div>

<p class="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
<table class="price-table">
  <tr class="row1">
    <th>XMR to</th>
    <th>11/14/19</th>
    <th>Week</th>
    <th>Month</th>
    <th>Year</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">USD</td>
    <td data-th="11/14/19">$65.09</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+3.1%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+25.1%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-30.7%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row3">
    <td data-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
    <td data-th="11/14/19">€58.95</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+3.4%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+25.3%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-28.8%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
    <td data-th="11/14/19">Ƀ0.00752017</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+10.0%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+18.3%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-53.4%</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p class="note">Data taken on November 14, 2019</p>

<p class="table-title">XMR Price Graph for November 8 - November 14, 2019</p>

![XMR Price Graph 11/08/19-11/14/19](/img/weekly-chart-1114.png "XMR Price Graph 11/08/19-11/14/19") 

Sources: <a href="https://community.xmr.to/explorer/mainnet/" target="_blank">community.xmr.to</a>, <a href="https://moneroblocks.info/stats/transaction-stats" target="_blank">moneroblocks.info</a>, <a href="https://minexmr.com/pools.html" target="_blank">minexmr.com</a>, <a href="https://bitinfocharts.com/monero/" target="_blank">bitinfocharts.com</a>, <a href="https://www.coingecko.com/" target="_blank">coingecko.com</a>, <a href="https://localmonero.co/" target="_blank">localmonero.co</a>

<h3 id="volunteer">Volunteer Opportunities</h3>

<p>If you want to get involved in making Monero better, but aren’t sure how, check out the volunteer opportunities below.</p>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <p class="date"><a href="https://github.com/monero-project/monero" target="_blank">Test Monero Core Software</a></p>
    <p>Anyone with moderate technical ability is encouraged to try to build and run Monero nightlies. Do not trust it with your Monero, but feel free to open an Issue on Github as problems arise. Instructions to build on your OS of choice can be found <a href="https://github.com/monero-project/monero#compiling-monero-from-source" target="_blank">on GitHub</a>. </p>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <p class="date"><a href="https://github.com/monero-project/monero" target="_blank">Getting Started with Helping Monero</a></p>
    <p>If you are new to Monero and want to contribute, please check out <a href="https://www.monerooutreach.org/stories/getting-started-helping-monero.php" target="_blank">this article about volunteering and contributing to Monero</a> from the Monero Outreach Group. </p>
</div>

<h3 id="sponsor">Sponsored by</h3>

<p><a href="https://localmonero.co/" target="_blank"><img src="/img/localmonero-logo.png" alt="LocalMonero.co Logo" class="localmonero"></a></p>

<p class="text-center"><a href="https://localmonero.co/" target="_blank">LocalMonero.co</a></p>

<h3 id="donate">Donate</h3>

<p markdown="1">If you enjoy this publication and want to support it, we encourage you to donate to the Monero General Fund, using the following address:</p>

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