Chapter 5 edits
I am not a programmer and have only used Git Hub to submit comments and edits for this book. As a result I am not familiar with pull requests and how to use them. Please forgive my ignorance (proofreading books is much easier with something like Google Docs or MS Word..). Serhack asked me to work on Chapters 4-6 as the hired proofreader is currently working on 3. I am just going to copy/paste chapter 5 below and make my edits in bold italics. I hope this helps...

Chapter 5
Monero Core and Community
Monero Community

**_The community behind Monero is a crucial part of it's history and development._** **_Starting at it's inception,_** the anonymous founder of the BitMonero cryptocurrency made sweeping changes without asking **_for_** solid feedback from the community, and when he made mistakes, the community of BitMonero decided to fork the software and continue to develop it without him. BitMonero was shortly renamed Monero by consensus of the community. **_The community has been trailblazing ever since._**

One of the greatest strengths of Monero is it's community; each month there are two Monero-community meetings where everyone can follow the progresses about Monero and **_?frequest?_** **_developer_** meetings that are open for the community to join or follow on IRC **_(consider adding the #'s for the IRC chats)._** Contributers and community members are encouraged to comment on development and ideas on the Monero Project Github.

Originally**_,_** the community was composed **_of just a few people_** (the original fans of Monero)**_,_** but **_by early 2018,_** the community grew a lot: over 150,000 users on social networks! **_Other sub-communities have begun to grow around Monero. These sub-communities range from miners, developers, organizers, entrepreneurs, marketers, engineers and more._**

There have been 330 people who have contributed code, with 140 in the past year **_(this is a historical document, so say the year :) 2017? 2018?)_**. The organization scheme of the project has been described as “un-governance”. The “ungovernance” **_(<-- one has a - and one doesn't. Pick one and stick with it.)_** model, as implemented by Monero, is comprised of four different aspects or “branches”: the Monero Research Group, the Monero Community Group, the Monero Workgroups and the Monero Core.

The Monero Research Group is an open group of academics and researchers who are constantly coming up with new ideas for Monero and testing and researching existing ideas.

The **_Monero Community Group_** performs functions like posting on the subreddit, helping out newcomers, updating the Monero website, providing feedbacks, and building out the ecosystem.

The Monero Workgroups are special Workgroups created with a unique goal: joining people for the same tasks. For example, there is Monero Hardware Workgroup that has the mission to build the first community-driven Hardware Wallet **_(a secure way to store cryptocurrency off devices connected to the internet_**). Another example could be the Monero Integrations Workgroup that has the mission to build free and open source payment gateways **_(tools to help increase usability and adoption of Monero)_**.

Finally, the Monero Core Team is the team that manages critical tasks for Monero. Some of the responsibilities of the Core Team are:

    Acting as primary trusted arbiters of the Forum Funding System on behalf of the community, so as to ensure the completion of all projects to the satisfaction of the community.
    Managing the codebase of the Monero Project, which includes merging code on Github, keeping backups, and ensuring the safety, security, and free access of the code from any party.
    Stewarding the general donation fund, and spending the Monero there on anything they see fit to further the Monero Project.
    Acting as trusted signers and distributors of reference clients for the Monero coin, and other related technologies.
    Setting a vision for the Monero Project

Monero Core

Repository of Monero on Github:

    monero The Core of Monero Network, written in C++ language
    monero-gui GUI for Monero, build with Qt library
    monero-site The website for Monero
    sekura The Community Hardware wallet
    kovri The Kovri I2P Router Project
    kovri-site The website for Kovri

**_In 2017?2018?, over 200 contributors along with Monero Core_** contributed to Monero codebase **_(delete: that includes the Monero “core”)_** and over 500 users have created Monero related projects ranging from online payment and wallet services, usability and adoption, and even artwork and merchandise that have contributed to the cultural fabric of the Monero community.

**_There are not many cryptocurrencies with a community as strong as Monero's. Anyone in the future who benefits from Monero, has this entire community to thank._**