Monero Observer Artistic Saturday Top 5 - Week 13, 2024
Previous Artistic Saturday weekly reports can be found in the _
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0xFFFC posts March 2024 dev update
0xFFFC1 has posted the second progress report (March 2024)2 for their part-time Monero dev work CCS proposal3:
Work overviewI did spend a substantial portion of my time on 91814. The explanation can be found on the PR page, once approved and released, this will provide a better foundation for our locking mechanism and eventually more throughput.
Cake Labs releases Cake Wallet v4.15.3 and Monero.com v1.12.1
Cake Labs1 has released Cake Wallet v4.15.3 and Monero.com v1.12.12 with various fixes and improvements:
Exchange flow enhancements and fixes
Add MoonPay to Buy options
Add THORChain to Exchange providers
Improve Bitcoin fee calculations
Fixes and enhancements for Solana
Generic enhancements and bug fixes
Consult the Github repository2 to verify and download the wallet APKs … ⌘ Read more
MoneroKon 2024 Planning Meeting scheduled for 6 April 2024 1700 UTC
The next MoneroKon 2024 Planning Meeting 1 should take place on Saturday, April 6th 2024 at 17:00 UTC in the #monero-events 2 Matrix/IRC and XMPP channels.
The meeting’s discussion topics will be posted on agenda.monerokon.org 3.
Visit funding.monerokon.com 4 and the Monerokon 2024 Event Planning 5 board to get involved and support the project.
Logs for the previou … ⌘ Read more
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Community Workgroup Meeting scheduled for 30 March 2024 1500 UTC
The next Monero Community Workgroup Meeting is scheduled1 to take place on Saturday, 30th of March 2024 at 15:00 UTC, in the #monero-community 2’3 channels.
Discussions should be focused on community highlights, CCS updates, workgroup reports, and the recent surge in transaction volume4. plowsof5 will moderate the meeting.
Logs for the previous meeting are available on Monero Observ … ⌘ Read more
plowsof submits new proposal to continue working as CCS coordinator for 3 months
plowsof1 has submitted a new proposal2 looking to continue working as CCS Coordinator for 3 more months, after three successful3’4’5 terms6’7’8:
Hello, plowsof here, I show up and try to be helpful. My previous proposals happened, i would like to make it happen again, and do more of the same things.
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Total funding: 80.07 XMR.
ETA: ~3 m … ⌘ Read more”`
Rucknium submits CCS proposal to conduct statistical research to improve Monero’s privacy
Rucknium1 has submitted a CCS proposal2 looking to carry out statistical research to improve Monero’s privacy in aftermath of the suspected flood attack3:
I propose to carry out statistical research to improve Monero’s privacy, guide protocol decisions, and respond to Monero developer requests for statistical analysis of code changes where needed.
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LocalMonero publishes ‘The Monero Standard’ href=”https://txt.sour.is/search?q=tags:99”>#99**
LocalMonero1 has published the 99th issue of its weekly The Monero Standard 2 newsletter, covering 21-28 March 2024 news.
Recent News
Price and Blockchain Statistics
Facts or Guides
Merchants
Notable Projects
Funding
Meme of the Week
Study Time
Donation and Contact
To support the writer3, visit the Donation and Contact 4 section at the bottom of the issue.
_Note: The Monero Standard newsle … ⌘ Read more
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Monero Research Lab meeting scheduled for 3 April 2024 1700 UTC
The next Monero Research Lab1 meeting is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, April 3rd 2024 at 17:00 UTC on IRC-Libera/Matrix2 in the #monero-research-lab channels.
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Monero mean effective ring size rises as suspected spam attack subsides
A significant (~40K) drop in daily XMR transactions was registered1 earlier today, suggesting the suspected black marble flooding incident against Monero that started around March 5th2 is starting to show some signs of stopping.
Rucknium3 has noted that the mean effective ring size is naturally rising and also added that less than 1% of rings have an effective ring size of 1 … ⌘ Read more
AgoraDesk/LocalMonero v1.1.27 released with hotfix
Version 1.1.271 of the LocalMonero/AgoraDesk 2’3 mobile apps has been released with a hotfix for push notification token updates.
The list of changes and the APK downloads are available on Github1.
Consult the previous Monero Observer report4 to learn more about the apps.
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Seraphis Wallet Workgroup meeting scheduled for 1 April 2024 1800 UTC
The next Seraphis Wallet Workgroup 1 meeting is scheduled to take place on Monday, April 1 2024 at 18:00 UTC, in the IRC/Libera #no-wallet-left-behind 2 channel and the bridged Matrix room3.
Consult the project’s wiki4 page to learn more about Seraphis, Jamtis, and wallet3.
Logs for the previous meeting are available on Monero Observer5.
_This is an ongoing story and the rep … ⌘ Read more
Anon donates 100 XMR to Monero General Fund
An anonymous contributor has donated 100 XMR (~$14K USD)1 to the Monero General Fund address2.
plowsof’s monero-fund-watch 3 Python script tweeted4 the donation alert a few hours ago:
💝 +100. #xmr 💝 $14063.00
A similar ~100 XMR donation was recorded in 2022 and it is interesting to note that its fiat value was also nearly the same (~14.5K)5.
_This is an ongoing story and the report will be updated wh … ⌘ Read more
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Monero Dev Activity Report - Week 12 2024: 12 PRs, 43 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 (4)
monero-project/monero:
XMRig v6.21.2 released with various bug fixes
XMRig 1 version 6.21.22 has been released with various bug fixes.
#2800 Fixed donation with GhostRider algorithm for builds without KawPow algorithm.
#3436 Fixed, the file log writer was not thread-safe.
#3450 Fixed RandomX crash when compiled with fortify_source.
The dependencies of all prebuilt releases have been updated.
(Support for old Ubuntu releases has been dropped.)
Verify the SHA256 sums with xmrig[3](# … ⌘ Read more
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Monero Observer Artistic Saturday Top 5 - Week 12, 2024
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0xFFFC submits CCS proposal for 3 more months of full-time Monero dev work
0xFFFC1 has submitted their second CCS proposal2 to work full-time on Monero development for 3 more months (May, June, July 2024):
The bulk of my focus will be on opportunities related to performance improvement. To find out performance improvement opportunities a performance test suite is necessary for the Monero project.
Funding proposed: 90 XMR.
ETA: ~3 months (480 hours).
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AgoraDesk/LocalMonero v1.1.26 released
Version 1.1.261 of the LocalMonero/AgoraDesk 2’3 mobile apps has been released with various bug fixes.
Fixed bug when opening trades with a specific amount.
Fixed bug when the market screen keeps resetting coin and trade type options.
Other small bug fixes.
The full list of changes and the APK downloads are available on Github1.
Consult the previous Monero Observer report4 t … ⌘ Read more
Haveno v0.0.20 released with various fixes and improvements
Haveno1 version 0.0.202 was released with various improvements, updates, and bug fixes.
Update TOR to v0.4.8.9 with proof-of-work defense by @preland in #794
Fix chat view memory leak by @napoly in #829
Fix chat messages updating by @woodser in #830
Add scrollbar to pending trades view by @preland in #773
Support uploading logs to arbitrator by @woodser, @jmacxx in #833
Download and verify Monero ... ⌘ [Read more](https://monero.observer/haveno-v0.0.20-released-fixes-improvements/)**
LocalMonero publishes ‘The Monero Standard’ href=”https://txt.sour.is/search?q=tags:98”>#98**
LocalMonero1 has published the 98th issue of its weekly The Monero Standard 2 newsletter, covering 14-21 March 2024 news.
Recent News
Price and Blockchain Statistics
Facts or Guides
Merchants
Notable Projects
Funding
Meme of the Week
Study Time
Donation and Contact
To support the writer3, visit the Donation and Contact 4 section at the bottom of the issue.
_Note: The Monero Standard newsle … ⌘ Read more
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Monero Research Lab meeting scheduled for 27 March 2024 1700 UTC
The next Monero Research Lab1 meeting is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, March 27th 2024 at 17:00 UTC on IRC-Libera/Matrix2 in the #monero-research-lab channels.
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hinto-janai releases Gupax v1.3.6
hinto-janai1 has released Gupax 2 version 1.3.63 with remote node changes and a bugfix.
Fixes:
-Non-responding nodes not being sorted by ping speed
Bundled Versions:
-P2Pool v3.10
-XMRig v6.21.1
Changes:
-Remote Node changes [..]
The full changelog, sources, SHA256SUM and .asc files can be found on Github3 and on the gupax.io website4.
Consult hinto-janai’s CCS proposal5 to learn more … ⌘ Read more
Anon proposes bounty for XMR-LTC atomic swap ‘plugin’
An anonymous user1 has proposed a bounty2 for developing a XMR-LTC atomic swap plugin:
The goal is to make a “opensource” plugin for more DEX’s websites and others to allow them to implement Atomic swaps between LTC and XMR. While plugin is a “loose word” I’m not sure what else to call it.
Seraphis Wallet Workgroup meeting scheduled for 25 March 2024 1800 UTC
The next Seraphis Wallet Workgroup 1 meeting is scheduled to take place on Monday, March 25 2024 at 18:00 UTC, in the IRC/Libera #no-wallet-left-behind 2 channel and the bridged Matrix room3.
Consult the project’s wiki4 page to learn more about Seraphis, Jamtis, and wallet3.
Logs for the previous meeting are available on Monero Observer5.
_This is an ongoing story and the … ⌘ Read more
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m2049r releases Monerujo v3.3.11 ‘Argentina’
m2049r1 has released Monerujo2 version 3.3.11 Argentina 3, which upgrades to Monero Core 0.18.3.3 and introduces a Hebrew translation and other fixes.
Upgrade to Monero Core v0.18.3.3
Fix TalkBack Screen reader
Fixed some translations
Hebrew Translation
Fixed Docker Builds
Added ds-jetzt node
Upgrade dnsjava [..]
- All Monero Contributors
- @anhdres
- @Baltsar
- @ds-jetzt
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Monero Dev Activity Report - Week 11 2024: 19 PRs, 19 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 (7)
monero-project/monero:
plowsof posts final progress report for third CCS coordinator term
plowsof1 has submitted the final progress report2 after working for almost five months during their third term as CCS coordinator3:
There was a complaint of sorts questioning my impartiality for this role in a github comment. in the full context of that issue i am definitely not impartial and siding with devs/researchers / pushing back on use-cases which can harm privacy / be abused.
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Monero Observer Artistic Saturday Top 5 - Week 11, 2024
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Cake Labs releases Cake Wallet v4.15.0 and Monero.com v1.12.0
Cake Labs1 has released Cake Wallet v4.15.0 and Monero.com v1.12.02 with various fixes and improvements:
Monero enhancements
Bitcoin support different address types (Taproot, Segwit P2WPKH/P2WSH, Legacy)
In-App live status page for the app services
Add Exolix exchange provider
Bug fixes and enhancements
Consult the Github repository2 to verify and download the wallet APKs.
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MoneroKon 2024 Planning Meeting scheduled for 30 March 2024 1700 UTC
The next MoneroKon 2024 Planning Meeting 1 should take place on Saturday, March 30th 2024 at 17:00 UTC in the #monero-events 2 Matrix/IRC and XMPP channels.
The meeting’s discussion topics will be posted on agenda.monerokon.org 3.
Visit funding.monerokon.com 4 and the Monerokon 2024 Event Planning 5 board to get involved and support the project.
Logs for the prev … ⌘ Read more
Haveno v0.0.19 released with various fixes and improvements
Haveno1 version 0.0.192 was released with various improvements, updates, and bug fixes.
update to JDK 21 by @napoly
update to monero-project v0.18.3.3
update tor binary to 0.4.7.10 by @napoly
update to monero-java v0.8.11
create task to generate key pairs by @napoly
update deployment guide
Various bug fixes and stability improvements [..]
AgoraDesk/LocalMonero v1.1.25 released
Version 1.1.251 of the LocalMonero/AgoraDesk 2’3 mobile apps has been released with new translations (Hausa and Somali), a light theme fix and other improvements.
Added additional warnings for trades.
Fixed tab and radio button light theme colors.
Added two languages.
The full list of changes and the APK downloads are available on Github1.
Consult the previous Monero Observer report[ … ⌘ Read more
BTCPay Server enables ‘Zero Confirmation’ default option for XMR thanks to HennyH
BTCPay Server 1 has enabled a Zero Confirmation default option for XMR thanks to HennyH2’s monero settlement thresholds PR #58073:
This PR adds the ability to configure a monero specific settlement confirmation threshold. The UI for this setting was based of the existing ‘speed policy’ dropdown.
HennyH won the associated 2.9 XMR bounty4 after the pull request was merge … ⌘ Read more