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Table of Contents:

Recent News

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 link; X thread.

MoneroKon 4 preliminary schedule is now available, 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 here.

5,700 XMR have been donated by anonymous donor(s) to the General Fund subaddress since March 24th. Have a look here. Last one was 900 XMR, will we see a 1,000 tx.? Follow along with @WatchFund on X.

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: video; audio.

Upcoming Events

April 20, 2024 (Saturday) – 17:00 UTC

MoneroKon 2024 Meeting - #monero-events IRC channel; Matrix room.

April 22, 2024 (Monday) – 18:00 UTC

Seraphis Wallet Workgroup Meeting - #no-wallet-left-behind IRC channel; Matrix room.

April 24, 2024 (Wednesday) – 17:00 UTC

Research Lab Meeting - #monero-research-lab IRC channel; Matrix room.

CCS Proposal Ideas

Below you can find some CCS proposal ideas open for discussion.

FCMP++ R&D.

dangerousfreedom - seraphis wallet work until regtest.

ANONERO version 1.0.

Find more here. Posting comments in favor of, or against proposals is encouraged.

CCS Proposals Need Funding

None; all funded for now.

Price & Blockchain Stats

Blockchain Stats

Block height: 3130063

Hash rate: 2.004 GH/s

Average txs. per block: 76.02

Weekly Moving Average txs. per day: 49437

Block reward: 0.6 XMR

Data taken on April 18, 2024.

XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks

Hashrate Pool Distribution Pie Chart

Price & Performance

XMR Market Cap: $2,067,718,326.
Localmonero.co Street Price: $120.8.

Monero (XMR) Price

04/18/24 Week Month Year
USD $114.19 -14.4% -13.2% -29.5%
EUR €107.11 -6.6% -11.7% -27.5%
BTC ₿0.001836 -5.8% -11.4% -65.6%

Data taken on April 18, 2024.

XMR Price Graph

![XMR Price Graph 04/11/24-04/18/24](/img/weekly-chart-04181.png "XMR Price Graph 04/11/24-04/18/24") Sources: miningpoolstats.stream; bitinfocharts.com; coingecko.com; localmonero.co statistics; localmonero.co blocks.

Volunteer Opportunities

If you want to get involved in making Monero better, but aren't sure how, check out some volunteer opportunities.

Test Monero Core Software

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 here.

Getting Started with Helping Monero

If you are new to Monero and want to contribute, please check out this article about volunteering and contributing to Monero from the Monero Outreach Workgroup.

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