Gajim: Gajim 2.0.0
Gajim 2.0 is here and it comes with a big upgrade 🎉 Gajim migrated its user interface toolkit to GTK 4, which brings performance improvements and sets the ground for great features to follow. Additionally, this release brings improved image previews, better tools for fighting spam, and much more. All of these changes were only possible by touching a lot of Gajim’s code base, and we appreciate all the feedback we got from you.
Switching Gajim’s major ver … ⌘ Read more
A love letter to Void Linux
I installed Void on my current laptop on the 10th of December 2021, and there has never been any reinstall. The distro is absurdly stable. It’s a rolling release, and yet, the worst update I had in those years was one time, GTK 4 apps took a little longer to open on GNOME. Which was reverted after a few hours. Not only that, I sometimes spent months without any update, and yet, whenever I did update, absolutely nothing went wrong. Granted, I pretty much only did full upgrades … ⌘ Read more
Deals: iPad 10th Gen for $279, AirTags 4-pack for $68
Amazon is offering the 10th generation iPad at a 20% discount, taking the price down to $279 from the $349 retail price from Apple. The iPad 10th gen model features a modern design, 10.9″ Retina LCD display, A14 chip, Touch ID on the power button, 64GB base storage, 12MP front and back cameras, all day … Read More ⌘ Read more
Community Workgroup Meeting scheduled for 1 March 2025 1800 UTC
The next Monero Community Workgroup Meeting is scheduled1 to take place on Saturday, 1st of March 2025 at 18:00 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 the repor … ⌘ Read more
Deals: Apple Watch Series 10 for $329, and M2 MacBook Air for $799
Amazon is offering a great deal on the latest model Apple Watch Series 10, the M2 MacBook Air, and AirTags 4-pack, don’t miss these if you’re in the market for some new Apple gear. Apple Watch Series 10 – $329 (down from $399) Apple Watch Series 10 is discounted 18% on Amazon, available in a … Read More ⌘ Read more
zlib-rs is faster than C
I’m sure we can all have a calm, rational discussion about this, so here it goes: zlib-rs, the Rust re-implementation of the zlib library, is now faster than its C counterparts in both decompression and compression. We’ve released version 0.4.2 of zlib-rs, featuring a number of substantial performance improvements. We are now (to our knowledge) the fastest api-compatible zlib implementation for decompression, and beat the competition in the most important compression cases too. ↫ F … ⌘ Read more
Pinellas County - 4 mile run: 4.06 miles, 00:08:50 average pace, 00:35:50 duration
late in the evening (fucking work). definitely had the urge to drop a deuce for the majority of it. the pace was comfortable.
#running
Boog900, hinto-janai, vtnerd CCS proposals ready for funding
Three CCS proposals have been moved to the funding stage and are now looking for community support:
- Boog900’s !544 1: full time work on Cuprate (3 months) + January 2
- hinto-janai’s !543 3: full-time work (3 months) 4
- vtnerd’s !553 5: full-time 2025 q1/q2 6
To support the above proposals you can donate to the XMR addresses listed on the _Funding Requi … ⌘ Read more
Monero Research Lab meeting scheduled for 5 March 2025 1700 UTC
The next Monero Research Lab1 meeting is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, March 5th 2025 at 17:00 UTC on IRC-Libera/Matrix2 in the #monero-research-lab channels.
spirobel submits CCS proposal to develop Monero Payment Links, Browser Wallet, multisig companion app
spirobel1 has submitted a CCS proposal2 to finish developing the Monero Browser Wallet3, create a self-hostable Stripe Payment Links 4 alternative5 and a multisig companion app, in an effort to make XMR web shopping more convenient and secure:
Currently Monero shoppers have to copy and paste addresses from the t … ⌘ Read more
[WTS] [4 XMR] CITIBULL (Original Painting)
CITIBULL is an original painting by Sidarta0 and CMOR in 2023… Acrylic on 16X20 canvas… I will ship anywhere in the world… The art is coming from USA…
Link: https://xmrbazaar.com/listing/miKZ/
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Cuprate Meeting scheduled for 4 March 2025 1800 UTC
The next Cuprate Meeting is scheduled1 to take place on Tuesday, March 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 repositor … ⌘ Read more
Deals: AirPods Pro 2 with Hearing Aid Feature for $199
Amazon is offering $50 off the AirPods Pro 2 with clinical grade hearing aid features, as well as some great deals on Apple Watch Series 10, AirTags 4-pack, the M2 MacBook Air, and M2 iPad Air in 13″ and 11″ sizes. Check out the deals below, and enjoy the savings from Amazon! AirPods Pro 2 … Read More ⌘ Read more
@bender@twtxt.net @prologic@twtxt.net The outcome was to be expected but it’s still pretty catastrophic. Here’s an overview:
East Germany is dominated by AfD. Bavaria is dominated by CSU (it’s always been that way, but this is still a conservative/right party). Black is CDU, the other conservative/right party.
The guy who’s probably going to be chancellor recently insulted the millions of people who did demonstrations for peace/anti-right. “Idiots”, “they’re nuts”, stuff like that. This was before the election. He already earned the nickname “Mini Trump”.
Both the right and the left got more votes this time, but the left only gained 3.87 percentage points while the right (CDU/CSU + AfD) gained 14.72:
The Green party lost, SPD (“mid-left”) lost massively (worst result in their history). FDP also lost. These three were the previous government.
This isn’t looking good at all, especially when you think about what’s going to happen in the next 4 years. What will CDU (the winner) do? Will they be able to “turn the ship around”? Highly unlikely. They are responsible for the current situation (in large parts). They will continue to do business as usual. They will do anything but help poor/ordinary people. This means that AfD will only get stronger over the next 4 years.
Our only hope would be to ban AfD altogether. So far, nobody but non-profit organizations is willing to do that (for unknown reasons).
I don’t even know if banning the AfD would help (but it’s probably our best/only option). AfD politicians are nothing but spiteful, hateful, angry, similar to Trump/MAGA. If you’ve seen these people talk and still vote for them, then you must be absolutely filled with rage and hatred. Very concerning.
Correct me if I’m wrong, @lyse@lyse.isobeef.org, @arne@uplegger.eu, @johanbove@johanbove.info.
Monero Tech meeting scheduled for 3 March 2025 1800 UTC
The next Monero Tech meeting is scheduled to take place on Monday, March 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 Observer6.
_Th … ⌘ Read more
hbs submits CCS proposal to partially fund MoneroKon 2025
hbs1 has submitted a CCS proposal2 to partially fund the Monero Konferenco 5 3 event, that is scheduled to take place at La Fabrika 4 in Prague, Czech Republic on June 20-22 2025:
For MoneroKon 2025, we also aim to achieve self-funding through ticket sales and sponsorships. However, as of February 2025, several sponsor slots remain unfilled. The funds raised so far, combined with the surplus from the pre … ⌘ Read more
rottenwheel publishes ‘Revuo Monero’ Issue href=”https://we.loveprivacy.club/search?q=%23228”>#228**
rottenwheel1 has published Issue #2282’3 of the weekly Revuo Monero audience-funded newsletter, which covers February 16-23 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.
j-berman posts CCS progress report after 368 hours of dev work
j-berman1 has published a second progress report2 for his full-time 2025 (part 9) Monero (FCMPs++) dev work CCS proposal3:
* Plugged FCMP++ transactions into consensus
* Prepared the FCMP++ optimization competition for launch
* Continuing PR 9135 (blockchain sync) review [..]
Consult the previous Monero Observer report4 to learn more about Justin’s CCS.
Th … ⌘ Read more
Monero Observer Artistic Saturday Top 5 - Week 8, 2025
Previous Artistic Saturday weekly reports can be found in the [art] 1 section.
Rucknium publicly releases all OSPEAD-related documents and code after 3+ years of research
Rucknium1 has published all of the HackerOne 2 and CCS (M1-M2)3 document and code submissions related to their Optimal Static Parametric Estimation of Arbitrary Distributions (OSPEAD) 4 project, after 3+ years of research:
The OSPEAD documents and code are being publicly released now because there is now an implementable solution to the problems I raised in my … ⌘ Read more
MoneroKon 2025 Planning Meeting scheduled for 1 March 2025 1700 UTC
The next MoneroKon 2025 Planning Meeting 1 is scheduled to take place on Saturday, March 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.
Logs for the previous meeting are available on Monero Observer4.
_Note that the upcoming event will take place in Prague on June 20-22 20255 … ⌘ Read more
Deals: Apple Watch Series 10 for $329, $100 Off iPad Air, M2 MacBook Air for $799, $70 AirTags 4-pack
Amazon continues to offers fantastic deals on various Apple products, and right now you can get 18% off the Apple Watch Series 10, $100 off M2 iPad Air models, the M2 MacBook Air for just $799 (down $200 from $999), or a 4-pack of AirTag trackers for just $70. What’s not to like about that? … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2025/02/21/deal … ⌘ Read more
Beta 1 of iOS 18.4, iPadOS 18.4, MacOS Sequoia 15.4, Available for Beta Testers
Apple has released the first beta version of iOS 18.4, iPadOS 18.4, and MacOS Sequoia 15.4, for users enrolled in the beta testing programs for Apple system software. The new beta updates look to add some additional features to Apple Intelligence for all eligible devices, add the polarizing Mail Categories feature from iPhone to iPad, … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2025/02/2 … ⌘ Read more
Cake Labs releases Cake Wallet v4.23.2, Monero.com v1.20.2
Cake Labs1 has released Cake Wallet version 4.23.22 with a Monero Android crash fix, Zano and Ethereum enhancements, Ledger bugfixes and UI improvements:
Changes overviewWe’re excited to announce the latest update, which brings a host of enhancements to improve performance, security, and user experience.3
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- Significant improvements to Zano functionality
- Enhanced Ethereum integration with improve … ⌘ Read more”`
[WTS] [4.6+ XMR] Macbook Pro M1 Pro (May 2022)
(Like new) 2022 Macbook Pro M1 Pro (10/8 cores)
14in Retina Screen
16GB RAM DDR5
1TB SSD
Fast 85w magsafe charger
No box
Link: https://xmrbazaar.com/listing/Xv8V/
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Running - 4 miles: 4.00 miles, 00:09:31 average pace, 00:38:05 duration
so boring
#running #treadmill
[WTS] [~4 XMR] Monero-chan.com domain
I currently have it listed on Unstoppable Domains for $1000 (roughly equivalent to 4 XMR). If anyone buys this within a week, I’ll donate 1 XMR to this sub’s Monero-chan art fund. :)
Link: https://unstoppabledomains.com/search?searchTerm=monero-chan&ref=club&tlds=com
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iPhone 16e Released by Apple
Apple has released a new entry level model iPhone, dubbed iPhone 16e. The iPhone 16e replaces the iPhone SE in the lineup, and introduces a modernized design along with some nice updated features for a low-end model, along with a higher price tag. iPhone 16e includes a 6.1″ OLED display with PWM (replacing the 4.7″ … Read More ⌘ Read more
jeffro256 posts January 2024 Monero/Carrot dev update
jeffro2561 has posted the first progress report (M1/January 2025)2 for their Monero/Carrot3 dev work CCS proposal4:
Work overviewI spent a lot of time reviewing / debugging the upcoming release v0.18.4.0 build. I would like to post more details about this for transparency, but some of it involves vulnerability work, so I will hold off for now. I plan to publish reports about this eventually.
… ⌘ Read more
Monero Research Lab meeting scheduled for 26 February 2025 1700 UTC
The next Monero Research Lab1 meeting is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, February 26th 2025 at 17:00 UTC on IRC-Libera/Matrix2 in the #monero-research-lab channels.
Running - 4 miles: 4.00 miles, 00:09:32 average pace, 00:38:06 duration
this week is going to be hell. with the travel and all the fires at work i can already tell.
#running #treadmill
Deals: M2 iPad Air 11″ for $499, iPad Air 13″ for $799, Apple Watch Series 10 for $329
Amazon is at it again with even more great deals on some popular Apple products, including the iPad Air in both 13″ and 11″ display sizes, great deals on Apple Watch Series 10, and an ongoing great deal on the 4-pack of AirTags. Why pay full price when you don’t have to? Check out the … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2025/02/18/deals-m2-ipad-air-11-for-49 … ⌘ Read more
@eapl.me@eapl.me I can do that as soon as I get back home. Also, just in case you’ve missed it, Choice 1 is actually 4 different variations.
Ezurio Veda SL917 Expands Industrial IoT Connectivity with Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth LE
The Veda SL917, developed by Ezurio and based on the Silicon Labs SiWx917 chipset, is a low-power wireless module designed for industrial IoT applications. It provides connectivity options, including Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth Low Energy 5.4, and support for Matter and IP networking, providing secure cloud connectivity and efficient power management. This device supports OFDMA, MU-MIMO … ⌘ Read more
Monero Tech meeting scheduled for 24 February 2025 1800 UTC
The next Monero Tech meeting is scheduled to take place on Monday, February 24 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=%23227”>#227**
rottenwheel1 has published Issue #2272’3 of the weekly Revuo Monero audience-funded newsletter, which covers February 9 - 16 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.
[ANN] CVE-2025-26819: Public XMR nodes should update to ‘release-v0.18’ branch until 0.18.4.0 is out (very soon)
Monero through 0.18.3.4 before ec74ff4 does not have response limits on HTTP server connections.
Links:
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
acx releases first beta for Mysu Wallet fork ‘Monfluo’
acx1 has announced2 the first beta release of Monfluo 3 (v0.6.04) - a pure Monero wallet for Android that was forked from Mysu Wallet5 last year:
Monfluo is a fork of Mysu (previously known as MyNero) originally developed by pokkst. Mysu was a fork of Monerujo developed by m2049r. [..] There are no unique features (except the lack of features), it is a very simple wallet for minimalists. There is no su … ⌘ Read more
Community Workgroup Meeting scheduled for 15 February 2025 1600 UTC
The next Monero Community Workgroup Meeting is scheduled1 to take place on Saturday (today), 15th 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 … ⌘ Read more
Monero Observer Artistic Saturday Top 5 - Week 7, 2025
Previous Artistic Saturday weekly reports can be found in the [art] 1 section.
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
Deals: AirPods for $99 (22% Off!) & AirPods Pro 2 for $169 (32% Off)
Amazon is offering the latest model AirPods 4 for just $99, taking 22% off the $129 retail price. Whether you want to treat yourself, or you’re looking for a gift for a loved one, friend, or colleague, AirPods might just fit the bill. AirPods 4 are the most popular wireless headphones and for good reason, … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2025/02/13/deals-airpods-for-99-22-off-airpods-pro-2-for-169-32-o … ⌘ 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/)reviewing logs this morning and found i have been spammed hard by bots not respecting the robots.txt file. only noticed it because the OpenAI bot was hitting me with a lot of nonsensical requests. here is the list from last month:
- (810) bingbot
- (641) Googlebot
- (624) http://www.google.com/bot.html
- (545) DotBot
- (290) GPTBot
- (106) SemrushBot
- (84) AhrefsBot
- (62) MJ12bot
- (60) BLEXBot
- (55) wpbot
- (37) Amazonbot
- (28) YandexBot
- (22) ClaudeBot
- (19) AwarioBot
- (14) https://domainsbot.com/pandalytics
- (9) https://serpstatbot.com
- (6) t3versionsBot
- (6) archive.org_bot
- (6) Applebot
- (5) http://search.msn.com/msnbot.htm
- (4) http://www.googlebot.com/bot.html
- (4) Googlebot-Mobile
- (4) DuckDuckGo-Favicons-Bot
- (3) https://turnitin.com/robot/crawlerinfo.html
- (3) YandexNews
- (3) ImagesiftBot
- (2) Qwantify-prod
- (1) http://www.google.com/adsbot.html
- (1) http://gais.cs.ccu.edu.tw/robot.php
- (1) YaK
- (1) WBSearchBot
- (1) DataForSeoBot
i have placed some middleware to reject these for now but it is not a full proof solution.
Announcing Ratify v1.4.0 – Revocation Checking with CRL Support, Enhanced Out-of-box Experience, and New Cloud Provider Support
We are thrilled to announce the release of Ratify v1.4.0! This milestone release introduces significant new features that enhance Ratify’s capabilities as a trusted supply chain security tool. As always, we deeply appreciate the contributions from the… ⌘ 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
[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
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