XMR most used crypto on Coincards in June 2024
XMR was the most used cryptocurrency on Coincards1 in June 2024, according to a usage report2 that was published earlier today:

Here’s a breakdown of usage (by $ volume) on Coincards by percentage in June ‘24

#XMR: 34.4% (+6.82%)
#BTC (Onchain): 25.96% (+4.07%)
#USDC: 20.20% (-13.01%)
#ETH: 9.84%
#LTC: 2.49%
#Solana: 2.31%
#Dogecoin: 2.09%
#LightningNetwork: 2.08%
#USDT: 0.58%
#Dai: 0.04%
#Matic: 0.01%
#Dash: 0%

Monero climb … ⌘ Read more

Monero Observer Artistic Saturday Top 5 - Week 27, 2024
Previous Artistic Saturday weekly reports can be found in the _

Eneez proposes bounty for XMR P2P Telegram bot
Eneez1 has proposed a bounty2 for the creation of a reliable Telegram3 bot that can facilitate peer-to-peer fiat to XMR exchanges without KYC:

Currently, Monero faces a significant challenge due to the limited availability of P2P platforms for exchanging fiat currency into XMR. People have to buy BTC and exchange it for XMR and this scares a lot of people away from Monero.

Total Bounty: 0 XMR (to date)

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busyboredom releases initial version of AcceptXMR-Server
busyboredom1 has released AcceptXMR v0.14.02 with a few API changes alongside the initial version (0.1.0)3 of the batteries-included Monero payment gateway4 built around it:

It’s been a long time coming, but AcceptXMR-Server (the standalone payment gateway) had its initial release last night5

This update completes the first milestone ( Dockerize AcceptXMR) of busyboredom’s CC … ⌘ Read more

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

Milestone 2:
-Work on v0.18.3.4 has continued,
I decided to delay the release due to bugs found by the stresset.
-Help with OSS-Fuzz issue.
-Did some initial help with the stressnet.
-Smaller bug fixes.

Note that misc work is not explicitly mentioned in these updates. The full list of changes can be found on Github3’ … ⌘ Read more

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rottenwheel publishes ‘Revuo Monero’ Issue href=”https://txt.sour.is/search?q=tags:201”>#201**
rottenwheel1 has published Issue #2012’3 of the weekly Revuo Monero audience-funded newsletter, which covers June 27-4 2024 news:

Recent News
Upcoming Events
CCS Proposal Ideas
CCS Proposals Need Funding
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 XMP … ⌘ Read more

monerobull submits CCS proposal to maintain Monero Website Workgroup
monerobull1 has submitted a CCS proposal2 to maintain the Monero Website Workgroup 3 and work on various Monero non-dev stuff for 3 months:

I was recently mentioned in a CCS proposal by geonic, famous Monero movie director. There’s a lot of opportunity for improvement in the non-dev areas of the project, and not always enough hands to get it done. It was agreed upon that, were … ⌘ Read more

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woodser releases monero-ts v0.9.9
woodser1 has just released monero-ts 2 library version 0.9.93 with various fixes, updates and improvements:

fix failed to parse url in nextjs by @0-don #205
fix documentation for wallet rpc getBalances() #177
add 'web-worker' to nodejs externals
add default rpc error message when missing
keep best connection if not enough data
TaskLooper does not target fixed period by default
move documentation section above using in yo ... ⌘ [Read more](https://monero.observer/woodser-releases-monero-ts-v0.9.9/)

Boog900’s ‘Cuprate’ CCS proposal ready for funding
Boog9001’s CCS proposal2 to continue working full time on Cuprate 3 development for 3 more months is ready for funding:

Funding needed: 215 XMR

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

To learn more about the project, consult the previous Monero Observer report5.

1. https://github.com/Boog900 [↩](#fnref:1)
   

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ki9 submits CCS proposal to develop Monero payment gateway ‘Pago’
Keith Irwin (ki91) has submitted a CCS proposal2 to develop Pago 3, a lightweight and easy-to-deploy Monero payment gateway that can be embedded into any website:

pago (Esperanto for “payment”) will be a monero payment platform with flexible html/css/js frontends. Pago will be lightweight and use few external dependencies.

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rottenwheel submits CCS proposal to maintain ‘official’ Monero website for 3 months
rottenwheel1 has submitted a new CCS proposal2 looking to maintain the Getmonero.org3 website for 3 months (July-September 2024):

I will maintain the “official” Monero website (https://www.getmonero.org/) for the next 3 months (2024 Q3): July, August and September. Aid in general project endeavors assistance, such as Matrix/IRC moderation, assist plowsof’s CC … ⌘ Read more

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Monero Research Lab meeting scheduled for 10 July 2024 1700 UTC
The next Monero Research Lab1 meeting is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, July 10th 2024 at 17:00 UTC on IRC-Libera/Matrix2 in the #monero-research-lab channels.

• Updates. What is everyone working on?
  
• Potential measures against a black marble attack3
  
• Research Pre-Seraphis Full-Chain Membership Proofs4
  - Discuss hiring Cypher Stack for 4 days of work (38 X … ⌘ Read more

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binarybaron releases UnstoppableSwap GUI v0.6.2
binarybaron1 has released unstoppableswap-gui 2 version 0.6.23 with various updates and improvements:

Add Button to open data directory to RpcControlBox in file explorer
Display individual update release files as clickable links [..]
Convert debug switch into an icon button on swap dialog
Enable user to submit feedback while swap is running
Update electron to 26.2.1
Update swap-cli to 0.13.2
S ... ⌘ [Read more](https://monero.observer/binarybaron-releases-unstoppableswap-gui-v0.6.2/)

Cuprate Meeting scheduled for 9 July 2024 1800 UTC
The next Cuprate Meeting is scheduled1 take place on Tuesday, July 9 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
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 repository[4](# … ⌘ Read more

VostoEmisio submits CCS proposals to create FCMPs and Monero animated videos
VostoEmisio1 has submitted two new CCS proposals2 looking to create an animated video explaining Full-Chain Membership Proofs 3 and remake the outdated What is Monero? 4 introductory video:

We’re excited to announce our next project: a video explainer about FCMP (Full-Chain Membership Proofs).

geonic submits CCS proposal nominating monerobull for leadership post in Monero Community and Website Workgroups
geonic1 has submitted a CCS proposal2 endorsing monerobull for the #monero-site 3 maintainer role and a leadership position in the #monero-community 4 workgroup:

I’m opening this CCS on behalf of monerobull (without asking him edit: he has since agreed to do the job if picked) because he has stated t … ⌘ Read more

Monero Observer Blitz #31 - June 2024
Here’s a recap of what happened this June in the Monero community:

• P2Pool hardfork was scheduled for October 12th 2024 at 20:00 UTC ( 1)
  
• Trocador was struggling to contain ‘non-stop DDoS attacks’ ( 2)
  
• spackle-xmr published the first progress report for the Monero ‘Stressnet’ project ( [3](/spackle-xmr-publishes-first-progress-report-mo … ⌘ Read more

Seraphis Wallet Workgroup meeting scheduled for 8 July 2024 1800 UTC
The next Seraphis Wallet Workgroup 1 meeting is scheduled to take place on Monday, July 8 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 report … ⌘ Read more

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P2Pool to hardfork and enable merge mining on October 12 2024
SChernykh1 has released P2Pool2 version 4.03 with merge mining support4, which will be enabled after its next hardfork on October 12th 2024 at 20:00 UTC:

P2Pool (not Monero!) will hardfork to new consensus rules on October 12th, 2024 at 20:00 UTC. Merge mining will be enabled at that time. You must update to P2Pool v4.0 or newer before this date.

Features:
-Mer ... ⌘ [Read more](https://monero.observer/p2pool-to-hardfork-enable-merge-minining-12-october-2024/)

Community Workgroup Meeting scheduled for 6 July 2024 1500 UTC
The next Monero Community Workgroup Meeting is scheduled1 to take place on Saturday, 6th of July 2024 at 15:00 UTC, in the #monero-community 2’3 channels.

Discussions should be focused on community highlights, CCS updates and workgroup reports for Matrix and IRC channels. plowsof4 will moderate the meeting.

Logs for the previous meeting are available on Monero Observer5.

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rehrar submits CCS proposal for 3 months of Monero ‘non-dev’ work
rehrar1 has submitted a CCS proposal2 to work part-time on Monero non-dev tasks for 3 months:

I was recently approached by luigi, of the current core team about retaking on some of my old duties. There’s a lot of opportunity for improvement in the non-dev areas of the project, and not always enough hands to get it done.

Total funding: 75 XMR.

ETA: 3 months.

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Monero Dev Activity Report - Week 26 2024: 12 PRs, 4 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 (11)

monero-project/monero:

• #93831 Daemon RPC: /getblocks.bin return chain’s top_block_hash in resp (j-berman)
  
• #93822 Daemon RPC: high_height_ok req boolean field /getblocks.bin (j-berman)
  
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rehrar releases Stack Wallet v2.1.1
rehrar1 has released Stack Wallet2 version 2.1.13 with various changes and optimizations.

Added .onion connection support
Added RBF and CPfP for Bitcoin
Added basic Dash functionality
Firo optimizations [..]

The release notes, binaries, and the SHA256 hashes can be found on Github3.

Consult the previous Monero Observer report4 to learn more about the project.

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jeffro256’s Q3 2024 Monero dev work CCS proposal fully funded
jeffro2561’s CCS proposal2 to work full-time on Monero development for 3 months (Q3 2024) is now fully funded:

146 XMR raised in 10 contributions (100%)

To learn more about jeffro256’s work, consult the previous Monero Observer report3.

1. https://github.com/jeffro256 [↩](#fnref:1)

2. [https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/jeffro256-full-time-2024Q3.html](https://ccs.getmonero.o … ⌘ Read more

Monero Observer Artistic Saturday Top 5 - Week 26, 2024
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Boog900 submits CCS proposal to continue working full time on Cuprate for 3 months
Boog9001 has submitted a new CCS proposal2 looking to continue full-time development work on Cuprate 3 for 3 months:

This proposal will be for 3 months work on Cuprate while continuing coordination of the Cuprate project and also being an active maintainer for monero-rs. My main plan is to work towards what is needed to achieve a working alpha binary that can s … ⌘ Read more

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Gupaxx adds support for ‘Xmrig-Proxy’
Cyrix1261 has released Gupaxx 2 version 1.2.03 with support for Xmrig-Proxy 4, several bugfixes and updates:

Allows a user to point his miners on the Gupaxx instance.

DiosDelRayo starts rebranding MoneroSigner project to ‘XmrSigner’
DiosDelRayo1 has released MoneroSigner version 0.42, confirming that the project is currently in the process of rebranding to XmrSigner:

MoneroSigner is in the process of rebranding to be not confused to an abandoned project called MoneroSigner.

View Only Wallet QR, new logo for rebranding to: XmrSigner
updated version in src/xmrsigner/controller.py to 0.4.0
refactoring and ... ⌘ [Read more](https://monero.observer/diosdelrayo-starts-rebranding-monerosigner-to-xmrsigner/)

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rottenwheel publishes ‘Revuo Monero’ Issue href=”https://txt.sour.is/search?q=tags:200”>#200**
rottenwheel1 has published Issue #2002’3 of the weekly Revuo Monero audience-funded newsletter, which covers June 13-27 2024 news:

Celebrating Revuo’s issue 200 we’ve brought a brand-new image to the website, special thanks to VOSTOEMISIO and gnuteardrops. As well, we’ve created a new XMPP MUC4 and Matrix room5, come hang!

Cuprate Meeting scheduled for 2 July 2024 1800 UTC
The next Cuprate Meeting is scheduled1 take place on Tuesday, July 2 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
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 repository[4](# … ⌘ Read more

Monero Research Lab meeting scheduled for 3 July 2024 1700 UTC
The next Monero Research Lab1 meeting is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, July 3rd 2024 at 17:00 UTC on IRC-Libera/Matrix2 in the #monero-research-lab channels.

• Updates. What is everyone working on?
  
• Potential measures against a black marble attack3
  
• Research Pre-Seraphis Full-Chain Membership Proofs4
  
• Stress testing monerod5
  

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umbrelOS adds Monero support: ‘Welcome to the official app store’
Home cloud operating system umbrelOS 1 has added support for running a full Monero node2 by merging deverickapollo3’s app store submission (PR #6904):

Well done @deverickapollo! This is good to go from a packaging perspective. Welcome to the official app store 🎉

The Monero Node application can be found in the official App Store5 and is compatible with umbrelOS 0.5+.

_This is an ongoing story and … ⌘ Read more

spackle-xmr publishes first progress report for Monero ‘Stressnet’ project
spackle-xmr1 has published the first progress report2 for the Monero Stressnet 3 project one week after stress testing began (June 19th @ 15:00 UTC):

The first week has been a wild ride, and there is a lot to share.

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