<h4>The Monero community celebrated XMR's 9th anniversary on April 18 with the second Monerun. Reddit <ahref="https://teddit.adminforge.de/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/12kpj7n/the_monerun_anniversary/"target="_blank">thread</a>; <ahref="https://teddit.adminforge.de/r/Monero/comments/12qajv6/monerorun_2023_the_result_of_the_public_audit_of/"target="_blank">Report</a>.</h4>
<h4>CryptoGrampy released monero-lws-admin, a simple web-based GUI for managing accounts on Monero Light Wallet Servers. <ahref="https://github.com/CryptoGrampy/monero-lws-admin"target="_blank">Repository</a>; <ahref="https://nitter.net/CryptoGrampy/status/1649090259488231424"target="_blank">Announcement</a>.</h4>
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<h4>Majestic Labs and OrangeFren launch <ahref="https://intercambio.app/"target="_blank">intercambio.app</a>. A new no JS, KYC-free exchange aggregator. Reddit <ahref="https://teddit.adminforge.de/r/Monero/comments/12kvqw6/intercambioapp_new_privacyfirst_no_js_no_kyc/"target="_blank">thread</a>.</h4>
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<h4>Monero Talk had Kee Jefferys on, Oxen and Session CTO. Peep it: <ahref="https://piped.adminforge.de/watch?v=T6aHqXRp2fc"target="_blank">video</a>; <ahref="https://www.monerotalk.live/oxen-session-and-monero-with-kee-jefferys"target="_blank">audio</a>.</h4>
<p>Below you can find some CCS proposal ideas open for discussion.</p>
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<p><ahref="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/379"target="_blank">close New Animated Video series future</a>.</p>
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<h3id="proposals">CCS Proposals Need Funding</h3>
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<p><ahref="https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/v1docq47-monerokon-part-2-and-monerotopia-2023-voice-over-and-working-on-xmr.ru.html"target="_blank">monerokon 2022 (part 2) and monerotopia 2023 voice over and working on xmr.ru</a> by v1docq47.</p>
<p>Raised <b>1.31 of 64.8</b> XMR.</p>
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<p><ahref="https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/df-wallet-development-2.html"target="_blank">wallet development 2</a> by DangerousFreedom.</p>
<p>Raised <b>27.44 of 31</b> XMR.</p>
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<h3id="stats">Price & Blockchain Stats</h3>
<h4class="stat">Blockchain Stats</h4>
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<p>Block height: <b>2868765</b></p>
<p>Hash rate: <b>2.898 GH/s</b></p>
<p>Average txs. per block: <b>24.37</b></p>
<p>Weekly Moving Average txs. per day: <b>18321</b></p>
<p>Block reward: <b>0.6 XMR</b></p>
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<pclass="note">Data taken on April 20, 2023.</p>
<h4class="stat">XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks</h4>
<p><imgsrc="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-0420.png"alt="Hashrate Pool Distribution Pie Chart"/></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">here</a>. </p>
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<pclass="date"><ahref="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 <ahref="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 Workgroup. </p>