---
type: weekly
layout: weekly_old
date: "2019-04-25T00:00:00Z"
issuenumber: 5
title: "Issue 5: April 18-25, 2019"
---

<h3>Table of Contents:</h3>
<ul class="contents">
    <li><a href="#news">Recent News</a></li>
<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="#merchant">Monero Merchant of the Week</a></li>
    <li><a href="#volunteer">Volunteer Opportunities</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>Moneroversary Recap</th>
  </tr>
</tbody></table>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsSYUeVwrHBkx9Gqi4HitIEWfQo2sTdti" target="_blank">Moneroversary Playlist</a>
    </h4>
    <ul>
        <li>Intro</li>
        <li>Coffee Chat</li>
        <li>Monero's Early History w/ fluffypony</li>
        <li>Privacy Chat w/ rehrar</li>
        <li>News & Announcements</li>
        <li>Monero Puzzle</li>
        <li>Monero Trivia Game</li>
        <li>Cake & Closing</li>
    </ul>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://www.coindesk.com/privacy-crypto-monero-celebrates-its-5th-birthday" target="_blank">CoinDesk Article on Monero's 5th Birthday</a>
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ihgrs_H1mbA" target="_blank">Moneroversary Countdown (RIAT)</a>
    </h4>
</div>

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

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://masteringmonero.com/" target="_blank">Mastering Monero eBook FREE version has been released</a>
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6v4UMr1utuA" target="_blank">Monero Talk w/ Mitchell Krawiec-Thayer on Mastering Monero</a>
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
<h4><a href="https://minko.to/" target="_blank">Minko</a>, a new game that utilizes Monero was launched. Play it here: <a href="https://minko.to/" target="_blank">minko.to</a></h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://youtu.be/qrUq0v5VgdU" target="_blank">99Bitcoins released a video about Monero for noobs</a></h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>
        <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monerobox/comments/bggcd7/monerobox_now_supports_tor_hidden_service_for/" target="_blank">Monerobox enables Tor hidden service</a>
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>
        <a href="https://ww.getmonero.org/tr/index.html" target="_blank">Getmonero.org available in Turkish</a>
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>
        <a href="https://www.monerooutreach.org/stories/monero_wallet_quickstart.php" target="_blank">The Monero Outreach Workgroup released a simplified Guide to Monero Wallets</a>
    </h4>
</div>

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

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">April 27, 2019 (Saturday) - 17:00 UTC</p>
    <p markdown="1">Community Workgroup Meeting</p>
</div>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date">April 29, 2019 (Monday) – 17:00 UTC</p>
    <p>Research Lab Meeting</p>
</div>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">May 4, 2019 (Saturday) – 17:00 UTC</p>
    <p markdown="1">DefCon 27 Workgroup Meeting</p>
</div>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">May 5, 2019 (Sunday) – 17:00 UTC</p>
    <p markdown="1">Dev Meeting</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/58" target="_blank">Monero currency and blockchain statistics hub</a></p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/merge_requests/56" target="_blank">Korean Translations GUI & CLI by Xeagu</a></p>
</div>

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

<div class="proposal">
    <p><a href="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>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
    <p><a href="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>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
    <p><a href="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>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
    <p><a href="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>
</div>

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

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

<div class="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>
</div>
<p class="note">Data taken on April 25, 2019</p>

<h4 class="stat">Hashrate Pool Distribution</h4>
<p><img src="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-0425.png" alt="Hashrate Pool Distribution Pie Chart"/></p>

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

<div class="price-intro">XMR Market Cap:  <b>$1,145,953,168</b><br>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$63.67</b></div>

<p class="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
<table class="price-table">
  <tr class="row1">
    <th>XMR to</th>
    <th>4/25/19</th>
    <th>Week</th>
    <th>Month</th>
    <th>Year</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">USD</td>
    <td data-th="04/25/19">$67.69</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-0.9%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+31.5%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-77.1%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row3">
    <td data-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
    <td data-th="04/25/19">€60.81</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+0.6%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+33.7%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-74.8%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
    <td data-th="04/25/19">Ƀ0.01235750 </td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-5.5%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-5.6%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-59.4%</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p class="note">Data taken on April 25, 2019</p>

<p class="table-title">XMR Price Graph for April 18-25, 2019</p>

![XMR Price Graph 04/18/19-04/25/19](/img/weekly-chart-0425.png "XMR Price Graph 04/18/19-04/25/19") 

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="merchant">Monero Merchant of the Week</h3>

<a href="https://airvpn.org/" target="_blank"><img src="/img/airvpn-logo.png" alt="AirVPN Logo" class="merchant-img" id="airvpn"></a>

<a href="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 <a href="https://github.com/AirVPN/Eddie" target="_blank">Eddie</a>, and accept Monero for all of their services. They are fairly highly rated by <a href="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>

<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>

<p><a href="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 class="date"><a href="https://github.com/i2p-zero/i2p-zero/releases" target="_blank">Test I2P-Zero</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 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>

<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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