MoneroKon 2025 Planning Meeting scheduled for 22 February 2025 1700 UTC
The next MoneroKon 2025 Planning Meeting 1 is scheduled to take place on Saturday, February 22nd 2025 at 17:00 UTC in the #monerokon 2 Matrix/IRC channels.
The meeting’s discussion topics should be available on agenda.monerokon.org 3.
Logs for the previous meeting are available on Monero Observer4.
_Note that the upcoming event will take place in Prague on June 20-22 20 … ⌘ Read more
[ANN] Community Advertising Update
Links:
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jeffro256, SNeedlewoods CCS proposals fully funded
jeffro256’s full-time development 2025Q1 1 and SNeedlewoods’s part-time dev work 2 CCS proposals were fully funded today, with help from the Monero General Fund3:
jeffro256:
* 114 XMR raised in 19 contributions (38 XMR sent from GF)
SNeedlewoods:
* 23 XMR raised in 14 contributions (7.67 XMR sent from GF)
To learn more about the two proposals, consult the previous Monero Observer reports4’[ … ⌘ Read more
[ANN] More vitamins for Monero with Carrot - part 1: Overview
A lot of interesting things go on right now in Monero development, but if you don’t happen to attend the two regular dev meetings on Mondays and Wednesdays or hang around in some of our Matrix rooms, you probably wouldn’t know much about it.
Link: https://farside.link/libreddit/r/Monero/comments/1iph8fz/
u/rbrunner7 (Github) ⌘ Read more
[ANN] LocalMonero Clone (openmonero) is now open source
Going strong with a couple of forks will make openmonero more censorship-resistant. The reactjs codebase is now open source. Check out git repository.. (hosted on tor hidden service); contact: https://openmonero.com/support, contact II: @OM_HELP (telegram)
Links:
OpenMonero (Session ID) ⌘ Read more
woodser releases monero-cpp v0.8.13, monero-java v0.8.36, monero-ts v0.11.3
woodser1 has just released new versions for three Monero libraries: monero-cpp v0.8.132, monero-java v0.8.363, and monero-ts v0.11.34:
monero-cpp:
-Support wallet->get_default_fee_priority()
-Fix building sample_code.cpp on Linux
-Update instructions to use unbound v1.22.0
-Update instructions to use boost v1.85.0
-Update build ... ⌘ [Read more](https://monero.observer/woodser-releases-monero-cpp-v0.8.13-monero-java-v0.8.36-monero-ts-v0.11.3/)FiatDemise’s XMRChat CCS proposal ready for funding
FiatDemise1’s CCS proposal2 to retroactively fund the XMRChat 3 project is ready for funding:
Funding needed: 114 XMR
To support this proposal, you can donate any XMR amount to the address listed on its Gitlab Funding Required 2 page.
It is worth noting that 70.56 XMR has already been transferred to this CCS; the funds were repurposed from the TipXMR project, as planned4.
Consult the p … ⌘ Read more
John Foss publishes ‘The Monero Moon’ Issue href=”https://we.loveprivacy.club/search?q=%2376”>#76**
John Foss1 has published Issue #762 of The Monero Moon curated newsletter:
Explore the latest edition for an update on all the latest Monero (XMR) news, developments, and entertainment! [..] If you like the newsletter and want more of this content, then shout me a round of beers by donating some spare Monero you didn’t lose during your boating accident.
The publication includes news about:
- Development, Releases, and Technology … ⌘ Read more
v1docq47 posts December 2024 - January 2025 CCS progress report
v1docq471 has posted the first progress report (December 2024 - January 2025)2 for his latest CCS proposal3 to do Russian voice-over work and transcribe Monero content:
Although our proposal is still in ‘Funding Required’ stage, we did not sit idle, we worked according to the planned milestones. In addition, due to the prolonged funding stage (PR merged ~63 days ago), we additionally place … ⌘ Read more
[ANN] Monero once again beats Bitcoin on ShopinBit
Monero: 56.3%
Bitcoin: 42.9%
LightningNetwork: 0.4%
Fiat: 0.4%
Link: https://farside.link/nitter/shopinbit/status/1889584085057896498
u/vicanonymous (Reddit) ⌘ Read more
Monero Research Lab meeting scheduled for 19 February 2025 1700 UTC
The next Monero Research Lab1 meeting is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, February 19th 2025 at 17:00 UTC on IRC-Libera/Matrix2 in the #monero-research-lab channels.
- Updates
- Prize contest to optimize some FCMP cryptography code3
- Research on subnet deduplication for peer selection to reduce spy node risk4
- AOB
This meeting’s chairperson should be Ru … ⌘ Read more
[LTH] [Bounty] Haveno: Add support for DAI
DAI is useful asset to trade with XMR for access to many liquid and lending markets. CakeWallet supports DAI. This bounty would be complete upon the merge of a pull request, closing these issues.
Links:
- https://bounties.monero.social/posts/175/haveno-add-support-for-dai
- https://github.com/haveno-dex/listing/issues/21
bvcxza (Github) ⌘ Read more
Cuprate Meeting scheduled for 18 February 2024 1800 UTC
The next Cuprate Meeting is scheduled1 to take place on Tuesday, February 18 2025 at 18:00 UTC on IRC-Libera/Matrix2 in the #cuprate channels.
Agenda overviewCuprate is an effort to create an alternative Monero node implementation.
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 co … ⌘ Read more
Boog900 submits CCS proposal for 4 months of full-time Cuprate dev work
Boog9001 has submitted a new CCS proposal2 looking to continue full-time development work on Cuprate 3 for 3 months and also get compensated for January work:
I will work for 3 months on Cuprate with an initial focus on releasing an alpha cuprated [..] I plan to work on what I think is best to advance the project. I am also asking for payment for the hours I worked in January. \ … ⌘ Read more
selsta posts January 2025 Monero dev report
selsta1 has posted a monthly CCS progress report2 for January 2025, which includes several Monero dev updates.
Milestone 2:
* Most time was spent on v0.18.4.0
* I also created a to-do list that shows the current status
* Removed old debug code that we used to verify the difficulty code
(this could speed up sync times)
* Hackerone conflict resolution
Note that misc work is not explicitly mentioned in these updates. The full … ⌘ Read more
[WTS] [$200] Monero Ruby /25 Currency TCG by Cardsmiths
Link: https://farside.link/libreddit/r/Monero/comments/1immtkv/
u/SerMac (Reddit) ⌘ Read more
[ANN] MoneroTalk #339: Monero’s Place in Policy & Regulation in 2025
This episode is a recording of an X Spaces discussion with Douglas Tuman, John Bush, Stoic.XMR, BawdyAnarchist, and others about whether or not the Monero community should engage in political activism to push for pro-privacy, pro-Monero policies in the U.S. The participants debated the merits of lobbying for regulatory clarity versus focusing purely on grassroots, opt-out strategies that avoid government intervention altogether.
Links:
Monero Tech meeting scheduled for 17 February 2025 1800 UTC
The next Monero Tech meeting is scheduled to take place on Monday, February 17 2025 at 18:00 UTC, in the #no-wallet-left-behind 1 IRC-Libera/Matrix channels.
This meeting’s chairperson will probably be rbrunner72 and the agenda should include various topics: Seraphis3/JAMTIS4, FCMPs5, and other long-term Monero development issues.
Logs for the previous meeting are available on Monero Observer[6]( … ⌘ Read more
rottenwheel publishes ‘Revuo Monero’ Issue href=”https://we.loveprivacy.club/search?q=%23226”>#226**
rottenwheel1 has published Issue #2262’3 of the weekly Revuo Monero audience-funded newsletter, which covers February 3 - 9 2025 news:
Recent News
Upcoming Events
CCS Proposals
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.
[LFF] [6.55 XMR] Gupaxx development
Every monero given will be converted to hours of work. When a goal is attained, a new release will occur, including elements present in the roadmap. A release is about 20 hours of work. Bug fixing releases will not wait for a new funding goal to be completed.
Links:
Cyrix126 (Github) ⌘ Read more
Monero Dev Activity Report - Week 6 2025: 30 PRs, 13 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.
Opened (16)
monero-project/monero:
Cyrix126 releases Gupaxx v1.8.0
Cyrix1261 has released Gupaxx 2 version 1.8.03 with various improvements and bugfixes:
Changes overviewThis release is making the use of advanced submenu and simple submenu together sound. New feature to hide tabs you don’t use. New fields in advanced submenu for Node,P2Pool,Xmrig and Proxy tabs.
[UI] Node: button to enable "fast mode"
[UI] P2pool: binding port field
[UI] Xmrig: token field
[Internal] processes are now aware of custom va ... ⌘ [Read more](https://monero.observer/cyrix126-releases-gupaxx-v1.8.0/)MoneroKon 2025 Planning Meeting scheduled for 15 February 2025 1700 UTC
The next MoneroKon 2025 Planning Meeting 1 is scheduled to take place on Saturday, February 15th 2025 at 17:00 UTC in the #monerokon 2 Matrix/IRC channels.
The meeting’s discussion topics should be available on agenda.monerokon.org 3.
Logs for the previous meeting are available on Monero Observer4.
_Note that the upcoming event will take place in Prague on June 20-22 20 … ⌘ Read more
Monero Observer Artistic Saturday Top 5 - Week 6, 2025
Previous Artistic Saturday weekly reports can be found in the [art] 1 section.
hinto-janai submits CCS proposal for 3 months of full-time Cuprate, Monero/FCMP++ work
hinto-janaiyo1 has submitted a new CCS proposal2 looking to continue full-time development work on Cuprate 3 and contribute to Monero (FCMP++ reviews) for 3 months:
Cuprate is preparing its first alpha release, with a 4-week cycle. [..] I will be buying/renting a variety of hardware for testing/development and will post receipts for all hardware acquired a … ⌘ Read more
[ANN] Vienna meetup sponsored by WizardSwap.io, organised by OrangeFren.com
- Date: Friday the 21st of February 2025 @ 18:00 local time
- Location: District Working & Event Venue, Donau-City-Straße 3, 1220 Wien
- Tickets: free
Link: https://orangefren.com/event/21
orangefren.com ⌘ Read more
[ANN] Cuprate 2024 progress report
Cuprate is a Monero node implementation written in Rust that independently validates consensus rules and is interoperable with the Monero network. [..] Cuprate has been funded by Monero’s Community Crowdfunding System. There will be further proposals opened soon to continue development on the 2025 roadmap. If you are interested in this project continuing, consider leaving feedback.
Links:
[ANN] Shutting down xmr.volt-mine.com
Our XMR mining pool (https://xmr.volt-mine.com) will stop mining activities on March 1, 2025. Payouts for pending funds will be available until April 1, 2025. After that, the pool will be permanently closed.
Link: https://farside.link/libreddit/r/MoneroMining/comments/1iiyxqc/
u/Volt-Mine (Reddit) ⌘ Read more
m2049r releases Monerujo v4.1.6 with Exolix fixes
m2049r1 has released Monerujo2 patch version 4.1.63 with minor fixes - including for the Exolix 4 exchange integration - and various other changes and updates:
Minimum weblate requirements
Add Arabic Translation
Updated Swedish translation
Update Turkish and French translations
fix toolbar under notification bar
make node parsing and formatting ipv6-friendly
Update default nodes
update exolix ... ⌘ [Read more](https://monero.observer/monerujo-v4.1.6-released-exolix-fixes/)binaryFate publishes long overdue February 2025 Monero General Fund transparency report
Core Team member binaryFate1 has published a long overdue and much welcomed2’3 preliminary Monero General Fund transparency report4 which presents data until February 6th 2025:
I will give it few days for any discussion to take place and see if anything needs further clarification. After that we can make a blog post on getmonero.org. [..] End of 2023 … ⌘ Read more
Monero Research Lab meeting scheduled for 12 February 2025 1700 UTC
The next Monero Research Lab1 meeting is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, February 12th 2025 at 17:00 UTC on IRC-Libera/Matrix2 in the #monero-research-lab channels.
jeffro256, rottenwheel, SNeedlewoods CCS proposals ready for funding
Three CCS proposals have been moved to the funding stage and are now looking for community support:
- jeffro256’s !540 1: full-time development 2025Q1 2
- rottenwheel’s !535 3: Revuo Monero maintenance (2025 Q1) 4
- SNeedlewoods’s !541 5: part-time dev work 6
To support the above proposals you can donate to the XMR addresses listed on the _ … ⌘ Read more
rottenwheel publishes ‘Revuo Monero’ Issue href=”https://we.loveprivacy.club/search?q=%23225”>#225**
rottenwheel1 has published Issue #2252’3 of the weekly Revuo Monero audience-funded newsletter, which covers January 23 - February 3 2025 news:
Recent News
Upcoming Events
CCS Proposals
Price & Blockchain Stats
Volunteer Opportunities
Support
To support Revuo Monero, you can donate to the project’s CCS4, or transfer some XMR to the address listed in the footer of each issue and on the Support [5](#fn: … ⌘ Read more
[ANN] Bulletproofs Inner Product Argument & Range Proofs in Monero using Bulletproofs
Link: https://risencrypto.github.io/Bulletproofs/
u/chillband@monero.town (Lemmy) ⌘ Read more
Cuprate Meeting scheduled for 11 February 2024 1800 UTC
The next Cuprate Meeting is scheduled1 to take place on Tuesday, February 11 2025 at 18:00 UTC on IRC-Libera/Matrix2 in the #cuprate channels.
Agenda overviewCuprate is an effort to create an alternative Monero node implementation.
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 co … ⌘ Read more
Monero Tech meeting scheduled for 10 February 2025 1800 UTC
The next Monero Tech meeting is scheduled to take place on Monday, February 10 2025 at 18:00 UTC, in the #no-wallet-left-behind 1 IRC-Libera/Matrix channels.
This meeting’s chairperson will probably be rbrunner72 and the agenda should include various topics: Seraphis3/JAMTIS4, FCMPs5, and other long-term Monero development issues.
Logs for the previous meeting are available on Monero Observer[6]( … ⌘ Read more
[WTS] [1.15 XMR] Samsung - 990 EVO Plus - 4 TB - 7250 MB/s - M.2 SSD
PCIe 4.0x4/5.0x2 NVMe. Never opened. Bought this and other parts during the December holiday sale and in case of tariffs. USA Shipping free. International shipping for an additional fee.
Link: https://xmrbazaar.com/listing/FP3h/
latida (XMRBazaar) ⌘ Read more
[ANN] Monero’s dominance in OrangeFren.com search stats
Each and every month Monero has been taking the lead. Here’s the latest numbers for January 2025 [..] As you can see the numbers are pretty stable. 30-40% for Monero, ~25% for Bitcoin.
Links:
orangefren.com ⌘ Read more
tobtoht posts January 2025 Monero/Feather dev report
tobtoht1 has published the first progress report2 for his full-time Q1 2025 Feather Wallet and Monero dev work CCS proposal3:
Work overviewSummary: core build system and CI work
Feather: 4 commits (+217, -45)
* guix: add missing patch
Core: 43 (non-documentation) PRs
* Comments on the Code of Conduct #9738
* cmake: remove msvc #9729
* ci: containerize ubuntu cli jobs #9708 [..]
The full d … ⌘ Read more
Monero Dev Activity Report - Week 5 2025: 27 PRs, 6 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.
Opened (26)
monero-project/monero:
MoneroKon 2025 Planning Meeting scheduled for 8 February 2025 1700 UTC
The next MoneroKon 2025 Planning Meeting 1 is scheduled to take place on Saturday, February 8th 2025 at 17:00 UTC in the #monerokon 2 Matrix/IRC channels.
The meeting’s discussion topics should be available on agenda.monerokon.org 3.
Logs for the previous meeting are available on Monero Observer4.
_Note that the upcoming event will take place in Prague on June 20-22 2025[ … ⌘ Read more
Monero Observer Artistic Saturday Top 5 - Week 5, 2025
Previous Artistic Saturday weekly reports can be found in the [art] 1 section.
, it’s time for the next steps..
Funding propose ... ⌘ [Read more](https://monero.observer/sneedlewoods-submits-second-monero-dev-work-ccs-proposal/)[ANN] Tor project twitter is compromised
Our X (Twitter) account has been compromised. We are working to regain access. Please do not trust or interact with any posts, DMs, or links from our account until further notice.
Link: https://mastodon.social/@torproject/113918614226738202
@monerobull:matrix.org ⌘ Read more
Monero v0.18.4.0 release on the horizon as selsta posts to-do list
selsta1 has opened a new issue (a to-do list)2 in the Monero core repository for the upcoming v0.18.4.0 Fluorine Fermi release:
PR list overviewThe following pull requests have to be merged and issues have to be resolved. Any other PRs that I’m missing?
”`
- build: prepare v0.18.4.0 #9722
- blockchain sync: reduce disk writes from 2 to 1 per tx [RELEASE] #9740
- Some cleanup in span/connection_cont … ⌘ Read more”`
Community Workgroup Meeting scheduled for 1 February 2025 1600 UTC
The next Monero Community Workgroup Meeting is scheduled1 to take place on Saturday, 1st of February 2025 at 16:00 UTC, in the #monero-community 2’3 channels.
Discussions should be focused on community highlights, CCS updates and workgroup reports. plowsof4 will moderate the meeting.
Logs for the previous meeting are available on Monero Observer5.
_This is an ongoing story and … ⌘ Read more
[ANN] AGRE Kazbegi hotel - we are happy to accept Monero as a payment method
Hotel is located in Georgia’s part of The Greater Caucasus mountain range. It’s a small family-run hotel with 9 rooms total, but for now only 4 of them are being rented out. It’s a 3-story building with a quite large fenced yard. Construction started early 2022 and finished in December 2024. There’s free parking in the fenced yard. We are offering 15% discount on accommodation for anyone who pays in Monero.
Links:
[ANN] Proposed changes to the Code of Conduct
I would love to hear your feedback on these proposed changes to the Code of Conduct.
Link: https://github.com/monero-project/monero/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aopen+in%3Atitle+CoC
tobtoht (Github) ⌘ Read more
[ANN] MoneroTalk #338: No gov’ts are excited about XMR (Live 1/30 at 7PM-EST)
No governments are excited about Monero. That is why “I IDENTIFY AS RNG” wants to contribute to it!
Links:
monerotalk.live ⌘ Read more