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type: weekly
layout: weekly_old
date: "2020-01-10T00:00:00Z"
issuenumber: 42
title: "Issue 42: January 3-10, 2020"
---

<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://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cakewallet.cake_wallet" target="_blank">Cake Wallet is now available for Android</a>.
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>MRL has released a <a href="https://eprint.iacr.org/2020/018" target="_blank">paper for a proving system called Triptych that has the potential to take Monero’s ringsize to over one hundred</a>.
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://www.monerooutreach.org/monero-china-west.php" target="_blank">Monero Outreach put out an article</a> that looks at the differences in viewpoints between the West and China in regards to Monero.
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/ekvpji/pinodexmr_single_board_computer_plug_and_play/" target="_blank">PiNode-XMR has put out a new version with tons of new features</a>.
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Monero Talk put out the first of their C3 interviews with Riccardo “fluffypony” Spagni and Joel Gugger - <a href="https://youtu.be/pa0RlyH92Ns" target="_blank">available on YouTube</a>.
    </h4>
</div>

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

<div class="event">
    <p class="date">January 11, 2020 (Saturday) – 17:00 UTC</p>
    <p>Monero Coffee Chat - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKxLNPJeEjPXOke55i5AIXA" target="_blank">watch online here</a></p>
</div>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">January 12, 2020 (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">January 15, 2020 (Wednesday) – 18:00 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">January 15, 2020 (Wednesday) – 19:00 UTC</p>
    <p markdown="1">Monero Konferenco [EU] Meeting - <a href="irc://chat.freenode.net/#monero-konferenco" target="_blank">#monero-konferenco</a> IRC channel</p>
</div>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">January 18, 2020 (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>

<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/116" target="_blank">v1docq47: video creation / translations into russian (february - july 2020)</a></p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/merge_requests/115" target="_blank">Locha Mesh, private transactions and sync over a resilient long-range radio mesh network</a></p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/merge_requests/113" target="_blank">Cryptoeconomics Research</a></p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/merge_requests/107" target="_blank">RandomX Thanks</a></p>
</div>

<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/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/ErCiccione-website-jan-march.html" target="_blank">3 months part time work on Getmonero.org</a> by erciccione</p>
    <p>Raised <b>63.75 of 174.00</b> XMR (37%)</p>
</div>

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

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

<div class="bcstats">
    <p>Block height: <b>2008554</b></p>
    <p>Hash rate: <b>1.101 GH/s</b></p>
    <p>Median block size: <b>16.7 kB</b></p>
    <p>Average Tx per block: <b>11.35</b></p>
    <p>Weekly Moving Average Tx per day: <b>8146</b></p>
    <p>Block reward: <b>2.01 XMR</b></p>
</div>
<p class="note">Data taken on January 10, 2020</p>

<h4 class="stat">XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks</h4>
<p><img src="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-0110.png" alt="Hashrate Pool Distribution Pie Chart"/></p>

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

<div class="price-intro">XMR Market Cap: <b>$1,048,065,602</b><br>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$57.57</b></div>

<p class="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
<table class="price-table">
  <tr class="row1">
    <th>XMR to</th>
    <th>01/10/20</th>
    <th>Week</th>
    <th>Month</th>
    <th>Year</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">USD</td>
    <td data-th="01/10/20">$60.42</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+18.9%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+14.4%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+34.0%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row3">
    <td data-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
    <td data-th="01/10/20">€54.28</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+19.4%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+14.5%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+38.7%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
    <td data-th="01/10/20">B0.00736682</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+5.9%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">0.2%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-41.0%</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p class="note">Data taken on January 10, 2020</p>

<p class="table-title">XMR Price Graph for January 4 - 10, 2020</p>

![XMR Price Graph 01/04/20-01/10/20](/img/weekly-chart-0110.png "XMR Price Graph 01/04/20-01/10/20") 

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://miningpoolstats.stream/monero" target="_blank">miningpoolstats.stream</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>

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