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type: weekly
layout: weekly_old
date: "2020-11-03T00:00:00Z"
issuenumber: 82
title: "Issue 82: October 26 - November 3, 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>Monero had another Monero Village, this time as a part of the Grayhat conference. You can see our talks over the three days at the following four links (one day was split up due to issues): <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3M0zgbvR_o" target="_blank">Day 1</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGxRcvQrWKE" target="_blank">Day 2</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJKp1P66LBU" target="_blank">Day 3</a> & <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlgMm0ugzMA" target="_blank">Day 3 (continued)</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Lovera was successfully funded in his CCS on making educational content in Spanish, and has released <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/jku47q/ccs_october_monthly_report_create_monero/" target="_blank">his first monthly report</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://beincrypto.com/about-privacy-on-monero-and-lightning-interview-with-riccardo-spagni/" target="_blank">Riccardo ‘fluffypony’ Spagni was interviewed by BeInCrypto about privacy and Monero</a>.</h4>
</div>

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

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">November 7, 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>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">November 15, 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>

<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/179" target="_blank">xiphon part-time coding Dec 2020 - Feb 2021</a></p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/156" target="_blank">Implementing New Range Proof Technique Bulletproofs+ in Monero</a></p>
</div>

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

None. All funded. :) But keep a look out for proposals in the future, or donate to the General Fund (<a href="#donate">donation address</a> at the bottom of the Revuo).

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

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

<div class="bcstats">
    <p>Block height: <b>2222927</b></p>
    <p>Hash rate: <b>1.441 GH/s</b></p>
    <p>Average Tx per block: <b>25.83</b></p>
    <p>Weekly Moving Average Tx per day: <b>18,423</b></p>
    <p>Block reward: <b>1.33 XMR</b></p>
</div>
<p class="note">Data taken on November 3, 2020</p>

<h4 class="stat">XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks</h4>
<p><img src="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-1103.png" alt="Hashrate Pool Distribution Pie Chart"/></p>

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

<div class="price-intro">XMR Market Cap: <b>$2,141,243,090</b><br>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$115.89</b></div>

<p class="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
<table class="price-table">
  <tr class="row1">
    <th></th>
    <th>11/03/20</th>
    <th>Week</th>
    <th>Month</th>
    <th>Year</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">USD</td>
    <td data-th="11/03/20">$120.75</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-9.9%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+14.2%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+91.1%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row3">
    <td data-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
    <td data-th="11/03/20">€103.75</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-8.8%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+15.0%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+83.4%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
    <td data-th="11/03/20">B0.00871934</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-11.1%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-12.0%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+27.1%</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p class="note">Data taken on November 3, 2020</p>

<p class="table-title">XMR Price Graph for October 27 - November 3, 2020</p>

![XMR Price Graph 10/27/20-11/03/20](/img/weekly-chart-1103.png "XMR Price Graph 10/27/20-11/03/20") 

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>

<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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