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Monero Market implements 2/3 multisig escrow system
The Monero Market1 trading platform has announced2’3 the implementation of an optional 2/3 multisig escrow system for transactions over 1 XMR:
Multisig escrow is optional and intended for intermediate-advanced Monero users.
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raven proposes bounty for Monero ‘drivechain’ research
raven has proposed a bounty1 for researching the potential implementation of drivechain 2 on Monero:
Research if implementing drivechain is possible on Monero from a technical perspective, and the amount of effort involved. Research what is the community sentiment.
Total Bounty: 1.065 XMR (to date)
Anyone can increase the bounty by transferring any XMR amount to the address posted by the _Monero Bounties Bo … ⌘ Read more
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Monero Dev Activity Report - Week 3 2024: 45 PRs, 8 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 (12)
monero-project/monero:
Monero community preparing to remove Binance from ‘official’ website
plowsof1 has opened a pull request2 to discuss the potential removal of Binance from the Getmonero.org Merchants & Exchanges 3 page.
The move clearly signals Monero’s unchanged noncompliance culture, as XMR was marked for potential delisting by Binance just a few weeks ago4.
To vote and post your feedback, consult monero-site PR #22232.
_This is an ongoing story a … ⌘ Read more
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Monero Observer Artistic Saturday Top 5 - Week 3, 2024
Previous Artistic Saturday weekly reports can be found in the _
MoneroKon 2024 Planning Meeting scheduled for 27 January 2024 1700 UTC
The next MoneroKon 2024 Planning Meeting 1 should take place on Saturday, January 27th 2023 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 th … ⌘ Read more
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shortwavesurfer2009 proposes bounty for adding ‘full ipv6 support’ to Monerujo
shortwavesurfer20091 has proposed a bounty2 for adding full ipv6 support to Android XMR wallet Monerujo 3:
Ipv6 is the future and we must be prepared
Monero General Fund receives 100 XMR donation
An anonymous contributor has donated 100 XMR (~$15.2K USD)1 to the Monero General Fund address2.
plowsof’s monero-fund-watch 3 Python script tweeted the donation alert:
It is worth mentioning that the GF also registered a 20 XMR ($3167) donation yesterday5.
This is an ongoing story and the report will be updated when new information is available.
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Monero Observer 2024 Q1 CCS proposal ready for community review
The Monero Observer CCS proposal for 2024 Q1 is ready for community review:
I will continue to maintain Monero Observer (https://monero.observer) for the next 3 months (2024 Q1): January, February and March.
You can support the proposal by posting feedback in !4301.
Thanks for being a loyal MO reader!
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LocalMonero publishes ‘The Monero Standard’ href=”https://txt.sour.is/search?q=tags:89”>#89**
LocalMonero1 has published the 89th issue of its weekly The Monero Standard 2 newsletter, covering January 11-18 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.
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rehrar releases Stack Wallet v1.9.0 with support for Firo’s Lelantus Spark
rehrar1 has released Stack Wallet2 version 1.9.03 with support for Firo’s Lelantus Spark 4 privacy protocol, various bug fixes and user interface improvements.
Added Firo Spark support
Refactored wallets under-the-hood. Should be fewer bugs now. May need to rescan some coins.
Several bug fixes and UI improvements
The release notes, binaries, and … ⌘ Read more
Monero Talk interviews ‘Drivechain’ inventor Paul Sztorc
In this Monero Talk episode1’2, Douglas Tuman3 interviews Paul Sztorc4, the inventor of Drivechain 5 and founder of BTC sidechains development firm LayerTwo Labs 6:
Cake Wallet celebrates 6th anniversary today
Cake Wallet 1 founder Vik Sharma2 has shared a public note3 today, in celebration of the project’s 6th anniversary:
Time flies! 6 years since launch!
Monero Research Lab meeting scheduled for 24 January 2024 1700 UTC
The next Monero Research Lab1 meeting is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, January 24th 2024 at 17:00 UTC on IRC-Libera/Matrix2 in the #monero-research-lab channels.
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Samourai BTC-XMR atomic swaps program enters public beta
Samourai Wallet’s1 BTC-XMR atomic swaps program went live a few hours ago with the release of version 0.0.13-beta2:
This desktop application makes it very easy to trustlessly swap BTC<->XMR, completely over Tor. In public beta, expect some bugs, and a “dev UI”. The actual UI is still in development :) (pokkst)3
The application is essentially a GUI for COMIT’s XMR-BTC atomic swaps protocol4 w … ⌘ Read more
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Cake Labs releases Cake Wallet v4.13.0 and Monero.com v1.10.0
Cake Labs1 has released Cake Wallet v4.13.0 and Monero.com v1.10.02 with several bug fixes, UI enhancements, and integration with fiat-to-crypto onramp aggregator OnRamper 3:
Add new Off-ramp providers (DFX, OnRamper)
On-ramp flow fixes and enhancements
Ethereum and WalletConnect fixes and improvements
Nano enhancements
UI enhancements
Generic enhancements and bug fixes
C … ⌘ Read more
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gnuteardrops is back: ‘Monero.Graphics needs to exist’
gnuteardrops1 has officially returned and the inspiring Monero.Graphics 2 repository was reactivated earlier today:
I still believe that Monero.Graphics needs to exist in our community. Art is very important and I feel strangely obliged to continue maintaining the project for the foreseeable future. Onward.
The artist told Monero Observer that the ~6-month break was recharging but rather sad, after passionately … ⌘ Read more
Seraphis Wallet Workgroup meeting scheduled for 22 January 2024 1800 UTC
The next Seraphis Wallet Workgroup 1 meeting is scheduled to take place on Monday, January 22 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 an … ⌘ Read more
AgoraDesk/LocalMonero v1.1.16 released
Version 1.1.161 of the LocalMonero/AgoraDesk 2’3 mobile apps has been released with a few fixes and improvements.
- Moved the payment method selection button to the main screen.
- Fixed the iOS push notifications bug.
- Fixed the UI issue where the amount and payment method were overlapping with other text.
The full list of changes and the APK downloads are available on Github1.
Cons … ⌘ Read more
plowsof posts progress report for third CCS coordinator term
plowsof1 has submitted a progress report2 after working for almost three months during their third term as CCS coordinator3:
Work summaryThank you to those who support me (and the 1 whale who keeps me awake at night wondering when it’ll all be over after i dissapoint them). I am replaceable, and the CCS lives on! Closing out M1 + M2.
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