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type: weekly
layout: weekly_old
date: "2019-09-26T00:00:00Z"
issuenumber: 27
title: "Issue 27: September 19-26, 2019"
---

<h3>Table of Contents:</h3>
<ul class="contents">
    <li><a href="#news">Recent News</a></li>
    <li><a href="#events">Upcoming Events</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="#donate">Donate</a></li>
</ul>

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

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>November 30th is the protocol upgrade. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/d884zt/preliminary_information_thread_regarding_the/" target="_blank">See what you need to know to prepare</a>.
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/d9bbcv/randomx_testnet/" target="_blank">The testing on hyc’s private testnet has completed</a>. Windows and Mac testers are still wanted.
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/monero-site/blob/7a7ce8274b6b61d0ee930459fd71d08ba69cf138/_posts/2019-09-22-logs-for-the-dev-meeting-held-on-2019-09-22.md" target="_blank">Dev Meeting Logs from September 22, 2019 are posted on GitLab</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Monero Coffee Chat stream from September 21, 2019 is <a href="https://youtu.be/1y0YeTLbYEc" target="_blank">available on YouTube</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Reddit user <a href="https://old.reddit.com/user/asymptotically508" target="_blank">asymptotically508</a> started <a href="https://xmr.wiki/Main_Page" target="_blank">a Monero Wiki</a>. Everyone is encouraged to contribute.</h4>
</div>


<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Exploring Monero UI/UX Episode 2: Open Source Goals with samsunggalaxyplayer and rehrar <a href="https://youtu.be/5TVhSVV0jko" target="_blank">is available on YouTube</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>The Monero Community Workgroup has a new logo created by user <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/anhdres" target="_blank">anhdres</a>. Take a look at it  <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/d6mafx/new_logo_for_the_monero_community_workgroup/" target="_blank">here</a>.
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Monero DefCon 2018 puzzle is solved - <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/d7dpzw/solved_monero_defcon_2018_puzzle/" target="_blank">read the report by midipoet</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://www.switchain.com/blog/best-monero-wallets-top-8-monero-wallets-2019/" target="_blank">Switchchain made a guide to the top Monero wallets</a>.</h4>
</div>

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

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">September 28, 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">September 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">October 6, 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">October 29-31, 2019 – The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV</p>
    <p markdown="1">Monero presence (booth and speakers) at <a href="https://worldcryptocon.com/" target="_blank">World Crypto Con</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/98" target="_blank">Monero Wiki October 2019</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/monero-tip-bot.html" target="_blank">A Monero Tip Bot for Telegram</a> by HAH! Sun (omani)</p>
    <p>Raised <b>11.95 of 13.00</b> XMR (92%)</p>
</div>

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

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

<div class="bcstats">
    <p>Block height: <b>1931842</b></p>
    <p>Hash rate: <b>317.856 MH/s</b></p>
    <p>Median block size: <b>10.6 kB</b></p>
    <p>Average Tx per block: <b>7.07</b></p>
    <p>Weekly Moving Average Tx per day: <b>5096</b></p>
    <p>Block reward: <b>2.32 XMR</b></p>
</div>
<p class="note">Data taken on September 26, 2019</p>

<h4 class="stat">Hashrate Pool Distribution</h4>
<p><img src="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-0926.png" alt="Hashrate Pool Distribution Pie Chart"/></p>

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

<div class="price-intro">XMR Market Cap: <b>$984,251,584</b><br>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$54.38</b></div>

<p class="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
<table class="price-table">
  <tr class="row1">
    <th>XMR to</th>
    <th>09/26/19</th>
    <th>Week</th>
    <th>Month</th>
    <th>Year</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">USD</td>
    <td data-th="09/26/19">$56.98</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-29.4%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-27.8%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-50.8%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row3">
    <td data-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
    <td data-th="09/26/19">€52.27</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-28.6%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-26.6%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-47.0%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
    <td data-th="09/26/19">Ƀ0.00711270</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-11.2%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-7.5%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-60.9%</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p class="note">Data taken on September 26, 2019</p>

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

![XMR Price Graph 09/20/19-09/26/19](/img/weekly-chart-0926.png "XMR Price Graph 09/20/19-09/26/19") 

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>

<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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