[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

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.

Cuprate is an effort to create an alternative Monero node implementation.

Greetings
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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.

• Updates. What is everyone working on?
  
• FCMP++ tx size and compute cost and MAX_INPUTS/MAX_OUTPUTS3
  
• Making transaction weight a function of number of inputs, outputs, and tx_extra length instead … ⌘ Read more

binarybaron releases ‘full rewrite’ of UnstoppableSwap GUI
binarybaron1 has released UnstoppableSwap GUI 2 and xmr-btc-swap 3 version 1.0.0-rc.14 with breaking changes on the network level:

This release is a full rewrite of the GUI. It includes breaking changes on the network level. This means you will not be able to swap with providers who have already updated, until you upgrade the GUI as well. This release includes a lot improvements on d … ⌘ Read more

Monero Research Lab meeting scheduled for 20 November 2024 1700 UTC
The next Monero Research Lab1 meeting is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, November 20th 2024 at 17:00 UTC on IRC-Libera/Matrix2 in the #monero-research-lab channels.

• Updates. What is everyone working on?
  
• FCMP++ tx size and compute cost and MAX_INPUTS/MAX_OUTPUTS3
  
• Making transaction weight a function of number of inputs, outputs, and tx_extra length instead … ⌘ Read more

Cuprate Meeting scheduled for 19 November 2024 1800 UTC
The next Cuprate Meeting is scheduled1 to take place on Tuesday, November 19 2024 at 18:00 UTC on IRC-Libera/Matrix2 in the #cuprate channels.

Cuprate is an effort to create an alternative Monero node implementation.

Greetings
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Haveno adds support for USDT
woodser1 has released Haveno2 version 1.0.133 with support for Tether (USDT)4, various improvements, updates, and bug fixes.

”`
Support USDT (ERC20 & TRC20)
Refactor tabs for simplicity
Update Tails script to retry download using wget
Improve backup recovery if wallet cache is corrupt
Fix sorting Buy or Sell XMR > Amount column
Update price nodes to support USDT
Other stability improvements and bug fixes [..]

... ⌘ [Read more](https://monero.observer/haveno-v1.0.13-released-support-tether-usdt/)“

nahuhh releases ‘basicswap-bash’ v0.14.1
nahuhh (ofrnxmr)1 has released basicswap-bash 2 version 0.14.13:

A suite of bash scripts to install and manage BasicSwapDEX on Windows(WSL)/Debian/Ubuntu/Arch/Fedora

* placeorders: use python to check offer size
* setup: update tails
* fix $PATH detection
* fix restore from seed
* install: xfce .profile use in .xsessionrc

Installation instructions are available on the Github release page3.

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jeffro256 posts September-October 2024 Monero/Carrot dev update
jeffro2561 has posted the first progress report (M1/September-Otcober 2024)2 for their Monero/Carrot3 dev work CCS proposal4:

I spent a lot of time recently refactoring the design of the Carrot implementation to make it well documented and clear, as well as highly reusable. I also spent a lot of time removing dependencies so that it’s ready to be quickly parsed by future impleme … ⌘ Read more

Community Workgroup Meeting scheduled for 9 November 2024 1600 UTC
The next Monero Community Workgroup Meeting is scheduled1 to take place on Saturday, 9th 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 and summary for the previous meeting are available on Monero Observer5.

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Monero Research Lab meeting scheduled for 13 November 2024 1700 UTC
The next Monero Research Lab1 meeting is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, November 13th 2024 at 17:00 UTC on IRC-Libera/Matrix2 in the #monero-research-lab channels.

• Updates. What is everyone working on?
  
• Monero Research Computing Server hardware needs
  
• FCMP++ tx size and compute cost and MAX_INPUTS/MAX_OUTPUTS3
  
• FCMP++ Optimization Competition4
  
• R … ⌘ Read more

Cuprate Meeting scheduled for 12 November 2024 1800 UTC
The next Cuprate Meeting is scheduled1 to take place on Tuesday, November 12 2024 at 18:00 UTC on IRC-Libera/Matrix2 in the #cuprate channels.

Cuprate is an effort to create an alternative Monero node implementation.

Greetings
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Monero Dev Activity Report - Week 44 2024: 11 PRs, 10 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 (5)

monero-project/monero:

• #95471 tests: framework for wallet cpp <> live daemon tests (j-berman)
  
• #95482 wallet2_api: use std::optional instead of handmade optional (jeffro256)
  
• #95493 Updat … ⌘ Read more

Cyrix126 releases Gupaxx v1.5.2
Cyrix1261 has released Gupaxx 2 version 1.5.23 with various bugfixes and improvements:

[UI] Node : place toggle buttons on same height
[UI] P2Pool: "use local node" unchecked by default
[Internal] increase default p2pool buffer from 5% to 25%
[Internal] update chosen XvB node at start of process
[Fix] prevent updating xmrig/proxy twice immediately if time too spare
[Fix] remove Xmrig-Proxy empty directory from standalone ver ... ⌘ [Read more](https://monero.observer/cyrix126-releases-gupaxx-v1.5.2/)

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.

• Updates. What is everyone working on?
  
• Monero Research Computing Server hardware needs
  
• FCMP++ tx size and compute cost and MAX_INPUTS/MAX_OUTPUTS3
  
• FCMP++ Optimization Competition4
  
• Revi … ⌘ 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

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.

Cuprate is an effort to create an alternative Monero node implementation.

Greetings
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branch protection
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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.

• 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

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.

Cuprate is an effort to create an alternative Monero node implementation.

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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.

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ofrnxmr completes first milestone for BasicSwapDEX CCS proposal
ofrnxmr1 has completed2 the first milestone (M1-O/M1-F/M1-B) for their CCS proposal3 to empower and steward BasicSwapDex4 to production quality software:

”`
Core v0.13.4 > v0.14.1:

• Update coincurve fork and rebase onto v20
  
• Include coincurve as a basicswap dependency
  
• Fix remote (local) node handling
  
• Started integration of the novel BCH <>XMR swap protocol
  … ⌘ Read more”`

m2049r releases Monerujo v4.0.8 ‘Sidekick’
m2049r1 has released Monerujo2 version 4.0.8 Sidekick 3 with fixes for crashes on Android 14/15.

Option to lock wallet in background
Support for Sidekick Wallet
Update default nodes
Fix crashes on Android 14/15
Fix connectivity issues with Ledger

It is worth noting that Monerujo added support for its companion app Sidekick4 last month (v4.0.6), as reported5.

Before usage, it is re … ⌘ 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

Cuprate Meeting scheduled for 22 October 2024 1800 UTC
The next Cuprate Meeting is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, October 22 2024 at 18:00 UTC on IRC-Libera/Matrix1 in the #cuprate channels.

Cuprate is an effort to create an alternative Monero node implementation.

Greetings
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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/)

[ANN] If you run the haveno.markets website, please contact me

[..] Do you operate haveno.markets? You are welcome to stay pseudoanonymous but please open source the project and start accepting contributions from the community (like me). Two updates I can think of right away are to include a json api and to source data from bisq too. Please contact me at www.ki9.us/contact if you know anything about haveno.markets or its operator. If I don’t hear back after a week or two, I will have to assume haveno.markets is untrustworthy until pro … ⌘ Read more

[ANN] [CVE-2024-9680] Update Tor Browser & Firefox immediately

An attacker was able to achieve code execution in the content process by exploiting a use-after-free in Animation timelines. We have had reports of this vulnerability being exploited in the wild.

Links:

• https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-1357/
  
• https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2024-51/
  

n … ⌘ Read more

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.
  

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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.

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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

Cuprate Meeting scheduled for 15 October 2024 1800 UTC
The next Cuprate Meeting is scheduled1 to take place on Tuesday, October 15 2024 at 18:00 UTC on IRC-Libera/Matrix2 in the #cuprate channels.

Cuprate is an effort to create an alternative Monero node implementation.

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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/)

[ANN] Please help test calc.revuo-xmr.com and share with friends! Couple updates recently deployed
Links:

• https://calc.revuo-xmr.com/
  
• https://farside.link/nitter/revuoxmr/status/1842451852157223089
  

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Cuprate Meeting scheduled for 8 October 2024 1800 UTC
The next Cuprate Meeting is scheduled1 to take place on Tuesday, October 8 2024 at 18:00 UTC on IRC-Libera/Matrix2 in the #cuprate channels.

Cuprate is an effort to create an alternative Monero node implementation.

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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

The nuances and challenges of moderating a code collaboration platform
Sharing the latest data update to our Transparency Center alongside a new research article on what makes moderating a code collaboration platform unique.

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So this is a great thread. I have been thinking about this too.. and what if we are coming at it from the wrong direction? Identity being tied to a given URL has always been a pain point. If i get a new URL its almost as if i have a new identity because not only am I serving at a new location but all my previous communications are broken because the hashes are all wrong.

What if instead we used this idea of signatures to thread the URLs together into one identity? We keep the URL to Hash in place. Changing that now is basically a no go. But we can create a signature chain that can link identities together. So if i move to a new URL i update the chain hosted by my primary identity to include the new URL. If i have an archived feed that the old URL is now dead, we can point to where it is now hosted and use the current convention of hashing based on the first url:

The signature chain can also be used to rotate to new keys over time. Just sign in a new key or revoke an old one. The prior signatures remain valid within the scope of time the signatures were made and the keys were active.

The signature file can be hosted anywhere as long as it can be fetched by a reasonable protocol. So say we could use a webfinger that directs to the signature file? you have an identity like frank@beans.co that will discover a feed at some URL and a signature chain at another URL. Maybe even include the most recent signing key?

From there the client can auto discover old feeds to link them together into one complete timeline. And the signatures can validate that its all correct.

I like the idea of maybe putting the chain in the feed preamble and keeping the single self contained file.. but wonder if that would cause lots of clutter? The signature chain would be something like a log with what is changing (new key, revoke, add url) and a signature of the change + the previous signature.

# chain: ADDKEY kex14zwrx68cfkg28kjdstvcw4pslazwtgyeueqlg6z7y3f85h29crjsgfmu0w 
# sig: BEGIN SALTPACK SIGNED MESSAGE. ... 
# chain: ADDURL https://txt.sour.is/user/xuu
# sig: BEGIN SALTPACK SIGNED MESSAGE. ...
# chain: REVKEY kex14zwrx68cfkg28kjdstvcw4pslazwtgyeueqlg6z7y3f85h29crjsgfmu0w
# sig: ...

@movq@www.uninformativ.de pretty cool! Switched, and pulled. Nice update on README!

@prologic@twtxt.net I’m not sure what this update does, but

https://twtxt.net/external?uri=https://google.com&nick=lovetocode999

still exhibits the same problem, on your pod and on mine, after the latest update.

@prologic@twtxt.net OK, I just updated to commit 77d527, which looks to be the same one you’re running right now. I forgot to blow away my cache before restarting, so I just deleted the cache file and restarted.

@prologic@twtxt.net What? I compiled, updated, and restarted. If you check what my pod reports, it gives that 7a… SHA. I don’t know what that other screenshot is showing but it seems to be out of date. That was the SHA I was running before this update.

@prologic@twtxt.net This does not seem to fix the problem for me, or I’ve done something wrong. I did the following:

1. Pull the latest version from git (I have commit 7ad848, same as on twtxt.net I believe).
   
2. make build and make install
   
3. Restart yarnd
   
4. Refresh cache in Poderator Settings
   

Yet I still see these bogus /external things on my pod when I hit URLs like the one I sent you recently. When I hit such a URL with curl I think it’s giving an error? But in a web browser, the (buggy) response is the same as it was before I updated.

So, this problem is not fixed for me.

@prologic@twtxt.net Aha, now it gives an error. OK I’m updating to this to see if it fixes the issue on my pod! Thank you.

think I need to update my page

What’s new with GitHub Copilot: July 2024
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@prologic@twtxt.net I think there’s more to it than that. I’ve updated, yet hundreds of gigabytes of junk is still accumulating.

@prologic@twtxt.net I’m still getting this crap:

abucci@buc:~/yarnd/yarn$ ls -lh /tmp/yarnd-avatar-*
-rw------- 1 abucci abucci 863M Jul 25 14:19 /tmp/yarnd-avatar-1594499680
-rw------- 1 abucci abucci 7.8G Jul 25 14:19 /tmp/yarnd-avatar-2144295337
-rw------- 1 abucci abucci 9.8G Jul 25 14:19 /tmp/yarnd-avatar-2334738193
-rw------- 1 abucci abucci  10G Jul 25 14:14 /tmp/yarnd-avatar-2494107777
-rw------- 1 abucci abucci 9.5G Jul 25 13:59 /tmp/yarnd-avatar-2619243454
-rw------- 1 abucci abucci  11G Jul 25 14:04 /tmp/yarnd-avatar-2922187513
-rw------- 1 abucci abucci 7.5G Jul 25 14:14 /tmp/yarnd-avatar-349775570
-rw------- 1 abucci abucci  10G Jul 25 14:09 /tmp/yarnd-avatar-3640724243
-rw------- 1 abucci abucci 901M Jul 25 14:19 /tmp/yarnd-avatar-3921595598
-rw------- 1 abucci abucci 9.5G Jul 25 13:59 /tmp/yarnd-avatar-609094539
-rw------- 1 abucci abucci 9.3G Jul 25 14:04 /tmp/yarnd-avatar-755173392
-rw------- 1 abucci abucci 7.9G Jul 25 14:09 /tmp/yarnd-avatar-984061000

Something like 100 Gbytes of this junk has accumulated since I updated and re-started the server. I’m now running the latest version of yarnd, so the update did not fix the problem. Something else is going wrong.

How are temporary files growing to 10 Gbytes in size? The name of the file is “yarn-avatar”, but why would avatars be so large?