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type: weekly
layout: weekly_old
date: "2019-04-11T00:00:00Z"
issuenumber: 3
title: "Issue 3; April 4-11, 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>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>
        <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/bavnwl/ledger_change_output_bug_post_mortem_with_a_happy/" target="_blank">Postmortem of the Ledger change output bug</a>
    </h4>
    <p>Ledger is now safe to use provided the user is:</p>
    <ol>
        <li>Using GUI v0.14.0.0 (or CLI v0.14.0.2)</li>
        <li>Using Ledger Monero app v1.2.2</li>
        <li>Using Ledger Live firmware v1.5.5 or v1.6.0</li>
    </ol>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>
        <a href="https://github.com/fraudmarc/dots" target="_blank">Dots churn software is now available for testing.</a>
    </h4>
    <p>It is being discussed how this software will improve user churn ability. USE ONLY ON TESTNET for now, and do not trust the software with your anonymity and privacy yet.</p>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>
        <a href="https://monerokon.com/registration" target="_blank">Tickets available for Monero Konferenco</a>
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>
        <a href="https://monerokon.com/schedule" target="_blank">Monero Konferenco schedule is available online</a>
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>
        Recent Monero GUI updates include <a href="https://github.com/monero-project/monero-gui/pull/2019" target="_blank">Trezor support</a> and <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/ban52m/small_monero_gui_update/" target="_blank">other features</a>
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>
        <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/ba6xx0/ethos_of_decentralization_solo_gpucpu_mining_is/" target="_blank">Solo GPU/CPU miners are released - thanks to hyc_symas</a>
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>
        <a href="https://www.monerooutreach.org/monero_best_practices/" target="_blank">The Monero Outreach Workgroup public service announcements are available on their website</a>
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>
        <a href="https://youtu.be/adNi17O791M" target="_blank">Watch Monero Coffee Chat stream from April 6, 2019 on YouTube</a>
    </h4> 
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>
        <a href="https://youtu.be/LFNT_6nqtdA" target="_blank">Monero Talk w/ Riccardo Spagni aka Fluffypony - “Is Monero digital cash?”</a>
    </h4>
</div>
 

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/b9rutj/monero_quickfacts_sheet_revised_212019_french/" target="_blank">Monero Quick-Facts Sheet revised on 2/1/2019 is available in French</a></h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>
        CoinLoan.io, a P2P lending platform for crypto-to-fiat loans, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/bbdcr4/finally_monero_backed_loans/" target="_blank">is now accepting Monero as collateral</a>
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>
    <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/bb1bwv/update_announcement_a_monero_mining_pool_server/" target="_blank">Updates on the Monero mining pool server written in C</a>
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>
        <a href="https://twitter.com/coindirectcom/status/1113471728456540166" target="_blank">Coindirect added Monero</a>
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>
        <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/baj9v5/update_about_monero_game/" target="_blank">Gscoders published an update on Monero Game</a>
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>
        <a href="https://www.monero.how/monero-transaction-fees" target="_blank">See live chart of Monero Transaction Fees vs. BTC</a>
    </h4>
</div>

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

<div class="event">
    <p class="date">April 13, 2019 (Saturday) – 17:00 UTC</p>
    <p>Community Workgroup Meeting</p>
</div>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">April 15, 2019 (Monday) – 17:00 UTC</p>
    <p markdown="1">Research Lab Meeting</p>
</div>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">April 18, 2019 (Thursday) – All Day</p>
    <a href="https://github.com/monero-project/meta/issues/324#issuecomment-482330612"><p markdown="1">Monero Birthday – 5 years old, various events happening throughout the day.</p></a>
</div>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">April 21, 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/54" target="_blank">Knueffelbund GUI design for Q2 2019</a></p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/merge_requests/55" target="_blank">Xiphon part time coding</a></p>
</div>

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

None. All funded. :) But keep a look out for proposals in the future, or donate to the General Fund (<a href="#donate">donation address</a> at the bottom of the Revuo).

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

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

<div class="bcstats">
    <p>Block height: <b>1810929</b></p>
    <p>Median block size: <b>292.97 kB</b></p>
    <p>Hash rate: <b>298.340 MH/s</b></p>
    <p>Average Tx per block: <b>5.71</b></p>
    <p>Weekly Moving Average Tx per day: <b>4101</b></p>
    <p>Block reward: <b>2.93 XMR</b></p>
</div>
<p class="note">Data taken on April 11, 2019</p>

<h4 class="stat">Hashrate Pool Distribution</h4>
<p><img src="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-0411.png" alt="Hashrate Pool Distribution Pie Chart"/></p>

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

<div class="price-intro">XMR Market Cap:  <b>$1,113,296,833</b><br>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$71.38</b></div>

<p class="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
<table class="price-table">
  <tr class="row1">
    <th>XMR to</th>
    <th>4/11/19</th>
    <th>Week</th>
    <th>Month</th>
    <th>Year</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">USD</td>
    <td data-th="04/11/19">$65.19</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-1.6%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+33.9%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-60.6%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row3">
    <td data-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
    <td data-th="04/11/19">€58.45</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-1.7%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+33.9%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-56.8%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
    <td data-th="04/11/19">Ƀ0.01306811</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-3.4%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+2.5%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-46.7%</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p class="note">Data taken on April 11, 2019</p>

<p class="table-title">XMR Price Graph for April 4-11, 2019</p>

![XMR Price Graph 04/04/19-04/11/19](/img/weekly-chart-0411.png "XMR Price Graph 03/22/19-03/29/19") 

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://xmr.to/" target="_blank"><img src="/img/xmrto-logo.png" alt="XMR.to Logo" class="merchant-img" id="xmrto"></a>

<a href="https://xmr.to/" target="_blank">XMR.to</a> allows you to make a Bitcoin payment with the strong privacy provided by Monero. This means that using Monero together with XMR.TO, you can pay any Bitcoin address in the world while protecting your privacy.

You send them Monero, and they send out Bitcoin. They even pay the BTC transaction fees for you.

Check back next week for another merchant that accepts Monero for their goods and services.

<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 class="date"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/baudu4/localization_workgroup_cli_and_gui_wallet_waiting/" target="_blank">CLI, GUI and Monerujo wallets need translators</a></p>
<p></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>

<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><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>

<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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