VostoEmisio’s animated videos CCS proposal fully funded
VostoEmisio1’s CCS proposal2 to create an animated video explaining Full-Chain Membership Proofs 3 is now fully funded:
20 XMR raised in 31 contributions (100%)
To learn more about VostoEmisio’s work, consult the previous Monero Observer report4.
SChernykh releases P2Pool v4.2 with new features, bugfixes
SChernykh1 has released P2Pool 2 version 4.23 with new features and various bugfixes.
Stratum server now disconnects miners when it's not connected to P2Pool network [..]
Added an error code to error messages about opening/saving files
Fixed a possible deadlock during the initial sync [..]
Fixed Windows 7 compatibility
Fixed a data race on shutdown [..]
The full list of changes since v4.1.1 is … ⌘ Read more
Monero Observer Blitz #35 - October 2024
Here’s a recap of what happened this October in the Monero community:
wiefix announces launch of Bitrica ‘P2P platform’ with support for XMR, BTC
wiefix 1 - a veteran LocalMonero trader with ~7.6K+ trades2 - has announced3 the launch of Bitrica 4, a new P2P platform where users can trade XMR and BTC directly with each other:
Super excited to share that we’ve just launched [..] after months of development! The platform comes with a solid escrow system that locks the seller’s funds during trades for everyone’s … ⌘ Read more
Monero Research Lab meeting scheduled for 6 November 2024 1700 UTC
The next Monero Research Lab1 meeting is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, November 6th 2024 at 17:00 UTC on IRC-Libera/Matrix2 in the #monero-research-lab channels.
Boog900 posts second progress report for Cuprate CCS proposal
Boog9001 has posted the second progress report2 for their latest CCS proposal3 to continue full-time development work on the Cuprate 4 project:
I also found 1900+ IP addresses running “nodes” that have different behaviour to monerod and are almost certainly proxies to other nodes. [..] From the data I have it looks like 40% of the IPs running Monero nodes are not real nodes and ~75% o … ⌘ Read more
selsta posts October 2024 Monero dev report
selsta1 has posted a monthly CCS progress report2 for October 2024, which includes several Monero dev updates.
Milestone 3:
-Continued working on preparing the next release [..] v0.18.4.0 with multiple larger changes.
-Work on resolving HackerOne reports also continued [..]
-Investigated bugs and did some work on repository organization. [..]
Note that misc work is not explicitly mentioned in these updates. The full list of c … ⌘ Read more
Announcing Vitess 21
Project post by the Vitess Maintainers We’re delighted to announce the release of Vitess 21 along with version 2.14.0 of the Vitess Kubernetes Operator. Version 21 focuses on enhancing query compatibility, improving cluster management, and expanding… ⌘ Read more
Cuprate Meeting scheduled for 5 November 2024 1800 UTC
The next Cuprate Meeting is scheduled1 to take place on Tuesday, November 5 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?
branch protection
Any other business
The meeting’s moderator should be Boog9003. Consult … ⌘ Read more
DiosDelRayo’s offline signing library CCS proposal ready for funding
DiosDelRayo1’s CCS proposal2 to create an offline signing library in an effort to bring XmrSigner to production readiness is ready for funding:
Funding needed: 196 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 … ⌘ Read more
No, Microsoft Did Not Fire Employees for Holding “Vigil for Palestinians”
Microsoft fired 2 Microsoft Azure employees who boycotted Microsoft – and organized anti-Microsoft protests (while being wildly antisemitic). ⌘ Read more
Monero Tech meeting scheduled for 4 November 2024 1800 UTC
The next Monero Tech meeting is scheduled to take place on Monday, November 4 2024 at 18:00 UTC, in the #no-wallet-left-behind 1 IRC-Libera/Matrix channels:
Based on the opinions given here2 I decided to go back to the No Wallet Left Behind Matrix room and IRC channel for the next i.e. coming Monday’s meeting, and to not contiune to hold meetings like the last one in the -dev Matrix room and IRC channel.
This meeting’s chai … ⌘ Read more
Protectli VP3200 Series with 2-Port Modular Vault Featuring 2.5GbE Ports and Expansion Bay
The Protectli VP3200 Series introduces modular 2-port Vault devices: the VP3210 with an Intel N100 processor and the VP3230 with an Intel i3-N305. Both models support up to 16GB DDR5 RAM, include 32GB eMMC storage, and feature two 2.5GbE Ethernet ports for high-speed applications. Dual M.2 NVMe SSD slots offer up to 2TB of additional […] ⌘ Read more
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@prologic@twtxt.net I wrote ¼ (one slash four) by which I meant “the first out of four”. twtxt.net is showing it as ¼, a single character that IMO doesn’t have that same meaning (it means 0.25). Similarly, ¾ got replaced with ¾ in another twt. It’s not a big deal. It just looks a little wrong, especially beside the 2/4 and 4/4 in my other two twts.
I’m enjoying Wesley Chu’s Tao and Io series. Spies, action, ancient aliens. Some funny parts, some interesting world-building parts, some action-filled parts. I picked up The Fall of Io at random from a library a few weeks ago, and it turned out to be the last in a series of six (technically two series), so after finishing that I read the first and am partway through the second. Usually I try to read series in order, but this way is interesting. One thing I liked about The Fall of Io was that it it followed many points of view with somewhat conflicting interests, some more evil than others, and I felt sympathy for most of them. (I was kind of hoping it would be about Jupiter’s moon Io, but it wasn’t, but I’m satisfied with what I ended up with.) (2/4)
Monero Dev Activity Report - Week 43 2024: 22 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 (20)
monero-project/monero:
MoneroKon proposes bounty for Monero POS Android app
MoneroKon1 has proposed a bounty2 for the creation of a FOSS Monero Android app3 that can be used by merchants on a dedicated POS PDA device with thermal printer:
The aim is to make in-person transactions easy and fast at events such as MoneroKon.
Total Bounty: 0 XMR (to date)
Getmonero.org to switch to Astro with fresh design by rehrar
The Monero community has apparently finally reached consensus1 in today’s Monero Website Workgroup meeting2 to migrate the official Getmonero.org website from Jekyll to Astro3 and task rehrar 4 with creating the new design:
In short, unless there are EXTREMELY compelling reasons given now or after the fact (and they should be very very very compelling, not just “I wasn’t there”, we are now, d … ⌘ Read more
Monero Observer Artistic Saturday Top 5 - Week 43, 2024
Previous Artistic Saturday weekly reports can be found in the [art] 1 section.
![‘Monero is here to … ⌘ Read more
mainnet-pat submits CCS proposal to complete XMR-BCH atomic swaps project
mainnet-pat1 has submitted a CCS proposal2 looking to finalize the effort to create the web platform for XMR-BCH atomic swap utilizing the adaptor signatures:
The work on server-side is mostly done and being tested, funded by generous donors from BCH Flipstarter campaign3. As we have initially underestimated (in the framework of BCH flipstarter) the effort to finish the task, … ⌘ Read more
Kewbit posts bounty for fixing ‘MoneroWHMCS’ payment gateway
Kewbit1 has posted a bounty2 for fixing the WHMCS 3 payment gateway for accepting Monero:
It’s compatibility goes up to WHMCS v7.2 however the current version is v8.9.0. It may just need bumping versions, the issue is that even once it’s enabled you can’t add a new Monero payment gateway. You would first need to understand the issue, then make it compatible with version 8.9.0 and backwards compatible if n … ⌘ Read more
m-a-x-c creates Monero churn timing tool
m-a-x-c1 has created Monero Churn Timer 2 - a Python script that generates randomized wait times for XMR transactions and can potentially help users increase their privacy by scheduling churns:
The way it works is as follows: after receiving Monero, you would use the Monero Churn Timer to generate a random wait time. You would then set a reminder to “churn” (i.e., send that transaction to yourself at a new address) after the specified … ⌘ Read more
Rucknium reviews CypherStack’s ‘Uniformly Most Powerful Tests for Ad Hoc Transactions in Monero’ paper
Rucknium1 has posted their review2 of CypherStack3’s Uniformly Most Powerful Tests for Ad Hoc Transactions in Monero 4 paper (by BG Goodell, Rigo Salazar, and Freeman Slaughter) that was published on 21 October 2024:
The paper is an important contribution to the analysis of churning, an important research question that has evaded rigorous analysis for … ⌘ Read more
Bit2Me to delist XMR on October 31 2024 due to ‘regulatory change’
Spain-based crypto CEX Bit2Me 1 has announced plans2 to delist Monero from their platform on October 31 2024 at 11:00 UTC due to a regulatory change:
Based on the latest reviews due to a regulatory change, we have decided to delist Monero (XMR) on October 31, 2024, at 11:00 UTC. Starting from October 24 at 15:00 UTC, it will no longer be possible to buy, trade, or deposit Monero (XMR) on Bit2Me. [..] Withdrawals … ⌘ Read more
rottenwheel publishes ‘Revuo Monero’ Issue href=”https://we.loveprivacy.club/search?q=%23215”>#215**
rottenwheel1 has published Issue #2152’3 of the weekly Revuo Monero audience-funded newsletter, which covers October 17-24 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.
Pri príležitosti oslobodenia Nového Sadu znel aj slovenský spev
Pri príležitosti 80. výročia oslobodenia Nového Sadu spod fašistickej okupácie v 2. svetovej vojne SUBNOR Nový Sad usporiadal 23. októbra 2024 v Dome armády tradičnú slávnostnú akadémiu. Na úvod programu odznela hymna Srbska „Bože pravde” v predvedení Kataríny Popovićovej a verše Miku Antića venované mestu Nový Sad v podaní doktora Ranka Djurovića. Program moderovala Željka Jelićová, ktorá … ⌘ Read more
Simplified twtxt - I want to suggest some dogmas or commandments for twtxt, from where we can work our way back to how to implement different feature like replies/treads:
It’s a text file, so you must be able to write it by hand (ie. no app logic) and read by eye. If you edit a post you change the content not the timestamp. Otherwise it will be considered a new post.
The order of lines in a twtxt.txt must not hold any significant. The file is a container and each line an atomic piece of information. You should be able to run
sorton a twtxt.txt and it should still work.Transport protocol should not matter, as long as the file served is the same. Http and https are preferred, so it is suggested that feed served via Gopher or Gemini also provide http(s).
Do we need more commandments?
Beta 1 of iOS 18.2, MacOS Sequoia 15.2, & iPadOS 18.2 Available for Testing
Apple has released the first beta versions of iOS 18.2, MacOS Sequoia 15.2, and ipadOS 18.2, each with new Apple Intelligence features. The first betas of the .2 releases arrive now despite iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and MacOS Sequoia 15.1 not debuting until next week, though they just landed as Release Candidate builds. The new … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2024/10/23/beta-1-of-io … ⌘ Read more
everoddandeven releases monerod-gui v0.1.1-rc
everoddandeven1 has announced2 the release of monerod-gui 3 version 0.1.1-rc4, a cross-platform desktop app that simplifies the process of managing a full Monero node:
Changes overviewHey guys, I just released v0.1.1-rc of my monerod-gui. Now you can try also installation with deb package and autostart/start at boot feature
Auto launch support for Windows, MacOS and Linux (only installers)
General b ... ⌘ [Read more](https://monero.observer/everoddandeven-releases-monerod-gui-v0.1.1-rc/)[ANN] Movie featuring Monero playing in the San Francisco Bay Area this Sunday
If you haven’t seen Límite yet and live close to San Jose, you can check it out this Sunday in the 2:30pm block (ALL THE WORLD’S A STAGE) of the San Jose International Short Film Festival. Or come down to Mexico City on November 14 where we’ll have our Mexican premiere during Monerotopia!
Links:
- https://sjsff.com/
- [/george-nicholas-ccs-proposal-release-mark-of-distinction-independent-film/](/george-nicholas-ccs-proposal-relea … ⌘ Read more
XMRig v6.22.1 released with bug fixes, tweaks
XMRig 1 version 6.22.12 has been released with several bug fixes and improvements.
#3531 Always reset nonce on RandomX dataset change.
#3534 Fixed threads auto-config on Zen5.
#3535 RandomX: tweaks for Zen5.
#3539 Added Zen5 to randomx_boost.sh.
#3540 Detect AMD engineering samples in randomx_boost.sh.
Verify the SHA256 sums with xmrig3’s GPG key4 (ID: 446A53638BE94409) before using the software.
Consult … ⌘ Read more
Monero Research Lab meeting scheduled for 30 October 2024 1700 UTC
The next Monero Research Lab1 meeting is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, October 30th 2024 at 17:00 UTC on IRC-Libera/Matrix2 in the #monero-research-lab channels.
Slovenská dolnozemská tvorba na knižnom veľtrhu v Belehrade
V sobotu 19. októbra 2024 v hale 2 Belehradského veľtrhu slávnostne otvorili najreprezentatívnejšie literárne podujatie nielen v tejto časti Európy, ale aj na širšej medzinárodnej úrovni - 67. Medzinárodný knižný veľtrh v Belehrade. Pod heslom „Slovo je slobodné” si viac ako 400 domácich a zahraničných vydavateľov, spisovateľov, návštevníkov a všetkých ostatných priaznivcov literatúry a všetkých un … ⌘ Read more
Monero Tech meeting scheduled for 28 October 2024 1800 UTC
The next Monero Tech meeting is scheduled to take place on Monday, October 28 2024 at 18:00 UTC, in the #no-wallet-left-behind 1 IRC-Libera/Matrix channels:
Based on the opinions given here2 I decided to go back to the No Wallet Left Behind Matrix room and IRC channel for the next i.e. coming Monday’s meeting, and to not contiune to hold meetings like the last one in the -dev Matrix room and IRC channel.
This meeting’s chai … ⌘ Read more
Cake Labs releases Cake Wallet v4.20.0 and Monero.com v1.17.0
Cake Labs1 has released Cake Wallet v4.20.0 / Monero.com v1.17.02 with support for Litecoin’s MimbleWimble Extension Blocks 3, Monero enhancements, new wallet groups feature, and other minor changes.
Litecoin MWEB
Wallet groups - Categorize your wallets, keep things tidy.
Monero enhancements - Sending improvements
Introducing StealthEx and LetsExchange for more exchange options ... ⌘ [Read more](https://monero.observer/cake-wallet-4.20.0-monero.com-1.17.0-released/)Cuprate Meeting scheduled for 29 October 2024 1800 UTC
The next Cuprate Meeting is scheduled1 to take place on Tuesday, October 29 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
From $20 to $2.50 a punnet. Why blueberry prices have dropped across Australia
If you’re a blueberry fan, now is the time to stock up. Prices have dropped in supermarkets across Australia as seasonal supply levels peak to astronomical heights. ⌘ Read more
Monero Website Workgroup meeting scheduled for 27 October 2024 1900 UTC
The next Monero Website Workgroup 1 meeting is scheduled2 to take place on Sunday, October 27th 2024 at 19:00 UTC in the #monero-site 3 channels.
- Greetings
- Final vote on new website design4 (Candidates are rehar, hammerman & keep old design but add darkmode)
- Any other business
- Confirm next meeting agenda
Logs for the previous meeting are available on Mon … ⌘ Read more
Community Workgroup Meeting scheduled for 26 October 2024 1500 UTC
The next Monero Community Workgroup Meeting is scheduled1 to take place on Saturday, 26th of October 2024 at 15:00 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 and summary for the previous meeting are available on Monero Observer5.
_This is an ongoin … ⌘ Read more
ESP32-C5-DevKitC-1 with 240MHz RISC-V Processor, Zigbee, and Thread Connectivity
The ESP32-C5-DevKitC-1 is another upcoming entry-level development board designed for IoT applications, featuring the ESP32-C5-WROOM-1 module. This board supports key wireless protocols, including Wi-Fi 6 (2.4 GHz and 5 GHz), Bluetooth LE 5, Zigbee, and Thread. The ESP32-C5-WROOM-1 module is equipped with a 32-bit RISC-V single-core processor running at 240 MHz along with 384 KB […] ⌘ Read more
ESP32-C61-DevKitC-1 with RISC-V Single Core Processor and Wi-Fi 6/Bluetooth LE 5
The ESP32-C61-DevKitC-1 is an upcoming entry-level development board that integrates Wi-Fi 6 in the 2.4 GHz band and Bluetooth LE 5 capabilities. The board is designed to support a variety of applications and offers multiple peripheral interfaces for developers to work with. The ESP32-C61 features a 32-bit RISC-V single-core processor running at 160 MHz. It […] ⌘ Read more
ASUS NUC 14 Pro AI with Intel Core Ultra Processor, Delivering up to 120 Platform TOPS
The ASUS NUC 14 Pro AI is a powerful, compact mini PC featuring the Intel Core Ultra processor (Series 2), which integrates CPU, GPU, and NPU architectures to deliver up to 120 platform TOPS for AI processing. It is designed for consumer, commercial, and edge computing applications. According to the Asus product announcement earlier last […] ⌘ Read more
Monero Dev Activity Report - Week 42 2024: 27 PRs, 14 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 (8)
monero-project/monero:
On my blog: Free Culture Book Club — Restoration Day, part 2 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/10/19/restoration-day-2.html #freeculture #bookclub