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Monero Research Lab meeting scheduled for 17 July 2024 1700 UTC
The next Monero Research Lab1 meeting is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, July 17th 2024 at 17:00 UTC on IRC-Libera/Matrix2 in the #monero-research-lab channels.

Agenda overview (unconfirmed)
  • Updates. What is everyone working on?
  • Stress testing monerod3
  • Potential measures against a black marble attack4
  • Research Pre-Seraphis Full-Chain Membership Proofs5
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Justin Berman posts CCS progress report after 350 hours of dev work
Justin Berman1 has published a second progress report2 for his full-time 2024 ( part 7) Monero/Seraphis dev work CCS proposal3:

Update 2: 350 hours

Work overview


-Completed first pass of the grow_tree and trim_tree algorithms and tests
  -It's not PR ready as is
  -this is a significant fcmp integration milestone
-Submitted a PR to ensure when un-synced wallets call scan_ ... ⌘ [Read more](https://monero.observer/j-berman-posts-ccs-progress-report-after-350-dev-work-hours/)

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Monero Observer 2024 Q3 CCS proposal ready for community review
The Monero Observer CCS proposal for 2024 Q3 is ready for community review:

I will continue to maintain Monero Observer (https://monero.observer) for the next 3 months (2024 Q3): July, August and September.

You can support the proposal by posting feedback in !4781.

Thanks for being a loyal MO reader!

escapethe3RA

  1. [https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/478](https://repo.getmonero … ⌘ Read more

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binarybaron and einliterflasche submit CCS proposal to ‘transform’ XMR-BTC atomic swaps ecosystem into ‘mature marketplace’
binarybaron1 and einliterflashche2 have submitted a CCS proposal3 looking to continue XMR-BTC atomic swaps4 development and help transform the ecosystem from a prototype into a mature marketplace:

We are confident that given a few months time to fully dedicate to the project, we can transf … ⌘ Read more

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Cake Wallet adds support for WOW
Cake Labs1 has released Cake Wallet v4.19.02 with support for Wownero3 wallets, various XMR fixes and enhancements:

Much wow…Cake Wallet v4.19.0 is live! Devs working on big things and more big things are coming

Changes overview (since 4.18.2)
Monero enhancements
Add Wownero wallet
Improvements for Tron and Nano wallets
Bug fixes

It is worth mentioning that Monero.com4 v1.16.0 was also released today. Consul … ⌘ Read more

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Cuprate Meeting scheduled for 16 July 2024 1800 UTC
The next Cuprate Meeting is scheduled1 take place on Tuesday, July 16 2024 at 18:00 UTC on IRC-Libera/Matrix2 in the #cuprate channels.

Cuprate is an effort to create an alternative Monero node implementation.

Agenda overview
Greetings
Updates: What is everyone working on?
Project: What is next for Cuprate?
Any other business

The meeting’s moderator should be boog9003. Consult the Cuprate code repository[4 … ⌘ Read more

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hinto-janai releases Gupax v1.3.9
hinto-janai1 has released Gupax 2 version 1.3.93 with a change4 to its list of XMR remote nodes:

xmrnode.facspro.net is no longer operational

Changes overview
Remote Node changes:
-Removed xmrnode.facspro.net (thanks @SChernykh #94)

Bundled Versions:
-P2Pool v4.0
-XMRig v6.21.3

The full changelog, sources, SHA256SUM and .asc files can be found on Github3 and on the gupax.io website5.

Consult hinto- … ⌘ Read more

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Seraphis Wallet Workgroup meeting scheduled for 15 July 2024 1800 UTC
The next Seraphis Wallet Workgroup 1 meeting is scheduled to take place on Monday, July 15 2024 at 18:00 UTC, in the IRC/Libera #no-wallet-left-behind 2 channel and the bridged Matrix room3.

Consult the project’s wiki4 page to learn more about Seraphis, Jamtis, and wallet3.

Logs for the previous meeting are available on Monero Observer5.

_This is an ongoing story and the rep … ⌘ Read more

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MrCyjaneK completes first milestone for Unnamed Monero Wallet CCS proposal
MrCyjaneK1 has posted a fourth CCS progress report2, completing the first milestone for their Unnamed Monero Wallet 3 dev work proposal4:

S01E04 (final episode for S01) [..] website is undergoing an update, so if you want to test latest release grab a nightly build

Work overview


monero_c/monero.dart:
-ios builds improvements
-ci for ios builds
-andr ... ⌘ [Read more](https://monero.observer/mrcyjanek-completes-first-milestone-unnamed-monero-wallet-ccs-proposal/)

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Monero Dev Activity Report - Week 27 2024: 6 PRs, 0 Issues
This weekly report aims to provide a big picture view of Monero development activity, increase community support for existing devs and, hopefully, encourage new contributions.

1 - PRs (6, 5:1:0)

Opened (5)

monero-project/monero:

  • #93911 Dockerfile: remove CMD line and docker-compose file provided (mjhatami)

monero-project/monero-gui: none

monero-project/monero-site:

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XMR most used crypto on Coincards in June 2024
XMR was the most used cryptocurrency on Coincards1 in June 2024, according to a usage report2 that was published earlier today:

Here’s a breakdown of usage (by $ volume) on Coincards by percentage in June ‘24

#XMR: 34.4% (+6.82%)
#BTC (Onchain): 25.96% (+4.07%)
#USDC: 20.20% (-13.01%)
#ETH: 9.84%
#LTC: 2.49%
#Solana: 2.31%
#Dogecoin: 2.09%
#LightningNetwork: 2.08%
#USDT: 0.58%
#Dai: 0.04%
#Matic: 0.01%
#Dash: 0%

Monero climb … ⌘ Read more

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Eneez proposes bounty for XMR P2P Telegram bot
Eneez1 has proposed a bounty2 for the creation of a reliable Telegram3 bot that can facilitate peer-to-peer fiat to XMR exchanges without KYC:

Currently, Monero faces a significant challenge due to the limited availability of P2P platforms for exchanging fiat currency into XMR. People have to buy BTC and exchange it for XMR and this scares a lot of people away from Monero.

Total Bounty: 0 XMR (to date)

Anyone ca … ⌘ Read more

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Monero Observer Artistic Saturday Top 5 - Week 27, 2024
Previous Artistic Saturday weekly reports can be found in the [art] 1 section.

5 - ‘Be private’ illustration (by Battery__LB2)

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4 - ‘Monero private by default’ comic (by gnuteardrops3)

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3 - ‘Orange pill’ illustration (by Anonymous4)

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busyboredom releases initial version of AcceptXMR-Server
busyboredom1 has released AcceptXMR v0.14.02 with a few API changes alongside the initial version (0.1.0)3 of the batteries-included Monero payment gateway4 built around it:

It’s been a long time coming, but AcceptXMR-Server (the standalone payment gateway) had its initial release last night5

This update completes the first milestone ( Dockerize AcceptXMR) of busyboredom’s CC … ⌘ Read more

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selsta posts June 2024 Monero dev report
selsta1 has posted a monthly CCS progress report2 for June 2024, which includes several Monero dev updates.

Milestone 2:
-Work on v0.18.3.4 has continued,
I decided to delay the release due to bugs found by the stresset.
-Help with OSS-Fuzz issue.
-Did some initial help with the stressnet.
-Smaller bug fixes.

Note that misc work is not explicitly mentioned in these updates. The full list of changes can be found on Github3’ … ⌘ Read more

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rottenwheel publishes ‘Revuo Monero’ Issue href=”https://we.loveprivacy.club/search?tag=201”>#201**
rottenwheel1 has published Issue #20123 of the weekly Revuo Monero audience-funded newsletter, which covers June 27-4 2024 news:

Recent News
Upcoming Events
CCS Proposal Ideas
CCS Proposals Need Funding
Price & Blockchain Stats
Volunteer Opportunities
Support

To support Revuo Monero, you can contribute XMR to the address listed in the footer of each issue and on the Support 4 page. Join the Revuo XMP … ⌘ Read more

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monerobull submits CCS proposal to maintain Monero Website Workgroup
monerobull1 has submitted a CCS proposal2 to maintain the Monero Website Workgroup 3 and work on various Monero non-dev stuff for 3 months:

I was recently mentioned in a CCS proposal by geonic, famous Monero movie director. There’s a lot of opportunity for improvement in the non-dev areas of the project, and not always enough hands to get it done. It was agreed upon that, were … ⌘ Read more

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woodser releases monero-ts v0.9.9
woodser1 has just released monero-ts 2 library version 0.9.93 with various fixes, updates and improvements:

Changes overview


fix failed to parse url in nextjs by @0-don #205
fix documentation for wallet rpc getBalances() #177
add 'web-worker' to nodejs externals
add default rpc error message when missing
keep best connection if not enough data
TaskLooper does not target fixed period by default
move documentation section above using in yo ... ⌘ [Read more](https://monero.observer/woodser-releases-monero-ts-v0.9.9/)

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Boog900’s ‘Cuprate’ CCS proposal ready for funding
Boog9001’s CCS proposal2 to continue working full time on Cuprate 3 development for 3 more months is ready for funding:

Funding needed: 215 XMR

To support this proposal, you can donate any XMR amount to the address listed on its Gitlab Funding Required 4 page.

To learn more about the project, consult the previous Monero Observer report5.

  1. https://github.com/Boog900 [↩](#fnref:1)

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ki9 submits CCS proposal to develop Monero payment gateway ‘Pago’
Keith Irwin (ki91) has submitted a CCS proposal2 to develop Pago 3, a lightweight and easy-to-deploy Monero payment gateway that can be embedded into any website:

pago (Esperanto for “payment”) will be a monero payment platform with flexible html/css/js frontends. Pago will be lightweight and use few external dependencies. [..] payment processors like pago are needed to make it easier for … ⌘ Read more

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[LFF] [6.5 XMR] Revuo Monero code enhancements and rebranding. Please consider chipping in!

I am looking to raise 1,000 EUR worth of XMR to cover the back-end changes for the site and replenish funds spent paying designers. Maintenance is taken care of via the CCS, trying to see if this platform yields result when seeking funding for other enhancements.

Links:

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rottenwheel submits CCS proposal to maintain ‘official’ Monero website for 3 months
rottenwheel1 has submitted a new CCS proposal2 looking to maintain the Getmonero.org3 website for 3 months (July-September 2024):

I will maintain the “official” Monero website (https://www.getmonero.org/) for the next 3 months (2024 Q3): July, August and September. Aid in general project endeavors assistance, such as Matrix/IRC moderation, assist plowsof’s CC … ⌘ Read more

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Monero Research Lab meeting scheduled for 10 July 2024 1700 UTC
The next Monero Research Lab1 meeting is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, July 10th 2024 at 17:00 UTC on IRC-Libera/Matrix2 in the #monero-research-lab channels.

Agenda overview (unconfirmed)
  • Updates. What is everyone working on?
  • Potential measures against a black marble attack3
  • Research Pre-Seraphis Full-Chain Membership Proofs4
    - Discuss hiring Cypher Stack for 4 days of work (38 X … ⌘ Read more

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[ANN] [CCS] Límite: All in all, our film went to 17 festivals and received 6 awards.

As noted in the previous update, we qualified through theatrical exhibition and were one of 187 short films in competition for the Oscar. Unfortunately we did not make it to a nomination.

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binarybaron releases UnstoppableSwap GUI v0.6.2
binarybaron1 has released unstoppableswap-gui 2 version 0.6.23 with various updates and improvements:

Changes overview


Add Button to open data directory to RpcControlBox in file explorer
Display individual update release files as clickable links [..]
Convert debug switch into an icon button on swap dialog
Enable user to submit feedback while swap is running
Update electron to 26.2.1
Update swap-cli to 0.13.2
S ... ⌘ [Read more](https://monero.observer/binarybaron-releases-unstoppableswap-gui-v0.6.2/)

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Cuprate Meeting scheduled for 9 July 2024 1800 UTC
The next Cuprate Meeting is scheduled1 take place on Tuesday, July 9 2024 at 18:00 UTC on IRC-Libera/Matrix2 in the #cuprate channels.

Cuprate is an effort to create an alternative Monero node implementation.

Agenda overview
Greetings
Updates: What is everyone working on?
Project: What is next for Cuprate?
Any other business

The meeting’s moderator should be boog9003. Consult the Cuprate code repository[4](# … ⌘ Read more

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VostoEmisio submits CCS proposals to create FCMPs and Monero animated videos
VostoEmisio1 has submitted two new CCS proposals2 looking to create an animated video explaining Full-Chain Membership Proofs 3 and remake the outdated What is Monero? 4 introductory video:

We’re excited to announce our next project: a video explainer about FCMP (Full-Chain Membership Proofs). [..] We have been approached and encouraged to make a proposal to refr … ⌘ Read more

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geonic submits CCS proposal nominating monerobull for leadership post in Monero Community and Website Workgroups
geonic1 has submitted a CCS proposal2 endorsing monerobull for the #monero-site 3 maintainer role and a leadership position in the #monero-community 4 workgroup:

I’m opening this CCS on behalf of monerobull (without asking him edit: he has since agreed to do the job if picked) because he has stated t … ⌘ Read more

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Monero Observer Blitz #31 - June 2024
Here’s a recap of what happened this June in the Monero community:

Breaking
  • P2Pool hardfork was scheduled for October 12th 2024 at 20:00 UTC ( 1)
  • Trocador was struggling to contain ‘non-stop DDoS attacks’ ( 2)
  • spackle-xmr published the first progress report for the Monero ‘Stressnet’ project ( [3](/spackle-xmr-publishes-first-progress-report-mo … ⌘ Read more

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Seraphis Wallet Workgroup meeting scheduled for 8 July 2024 1800 UTC
The next Seraphis Wallet Workgroup 1 meeting is scheduled to take place on Monday, July 8 2024 at 18:00 UTC, in the IRC/Libera #no-wallet-left-behind 2 channel and the bridged Matrix room3.

Consult the project’s wiki4 page to learn more about Seraphis, Jamtis, and wallet3.

Logs for the previous meeting are available on Monero Observer5.

_This is an ongoing story and the report … ⌘ Read more

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P2Pool to hardfork and enable merge mining on October 12 2024
SChernykh1 has released P2Pool2 version 4.03 with merge mining support4, which will be enabled after its next hardfork on October 12th 2024 at 20:00 UTC:

P2Pool (not Monero!) will hardfork to new consensus rules on October 12th, 2024 at 20:00 UTC. Merge mining will be enabled at that time. You must update to P2Pool v4.0 or newer before this date.

Changes overview


Features:
-Mer ... ⌘ [Read more](https://monero.observer/p2pool-to-hardfork-enable-merge-minining-12-october-2024/)

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Community Workgroup Meeting scheduled for 6 July 2024 1500 UTC
The next Monero Community Workgroup Meeting is scheduled1 to take place on Saturday, 6th of July 2024 at 15:00 UTC, in the #monero-community 23 channels.

Discussions should be focused on community highlights, CCS updates and workgroup reports for Matrix and IRC channels. plowsof4 will moderate the meeting.

Logs for the previous meeting are available on Monero Observer5.

_This is an on … ⌘ Read more

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Monero Dev Activity Report - Week 26 2024: 12 PRs, 4 Issues
This weekly report aims to provide a big picture view of Monero development activity, increase community support for existing devs and, hopefully, encourage new contributions.

1 - PRs (12, 11:1:0)

Opened (11)

monero-project/monero:

  • #93831 Daemon RPC: /getblocks.bin return chain’s top_block_hash in resp (j-berman)
  • #93822 Daemon RPC: high_height_ok req boolean field /getblocks.bin (j-berman)
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rehrar submits CCS proposal for 3 months of Monero ‘non-dev’ work
rehrar1 has submitted a CCS proposal2 to work part-time on Monero non-dev tasks for 3 months:

I was recently approached by luigi, of the current core team about retaking on some of my old duties. There’s a lot of opportunity for improvement in the non-dev areas of the project, and not always enough hands to get it done.

Total funding: 75 XMR.

ETA: 3 months.

Proposed work overview

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rehrar releases Stack Wallet v2.1.1
rehrar1 has released Stack Wallet2 version 2.1.13 with various changes and optimizations.

Changes overview
Added .onion connection support
Added RBF and CPfP for Bitcoin
Added basic Dash functionality
Firo optimizations [..]

The release notes, binaries, and the SHA256 hashes can be found on Github3.

Consult the previous Monero Observer report4 to learn more about the project.

  1. https://github.com/rehra … ⌘ Read more

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jeffro256’s Q3 2024 Monero dev work CCS proposal fully funded
jeffro2561’s CCS proposal2 to work full-time on Monero development for 3 months (Q3 2024) is now fully funded:

146 XMR raised in 10 contributions (100%)

To learn more about jeffro256’s work, consult the previous Monero Observer report3.

  1. https://github.com/jeffro256 [↩](#fnref:1)

  2. [https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/jeffro256-full-time-2024Q3.html](https://ccs.getmonero.o … ⌘ Read more

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[LFF] [30 XMR] Help Claudia rebuild after devastating fire

I normally don’t do this, but I’m sharing the fund raiser of a friend. This poor German lady is really down & out. Her apartment burned down with many of her belongings so she is just sitting in her car thinking about life right now..

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