---
type: weekly
layout: weekly_old
date: "2019-11-28T00:00:00Z"
issuenumber: 36
title: "Issue 36: November 21-28, 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>

<table class="moneroversary-table">
  <tbody><tr class="row1">
    <th>Hard Fork</th>
  </tr>
</tbody></table>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://web.getmonero.org/downloads/" target="_blank">The binaries for the CLI and GUI version 0.15.0.1 Carbon Chamaeleon have been released</a>. Read the blog post on the website <a href="https://web.getmonero.org/2019/11/24/monero-0.15.0.1-GUI-CLI-released.html" target="_blank">here</a>.
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://web.getmonero.org/resources/user-guides/verification-allos-advanced.html" target="_blank">ALWAYS VERIFY HASHES!</a> Do not skip this step unless you want to risk losing funds.
    </h4>
</div>

<table class="moneroversary-table">
  <tbody><tr class="row1">
    <th>Other News</th>
  </tr>
</tbody></table>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/crypto-booking-firm-travala-partners-with-travel-giant-bookingcom" target="_blank">Travala, a cryptocurrency booking firm, has partnered with industry giant Booking.com</a>. Monero is supported, so you can book millions of locations around the world with Monero.
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://github.com/moneromooo-monero/monero-update" target="_blank">Moneromooo has released a new Monero Updater software</a>, that would automatically check, verify, and download the correct version of Monero for your platform. Testers are wanted.
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://github.com/m2049r/xmrwallet/releases/tag/v1.12.11" target="_blank">Monerujo has updated to v1.12.11 with support for Monero v0.15</a>. Get it directly, through the Google Play store, or on <a href="https://f-droid.monerujo.io/fdroid/repo/" target="_blank">their F-Droid repository</a>.
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/e1k7dg/ledger_monero_app_142_is_out/" target="_blank">Ledger has updated their Monero app to version 1.4.2 with support for the network upgrade</a>.
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Community members rottensox and anhdres (from Monerujo) have started a Spanish podcast about Monero. <a href="https://anchor.fm/elmonero/episodes/1-El-Hack-e97q4f/a-a1367he" target="_blank">View the first two episodes on Anchor</a>.
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/e28hvn/mandatory_update_cake_wallet_version_3121_updated/" target="_blank">Cake Wallet has updated to Version 3.1.21</a>, which is ready for the hard fork. Update on the App Store.
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Monero talk interviewed Matthias Tarasiewicz on RIAT, Monero & Chaos Communication Congress 36C3 - <a href="https://youtu.be/ao-I1PkPFNM" target="_blank">watch on YouTube</a>.
    </h4>
</div>

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

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">November 30, 2019 (Saturday) – 18:00 UTC</p>
    <p>Monero Coffee Chat (<a href="https://github.com/monero-project/meta/issues/416" target="_blank">Special Network Upgrade Edition</a>) - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKxLNPJeEjPXOke55i5AIXA" target="_blank">watch online here</a></p>
</div>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">December 1, 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 2, 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 4, 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 7, 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/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>0 of 499.00</b> XMR</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>280.18 of 560.00</b> XMR (50%)</p>
</div>

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

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

<div class="bcstats">
    <p>Block height: <b>1977268</b></p>
    <p>Hash rate: <b>298.275 MH/s</b></p>
    <p>Median block size: <b>8.38 kB</b></p>
    <p>Average Tx per block: <b>9.87</b></p>
    <p>Weekly Moving Average Tx per day: <b>7125</b></p>
    <p>Block reward: <b>2.13 XMR</b></p>
</div>
<p class="note">Data taken on November 28, 2019</p>

<h4 class="stat">Hashrate Pool Distribution</h4>
<p><img src="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-1128.png" alt="Hashrate Pool Distribution Pie Chart"/></p>

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

<div class="price-intro">XMR Market Cap: <b>$940,744,503</b><br>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$52.09</b></div>

<p class="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
<table class="price-table">
  <tr class="row1">
    <th>XMR to</th>
    <th>11/28/19</th>
    <th>Week</th>
    <th>Month</th>
    <th>Year</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">USD</td>
    <td data-th="11/28/19">$54.24</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+0.3%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-8.8%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-14.7%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row3">
    <td data-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
    <td data-th="11/28/19">€49.25</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+0.8%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-7.9%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-11.9%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
    <td data-th="11/28/19">Ƀ0.00726624</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+2.5%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+14.9%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-51.3%</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p class="note">Data taken on November 28, 2019</p>

<p class="table-title">XMR Price Graph for November 22 - November 28, 2019</p>

![XMR Price Graph 11/22/19-11/28/19](/img/weekly-chart-1128.png "XMR Price Graph 11/22/19-11/28/19") 

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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