6.12.3: stable
Version:6.12.3 (stable)Released:2024-12-06Source:linux-6.12.3.tar.xzPGP Signature:linux-6.12.3.tar.signPatch:full ( incremental)ChangeLog:ChangeLog-6.12.3 ⌘ Read more
rehrar releases Stack Wallet v2.1.9, Stack Duo v1.2.4
rehrar1 has released Stack Wallet2 version 2.1.93 and Stack Duo version 1.2.44 with various fixes and improvements.
Stack Wallet:
* Show Monero/Wownero tx private key option
* Fix Frost error
* Stack Wallet Backup fixes
Stack Duo:
* Added Monero churn options
* Paynym temporarily disabled while kinks worked out [..]
The release notes, binaries, and the SHA256 hashes can … ⌘ Read more
Kewbit posts second ‘Haveno App’ CCS progress report amidst growing criticism
Kewbit1 has posted a second progress report2 for their CCS proposal to continue development work on the Haveno App 3 project amidst growing criticism4 from the Monero community over various inconsistencies:
I am pleased to confirm that we have reached Milestone 2 (pending further testing) of the Haveno App enhancement project. [..] I respectfully request a 50 … ⌘ Read more
Community Workgroup Meeting scheduled for 7 December 2024 1600 UTC
The next Monero Community Workgroup Meeting is scheduled1 to take place on Saturday, 7th of December 2024 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
rottenwheel publishes ‘Revuo Monero’ Issue href=”https://we.loveprivacy.club/search?q=%23220”>#220**
rottenwheel1 has published Issue #2202’3 of the weekly Revuo Monero audience-funded newsletter, which covers November 28-5 December 2024 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.
SNeedlewoods completes first part-time Monero dev work CCS
SNeedlewoods1 has posted a Monero dev update2 after working part-time on Monero development for 1 month (~65 hours) during their first CCS proposal3:
Thanks for all the support from CCS coordinators, upvoters, donors and dev colleagues. It’s an honor to be able to work with you. [..] Will continue to work on the wallet API and will try to solve review comments ASAP, but since I’ll go take some days off … ⌘ Read more
[ANN] RandomX 5 Year Anniversary
Yes, it’s been 5 years on the same PoW. And the date came and went without much fanfare. For those perhaps trickling into monero because of the pRiCe, you may not be aware of how much of a milestone this is in the context of an industry that is ruthless when it comes to exploiting weak PoW algorithms for profit.
Link: https://farside.link/libreddit/r/Monero/comments/1h6e4nk/
gingeropolous (Reddit) ⌘ Read more
Monero Research Lab meeting scheduled for 11 December 2024 1700 UTC
The next Monero Research Lab1 meeting is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, December 11th 2024 at 17:00 UTC on IRC-Libera/Matrix2 in the #monero-research-lab channels.
Generalized Bulletproofs ‘suitable for use’ according to Brandon Goodell security review
Brandon Goodell (aka Surae Noether)1 has concluded2 that Generalized Bulletproofs (GBPs) 3 are suitable for use after completing a review4 of the security proofs5 produced by CypherStack6:
My general results: Overall, GBPs are suitable for use, I think they are secure. [..] If the proofs of security for BPs are up to ind … ⌘ Read more
vtnerd completes 2024 Q3 Monero dev work CCS
vtnerd1 has posted a third and final progress report2 for their full-time 2024/Q3 Monero development work CCS proposal3:
Work overviewThe bulk of the time was making LWS HTTP client requests asynchronous4 - the scanner, exchange rates, and /login are no longer blocked by I/O. [..] I’ve probably missed a few things, this was a somewhat busy month of work.
”`
- LWS /get_random_outs is also now asynchronous
- … ⌘ Read more”`
Kovačické insitné maliarstvo zapísané na UNESCO zoznam!
Kovačické insitné maliarstvo, prvok nehmotného kultúrneho dedičstva Srbska, bolo dnes 3. decembra 2024 zapísané do Reprezentatívneho zoznamu nehmotného kultúrneho dedičstva ľudstva UNESCO. Rozhodol tak Medzivládny výbor pre zachovanie nehmotného kultúrneho dedičstva UNESCO na svojom 19. zasadnutí, ktoré prebieha v Asuncióne v Paraguaji od 2. do 7. decembra 2024. Tento historický čin pre slovenskú menšinu … ⌘ Read more
BasedMoney Collective launches ‘Monerochan’ memecoin to ‘promote’ Monero
Anon group BasedMoney Collective 1 has announced2 the launch of the Monerochan 3 memecoin project - essentially an Ethereum ERC-20 token4 - that was seemingly created in an effort to promote Monero:
This project isn’t just another cash grab or speculative distraction. It’s a Trojan Horse, designed to bring more attention to Monero, onboard new users, and provid … ⌘ Read more
Cuprate Meeting scheduled for 10 December 2024 1800 UTC
The next Cuprate Meeting is scheduled1 to take place on Tuesday, December 10 2024 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
Yes it work: 2024-12-01T19:38:35Z twtxt/1.2.3 (+https://eapl.mx/twtxt.txt; @eapl) :D
The .log is just a simple append each request. The idea with the .cvs is to have it tally up how many request there have been from each client as a way to avoid having the log file grow too big. And that you can open the .cvs as a spreadsheet and have an easy overview and filtering options.
Access to those files are closed to the public.
Pinellas County Running: 3.14 miles, 00:08:34 average pace, 00:26:55 duration
needed to get out. was going a bit crazy.
#running
Monero Observer Blitz #36 - November 2024
Here’s a recap of what happened this November in the Monero community:
Monero Dev Activity Report - Week 13 2024: 6 PRs, 7 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 (6)
monero-project/monero:
MoneroKon 2025 Planning Meeting scheduled for 7 December 2024 1700 UTC
The next MoneroKon 2025 Planning Meeting 1 is scheduled to take place on Saturday, December 7th 2024 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.
It is worth mentioning that the deadline for submitting #38CCC MoneroKon As … ⌘ Read more
ofrnxmr completes second milestone for BasicSwapDEX CCS proposal
ofrnxmr1 has completed2 the second milestone (M2-O/M2-F/M2-B) for their CCS proposal3 to empower and steward BasicSwapDex4 to production quality software:
”`
Core v0.14.1 > v0.14.2:
- Removed sqlalchemy
- Reformat codebase using Black
- Completed the BCH integration
- monero-wallet-rpc optimizations
- Prep code for new GUI bid/offer flow
GUI 3.1.0 > 3.1.1:
- Re … ⌘ Read more”`
Haveno Reto completes ‘RetoSwap’ rebrand with new website launch
RetoSwap 1 - the most established public Haveno2 instance formerly known as Haveno Reto 3 - has announced4 the launch of its new brand identity website5:
NEW WEBSITE IS LAUNCHED - retoswap.com This is just the beginning - expect more from us !
The project has attracted some community criticism6 due to the corporate design choices, its seemingly monopolistic a … ⌘ Read more
Monero Observer Artistic Saturday Top 5 - Week 48, 2024
Previous Artistic Saturday weekly reports can be found in the [art] 1 section.
 at a rate of 50€ / hour. At 150€ / XMR this makes ~130 XMR.
Total funding: 130 XMR.
ETA: (end of) February 2025.
The dev will continue … ⌘ Read more
4rkal creates XMR ‘micro-tipping’ tool for P2Pool mini miners
4rkal1 has announced2 the beta release3 of Donate Monero Via P2Pool (DMVP2P) 4, a new tool that enables XMR micro-tipping via P2Pool mini 5 for miners on Linux and Windows:
Would love to get some feedback on a new project I started [..] Basically it’s a simple GUI that will allow you to mine to a certain users address via p2pool mini. Think monerodevs but donating via … ⌘ Read more
[LTH] RTL native speaker for Moner.ooo
Programming experience is not required. Translation can be done via Weblate, or Github. I need it not only for the translation, but also for the final feedback. Whether the website is displayed correctly. It doesn’t matter which language, it just has to be an rtl language. (right to left)
Links:
mail@moner.ooo / luke@jabber.ccc.de (XMP … ⌘ Read more
SPRC Turkey Trot: 3.10 miles, 00:10:45 average pace, 00:33:16 duration
ran with my son on his scooter. definitely took lessons from the last two years and slowed it down so he did not cut off as many people and to avoid any wipe outs. besides him complaining for the first half that he was tired (around a bunch of people running) it was fun. got to open up a bit at the end since the crowds died down around then.
#running #race
rottenwheel publishes ‘Revuo Monero’ Issue href=”https://we.loveprivacy.club/search?q=%23219”>#219**
rottenwheel1 has published Issue #2192’3 of the weekly Revuo Monero audience-funded newsletter, which covers November 21-28 2024 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.
Stack Wallet adds support for XMR view-only wallets, ‘churn options’
rehrar1 has released Stack Wallet2 version 2.1.83 with support for Monero view-only wallets and churn options 4, various other changes and bug fixes.
Added Monero churn options
Added ability to set tor/clearnet options for individual nodes
Bug fixes for Solana, Tezos, ETH, Cardano, and epic
Paynym temporarily disabled while kinks worked out
Adju ... ⌘ [Read more](https://monero.observer/stack-wallet-v2.1.8-support-monero-view-only-wallets-churn-options/)
Gingeropolous’s ‘Monero Research Computing’ cluster upgrade CCS ready for funding
Gingeropolous1’s CCS proposal2 to upgrade their Monero Research Computing cluster is ready for funding:
Funding needed: 20 XMR
To support this proposal, you can donate any XMR amount to the address listed on its Gitlab Funding Required 2 page.
Consult the previous Monero Observer report3 to learn more about this CCS.
- https://gi … ⌘ Read more
Pocket 4 with 8.8″ High-Refresh LTPS Screen, 64GB RAM, 2TB SSD, and 45Wh Battery
Indiegogo recently introduced the GPD Pocket 4, a compact PC powered by AMD’s latest processors, including the Ryzen AI9 HX370. It features up to 64GB of LPDDR5x RAM, an M.2 NVMe port, Gigabit Ethernet, Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.3, and more. Users can choose between the AMD Ryzen AI9 HX370, AI9 365, or Ryzen 7 8840U, […] ⌘ Read more
Monero Research Lab meeting scheduled for 4 December 2024 1700 UTC
The next Monero Research Lab1 meeting is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, December 4th 2024 at 17:00 UTC on IRC-Libera/Matrix2 in the #monero-research-lab channels.
Cuprate Meeting scheduled for 3 December 2024 1800 UTC
The next Cuprate Meeting is scheduled1 to take place on Tuesday, December 3 2024 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
binarybaron posts second progress report for XMR-BTC atomic swaps ecosystem CCS proposal
binarybaron1 and einliterflashche2 have posted a second progress report3 for their CCS proposal to continue XMR-BTC atomic swaps4 development and help transform the ecosystem from a prototype into a mature marketplace 5:
This month we completed the networking upgrade, made lots of usability improvements to the GUI, began natively … ⌘ Read more
hinto-janai releases Gupax v1.3.10
hinto-janai1 has released Gupax 2 version 1.3.103 with multiple changes to its list of XMR remote nodes and visual/text modifications:
Remote Node changes:
- Removed monero1.heitechsoft.com
- Removed node.cryptocano.de
- Removed fbx.tranbert.com
- Removed home.allantaylor.kiwi
- Removed sf.xmr.support
Bundled Versions:
-P2Pool v4.2
-XMRig v6.22.2
The full changelog, sources, SHA256SUM and .asc files can be found … ⌘ Read more
BenraouaneSoufiane submits CCS proposal to launch CryptoCheckout ‘email marketing campaign’
BenraouaneSoufiane1 has submitted a second CCS proposal2 looking to launch an email marketing campaign for the CryptoCheckout 3 project in an effort to onboard new users:
CryptoCheckout is a secure simple decentralized crypto payment gateway, enable merchants to accept crypto payments on their websites. CryptoCheckout integrates monero in … ⌘ Read more
[ANN] Monero Remote Node Monitoring project updates
Since my last post on Reddit in June 2024, there have been some major changes and new features.
* updated the license from GLWTS to a more widely recognized and permissive one (BSD-3-Clause)
* UI: switched from SvelteKit to Templ+HTMX to reduce external dependencies
* added support for monitoring both IPv6 and I2P nodes
* set up a Tor Hidden service for the web UI
Links:
- GitHub repository
- [Website](https://xmr.d … ⌘ Read more
Monero Dev Activity Report - Week 47 2024: 20 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.
Opened (14)
monero-project/monero:
[ANN] [MRL] Summary and statement piece on MAX_INPUTS (and a few related topics)
Link: https://gist.github.com/kayabaNerve/dbbadf1f2b0f4e04732fc5ac559745b7
kayabaNerve (Github) ⌘ Read more
plowsof posts progress report for fifth CCS coordinator term
plowsof1 has submitted a progress report2 after working for more than two months during their fifth term as CCS coordinator3:
MoneroKon 2025 Planning Meeting scheduled for 30 November 2024 1700 UTC
The next MoneroKon 2025 Planning Meeting 1 is scheduled to take place on Saturday, November 30th 2024 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.
It is worth mentioning that the deadline for submitting #38CCC MoneroKon … ⌘ Read more
rottenwheel publishes ‘Revuo Monero’ Issue href=”https://we.loveprivacy.club/search?q=%23218”>#218**
rottenwheel1 has published Issue #2182’3 of the weekly Revuo Monero audience-funded newsletter, which covers November 7-21 2024 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.
kayabaNerve’s monero-serai, monero-wallet audits CCS ready for funding
kayabaNerve1’s CCS proposal2 to get the monero-serai and monero-wallet Rust libraries3 audited by CypherStack4 is ready for funding:
Funding needed: 1050 XMR
To support this proposal, you can donate any XMR amount to the address listed on its Gitlab Funding Required 2 page.
Consult the previous Monero Observer report5 to learn more about t … ⌘ Read more
Monero Observer Artistic Saturday Top 5 - Week 47, 2024
Previous Artistic Saturday weekly reports can be found in the [art] 1 section.
John-Doggett creates public XMR node setup script
John-Doggett1 has created a Bash script2 that helps users to automatically configure public Monero nodes with support for HTTPS on Debian:
It uses Caddy to create a public website on your node, as well as renewing LetsEncrypt certificates. [..] Let me know what you all think
Usage instructions are available on GitHub2.
Note: inspect the code4 before running the script.
- https:/ … ⌘ Read more
Kewbit posts bounty for QubesOS Haveno AppVM
Kewbit1 has posted a bounty2 for creating a hardened and secure QubesOS3 AppVM that can run Haveno4 with external Tor integration:
We are seeking a skilled developer or QubesOS enthusiast to create a hardened and secure AppVM (based on Debian 12 TemplateVM) [..] A bounty will be offered for this project upon successful completion. The exact value will depend on the quality and thoroughness of the deliverables.
Total ... ⌘ [Read more](https://monero.observer/kewbit-bounty-qubesos-haveno-appvm/)
Cuprate Meeting scheduled for 26 November 2024 1800 UTC
The next Cuprate Meeting is scheduled1 to take place on Tuesday, November 26 2024 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
Community Workgroup Meeting scheduled for 23 November 2024 1600 UTC
The next Monero Community Workgroup Meeting is scheduled1 to take place on Saturday, 23rd of November 2024 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 a … ⌘ Read more
Monero Research Lab meeting scheduled for 27 November 2024 1700 UTC
The next Monero Research Lab1 meeting is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, November 27th 2024 at 17:00 UTC on IRC-Libera/Matrix2 in the #monero-research-lab channels.