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type: weekly
layout: weekly_old
date: "2019-12-26T00:00:00Z"
issuenumber: 40
title: "Issue 40: December 19-26, 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>Monero has a presence at 36C3 as one of the main hosts of the Critical Decentralization Cluster. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/efuoxq/monero_at_the_36c3_chaos_communication_congress/" target="_blank">More info here</a>.
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/edcm03/xmrto_can_now_process_partially_paid_orders/" target="_blank">XMR.to can now process partially paid orders</a>.
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/ed8lhr/localmoneroagoradesk_now_has_a_fully_functional/" target="_blank">LocalMonero/AgoraDesk now has a fully functional API</a>.
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Reddit user <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/_survirtual" target="_blank">_subvirtual</a> has made a <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/eeue4g/this_might_be_useful_to_someone_here_i_compiled/" target="_blank">Monero Crypto library in WASM with an easy-to-use JavaSCript Interface</a>.
    </h4>
</div>

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

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">December 29, 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">December 30, 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">January 4, 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/111" target="_blank">erciccione part time work (Jan-March) on Getmonero.org</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/sarang-2020-q1.html" target="_blank">Sarang: research funding for 2020 Q1</a> by Sarang Noether</p>
    <p>Raised <b>395.13 of 695.00</b> XMR (57%)</p>
</div>

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

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

<div class="bcstats">
    <p>Block height: <b>1997789</b></p>
    <p>Hash rate: <b>943.323 MH/s</b></p>
    <p>Median block size: <b>10.6 kB</b></p>
    <p>Average Tx per block: <b>9.68</b></p>
    <p>Weekly Moving Average Tx per day: <b>6965</b></p>
    <p>Block reward: <b>2.05 XMR</b></p>
</div>
<p class="note">Data taken on December 26, 2019</p>

<h4 class="stat">Hashrate Pool Distribution</h4>
<p><img src="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-1226.png" alt="Hashrate Pool Distribution Pie Chart"/></p>

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

<div class="price-intro">XMR Market Cap: <b>$792,507,603</b><br>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$43.09</b></div>

<p class="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
<table class="price-table">
  <tr class="row1">
    <th>XMR to</th>
    <th>12/26/19</th>
    <th>Week</th>
    <th>Month</th>
    <th>Year</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">USD</td>
    <td data-th="12/26/19">$45.66</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-3.8%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-11%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-6.2%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row3">
    <td data-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
    <td data-th="12/26/19">€41.06</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-3.7%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-11.7%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-4.1%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
    <td data-th="12/26/19">B0.00631846</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-4.8%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-11.8%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-50.9%</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p class="note">Data taken on December 26, 2019</p>

<p class="table-title">XMR Price Graph for December 20 - 26, 2019</p>

![XMR Price Graph 12/19/19-12/26/19](/img/weekly-chart-1226.png "XMR Price Graph 12/19/19-12/26/19") 

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>

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