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title: Issue 120: May 5-12, 2022
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<p class="text-lead">Revuo Monero Weekly: May 5-12, 2022</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="#support">Support</a></li>
</ul>

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

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Shruum, Monerujo fork, has published mainnet .apk files. Review differences with upstream on <a href="https://teddit.adminforge.de/r/Monero/comments/ujwiag/shruum_wallet_mainnet_apk_released_a_monerujo/" target="_blank">reddit</a>. Get it <a href="https://mayumi.one/" target="_blank">here</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Unstoppable Swap GUI v0.3.0 [Testnet] has been <a href="https://github.com/UnstoppableSwap/unstoppableswap-gui/releases/tag/v0.3.0" target="_blank">released</a>. Includes Tor support.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>monero-bash v1.5.2 is <a href="https://github.com/hinto-janaiyo/monero-bash/releases/tag/v1.5.2" target="_blank">out</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Reddit user, afsdkjhblkjhbav, has called for "<a href="https://teddit.adminforge.de/r/Monero/comments/unyuqw/friday_the_13th_the_bloody_monerun/" target="_blank">Friday the 13th: The Bloody Monerun</a>". On the same vein, MoneroFox, wants to celebrate <a href="https://teddit.adminforge.de/r/Monero/comments/unaifx/monerorun2_tail_emission_day_june_8th_celebration/" target="_blank">Tail Emission Day</a> by running another Proof-of-Keys community initiative. If you have any XMR in centralized exchanges, withdraw them to your wallet either or both days.</h4>
</div>

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

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">May 14, 2022 (Saturday) – 17:00 UTC</p>
    <p markdown="1">Dev Meeting - <a href="irc://irc.libera.chat/#monero-dev" target="_blank">#monero-dev</a> IRC channel; <a href="https://matrix.to/#/#monero-dev:monero.social" target="_blank">Matrix room</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">May 14, 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">May 15, 2022 (Sunday) – 18:00 UTC</p>
    <p markdown="1">Community Workgroup Meeting - <a href="irc://irc.libera.chat/#monero-community" target="_blank">#monero-community</a> IRC channel; <a href="https://matrix.to/#/#monero-community:monero.social" target="_blank">Matrix room</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">May 18, 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/282" target="_blank">Monero Afghanistan Expansion Strategy</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">Monero business kit</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/314" target="_blank">Seraphis Wallet PoC 2 funding proposal</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/317" target="_blank">Research Computing Upgrade</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/318" target="_blank">Moneroj.net improvements, articles and maintenance (3 months)</a>.</p>
</div>

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

<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>6.72 of 45</b> XMR.</p>
</div>

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

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

<div class="bcstats">
    <p>Block height: <b>2621976</b></p>
    <p>Hash rate: <b>2.789 GH/s</b></p>
    <p>Average txs. per block: <b>38.58</b></p>
    <p>Weekly Moving Average txs. per day: <b>30619</b></p>
    <p>Block reward: <b>~0.62 XMR</b></p>
</div>
<p class="note">Data taken on May 12, 2022.</p>

<h4 class="stat">XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks</h4>
<p><img src="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-0512.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>$2,577,139,256</b>.<br/>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$151.37</b>.</div>

<p class="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
<table class="price-table">
  <tr class="row1">
    <th></th>
    <th>05/12/22</th>
    <th>Week</th>
    <th>Month</th>
    <th>Year</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">USD</td>
    <td data-th="05/12/22">$142.22</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-36.8%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-37.0%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-68.6%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row3">
    <td data-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
    <td data-th="05/12/22">€137.10</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-35.3%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-33.9%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-63.2%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
    <td data-th="05/12/22">₿0.00483708</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-14.8%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-15.4%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-39.5%</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p class="note">Data taken on May 12, 2022.</p>

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

![XMR Price Graph 05/05/22-05/12/22](/img/weekly-chart-0512.png "XMR Price Graph 05/05/22-05/12/22") 

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 opport05/12es.</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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