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+title: Issue 98: April 25 - May 2, 2021
+image: /img/twitter-card-issue-98-min.png
+issuenumber: 98
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+[<img src="/img/img-issue98-min.png" alt="Revuo Monero Weekly #98 Slide" class="img-lead">]({% post_url 2021-05-02-issue-98 %}.html)
+
+<p class="text-lead">Revuo Monero Weekly: April 25 - May 2, 2021.</p>
+<!--more-->
+
+
+<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><a href="https://twitter.com/binaryFate/status/1388221143069335554" target="_blank">The Monero general fund received an anonymous donation of 1020 XMR on the Moneroversary</a> (Monero’s birthday, April 18th).</h4>
+</div>
+
+<div class="newsbyte">
+    <h4><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monerujo/comments/n3461n/beta_monerujo_205/" target="_blank">Monerujo has released a new beta version with easier transferring between phones</a>.</h4>
+</div>
+
+<div class="newsbyte">
+    <h4>Monero’s CCS-funded atomic swaps project, Farcaster, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/n258e4/farcaster_community_update_april/" target="_blank">has released their April report</a>.</h4>
+</div>
+
+<div class="newsbyte">
+    <h4>Monero contributor John Foss has a <a href="https://johnfoss.medium.com/" target="_blank">Monero newsletter of his own</a>. This newsletters differs from the Revuo in a few ways. Namely covers more content (such as popular memes and images), and is on Medium. If you want a less news-focused and more community-centered look at Monero (though they do have news) then check them out.</h4>
+</div>
+
+<div class="newsbyte">
+    <h4>Haveno, the Bisq fork that has Monero as a base currency, now has two sponsors, <a href="https://twitter.com/SamouraiWallet/status/1388095210912092160" target="_blank">Samourai Wallet</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/HavenoDEX/status/1388867599707131904" target="_blank">Cake Wallet</a>.</h4>
+</div>
+
+<div class="newsbyte">
+    <h4><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/n1h2yd/you_can_now_direct_buy_small_amounts_of_xmr_with/" target="_blank">Kraken now allows for small XMR purchases via ACH</a> so users don’t have to wait several days for a wire transfer to go through.</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/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>2352467</b></p>
+    <p>Hash rate: <b>2.392 GH/s</b></p>
+    <p>Average Tx per block: <b>36.86</b></p>
+    <p>Weekly Moving Average Tx per day: <b>26,377</b></p>
+    <p>Block reward: <b>1.04 XMR</b></p>
+</div>
+<p class="note">Data taken on May 2, 2021</p>
+
+<h4 class="stat">XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks</h4>
+<p><img src="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-05021.png" alt="Hashrate Pool Distribution Pie Chart"/></p>
+
+<h4 class="stat">Price & Performance</h4>
+
+<div class="price-intro">XMR Market Cap: <b>$7,420,233,885</b><br>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$408.27</b></div>
+
+<p class="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
+<table class="price-table">
+  <tr class="row1">
+    <th></th>
+    <th>05/02/21</th>
+    <th>Week</th>
+    <th>Month</th>
+    <th>Year</th>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td data-th="XMR to">USD</td>
+    <td data-th="05/02/21">$414.19</td>
+    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+16.5%</td>
+    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+61.2%</td>
+    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+542.5%</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr class="row3">
+    <td data-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
+    <td data-th="05/02/21">€344.24</td>
+    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+17.0%</td>
+    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+57.6%</td>
+    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+492.4%</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td data-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
+    <td data-th="05/02/21">B0.00713162</td>
+    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-1.9%</td>
+    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+63.8%</td>
+    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-0.8%</td>
+  </tr>
+</table>
+<p class="note">Data taken on May 2, 2021</p>
+
+<p class="table-title">XMR Price Graph</p>
+
+![XMR Price Graph 04/25/21-05/02/21](/img/weekly-chart-05021.png "XMR Price Graph 04/25/21-05/02/21") 
+
+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 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>
+
+<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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