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title: Issue 58: April 24 - May 2, 2020
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<p class="text-lead">Revuo Monero Weekly: Week of April 24 - May 2, 2020.</p>
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<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="#sponsor">Sponsors</a></li>
    <li><a href="#donate">Donate</a></li>
</ul>

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

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://web.getmonero.org/2020/04/18/dandelion-implemented.html" target="_blank">A new article was released on the getmonero.org website regarding Dandelion++</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/131#note_9896" target="_blank">Sarang Noether released his monthly report for April</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>The movie Monero Means Money has been released for free public viewing - <a href="https://youtu.be/8quGD9W7B2I" target="_blank">available on YouTube</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>The Monero community workgroup did the coffee chat for the month of May - <a href="https://youtu.be/UW_MlMKJxUo" target="_blank">watch on YouTube</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Monero Talk interviewed Justin “sgp” Ehrenhofer about the Monero Means Money movie - <a href="https://youtu.be/qr9YlCaPjMk" target="_blank">watch on YouTube</a>.</h4>
</div>

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

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">May 3, 2020 (Sunday) – 17:00 UTC</p>
    <p markdown="1">Dev Meeting - <a href="irc://chat.freenode.net/#monero-dev" target="_blank">#monero-dev</a> IRC channel</p>
</div>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">May 6, 2020 (Wednesday) – 17:00 UTC</p>
    <p markdown="1">Research Lab Meeting - <a href="irc://chat.freenode.net/#monero-research-lab" target="_blank">#monero-research-lab</a> IRC channel</p>
</div>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">May 9, 2020 (Saturday) – 17:00 UTC</p>
    <p markdown="1">Community Workgroup Meeting - <a href="irc://chat.freenode.net/#monero-community" target="_blank">#monero-community</a> IRC channel</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/142" target="_blank">Research post-quantum strategies for Monero</a></p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/141" target="_blank">Norwegian translation of core part</a></p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/138" target="_blank">Compilation time reduction and housekeeping</a></p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/137" target="_blank">Translation of Mastering Monero into Brazilian Portuguese</a></p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/127" target="_blank">[Monero Aligned] Proposal for 1M5 Integration as Proxy</a></p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/merge_requests/91" target="_blank">Telegram bot for Monero-Jobs group</a></p>
</div>

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

<div class="proposal">
    <p><a href="https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/xiphon-part-time-4.html" target="_blank">xiphon part-time coding (3 months)</a> by xiphon</p>
    <p>Raised <b>332.9 of 371</b> XMR (90%)</p>
</div>

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

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

<div class="bcstats">
    <p>Block height: <b>2089946</b></p>
    <p>Hash rate: <b>1.287 GH/s</b></p>
    <p>Median block size: <b>26.4 kB</b></p>
    <p>Average Tx per block: <b>18.53</b></p>
    <p>Weekly Moving Average Tx per day: <b>13,370</b></p>
    <p>Block reward: <b>1.72 XMR</b></p>
</div>
<p class="note">Data taken on May 2, 2020</p>

<h4 class="stat">XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks</h4>
<p><img src="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-0502c.png" alt="Hashrate Pool Distribution Pie Chart"/></p>

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

<div class="price-intro">XMR Market Cap: <b>$1,133,407,865</b><br>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$63.89</b></div>

<p class="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
<table class="price-table">
  <tr class="row1">
    <th></th>
    <th>05/02/20</th>
    <th>Week</th>
    <th>Month</th>
    <th>Year</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">USD</td>
    <td data-th="05/02/20">$64.59</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+6.8%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+27.0%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+0.5%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row3">
    <td data-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
    <td data-th="05/02/20">€58.22</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+4.2%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+24.1%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+1.2%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
    <td data-th="05/02/20">B0.00709479</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-11.6%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-4.9%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-39.8%</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p class="note">Data taken on May 2, 2020</p>

<p class="table-title">XMR Price Graph for April 26 - May 2, 2020</p>

![XMR Price Graph 04/26/20-05/02/20](/img/weekly-chart-0502c.png "XMR Price Graph 04/26/20-05/02/20") 

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 aren’t 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>

<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>

<h3 id="donate">Donate</h3>

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