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type: weekly
layout: weekly_old
date: "2019-05-02T00:00:00Z"
issuenumber: 6
title: "Issue 6; April 26 - May 2, 2019"
---

<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="#donate">Donate</a></li>
</ul>

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

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://www.exodus.io/monero/" target="_blank">Monero is now available on Exodus wallet</a>
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Dr. Sarang Noether published his monthly research report for April - <a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/merge_requests/34#note_5903" target="_blank">available on GitLab</a>
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>LocalMonero now has a <a href="https://localmonero.co/nojs/" target="_blank">no-JavaScript version</a>. Tor/I2P visits will load the no-JavaScript version by default.
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
<h4><a href="https://minko.to/" target="_blank">Minko</a>, a provably fair Monero game, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/bhmpgk/astrobot_is_alive_or_so_does_he_think_on_minko/" target="_blank">has added AstroBot</a> that asks trivia questions and rewards correct answers</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/bhp5j6/the_monero_ecosystem_now_has_a_chatroom_and_a/" target="_blank">The Monero Ecosystem project now has a chatroom and a website</a></h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Breaking Monero Episode 11: Mailbag Episode by SamsungGalaxyPlayer - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1gdYWsvXDU" target="_blank">available on YouTube</a>
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Monero Talk about Lightning Network on Monero with Bernhard Breytenbach - <a href="https://youtu.be/-jlsGevNdm4" target="_blank">available on YouTube</a>
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/bjer8z/xmrrureport_april/" target="_blank">XMR.RU team posted a report on their translation work for March</a>
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/bhedhg/monero_quickfacts_sheet_revised_212019_dutch_nl/" target="_blank">Monero Quick-Facts sheet revised 2/1/2019 is available in Dutch</a>
    </h4>
</div>

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

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">May 4, 2019 (Saturday) - 16:00 UTC</p>
    <p markdown="1">Monero Coffee Chat - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKxLNPJeEjPXOke55i5AIXA" target="_blank">watch online here</a></p>
</div>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date">May 4, 2019 (Saturday) – 17:00 UTC</p>
    <p>DefCon27 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>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">May 6, 2019 (Monday) – 17:00 UTC</p>
    <p markdown="1">Research Lab Meeting</p>
</div>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">May 7, 2019 (Tuesday) – 17:00 UTC</p>
    <p markdown="1">Monero GUI Meeting</p>
</div>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">May 9, 2019 (Thursday) – 17:00 UTC</p>
    <p markdown="1">Tini2p Dev Meeting</p>
</div>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">May 11, 2019 (Saturday) – 17:00 UTC</p>
    <p markdown="1">Community Workgroup 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>98.48 of 282.00</b> XMR (35%)</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>18.10 of 111.00</b> XMR (16%)</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>25.55 of 37.00</b> XMR (69%)</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>20.03 of 144.00</b> XMR (14%)</p>
</div>

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

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

<div class="bcstats">
    <p>Block height: <b>1826047</b></p>
    <p>Median block size: <b>292.97 kB</b></p>
    <p>Hash rate: <b>283.135 MH/s</b></p>
    <p>Average Tx per block: <b>13.76</b></p>
    <p>Weekly Moving Average Tx per day: <b>9878</b></p>
    <p>Block reward: <b>2.84 XMR</b></p>
</div>
<p class="note">Data taken on May 2, 2019</p>

<h4 class="stat">Hashrate Pool Distribution</h4>
<p><img src="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-0502.png" alt="Hashrate Pool Distribution Pie Chart"/></p>

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

<div class="price-intro">XMR Market Cap:  <b>$1,092,379,011</b><br>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$64.22</b></div>

<p class="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
<table class="price-table">
  <tr class="row1">
    <th>XMR to</th>
    <th>05/02/19</th>
    <th>Week</th>
    <th>Month</th>
    <th>Year</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">USD</td>
    <td data-th="05/02/19">$64.16</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-5.1%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+5.8%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-73.1%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row3">
    <td data-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
    <td data-th="05/02/19">€57.41</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-5.2%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+6.1%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-71.2%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
    <td data-th="05/02/19">Ƀ0.01172669</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-5.7%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-19.8%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-55.7%</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p class="note">Data taken on May 2, 2019</p>

<p class="table-title">XMR Price Graph for April 26 - May 2, 2019</p>

![XMR Price Graph 04/26/19-05/02/19](/img/weekly-chart-0502.png "XMR Price Graph 04/26/19-05/02/19") 

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="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>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <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 <a href="https://reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/bib6zq/list_of_services_using_long_payment_ids_a_call/" target="_blank">this Reddit thread</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <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>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <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>
</div>

<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">on GitHub</a>. </p>
</div>

<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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