--- title: Issue 97: April 1-25, 2021 image: /img/twitter-card-issue-97-min.png issuenumber: 97 --- [Revuo Monero Weekly #97 Slide](/issue-97.html)

Revuo Monero Weekly: April 1 - April 25, 2021.

Sorry for the gap in between issues everyone. I, rehrar, the writer had a few personal emergencies. I’m back. We’re continuing now. Yay. Now to the news.

Table of Contents:

Recent News

There’s a new version out! New CLI and GUI versions. Highlights include sending to multiple addresses in one transaction, pruning with the GUI, and much much more.

Monero contributor Erciccione has unveiled a new project he is heading up: Haveno, a Bisq fork that has Monero as the base currency. They are looking for volunteers of all kinds to help with the project.

Monero Outreach put out an article on Monero’s atomic swaps that explain how they work and why they’re important.

Monero Talk has put out several new episodes, including interviews with Richard Stallman, Peter Todd, and Monero’s own Seth Simmons (and more!). As well they’ve started a new series called Monerotopia where they interview and just hang out with guests talking about Monero-related topics. Check out their channel!

The Spanish Monero podcast has also put out several episodes discussing recent news and even interviewing core team member ArticMine.

TxStreet, a fun, visual way to see blockchain transactions, has added Monero.

Monero contributor Seth Simmons put out a blog post of Monero’s year as of Monero’s birthday earlier in April. It’s filled with lots of fun statistics and content.

Erciccione has added another slew of updated to the website. Details here.

CCS Proposal Ideas

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

Proposal for a federated bazaar

Ben Evanoff's summer coding proposal

john-foss-the-monero-moon

Triptych research and optimizations

Danish translation of the Monero GUI Wallet and the Monero-site

Serbian translation of Monero GUI Wallet, Monero Means Money

CCS Proposals Need Funding

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

Price & Blockchain Stats

Blockchain Stats

Block height: 2347524

Hash rate: 2.447 GH/s

Average Tx per block: 37.84

Weekly Moving Average Tx per day: 27,356

Block reward: 1.05 XMR

Data taken on April 25, 2021

XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks

Hashrate Pool Distribution Pie Chart

Price & Performance

XMR Market Cap: $6,657,731,762
Localmonero.co Street Price: $338.27

Monero (XMR) Price

04/25/21 Week Month Year
USD $372.00 +9.5% +67.8% +514.9%
EUR €307.14 +8.3% +63.4% +449.4%
BTC B0.00712095 +18.1% +76.3% -11.3%

Data taken on April 25, 2021

XMR Price Graph

![XMR Price Graph 03/12/21-03/18/21](/img/weekly-chart-04251.png "XMR Price Graph 03/12/21-03/18/21") Sources: community.xmr.to, moneroblocks.info, miningpoolstats.stream, bitinfocharts.com, coingecko.com, localmonero.co

Volunteer Opportunities

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

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 on GitHub.

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 Group.

If you enjoy this publication and want to support it, we encourage you to donate to the Monero General Fund, using the following address:

44AFFq5kSiGBoZ4NMDwYtN18obc8AemS33DBLWs3H7otXft3XjrpDtQGv7SqSsaBYBb98uNbr2VBBEt7f2wfn3RVGQBEP3A

Comments, criticism, complaints or corrections? Please contact rehrar at **rehrar** at **tuta.io**. Say rehrar sent you.