Dark Blue #360FE8

Key Lime Pie #BBC416

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jeffro256’s ‘Carrot’ spec peer review CCS proposal ready for funding
jeffro2561’s CCS proposal2 to get the Carrot 3 spec document peer reviewed by CypherStack is ready for funding:

Funding needed: 126 XMR

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

Consult the previous Monero Observer report5 to learn more about this CCS.

1. https://github.com … ⌘ Read more

Monero Research Lab meeting scheduled for 23 October 2024 1700 UTC
The next Monero Research Lab1 meeting is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, October 23rd 2024 at 17:00 UTC on IRC-Libera/Matrix2 in the #monero-research-lab channels.

• Updates. What is everyone working on?
  
• Research Pre-Seraphis Full-Chain Membership Proofs3. Reviews for Carrot.4
  
• CCS proposal: Audit monero-serai and monero-wallet5
  
• Monero Researc … ⌘ Read more

Copper #B57646

Black Russian #110124

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Pinellas County Running: 4.42 miles, 00:10:54 average pace, 00:48:13 duration
more milton checks. talked to my sister about the recent rim-to-rim-to-rim of the grand canyon she just did. kept it pretty conversational.
#running

binarybaron posts first progress report for XMR-BTC atomic swaps ecosystem CCS proposal
binarybaron1 and einliterflashche2 have posted the first progress report3 for their CCS proposal to continue XMR-BTC atomic swaps development and help transform the ecosystem from a prototype into a mature marketplace 4:

Our primary focus this month has been the migration of the GUI from Electron to Tauri. [..] We are happy to see increased … ⌘ Read more

Justin Berman posts CCS progress report after 195 hours of dev work
Justin Berman1 has published the first progress report2 for his full-time 2024 (part 8) Monero/Seraphis dev work CCS proposal3:

I’m currently waiting on @kayabaNerve to complete work on the prove/verify API before I continue on to construct/verify/make consensus changes for fcmp++ txs (deliverables 4/5/6 of this CCS). To maintain forward progress on the fcmp++ integration, and since dang … ⌘ Read more

Pinellas County Running: 4.56 miles, 00:12:32 average pace, 00:57:13 duration
different path today to hit some uphills and tour a different neighborhood after milton. stopped at the high school to help brian out with the camper.
#running

woodser releases Haveno v1.0.12 with various fixes and improvements
woodser1 has released Haveno2 version 1.0.123 with various improvements, updates, and bug fixes.

Update to monero-project v0.18.3.4 and monero-java v0.8.33
Play sounds for notifications (can be disabled in Settings)
Schedule offers using available and pending funds
Support AppImage installer for Linux
Fix exporting and importing payment accounts across clients
Reclassify mainnet nodes as pub ... ⌘ [Read more](https://monero.observer/woodser-releases-haveno-v1.0.12/)

[WTS] [EU] [0.2+ XMR] Monero Stickers 250pcs

Decorate your neighbourhood with these disruptive and thought provoking stickers. The 4 new designs are inspired from the original ‘Anonymous Money’ design which has been around for some years already. Choose from the 5 different designs in batches of 50pcs.

Link: https://xmrbazaar.com/listing/TCs3/

ChadXMR (XMRBazaar) ⌘ Read more

rottenwheel publishes ‘Revuo Monero’ Issue href=”https://we.loveprivacy.club/search?q=%23213”>#213**
rottenwheel1 has published Issue #2122’3 of the weekly Revuo Monero audience-funded newsletter, which covers October 3-10 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.

Join the Revuo XMPP MUC5 and Matrix r … ⌘ Read more

Cyrix126 releases Gupaxx v1.5.1
Cyrix1261 has released Gupaxx 2 version 1.5.13 with multiple bug fixes:

Freeze after some time
Xmrig could not be started after Xmrig-Proxy manually (Linux/MacOS)
Node and Proxy custom args were not parsed correctly
Unable to save node selection in Proxy Tab
Crashes on Wayland [..]

The full changelog, sources, SHA256SUM and .asc files can be found on Github3.

This project is a Gupax 4 fork which in … ⌘ Read more

jeffro256 submits CCS proposal to get ‘Carrot’ reviewed by CypherStack
jeffro2561 has submitted a CCS proposal2 looking to get the Carrot 3 spec document peer reviewed by CypherStack4:

This CCS will provide funding for the first step towards a Carrot implementation in Monero. [..] The deliverable is a write-up which will include security proofs for all properties listed in section 9. [..] In the case that CypherStack requires more funds to com … ⌘ Read more

Monero Observer Artistic Saturday Top 5 - Week 41, 2024
Previous Artistic Saturday weekly reports can be found in the [art] 1 section.

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Brækket ankel, grusomme detaljer

Jeg lå på riget med ex-fix i benet i ti dage, før den næste operation.

I den periode fik jeg to timers trykkammer-behandling hver dag.

Det drejer sig om at man sætter sig i et kammer som de trykksætter til 2.4 atmosfærer, og så trækker jeg vejret i 100% ilt.

Idéen er bare at få en helvedes masse ilt ind i kroppen, for bedre at danne nye blodkar, og til at hjælpe heling.

Ret blæret behandling. Føles ret sci-fi. ⌘ Read more

Brækket ankel, grusomme detaljer

(4/?)

Min stue på riget var genial. Enestue med fire store vinduer, og udsigt over fælledparken.

Spiste og drak ingenting på dag 2, fordi jeg var skemalagt til en operation, som blev ved med at blive udskudt. Det var lidt hårdt, særligt fordi jeg også havde ondt. Blev opereret af Kuram senere den aften, som flyttede nogle af stumperne af min talusknogle på plads. Den har åbenbart været slået i 20+ små stykker.

Jeg vågnede med endnu en metalstang i mit ex-fix. ⌘ Read more

Brækket ankel, grusomme detaljer

Hjemme igen efter 17 dage på riget.

Det er dejligt ar være hjemme igen

Brækkede min ankel i en vildt uheldig bouldering-ulykke.

Til de nørdede: en komminut-fraktur af talus knoglen, Hawkins type 4

Til de nysgerrige laver jeg her en lille tråd med detaljer om min behandling.

TL;DR er at personalet på Rigshospitalet er enormt dygtige og rigtig søde. Jeg har følt mig virkelig tryg og priviligeret.

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[ANN] The MAGIC Monero Fund received a new grant application: ‘Monerotopia Buildathon 2024’

Deverick is asking for 4,000 USD to host a hackathon/buildathon to improve Monero integration in the BTCPay self-hosted merchant payment system, especially with BTCPay 2.0 coming up. Community feedback on this idea is appreciated :D

Link: https://github.com/MAGICGrants/Monero-Fund/issues/37

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Monero Research Lab meeting scheduled for 16 October 2024 1700 UTC
The next Monero Research Lab1 meeting is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, October 16th 2024 at 17:00 UTC on IRC-Libera/Matrix2 in the #monero-research-lab channels.

• Updates. What is everyone working on?
  
• Stress testing monerod3
  
• Research Pre-Seraphis Full-Chain Membership Proofs4. Reviews for Carrot.5
  
• AOB.
  

This meeting’s chairperson should be … ⌘ Read more

Community Workgroup Meeting scheduled for 12 October 2024 1500 UTC
The next Monero Community Workgroup Meeting is scheduled1 to take place on Saturday, 12th 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

tobtoht releases Feather Wallet v2.7.0
tobtoht1 has released Feather Wallet2 version 2.7.03’4 with various fixes, updates, and improvements:

history: always show the integrated address in the destinations table if an outgoing transaction has a payment id - this issue could lead to a potential loss of funds if a repeat payment was made to a service and the address was copied from the dialog without verifying it; a report of this issue was rewarded with … ⌘ Read more

BrandyJSon releases Feather Atomic v1.2
BrandyJSon1 has released Feather Atomic 2 version 1.23 with a temporary fix for the dead rendezvous points issue4:

[..] lets a user force a swaptool to query rendezvous points over clearnet. Does not completely solve the issue as it stems from comit xmr<->btc using an outdated libp2p version.

The full changelog, sources and SHA256sums can be found on Github3.

This project is a Feather Wallet 5 fork w … ⌘ Read more

rehrar releases Stack Wallet v2.1.7, Stack Duo v1.2.3
rehrar1 has released Stack Wallet2 version 2.1.73 and Stack Duo version 1.2.34 with Monero coin control, other changes and updates.

Stack Wallet:
* Added Monero/WOW coin control
* Added Cardano
* Updated FROST with latest and greatest
Stack Duo:
* Monero coin control
* Frost tweaks and changes
* Tweaks to how Bitcoin connects to ElectrumX [..]

The release notes, binar … ⌘ Read more

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

Milestone 2:
-Initial work started on the next release [..] v0.18.3.5 or v0.18.4.0.
-Continue to work HackerOne reports.
-Smaller bug fixes, including work on fixing CI again after multiple build issues. [..]

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

Gupaxx v1.5.0 released with monerod integration
Cyrix1261 has released Gupaxx 2 version 1.5.03 with monerod integration4, multiple other UI changes, bug fixes and updates:

UI:
-new big feature: integration of Monerod
-new button on p2pool simple tab to use the local node (default)
Internals:
-new big feature: integration of Monerod process
-put p2pool to synchronizing status if a node doesn't respond
Fixes:
-xmrig-proxy tab sim ... ⌘ [Read more](https://monero.observer/cyrix126-releases-gupaxx-v1.5.0-monerod-integration/)

RINO platform to close down on October 31 2024: ‘we have to cut our losses’
The RINO1 team has announced2 plans to shut down their enterprise-grade Monero multisig browser wallet3 project on October 31st 2024, due to failed attempts to monetize the product, after 2+ years of operation4:

[..] our attempts to monetize the product never bore fruit to a point where the product could sustain itself, and at some point we have to cut our losses. As a consequence, … ⌘ Read more

ki9 starts work on XMR price API with data from Bisq, Haveno-reto
Keith Irwin (ki91) has apparently started working on XMR Price F.Y.I. 2 - a new Monero price API with unbiased street price data from multiple sources, including Haveno-reto 3 and Bisq 4:

[X] Domain name service
[X] TLS certs
[X] Nginx proxy
[X] Basic 11ty site
[ ] Basic http API
[ ] Haveno-reto data
[ ] Bisq data
[ ] Coingecko data
[ ] Forex data
[ ] API
[ ]  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://monero.observer/ki9-starts-work-xmr-price-api-data-haveno-bisq/)

Monero Observer Artistic Saturday Top 5 - Week 40, 2024
Previous Artistic Saturday weekly reports can be found in the [art] 1 section.

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DigiPort Pocket PC Built with Raspberry Pi CM4
Kickstarter recently featured the DigiPort, a pocket-sized, open-source computer that transforms any HDMI-compatible screen into a fully functional PC. Powered by a Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4, it provides a versatile solution for various tasks, including programming, gaming, and multimedia streaming. The DigiPort is built around the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4, which features a […] ⌘ Read more

rottenwheel publishes ‘Revuo Monero’ Issue href=”https://we.loveprivacy.club/search?q=%23212”>#212**
rottenwheel1 has published Issue #2122’3 of the weekly Revuo Monero audience-funded newsletter, which covers September 26-3 October 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.

Join the Revuo XMPP MUC5 an … ⌘ Read more

Netris v4.3.0 features networking automation, abstraction, and multi-tenancy for NVIDIA Spectrum-X
Member post originally published on the Netris blog Netris version 4.3.0 has been recently released, enabling a number of functionalities for GPU-based AI cloud providers and operators. Most pieces have been designed to support the NVIDIA Spectrum-X networking platform reference guidelines and factor… ⌘ Read more

HardenedSteel, spirobel CCS proposals ready for funding
Two CCS proposals have been moved to the funding stage and are now looking for community support:

• HardenedSteel’s!502 1: Part-time Work on getmonero.org (2 Month) 2
  
• spirobel’s!501 3: Robust and modular wallet-rpc library 4
  

To support the above proposals you can donate to the XMR addresses listed on the Funding Required 5 page.

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

Monero Research Lab meeting scheduled for 9 October 2024 1700 UTC
The next Monero Research Lab1 meeting is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, October 9th 2024 at 17:00 UTC on IRC-Libera/Matrix2 in the #monero-research-lab channels.

• Updates. What is everyone working on?
  
• Stress testing monerod3
  
• Research Pre-Seraphis Full-Chain Membership Proofs4. Reviews for Carrot.5
  
• 10 block lock discussion6
  

This meet … ⌘ Read more

Last week at The Lunduke Journal (Sep 22 - Sep 28, 2024)
Killer printers! Linux on 4 bit computers! Nuclear powered servers! And… Winamp! ⌘ Read more

Obnovený MOMS Begeč
Činnosť Matice slovenskej v Juhoslávii (MSJ) bola obnovená v roku 1990, ale väčšina miestnych matičných odborov boli založené v nasledujúcom roku. V prvom roku vznikli odbory v Padine, Kysáči, Aradáči, Hložanoch, Novom Sade a Kovačici. Medzi tými agilnými trinástimi slovenskými prostrediami, ktoré sa matične zorganizovali v roku 1991, boli aj begečskí matičiari. Ustanovujúce zhromaždenie MOMS Begeč bolo 28. 4. 1991. Ďalších desať miestnych matičných odborov MSJ, resp. Matice s … ⌘ Read more

On my blog: Free Culture Book Club — Aumyr, part 4 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/09/28/aumyr-4.html #freeculture #bookclub

On my blog: Free Culture Book Club — Aumyr, part 4 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/09/28/aumyr-4.html #freeculture #bookclub

Recent #fiction #scifi #reading:

• The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa. Lovely writing. Very understated; reminded me of Kazuo Ishiguro. Sort of like Nineteen Eighty-Four but not. (I first heard it recommended in comparison to that work.)

• Subcutanean by Aaron Reed; https://subcutanean.textories.com/ . Every copy of the book is different, which is a cool idea. I read two of them (one from the library, actually not different from the other printed copies, and one personalized e-book). I don’t read much horror so managed to be a little creeped out by it, which was fun.

• The Wind from Nowhere, a 1962 novel by J. G. Ballard. A random pick from the sci-fi section; I think I picked it up because it made me imagine some weird 4-dimensional effect (“from nowhere” meaning not in a normal direction) but actually (spoiler) it was just about a lot of wind for no reason. The book was moderately entertaining but there was nothing special about it.

Currently reading Scale by Greg Egan and Inversion by Aric McBay.

More thoughts about changes to twtxt (as if we haven’t had enough thoughts):

1. There are lots of great ideas here! Is there a benefit to putting them all into one document? Seems to me this could more easily be a bunch of separate efforts that can progress at their own pace:
   

1a. Better and longer hashes.

1b. New possibly-controversial ideas like edit: and delete: and location-based references as an alternative to hashes.

1c. Best practices, e.g. Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8

1d. Stuff already described at dev.twtxt.net that doesn’t need any changes.

1. We won’t know what will and won’t work until we try them. So I’m inclined to think of this as a bunch of draft ideas. Maybe later when we’ve seen it play out it could make sense to define a group of recommended twtxt extensions and give them a name.

2. Another reason for 1 (above) is: I like the current situation where all you need to get started is these two short and simple documents:
   https://twtxt.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user/twtxtfile.html
   https://twtxt.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user/discoverability.html
   and everything else is an extension for anyone interested. (Deprecating non-UTC times seems reasonable to me, though.) Having a big long “twtxt v2” document seems less inviting to people looking for something simple. (@prologic@twtxt.net you mentioned an anonymous comment “you’ve ruined twtxt” and while I don’t completely agree with that commenter’s sentiment, I would feel like twtxt had lost something if it moved away from having a super-simple core.)

3. All that being said, these are just my opinions, and I’m not doing the work of writing software or drafting proposals. Maybe I will at some point, but until then, if you’re actually implementing things, you’re in charge of what you decide to make, and I’m grateful for the work.

83(4) GDPR sets forth fines of up to 10 million euros, or, in the case of an undertaking, up to 2% of its entire global turnover of the preceding fiscal year, whichever is higher.

Though I suppose it has to be the greater of the two. But I don’t even have one euro to start with.

Pinellas County Running: 4.05 miles, 00:08:38 average pace, 00:34:58 duration

#running

Pinellas County Running: 4.08 miles, 00:10:08 average pace, 00:41:19 duration

#running

Linux on C64, 8086, & Intel 4004
With a little work, Linux can boot on 8 and 4 bit CPUs from the 1970s. Slowly. ⌘ Read more

Pinellas County Running: 4.06 miles, 00:09:11 average pace, 00:37:21 duration

#running

4x Na krídlach piesní
Festival slovenských populárnych piesní pre deti s názvom Na krídlach piesní organizuje Komorný zbor Musica Viva a jeho vedúca Mariena Stankovićová Kriváková. Včera v SVD v Báčskom Petrovci na tohtoročnom 4. festivale vystúpili mladí speváci z Petrovca, Hložian, Selenče, Kysáča a Starej Pazovy. Na vystúpenie ich pripravovali učitelia hudobnej výchovy Mariena S. Kriváková, Olivera Popadićová, Anna Medveďová a Juraj Súdi. V programe vystúpili Perličky, skupina pôsobiaca pri … ⌘ Read more

Protectli Vault V1410: Fanless 4-Port 2.5GbE Network Appliance with Intel N5105
The Protectli Vault V1410 is a fanless network appliance designed for applications that demand robust performance and reliable connectivity. Key features include four 2.5GbE Ethernet ports and multiple expansion slots, making it a versatile solution for a wide range of networking environments. The device comes equipped with the Intel N5105 processor, a quad-core Celeron chip […] ⌘ Read more

Beta 4 Released of iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, MacOS Sequoia 15.1, with Apple Intelligence
Apple has issued the fourth beta version of iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and MacOS Sequoia 15.1, each with Apple Intelligence features that were not available in the initial public release of iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS Sequoia 15.0. The fourth developer beta version also matches the first public beta version of iOS 18.1, iPadOS … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2024/09/ … ⌘ Read more

Oh. looks like its 4 chars. git show 64bf

@prologic@twtxt.net

There’s a simple reason all the current hashes end in a or q: the hash is 256 bits, the base32 encoding chops that into groups of 5 bits, and 256 isn’t divisible by 5. The last character of the base32 encoding just has that left-over single bit (256 mod 5 = 1).

So I agree with #3 below, but do you have a source for #1, #2 or #4? I would expect any lack of variability in any part of a hash function’s output would make it more vulnerable to attacks, so designers of hash functions would want to make the whole output vary as much as possible.

Other than the divisible-by-5 thing, my current intuition is it doesn’t matter what part you take.

1. Hash Structure: Hashes are typically designed so that their outputs have specific statistical properties. The first few characters often have more entropy or variability, meaning they are less likely to have patterns. The last characters may not maintain this randomness, especially if the encoding method has a tendency to produce less varied endings.

2. Collision Resistance: When using hashes, the goal is to minimize the risk of collisions (different inputs producing the same output). By using the first few characters, you leverage the full distribution of the hash. The last characters may not distribute in the same way, potentially increasing the likelihood of collisions.

3. Encoding Characteristics: Base32 encoding has a specific structure and padding that might influence the last characters more than the first. If the data being hashed is similar, the last characters may be more similar across different hashes.

4. Use Cases: In many applications (like generating unique identifiers), the beginning of the hash is often the most informative and varied. Relying on the end might reduce the uniqueness of generated identifiers, especially if a prefix has a specific context or meaning.

Ignite Realtime Blog: Openfire 4.9.0 release!
The Ignite Realtime community is happy to be able to announce the immediate availability of version 4.9.0 of Openfire, its cross-platform real-time collaboration server based on the XMPP protocol!

As compared to the previous non-patch release, this one is a bit smaller. This mostly is a maintenance release, and includes some preparations (deprecations, mainly) for a f … ⌘ Read more