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type: weekly
layout: weekly_old
date: "2021-03-18T00:00:00Z"
issuenumber: 96
title: "Issue 96; March 4 - 18, 2021"
---
<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://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/ly62tk/let_there_be_swaps_public_xmrbtc_atomic_swap_demo/" target="_blank">COMIT project has released a demo of their atomic swaps between Bitcoin and Monero</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/200#note_10764" target="_blank">CCS-funded contributor mj has posted his first report on his work</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/m48tsw/getmoneroorg_updated_onion_address_one_new_faq/" target="_blank">Monero website contributor Erciccione has released a report on the changes he’s done</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>The mods of the Monero subreddit are running a meme contest. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/m2wx7y/monero_meme_contest_11_14_march/" target="_blank">Learn the rules here</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Monero Talk has interviewed several groups and people, including <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmvrYQ_xQAM" target="_blank">Lunar Crush (on Monero’s social aspects)</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TdRor-xFp0" target="_blank">Cryptozoidberg (an OG cryptonote developer who worked with van Saberhagen)</a>, and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRBlEoVhgNc" target="_blank">Davinci Jeremie (the original Bitcoin youtuber)</a>. Check them out!</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/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/217" target="_blank">Add Monero to TxStreet</a></p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/216" target="_blank">Icelandic translation of Monero GUI Wallet</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>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/211" target="_blank">Creating educational video series for awareness around Monero in Hindi</a></p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/206" target="_blank">kysn - Translation of GUI Wallet, monero-site, Monero Means Money (subtitles), Sound Money, Safe Mode (subtitles) to Persian</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>2320056</b></p>
    <p>Hash rate: <b>2.116 GH/s</b></p>
    <p>Average Tx per block: <b>33.05</b></p>
    <p>Weekly Moving Average Tx per day: <b>23,786</b></p>
    <p>Block reward: <b>1.11 XMR</b></p>
</div>
<p class="note">Data taken on March 18, 2021</p>

<h4 class="stat">XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks</h4>
<p><img src="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-0318.png" alt="Hashrate Pool Distribution Pie Chart"/></p>

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

<div class="price-intro">XMR Market Cap: <b>$4,093,773,637</b><br>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$217.60</b></div>

<p class="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
<table class="price-table">
  <tr class="row1">
    <th></th>
    <th>03/18/21</th>
    <th>Week</th>
    <th>Month</th>
    <th>Year</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">USD</td>
    <td data-th="03/18/21">$229.20</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+3.6%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+3.5%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+522.2%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row3">
    <td data-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
    <td data-th="03/18/21">€192.41</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+4.2%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+5.2%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+472.8%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
    <td data-th="03/18/21">B0.00399913</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+4.5%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-11.2%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-41.5%</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p class="note">Data taken on March 18, 2021</p>

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

![XMR Price Graph 03/12/21-03/18/21](/img/weekly-chart-0318.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 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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