<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 <ahref="https://shop.monerokon.org/monerokon/2024/redeem?voucher=10YEAR"target="_blank">link</a>; X <ahref="https://nitter.poast.org/MoneroKon/status/1779764540747493544"target="_blank">thread</a>.</h4>
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<h4>MoneroKon 4 preliminary schedule is now <ahref="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 <ahref="https://monerokon.devfolio.co/"target="_blank">here</a>.</h4>
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<h4>5,700 XMR have been donated by anonymous donor(s) to the <ahref="https://ccs.getmonero.org/donate/"target="_blank">General Fund</a> subaddress since March 24th. Have a look <ahref="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 <ahref="https://nitter.poast.org/WatchFund/"target="_blank">@WatchFund</a> on X.</h4>
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<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: <ahref="https://iteroni.com/watch?v=hXy6IoZjqQM"target="_blank">video</a>; <ahref="https://www.monerotalk.live/monerotalk-308"target="_blank">audio</a>.</h4>
<p><ahref="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/442"target="_blank">dangerousfreedom - seraphis wallet work until regtest</a>.</p>
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<p><ahref="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/447"target="_blank">ANONERO version 1.0</a>.</p>
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<p>Find more <ahref="https://ccs.getmonero.org/ideas/"target="_blank">here</a>. Posting comments in favor of, or against proposals is encouraged.</p>
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<h3id="proposals">CCS Proposals Need Funding</h3>
<p>None; all funded for now.</p>
<h3id="stats">Price & Blockchain Stats</h3>
<h4class="stat">Blockchain Stats</h4>
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<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>
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<pclass="note">Data taken on April 18, 2024.</p>
<h4class="stat">XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks</h4>
<p><imgsrc="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-04181.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://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>