<h4>RandomX, a <ahref="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/bmybxn/randomx_status_update/"target="_blank">Status Update</a> and community feedback needed for <ahref="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/bozr0z/randomx_auditor_selection/"target="_blank">Auditor Selection</a> (Super important! Please make your opinion known!)
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<h4><ahref="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/bosdwj/update_cake_wallet_version_319_is_now_live_with_a/"target="_blank">Cake Wallet version 3.1.9 is now live</a> with a new refreshed design, new accounts feature, better subaddresses management, and a new insta-exchange: ChangeNow
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<h4><ahref="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-crypto-currencies-altcoins-explainer/explainer-privacy-coin-monero-offers-near-total-anonymity-idUSKCN1SL0F0"target="_blank">Reuters published an article on Monero</a>
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<h4><ahref="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/bonpt3/monero_outreach_round_2_ccs_final_report_see_what/"target="_blank">Monero Outreach Workgroup posted their Round 2 CCS Final Report</a>
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<h4>Watch two new Breaking Monero Episodes on YouTube: <ahref="https://youtu.be/-zJpvsj1rWE"target="_blank">Episode 12: Input/Output Metadata</a> and <ahref="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A6k4RQ-uIE"target="_blank">Episode 13: Blockchain Explorer OpSec</a>
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<h4><ahref="https://coincenter.org/entry/fincen-s-new-cryptocurrency-guidance-matches-coin-center-recommendations"target="_blank">FinCEN’s new cryptocurrency guidance matches Coin Center recommendations.</a> Multi-sig wallets, decentralized exchanges, and privacy protecting cryptocurrency developers are not regulated
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<h4>Monero Talk with Binary Fate with Jeremie Dubois-Lacoste - <ahref="https://youtu.be/j7oYXqcfXqU"target="_blank">available on YouTube</a>
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<h4>Magical Crypto Conference 2019 took place in NYC. Monero Talk recorded interviews with the conference visitors. The playlist is available <ahref="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfJ_JjSwYaa9JNWQ3vn9AR9eGjjWITEbf"target="_blank">on YouTube</a>
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<h4><ahref="https://flyp.me/en/#/"target="_blank">Flyp.me implemented sub-addresses to their crypto to crypto exchange without registration</a>
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<h4>MyMonero and Urbane Security at Magical Crypto Con <ahref="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/bo3vml/mymonero_and_urbane_security_at_magical_crypto/"target="_blank">announced new web resource integrity protocol and browser plugin called SecureBrowse</a>, to eliminate risk of compromised JS
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<h4>Monero mining pool server written in C update is <ahref="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/bnkyta/github_jtgrassiemoneropool_a_monero_mining_pool/
<p>Below you can find recent CCS proposal ideas open for discussion.</p>
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<p><ahref="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/merge_requests/65"target="_blank">Funding To Produce, Write And Record An Entirely Original Rap/Hip-Hop Anthem Exclusively For Monero</a></p>
<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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<h3id="proposals">CCS Proposals Need Funding</h3>
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<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>53.50 of 144.00</b> XMR (37%)</p>
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<h3id="stats">Price & Blockchain Stats</h3>
<h4class="stat">Blockchain Stats</h4>
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<p>Block height: <b>1836180</b></p>
<p>Median block size: <b>292.97 kB</b></p>
<p>Hash rate: <b>319.806 MH/s</b></p>
<p>Average Tx per block: <b>14.28</b></p>
<p>Weekly Moving Average Tx per day: <b>10206</b></p>
<p>Block reward: <b>2.79 XMR</b></p>
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<pclass="note">Data taken on May 16, 2019</p>
<h4class="stat">Hashrate Pool Distribution</h4>
<p><imgsrc="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-0516.png"alt="Hashrate Pool Distribution Pie Chart"/></p>
<h4class="stat">Price & Performance</h4>
<divclass="price-intro">XMR Market Cap: <b>$1,467,467,016</b><br>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$87.19</b></div>
<pclass="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
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<th>XMR to</th>
<th>05/16/19</th>
<th>Week</th>
<th>Month</th>
<th>Year</th>
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<tddata-th="XMR to">USD</td>
<tddata-th="05/16/19">$86.37</td>
<tddata-th="Week"class="green">+29%</td>
<tddata-th="Month"class="green">+34.7%</td>
<tddata-th="Year"class="red">-57.6%</td>
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<tddata-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
<tddata-th="05/16/19">€77.33</td>
<tddata-th="Week"class="green">+29.2%</td>
<tddata-th="Month"class="green">+36.3%</td>
<tddata-th="Year"class="red">-55.1%</td>
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<tddata-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
<tddata-th="05/16/19">Ƀ0.01096109</td>
<tddata-th="Week"class="red">-2.6%</td>
<tddata-th="Month"class="red">-13.7%</td>
<tddata-th="Year"class="red">-54.4%</td>
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<pclass="note">Data taken on May 16, 2019</p>
<pclass="table-title">XMR Price Graph for May 10 - May 16, 2019</p>
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<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>
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<p><ahref="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/bojcre/the_new_gui_for_the_next_release_is_ready_but_the/"target="_blank">Translators needed for the new GUI release</a>.</p>
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<p>If you know of any merchants or exchanges that are still using a long form payment ID, please let the community know so we can contact them and ask them to integrated addresses or subaddresses. Feel free to leave them in the comments of <ahref="https://reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/bib6zq/list_of_services_using_long_payment_ids_a_call/"target="_blank">this Reddit thread</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>
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