---
type: weekly
layout: weekly_old
date: "2022-04-21T00:00:00Z"
issuenumber: 117
title: "Issue 117: April 14-21, 2022"
---

<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="#support">Support</a></li>
</ul>

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

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Monero is <a href="https://wikiless.lunar.icu/wiki/Monero?lang=en" target="_blank">eight (8) years old</a>. On that note, community member, reemuru, published <a href="https://www.getmonero.org/2022/04/18/this-year-in-monero.html" target="_blank">This Year in Monero - 2022</a>. A blog post that goes over a set of different network and social media statistics for the project between 2021 and 2022.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>XMR's v15 network upgrade's, A.K.A. 'Fluorine Fermi', tentative roll-out schedule has been agreed upon during last dev meeting. Resources: <a href="https://www.getmonero.org/2022/04/20/network-upgrade-july-2022.html" target="_blank">Blog post</a>; <a href="https://github.com/monero-project/meta/issues/680#issuecomment-1079924577" target="_blank">Pull Requests list</a>; <a href="https://github.com/monero-project/meta/issues/690" target="_blank">Network Upgrade Checklist</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://monerokon.com/" target="_blank">MoneroKon 2022</a> will be held in Lisbon, Portugal; 18-19th June. Call for Proposals [<a href="https://nttr.stream/pic/media%2FFQfNY5IWUAM49FZ.jpg%3Fname%3Dorig" target="_blank">flyer</a>] is open. Talk & workshop submissions are welcome <a href="https://cfp.monerokon.com/" target="_blank">here</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>monero-bash v1.3 is <a href="https://github.com/hinto-janaiyo/monero-bash/releases/tag/v1.3" target="_blank">out</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Reddit user, akimayumi, <a href="https://teddit.adminforge.de/r/Monero/comments/u7589t/shruum_wallet_alpha_updates_stagenet_apks/" target="_blank">introduced</a> Shruum Alpha — A Monerujo fork with mandatory Tor usage, and a "Monero-only" design for privacy and anonymity —. <a href="https://git.mayumi.one/mayumi/shruum" target="_blank">Source code</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Reddit user, sech1, <a href="https://teddit.adminforge.de/r/Monero/comments/u5y8bf/vanity_monero_address_generator_gpu_cuda_edition/" target="_blank">released</a> vanity_xmr_cudahere — vanity Monero address generator, with support for GPU. <a href="https://github.com/SChernykh/vanity_xmr_cuda" target="_blank">Source code</a>.</h4>
</div>

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

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">April 23, 2022 (Saturday) – 17:00 UTC</p>
    <p markdown="1">Space Workgroup Meeting - <a href="irc://irc.libera.chat/#monero-space" target="_blank">#monero-space</a> IRC channel; <a href="https://matrix.to/#/#monero-space:monero.social" target="_blank">Matrix room</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">April 23, 2022 (Saturday) – 18:00 UTC</p>
    <p markdown="1">MoneroKon 2022 Meeting - <a href="irc://irc.libera.chat/#monero-events" target="_blank">#monero-events</a> IRC channel; <a href="https://matrix.to/#/#monero-events:monero.social" target="_blank">Matrix room</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">April 27, 2022 (Wednesday) – 17:00 UTC</p>
    <p markdown="1">Research Lab Meeting - <a href="irc://irc.libera.chat/#monero-research-lab" target="_blank">#monero-research-lab</a> IRC channel; <a href="https://matrix.to/#/#monero-research-lab:monero.social" target="_blank">Matrix room</a>.</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/307" target="_blank">HotShop Point of Sale</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/310" target="_blank">Patronero - Open Source project for donating by mining</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/311" target="_blank">Multi-scene monero solutions</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/312" target="_blank">selsta part-time monero development (3 months)</a>.</p>
</div>

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

<div class="proposal">
    <p><a href="https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/soloptxmr-mj-endor-2022.html" target="_blank">SolOptXMR - Solar Optimal mining of XMR</a> by mj.</p>
    <p>Raised <b>100 of 110.55</b> XMR.</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
    <p><a href="https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/savandra-videos-for-monero.html" target="_blank">New Animated Videos</a> by savandra.</p>
    <p>Raised <b>5.44 of 45</b> XMR.</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
    <p><a href="https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/The-Monero-Moon-CCS-Proposal-March2022-John-Foss.html" target="_blank">The Monero Moon - March 2022</a> by John Foss.</p>
    <p>Raised <b>24.22 of 36</b> XMR.</p>
</div>

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

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

<div class="bcstats">
    <p>Block height: <b>2606983</b></p>
    <p>Hash rate: <b>3.024 GH/s</b></p>
    <p>Average txs. per block: <b>27.21</b></p>
    <p>Weekly Moving Average txs. per day: <b>25,324</b></p>
    <p>Block reward: <b>~0.64 XMR</b></p>
</div>
<p class="note">Data taken on April 21, 2022.</p>

<h4 class="stat">XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks</h4>
<p><img src="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-0421.png" alt="Hashrate Pool Distribution Pie Chart"/></p>

<h4 class="stat" id="price-stat">Price & Performance</h4>

<div class="price-intro">XMR Market Cap: <b>$5,150,453,058</b>.<br/>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$314.21</b>.</div>

<p class="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
<table class="price-table">
  <tr class="row1">
    <th></th>
    <th>04/21/22</th>
    <th>Week</th>
    <th>Month</th>
    <th>Year</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">USD</td>
    <td data-th="04/21/22">$284.39</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+20.0%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+48.4%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-28.9%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row3">
    <td data-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
    <td data-th="04/21/22">€262.40</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+20.6%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+50.8%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-21.0%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
    <td data-th="04/21/22">₿0.00685070</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+19.0%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+46.7%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+3.4%</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p class="note">Data taken on April 21, 2022.</p>

<p class="table-title">XMR Price Graph</p>

![XMR Price Graph 04/14/22-04/21/22](/img/weekly-chart-0421.png "XMR Price Graph 04/14/22-04/21/22") 

Sources: <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/en/coins/monero" target="_blank">coingecko.com</a>; <a href="https://localmonero.co/statistics" target="_blank">localmonero.co statistics</a>; <a href="https://localmonero.co/blocks" target="_blank">localmonero.co blocks</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 some volunteer opportunities.</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">here</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 Workgroup. </p>
</div>

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