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type: weekly
layout: weekly_old
date: "2024-04-18T00:00:00Z"
issuenumber: 193
title: "Issue 193; April 11 - 18, 2024"
---

<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="#support">Support</a></li>
</ul>

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

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Happy 10th birthday Monero! Genesis block was mined ten years ago, on April 18th, 2014. MoneroKon 4 is running a 20% off sale on tickets to celebrate. Grab yours while supplies last. Direct <a href="https://shop.monerokon.org/monerokon/2024/redeem?voucher=10YEAR" target="_blank">link</a>; X <a href="https://nitter.poast.org/MoneroKon/status/1779764540747493544" target="_blank">thread</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>MoneroKon 4 preliminary schedule is now <a href="https://cfp.monerokon.org/2024/schedule/#" target="_blank">available</a>, subject to change. As well, the 1st edition of the in-person MoneroKon Hackaton is set to take place in Prague this year. Find more information <a href="https://monerokon.devfolio.co/" target="_blank">here</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>5,700 XMR have been donated by anonymous donor(s) to the <a href="https://ccs.getmonero.org/donate/" target="_blank">General Fund</a> subaddress since March 24th. Have a look <a href="https://revuo-xmr.com/img/plus100XMR_GF.png" target="_blank">here</a>. Last one was 900 XMR, will we see a 1,000 tx.? Follow along with <a href="https://nitter.poast.org/WatchFund/" target="_blank">@WatchFund</a> on X.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Monero Talk had Luke "kayabaNerve" Parker on, FCMP and Serai developer, to talk about Full Chain Membership Proofs implementation, implications, timeline and how it could precede Seraphis deployment. Peep it: <a href="https://iteroni.com/watch?v=hXy6IoZjqQM" target="_blank">video</a>; <a href="https://www.monerotalk.live/monerotalk-308" target="_blank">audio</a>.</h4>
</div>

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

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">April 20, 2024 (Saturday) – 17:00 UTC</p>
    <p markdown="1">MoneroKon 2024 Meeting - <a href="irc://irc.libera.chat/#monero-events" target="_blank">#monero-events</a> IRC channel; Matrix <a href="https://matrix.to/#/#monero-events:monero.social" target="_blank">room</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">April 22, 2024 (Monday) – 18:00 UTC</p>
    <p markdown="1">Seraphis Wallet Workgroup Meeting - <a href="irc://irc.libera.chat/#no-wallet-left-behind" target="_blank">#no-wallet-left-behind</a> IRC channel; Matrix <a href="https://matrix.to/#/#no-wallet-left-behind:monero.social" target="_blank">room</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">April 24, 2024 (Wednesday) – 17:00 UTC</p>
    <p markdown="1">Research Lab Meeting - <a href="irc://irc.libera.chat/#monero-research-lab" target="_blank">#monero-research-lab</a> IRC channel; Matrix <a href="https://matrix.to/#/#monero-research-lab:monero.social" target="_blank">room</a>.</p>
</div>

<h3 id="ideas">CCS Proposal Ideas</h3>

<p>Below you can find some CCS proposal ideas open for discussion.</p>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/448" target="_blank">FCMP++ R&D</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/442" target="_blank">dangerousfreedom - seraphis wallet work until regtest</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/447" target="_blank">ANONERO version 1.0</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p>Find more <a href="https://ccs.getmonero.org/ideas/" target="_blank">here</a>. Posting comments in favor of, or against proposals is encouraged.</p>
</div>

<h3 id="proposals">CCS Proposals Need Funding</h3>

<p>None; all funded for now.</p>

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

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

<div class="bcstats">
    <p>Block height: <b>3130063</b></p>
    <p>Hash rate: <b>2.004 GH/s</b></p>
    <p>Average txs. per block: <b>76.02</b></p>
    <p>Weekly Moving Average txs. per day: <b>49437</b></p>
    <p>Block reward: <b>0.6 XMR</b></p>
</div>
<p class="note">Data taken on April 18, 2024.</p>

<h4 class="stat">XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks</h4>
<p><img src="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-04181.png" alt="Hashrate Pool Distribution Pie Chart"/></p>

<h4 class="stat" id="price-stat">Price & Performance</h4>

<div class="price-intro">XMR Market Cap: <b>$2,067,718,326</b>.<br/>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$120.8</b>.</div>

<p class="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
<table class="price-table">
  <tr class="row1">
    <th></th>
    <th>04/18/24</th>
    <th>Week</th>
    <th>Month</th>
    <th>Year</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">USD</td>
    <td data-th="04/18/24">$114.19</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-14.4%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-13.2%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-29.5%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row3">
    <td data-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
    <td data-th="04/18/24">€107.11</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-6.6%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-11.7%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-27.5%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
    <td data-th="04/18/24">₿0.001836</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-5.8%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-11.4%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-65.6%</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p class="note">Data taken on April 18, 2024.</p>

<p class="table-title">XMR Price Graph</p>

![XMR Price Graph 04/11/24-04/18/24](/img/weekly-chart-04181.png "XMR Price Graph 04/11/24-04/18/24")

Sources: <a href="https://miningpoolstats.stream/monero" target="_blank">miningpoolstats.stream</a>; <a href="https://bitinfocharts.com/monero/" target="_blank">bitinfocharts.com</a>; <a href="https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/monero" target="_blank">coingecko.com</a>; <a href="https://localmonero.co/statistics" target="_blank">localmonero.co statistics</a>; <a href="https://localmonero.co/blocks" target="_blank">localmonero.co blocks</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 some volunteer opportunities.</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">here</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://web.archive.org/web/20200805013127/https://www.monerooutreach.org/stories/getting-started-helping-monero.html" target="_blank">this article about volunteering and contributing to Monero</a> from the Monero Outreach Workgroup. </p>
</div>

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