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type: weekly
layout: weekly_old
date: "2019-12-12T00:00:00Z"
issuenumber: 38
title: "Issue 38: December 5-12, 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>One of the new features in Monero is the ability to pay for services with PoW hashes! While this idea isn’t new in and of itself, it’s now natively integrated into the wallet. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/e9ix5r/cool_sexy_name_for_the_new_pay_rpc_thing/" target="_blank">Some contributors are looking for feedback on what to name this exciting feature.</a>.
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>People who want to help the Monero network via a public node as advised to add --public-node to their config. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/e84zo8/public_rpc_node_providers_remote_node_providers/" target="_blank">Details here</a>.
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://www.publish0x.com/treepi/how-moneros-privacy-features-actually-keep-your-information-xezvyq" target="_blank">Publish0x released an article that explains Monero’s privacy features</a>.
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Monero Talk did a post-fork upgrade show where they talked with Howard Chu, Jethro Grassie, and Justin Ehrenhofer about how things are going - <a href="https://youtu.be/5xDPSCEwvZU" target="_blank">watch on YouTube</a>.
    </h4>
</div>



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

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">December 15, 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 16, 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">December 18, 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">December 21, 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>

<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/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/surae-q4-funding-2019.html" target="_blank">Surae: research funding for Nov 2019 - Jan 2020</a> by Surae Noether</p>
    <p>Raised <b>370.17 of 499.00</b> XMR (74%)</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
    <p><a href="https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/36c3.html" target="_blank">36C3 Supplies</a> by rehrar</p>
    <p>Raised <b>550.18 of 560.00</b> XMR (98%)</p>
</div>

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

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

<div class="bcstats">
    <p>Block height: <b>1987756</b></p>
    <p>Hash rate: <b>870.338 MH/s</b></p>
    <p>Median block size: <b>13.1 kB</b></p>
    <p>Average Tx per block: <b>9.09</b></p>
    <p>Weekly Moving Average Tx per day: <b>6590</b></p>
    <p>Block reward: <b>2.09 XMR</b></p>
</div>
<p class="note">Data taken on December 12, 2019</p>

<h4 class="stat">Hashrate Pool Distribution</h4>
<p><img src="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-1212.png" alt="Hashrate Pool Distribution Pie Chart"/></p>

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

<div class="price-intro">XMR Market Cap: <b>$920,611,967</b><br>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$50.82</b></div>

<p class="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
<table class="price-table">
  <tr class="row1">
    <th>XMR to</th>
    <th>12/12/19</th>
    <th>Week</th>
    <th>Month</th>
    <th>Year</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">USD</td>
    <td data-th="12/12/19">$53.11</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-0.83%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-15%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+21%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row3">
    <td data-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
    <td data-th="12/12/19">€47.55</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-0.73%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-15%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+21%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
    <td data-th="12/12/19">B0.00735680</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-0.95%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-15%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+21%</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p class="note">Data taken on December 12, 2019</p>

<p class="table-title">XMR Price Graph for December 6 - 12, 2019</p>

![XMR Price Graph 12/06/19-12/12/19](/img/weekly-chart-1212.png "XMR Price Graph 12/06/19-12/12/19") 

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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