Issue 36: November 21-28, 2019
Monero Network Upgrade Countdown
Table of Contents:
- Recent News
- Upcoming Events
- CCS Proposal Ideas
- CCS Proposals Need Funding
- Price & Blockchain Stats
- Volunteer Opportunities
- Sponsors
- Donate
Recent News
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The binaries for the CLI and GUI version 0.15.0.1 Carbon Chamaeleon have been released. Read the blog post on the website here.
ALWAYS VERIFY HASHES! Do not skip this step unless you want to risk losing funds.
| Other News |
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Travala, a cryptocurrency booking firm, has partnered with industry giant Booking.com. Monero is supported, so you can book millions of locations around the world with Monero.
Moneromooo has released a new Monero Updater software, that would automatically check, verify, and download the correct version of Monero for your platform. Testers are wanted.
Monerujo has updated to v1.12.11 with support for Monero v0.15. Get it directly, through the Google Play store, or on their F-Droid repository.
Community members rottensox and anhdres (from Monerujo) have started a Spanish podcast about Monero. View the first two episodes on Anchor.
Cake Wallet has updated to Version 3.1.21, which is ready for the hard fork. Update on the App Store.
Monero talk interviewed Matthias Tarasiewicz on RIAT, Monero & Chaos Communication Congress 36C3 - watch on YouTube.
Upcoming Events
November 30, 2019 (Saturday) – 18:00 UTC
Monero Coffee Chat (Special Network Upgrade Edition) - watch online here
December 1, 2019 (Sunday) – 17:00 UTC
Dev Meeting - #monero-dev IRC channel
December 2, 2019 (Monday) – 17:00 UTC
Research Lab Meeting - #monero-research-lab IRC channel
December 4, 2019 (Wednesday) – 16:00 UTC
36C3 Meeting - #monero-ccc IRC channel
December 7, 2019 (Saturday) – 17:00 UTC
Community Workgroup Meeting - #monero-community IRC channel
CCS Proposal Ideas
Below you can find recent CCS proposal ideas open for discussion.
CCS Proposals Need Funding
Surae: research funding for Nov 2019 - Jan 2020 by Surae Noether
Raised 0 of 499.00 XMR
36C3 Supplies by rehrar
Raised 280.18 of 560.00 XMR (50%)
Price & Blockchain Stats
Blockchain Stats
Block height: 1977268
Hash rate: 298.275 MH/s
Median block size: 8.38 kB
Average Tx per block: 9.87
Weekly Moving Average Tx per day: 7125
Block reward: 2.13 XMR
Data taken on November 28, 2019
Hashrate Pool Distribution
Price & Performance
Localmonero.co Street Price: $52.09
Monero (XMR) Price
| XMR to | 11/28/19 | Week | Month | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USD | $54.24 | +0.3% | -8.8% | -14.7% |
| EUR | €49.25 | +0.8% | -7.9% | -11.9% |
| BTC | Ƀ0.00726624 | +2.5% | +14.9% | -51.3% |
Data taken on November 28, 2019
XMR Price Graph for November 22 - November 28, 2019
Sources: community.xmr.to, moneroblocks.info, minexmr.com, bitinfocharts.com, coingecko.com, localmonero.co
Volunteer Opportunities
If you want to get involved in making Monero better, but aren’t sure how, check out the volunteer opportunities below.
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 on GitHub.
Getting Started with Helping Monero
If you are new to Monero and want to contribute, please check out this article about volunteering and contributing to Monero from the Monero Outreach Group.
Donate
If you enjoy this publication and want to support it, we encourage you to donate to the Monero General Fund, using the following address:
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Comments, criticism, complaints or corrections? Please contact rehrar at rehrar at tuta.io. Say rehrar sent you.