<h4><ahref="https://masteringmonero.com/"target="_blank">Mastering Monero eBook FREE version has been released</a>
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<divclass="newsbyte">
<h4><ahref="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6v4UMr1utuA"target="_blank">Monero Talk w/ Mitchell Krawiec-Thayer on Mastering Monero</a>
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<divclass="newsbyte">
<h4><ahref="https://minko.to/"target="_blank">Minko</a>, a new game that utilizes Monero was launched. Play it here: <ahref="https://minko.to/"target="_blank">minko.to</a></h4>
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<divclass="newsbyte">
<h4><ahref="https://youtu.be/qrUq0v5VgdU"target="_blank">99Bitcoins released a video about Monero for noobs</a></h4>
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<h4>
<ahref="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monerobox/comments/bggcd7/monerobox_now_supports_tor_hidden_service_for/"target="_blank">Monerobox enables Tor hidden service</a>
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<h4>
<ahref="https://ww.getmonero.org/tr/index.html"target="_blank">Getmonero.org available in Turkish</a>
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<h4>
<ahref="https://www.monerooutreach.org/stories/monero_wallet_quickstart.php"target="_blank">The Monero Outreach Workgroup released a simplified Guide to Monero Wallets</a>
<p>Below you can find recent CCS proposal ideas open for discussion.</p>
<divclass="proposal">
<p><ahref="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/merge_requests/58"target="_blank">Monero currency and blockchain statistics hub</a></p>
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<divclass="proposal">
<p><ahref="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/merge_requests/56"target="_blank">Korean Translations GUI & CLI by Xeagu</a></p>
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<h3id="proposals">CCS Proposals Need Funding</h3>
<divclass="proposal">
<p><ahref="https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/dsc-2019-q2.html"target="_blank">GUI UX coding (3 months)</a> by dsc</p>
<p>Raised <b>97.12 of 282.00</b> XMR (34%)</p>
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<divclass="proposal">
<p><ahref="https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/xiphon-part-time.html"target="_blank">Xiphon part time coding (3 months)</a> by xiphon</p>
<p>Raised <b>15.07 of 111.00</b> XMR (14%)</p>
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<divclass="proposal">
<p><ahref="https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/knueffelbund-gui-design-for-q2-2019.html"target="_blank">Knueffelbund GUI design for Q2 2019</a> by knueffelbund</p>
<p>Raised <b>24.02 of 37.00</b> XMR (65%)</p>
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<divclass="proposal">
<p><ahref="https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/ErCiccione-localizations.html"target="_blank">ErCiccione: Coordinator of the Localization Workgroup - March</a> by ErCiccione</p>
<p>Raised <b>18.01 of 144.00</b> XMR (13%)</p>
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<h3id="stats">Price & Blockchain Stats</h3>
<h4class="stat">Blockchain Stats</h4>
<divclass="bcstats">
<p>Block height: <b>1820974</b></p>
<p>Median block size: <b>292.97 kB</b></p>
<p>Hash rate: <b>302.883 MH/s</b></p>
<p>Average Tx per block: <b>10.36</b></p>
<p>Weekly Moving Average Tx per day: <b>3229</b></p>
<p>Block reward: <b>2.87 XMR</b></p>
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<pclass="note">Data taken on April 25, 2019</p>
<h4class="stat">Hashrate Pool Distribution</h4>
<p><imgsrc="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-0425.png"alt="Hashrate Pool Distribution Pie Chart"/></p>
<h4class="stat">Price & Performance</h4>
<divclass="price-intro">XMR Market Cap: <b>$1,145,953,168</b><br>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$63.67</b></div>
<pclass="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
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<th>XMR to</th>
<th>4/25/19</th>
<th>Week</th>
<th>Month</th>
<th>Year</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<tddata-th="XMR to">USD</td>
<tddata-th="04/25/19">$67.69</td>
<tddata-th="Week"class="red">-0.9%</td>
<tddata-th="Month"class="green">+31.5%</td>
<tddata-th="Year"class="red">-77.1%</td>
</tr>
<trclass="row3">
<tddata-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
<tddata-th="04/25/19">€60.81</td>
<tddata-th="Week"class="green">+0.6%</td>
<tddata-th="Month"class="green">+33.7%</td>
<tddata-th="Year"class="red">-74.8%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<tddata-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
<tddata-th="04/25/19">Ƀ0.01235750 </td>
<tddata-th="Week"class="red">-5.5%</td>
<tddata-th="Month"class="red">-5.6%</td>
<tddata-th="Year"class="red">-59.4%</td>
</tr>
</table>
<pclass="note">Data taken on April 25, 2019</p>
<pclass="table-title">XMR Price Graph for April 18-25, 2019</p>
<ahref="https://airvpn.org/"target="_blank">AirVPN.org</a> is a VPN provider based in Italy. They contribute to FOSS by having created and currently maintaining a GUI for OpenVPN called <ahref="https://github.com/AirVPN/Eddie"target="_blank">Eddie</a>, and accept Monero for all of their services. They are fairly highly rated by <ahref="https://thatoneprivacysite.net/vpn-comparison-chart/"target="_blank">That One Privacy Site</a>, although every user is encouraged to do their own research to find something that fits their needs.
<i>Check back next week for another merchant that accepts Monero for their goods and services.</i>
<h3id="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>
<p><ahref="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/b5fe5j/psa_seeking_volunteer_reviewers_for_pow_randomx/"target="_blank">Seeking Volunteer Reviewers for PoW RandomX</a></p>
<p>Download I2P Zero for your machine, follow the direction in the README, and report any issues to the Issue tracker on GitHub, or IRC channel #i2p-zero.</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 <ahref="https://github.com/monero-project/monero#compiling-monero-from-source"target="_blank">on GitHub</a>. </p>
<h3id="donate">Donate</h3>
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