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title: Issue 97: April 1-25, 2021
image: /img/twitter-card-issue-97-min.png
issuenumber: 97
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[<img src="/img/img-issue97-min.png" alt="Revuo Monero Weekly #97 Slide" class="img-lead">](/issue-97.html)
<p class="text-lead">Revuo Monero Weekly: April 1 - April 25, 2021.</p>
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<p>Sorry for the gap in between issues everyone. I, rehrar, the writer had a few personal emergencies. Im back. Were continuing now. Yay. Now to the news.</p>
<h3>Table of Contents:</h3>
<ul class="contents">
<li><a href="#news">Recent News</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="#sponsor">Sponsors</a></li>
<li><a href="#donate">Donate</a></li>
</ul>
<h3 id="news">Recent News</h3>
<div class="newsbyte">
<h4>Theres a new version out! <a href="https://www.getmonero.org/2021/04/14/monero-GUI-0.17.2.1-released.html" target="_blank">New CLI and GUI versions</a>. Highlights include sending to multiple addresses in one transaction, pruning with the GUI, and much much more.</h4>
</div>
<div class="newsbyte">
<h4>Monero contributor Erciccione has unveiled a new project he is heading up: <a href="https://github.com/haveno-dex/haveno
https://reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/mmrchk/im_happy_to_announce_haveno_the_monero_based_dex/
" target="_blank">Haveno, a Bisq fork that has Monero as the base currency</a>. They are looking for volunteers of all kinds to help with the project.</h4>
</div>
<div class="newsbyte">
<h4>Monero Outreach put out <a href="https://www.monerooutreach.org/stories/monero-atomic-swaps.html" target="_blank">an article on Moneros atomic swaps that explain how they work and why theyre important</a>.</h4>
</div>
<div class="newsbyte">
<h4>Monero Talk has put out several new episodes, including interviews with <a href="https://youtu.be/h-t4lmHcXqw" target="_blank">Richard Stallman</a>, <a href="https://youtu.be/XSfb96P4Xys" target="_blank">Peter Todd</a>, and Moneros own <a href="https://youtu.be/b03uWMDOhPw" target="_blank">Seth Simmons</a> (and more!). As well theyve started a new series called Monerotopia where they interview and just hang out with guests talking about Monero-related topics. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3Hx81QYLoEQkm3vyl4N4eQ/videos" target="_blank">Check out their channel</a>!</h4>
</div>
<div class="newsbyte">
<h4>The Spanish Monero podcast has also put out <a href="https://anchor.fm/elmonero" target="_blank">several episodes discussing recent news and even interviewing core team member ArticMine</a>.</h4>
</div>
<div class="newsbyte">
<h4><a href="https://txstreet.com/v/xmr" target="_blank">TxStreet, a fun, visual way to see blockchain transactions, has added Monero</a>.</h4>
</div>
<div class="newsbyte">
<h4>Monero contributor Seth Simmons put out a <a href="https://sethsimmons.me/posts/this-year-in-monero-2021/" target="_blank">blog post of Moneros year as of Moneros birthday earlier in April</a>. Its filled with lots of fun statistics and content.</h4>
</div>
<div class="newsbyte">
<h4>Erciccione has added another slew of updated to the website. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/mxko4r/getmoneroorg_updated_performance_improvements_new/" target="_blank">Details here</a>.</h4>
</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/226" target="_blank">Proposal for a federated bazaar </a></p>
</div>
<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/225" target="_blank">Ben Evanoff's summer coding proposal</a></p>
</div>
<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/224" target="_blank">john-foss-the-monero-moon</a></p>
</div>
<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/222" target="_blank">Triptych research and optimizations</a></p>
</div>
<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/218" target="_blank">Danish translation of the Monero GUI Wallet and the Monero-site</a></p>
</div>
<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/213" target="_blank">Serbian translation of Monero GUI Wallet, Monero Means Money</a></p>
</div>
<h3 id="proposals">CCS Proposals Need Funding</h3>
<p>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).</p>
<h3 id="stats">Price & Blockchain Stats</h3>
<h4 class="stat">Blockchain Stats</h4>
<div class="bcstats">
<p>Block height: <b>2347524</b></p>
<p>Hash rate: <b>2.447 GH/s</b></p>
<p>Average Tx per block: <b>37.84</b></p>
<p>Weekly Moving Average Tx per day: <b>27,356</b></p>
<p>Block reward: <b>1.05 XMR</b></p>
</div>
<p class="note">Data taken on April 25, 2021</p>
<h4 class="stat">XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks</h4>
<p><img src="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-04251.png" alt="Hashrate Pool Distribution Pie Chart"/></p>
<h4 class="stat">Price & Performance</h4>
<div class="price-intro">XMR Market Cap: <b>$6,657,731,762</b><br>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$338.27</b></div>
<p class="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
<table class="price-table">
<tr class="row1">
<th></th>
<th>04/25/21</th>
<th>Week</th>
<th>Month</th>
<th>Year</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td data-th="XMR to">USD</td>
<td data-th="04/25/21">$372.00</td>
<td data-th="Week" class="green">+9.5%</td>
<td data-th="Month" class="green">+67.8%</td>
<td data-th="Year" class="green">+514.9%</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row3">
<td data-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
<td data-th="04/25/21">€307.14</td>
<td data-th="Week" class="green">+8.3%</td>
<td data-th="Month" class="green">+63.4%</td>
<td data-th="Year" class="green">+449.4%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td data-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
<td data-th="04/25/21">B0.00712095</td>
<td data-th="Week" class="green">+18.1%</td>
<td data-th="Month" class="green">+76.3%</td>
<td data-th="Year" class="red">-11.3%</td>
</tr>
</table>
<p class="note">Data taken on April 25, 2021</p>
<p class="table-title">XMR Price Graph</p>
![XMR Price Graph 03/12/21-03/18/21](/img/weekly-chart-04251.png "XMR Price Graph 03/12/21-03/18/21")
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://miningpoolstats.stream/monero" target="_blank">miningpoolstats.stream</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 arent sure how, check out the volunteer opportunities below.</p>
<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>
<div class="newsbyte">
<p class="date"><a href="https://github.com/monero-project/monero" target="_blank">Getting Started with Helping Monero</a></p>
<p>If you are new to Monero and want to contribute, please check out <a href="https://www.monerooutreach.org/stories/getting-started-helping-monero.php" target="_blank">this article about volunteering and contributing to Monero</a> from the Monero Outreach Group. </p>
</div>
<h3 id="sponsor">Sponsored by</h3>
<div class="sponsors">
<div class="sponsor">
<p><a href="https://localmonero.co/" target="_blank"><img src="/img/localmonero-logo.png" alt="LocalMonero.co Logo" class="localmonero"></a></p>
<p class="text-center"><a href="https://localmonero.co/" target="_blank">LocalMonero.co</a></p>
</div>
<div class="sponsor">
<p><a href="https://dvchain.co/" target="_blank"><img src="/img/dv-chain-logo.png" alt="DV Chain Logo" class="dvchain"></a></p>
<p class="text-center"><a href="https://dvchain.co/" target="_blank">DV Chain</a></p>
</div>
</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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