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
Just picked up this amazing boy from a shelter TODAY. Immediately so cuddly, I cannot even believe it. It was love at first sight <3 ⌘ 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.
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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.
Monero Observer Artistic Saturday Top 5 - Week 6, 2025
Previous Artistic Saturday weekly reports can be found in the [art] 1 section.
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
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/)
Cassette: a POSIX application framework featuring a retro-futurist GUI toolkit
Cassette is a GUI application framework written in C11, with a UI inspired by the cassette-futurism aesthetic. Built for modern POSIX systems, it’s made out of three libraries: CGUI, CCFG and COBJ. Cassette is free and open-source software, licensed under the LGPL-3.0. ↫ Cassette GitHub page Upon first reading this description, you might wonder what a “cassette-futurism aesthe … ⌘ 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
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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
Recovery run: 3.11 miles, 00:10:53 average pace, 00:33:48 duration
💻 Issue 455 - Scala 3 Migration: Report from the Field ⌘ Read more
Pinellas County - 3 mile run: 3.17 miles, 00:09:10 average pace, 00:29:04 duration
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
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/)
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.
Recovery run: 3.11 miles, 00:10:54 average pace, 00:33:53 duration
Ivy Carrier Board for Toradex Verdin SoM Family in Industrial Applications
The Ivy Carrier Board is designed for compatibility with the Verdin SoM family by Toradex. With a compact 130 x 105 mm form factor, it features dual Gigabit Ethernet, USB 3.0, Mini PCIe, industrial I/O, and MIPI DSI for display integration. Built for demanding environments, it supports an extended temperature range and a wide input […] ⌘ Read more
Pinellas County - 3 mile run: 3.17 miles, 00:08:59 average pace, 00:28:30 duration
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
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
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
GENE-MTH6: A 3.5” SBC with Intel Core Ultra Processors for Edge Computing
AAEON has announced the GENE-MTH6, a 3.5” SubCompact Board designed for edge computing and embedded applications. Featuring Intel Core Ultra processors (Series 1) with integrated Intel Arc Graphics, the board supports up to 96GB of DDR5 memory and offers PCIe Gen 4 expansion with RAID 0 and RAID 1 support. The GENE-MTH6 is built around […] ⌘ 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
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.
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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 Observer Blitz #38 - January 2025
Here’s a recap of what happened this January in the Monero community:
Monero Observer Artistic Saturday Top 5 - Week 5, 2025
Previous Artistic Saturday weekly reports can be found in the [art] 1 section.

“It is disappointing that the open source community cannot operate independently of international sanctions programs,” says Linux Foundation. ⌘ 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:
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
Recovery run: 3.11 miles, 00:11:42 average pace, 00:36:22 duration
Pinellas County - 3 mile run: 3.16 miles, 00:09:07 average pace, 00:28:50 duration
Monero Research Lab meeting scheduled for 5 February 2025 1700 UTC
The next Monero Research Lab1 meeting is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, February 5th 2025 at 17:00 UTC on IRC-Libera/Matrix2 in the #monero-research-lab channels.
Cuprate Meeting scheduled for 4 February 2024 1800 UTC
The next Cuprate Meeting is scheduled1 to take place on Tuesday, February 4 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 code … ⌘ Read more
MacOS Sonoma 14.7.3 & MacOS Ventura 13.7.3 with Security Updates Available
Apple has issued macOS Sonoma 14.7.3 along with macOS Ventura 13.7.3 for Mac users who are continuing to run those operating systems. These are security focused updates that are concurrent with the freshly released MacOS Sequoia 15.3 update for those running Sequoia, and are not expected to include any features or notable changes. Safari 18.3 … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2025/ … ⌘ Read more
Recovery run: 3.11 miles, 00:10:53 average pace, 00:33:48 duration
Pinellas County - 3 mile run: 3.17 miles, 00:09:08 average pace, 00:28:57 duration
kept it what felt easy. my right chest is still hurting a bit when i breathe. really hard to get out of bed these last two days.
#running
jeffro256 submits CCS proposal for 3 months of Monero/Carrot dev work
jeffro2561 has submitted a new CCS proposal2 looking to continue working full-time on Carrot 3 development - Monero’s main addressing protocol post-FCMP++ - for 3 months (Q1 2025):
The last quarter I implemented the core cryptography for Carrot. [..] The FCMP++ integration and Carrot integration are finally meeting ends and are almost ready for hot path integration. … ⌘ Read more
MacOS Sequoia 15.3 Update Brings Genmoji & Bug Fixes
MacOS Sequoia 15.3 update is now available to all Mac users running Sequoia. The latest software update for Mac includes Genmoji support, which allows users with Apple Intelligence supported hardware to generate custom Emoji icons in Messages, along with changes to improve AI summaries, bug fixes, security enhancements, and some other minor changes. For Mac … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2025/01/27/macos-sequoia-15-3-upda … ⌘ Read more
iOS 18.3 Update Released with Bug Fixes & AI Summary Improvements
iOS 18.3 for iPhone and iPadOS 18.3 for iPad have been released for all eligible devices. The new software updates focus on bug fixes, security enhancements, and bring some changes to AI features like Visual Intelligence and Apple Intelligence Summaries, the latter of which were generating inaccurate summaries and headlines which bothered some people. Since … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2025/01/ … ⌘ Read more
i feel sooo bad for disappearing here but i have been doing so much IRL and it has been exhausting
Celebrating 42 successful CNCF mentees who graduated from the LFX Program Term 3 2024
By Nate Waddington, Head of Mentorship & Documentation, CNCF CNCF congratulates the 42 mentees who have graduated from the latest LFX mentorship program funded by CNCF! 21 CNCF Graduated, Incubating, and Sandbox projects, as well as… ⌘ Read more
Monero Tech meeting scheduled for 3 February 2025 1800 UTC
The next Monero Tech meeting is scheduled to take place on Monday, February 3 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](#fn … ⌘ Read more
[WTS] Partial wheat penny album, gold panda, Whitman albums, buffalo and v nickels, barber dimes
Bitcoin and Monero receive a 3% discount. Preference will be given to anyone willing to take large lots or use crypto.
Link: https://farside.link/libreddit/r/CoinSales/comments/1i9y7rq/
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MoneroKon 2025 Planning Meeting scheduled for 1 February 2025 1700 UTC
The next MoneroKon 2025 Planning Meeting 1 is scheduled to take place on Saturday, February 1st 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.
It is worth mentioning that the associated XMRpos 4 project is currently looking for extra funding5.
Logs for the previous meetin … ⌘ Read more
Monero Dev Activity Report - Week 4 2025: 38 PRs, 8 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.
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On my blog: Free Culture Book Club — Blood of the Ancient Star, part 3 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/01/25/bloodstar-3.html #freeculture #bookclub
Android 16 Beta 1 has started rolling out for Pixel devices
Basically, this seems to mean applications will no longer be allowed to limit themselves to phone size when running on devices with larger screens, like tablets. Other tidbits in this first beta include predictive back support for 3-button navigation, support for the Advanced Professional Video codec from Samsung, among other things. It’s still quite early in the release process, so more is sure to come, and some … ⌘ Read more