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Monero Research Lab meeting scheduled for 26 March 2025 1700 UTC
The next Monero Research Lab1 meeting is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, March 26th 2025 at 17:00 UTC on IRC-Libera/Matrix2 in the #monero-research-lab channels.

Agenda overview (unconfirmed)
  • Updates
  • Maintainers for the research-lab GitHub repo3
  • FROSTLASS4
  • ‘Veridise Logarithmic Derivative Review’5
  • Prize contest to optimize some FCMP cryptography code6
  • Release o … ⌘ Read more

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Most Monero-related discussions happen on slave tech platforms, which are vulnerable to censorship and surveillance. It’s time to embrace freedom tech. You can now sign messages with your private keys and submit them to different networks at MoneroTop forum, which is powered by Spasm - the future of social media.

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j-berman posts CCS progress report after 497 hours of dev work
j-berman1 has published a third progress report2 for his full-time 2025 (part 9) Monero (FCMPs++) dev work CCS proposal3:

Update 3 497 hours [..] Here’s what I aim to complete by the end of this CCS: Implement @jeffro256’s ideas here to handle reorgs better. Modify block headers for FCMP++. [..]

Work overview

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Cuprate Meeting scheduled for 25 March 2025 1800 UTC
The next Cuprate Meeting is scheduled1 to take place on Tuesday, March 25 2025 at 18:00 UTC on IRC-Libera/Matrix2 in the #cuprate channels.

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

Agenda overview
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 reposi … ⌘ Read more

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acx, plowsof, selsta, SyntheticBird45 CCS proposals ready for funding
Four CCS proposals have been moved to the funding stage and are now looking for community support:

  • acx’s !557 1: part-time work on Monfluo (3 months) 2
  • plowsof’s !560 3: CCS Coordinator 4
  • selsta’s !553 5: part-time monero development (3 months) (16) 6
  • SyntheticBird45’s !553 7: _Cuprate Arti integration and development ( … ⌘ Read more

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Monero Tech meeting scheduled for 24 March 2025 1800 UTC
The next Monero Tech meeting is scheduled to take place on Monday, March 24 2025 at 18:00 UTC, in the #no-wallet-left-behind 1 IRC-Libera/Matrix channels.

This meeting’s chairperson will probably be r​brunner72 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.

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ditatompel releases ‘xmr-remote-nodes’ v0.2.1
ditatompel1 has released xmr-remote-nodes 2 version 0.2.13 with a fix for CVE-2024-453384, new features and updates:

Changes overview

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  • fix: CVE-2024-45338 in #173
  • feat: Added tor hidden service via HTTP header
  • feat: Added more information on monero node details page
  • feat: Added curl example command to Node details modal and page
  • feat: Store hashed user IP address when submitting new node
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rottenwheel publishes ‘Revuo Monero’ Issue href=”https://txt.sour.is/search?q=%23231”>#231**
rottenwheel1 has published Issue #23123 of the weekly Revuo Monero audience-funded newsletter, which covers March 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.

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MoneroKon 2025 Planning Meeting scheduled for 22 March 2025 1700 UTC
The next MoneroKon 2025 Planning Meeting 1 is scheduled to take place on Saturday, March 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 in the #monerokon channels2.

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Monero Dev Activity Report - Week 11 2025: 14 PRs, 3 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.

1 - PRs (14, 8:0:6)

Opened (8)

monero-project/monero:

  • #98321 wallet: fix different-signedness int comparison warnings (jeffro256)
  • #98332 src: fix windows path handling in daemonizer (#9665) (0xFFFC0000)
  • #98363 cryptono … ⌘ Read more

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Monero Observer Artistic Saturday Top 5 - Week 11, 2025
Previous Artistic Saturday weekly reports can be found in the [art] 1 section.

5 - ‘Boys vs men’ image (by darkfigod2)

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4 - ‘Fight for what you believe’ Pepe (by giallo_19863)

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3 - ‘Spell it out!’ graphic (by gnuteardrops4)

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Monero Research Lab meeting scheduled for 19 March 2025 1700 UTC
The next Monero Research Lab1 meeting is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, March 19th 2025 at 17:00 UTC on IRC-Libera/Matrix2 in the #monero-research-lab channels.

Agenda overview (unconfirmed)
  • Updates
  • Prize contest to optimize some FCMP cryptography code3
  • Release of OSPEAD HackerOne and CCS milestone submissions4
  • Possible intermediate hard fork before FCMP hard fork
  • Research on sub … ⌘ Read more

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[ANN] CypherGoat launch - crypto exchange aggregator + giveaway

It is a crypto swap aggregator it automatically finds the best exchange rates from our partnered exchanges at no extra cost. You can then perform the swap on that exchange, without ever leaving our website! We currently support 12+ exchanges.

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Cuprate ‘ready for casual usage’ after ~12 months of paid development
hinto-janai1 has announced2 the first alpha release (v0.0.1 Molybdenite 3) of Cuprate4 - an alternative and independent Rust Monero node implementation - after more than 12 months of continuous CCS-funded development:

The first alpha release is now ready for casual usage.

Contributors overview


@Asurar0
@Boog900
@dimalinux
@hinto-janai
@jomuel
@kayabaNerve ... ⌘ [Read more](https://monero.observer/cuprate-v0.0.1-molybdenite-released-after-12-months-paid-development/)

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Community Workgroup Meeting scheduled for 15 March 2025 1600 UTC
The next Monero Community Workgroup Meeting is scheduled1 to take place on Saturday, 15th of March 2025 at 16:00 UTC, in the #monero-community 23 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.

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Cuprate Meeting scheduled for 18 March 2025 1800 UTC
The next Cuprate Meeting is scheduled1 to take place on Tuesday, March 18 2025 at 18:00 UTC on IRC-Libera/Matrix2 in the #cuprate channels.

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

Agenda overview
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 reposi … ⌘ Read more

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rottenwheel publishes ‘Revuo Monero’ Issue href=”https://txt.sour.is/search?q=%23230”>#230**
rottenwheel1 has published Issue #23023 of the weekly Revuo Monero audience-funded newsletter, which covers March 2-9 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.

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selsta posts February 2025 Monero dev report
selsta1 has posted a monthly CCS progress report2 for February 2025, which includes several Monero dev updates.

Milestone 3:
* v0.18.4.0 is code-ready and currently in testing phase
* Traced down a bug in a recently merged PR that is part of v0.18.4.0
* Handle the recent DDoS attempt on public nodes

Note that misc work is not explicitly mentioned in these updates. The full list of changes can be found on Github3’[4 … ⌘ Read more

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Monero Tech meeting scheduled for 17 March 2025 1800 UTC
The next Monero Tech meeting is scheduled to take place on Monday, March 17 2025 at 18:00 UTC, in the #no-wallet-left-behind 1 IRC-Libera/Matrix channels.

This meeting’s chairperson will probably be r​brunner72 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.

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[ANN] MT #343: Marketing Monero to Save Souls from Technological Totalitarianism w/ Monero Master

In this episode Douglas Tuman interviews Sean Bradford about Monero, Christianity, and privacy-focused marketing initiatives. Sean Bradford, who recently emerged in the Monero community, discusses his various projects including the Monero Masters podcast and surveillance resistance campaign.

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[ANN] Launching a new design initiative for Monero

The dream is to bring designers, developers, and creatives together to shape the future of Monero’s ecosystem and I’d love for others to jump in! To build resources and help craft great design. If you’re a designer, developer, illustrator, or just someone passionate about Monero and good design sensibility reach out. Let’s build together!

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SyntheticBird45 submits CCS proposal to implement native Tor support into Cuprate through Arti
SyntheticBird451 has submitted a CCS proposal2 looking to work for 2 months on Cuprate3 development with the goal of implementing native Tor support into cuprated through the arti-client crate 4:

Cuprate is currently in alpha version and a lot of features are planned on the roadmap up to beta phase. One of the features present on this … ⌘ Read more

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John-Doggett releases ‘Monerod Node Setup Scripts’ v0.4.0
John-Doggett1 has released Monerod-Node-Setup-Scripts 2 version 0.4.03 with a bugfix for the certificate renewals script4 and various improvements:

This release fixes an issue with the watch_certificates_xmr.sh script that checks the certificate from caddy and copies it over to monerod. If you have an existing install using HTTPS, you must download the new watch_certificates_xmr.sh and … ⌘ Read more

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[ANN] More vitamins for Monero with Carrot - part 2: History

Before I go deeper into technical details regarding important aspects of Carrot with further posts, I present you, as something like an “interlude”, a history of Monero privacy technologies. One aim is to show you how we arrived at the point where we are now with FCMP++ and Carrot.

Link: https://farside.link/libreddit/r/Monero/comments/1j745kf/

u/rbrunner7 (Gith … ⌘ Read more

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Monero Dev Activity Report - Week 10 2025: 10 PRs, 0 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.

1 - PRs (10, 6:4:0)

Opened (6)

monero-project/monero:

  • #98261 crypto: add function sc_1() (jeffro256)
  • #98272 crypto: add FCMP++ generators T, U, & V (jeffro256)
  • #98283 crypto: add Ed25519->X25519 conversion functions ( … ⌘ Read more

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MoneroKon 2025 Planning Meeting scheduled for 15 March 2025 1700 UTC
The next MoneroKon 2025 Planning Meeting 1 is scheduled to take place on Saturday, March 15th 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.

It is worth mentioning that a CCS proposal to partially fund this year’s event is … ⌘ Read more

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everoddandeven releases ‘Monero Daemon GUI’ v1.2.0
everoddandeven1 has released Monero node manager monerod-gui 2 version 1.2.0 Shadowness 3 with various upgrades, fixes and improvements:

Changes overview
Upgrade Electron to v35.0.0
Upgrade Angular to v19
Upgrade dependencies
TOR and I2P service
Private testnet tool
UI fixes and improvements
monerod settings fixes

Consult the Github repository2 for the complete changelog4, a demo … ⌘ Read more

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N1co1asB1ancon1 submits CCS proposal to develop and release ‘Monero Contract System’ v1
N1co1asB1ancon11 has submitted their first CCS proposal2 to finish developing the first version of Monero Contract System 3, a Rust web application which allows users to host their own arbitration/escrow platform:

People can create contracts like, “You will build me a website like X and Y in 1 month” or the what i think will be the most common “You will sell me 10 xmr for … ⌘ Read more

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Cake Wallet v4.23.3 pre-release available for testing
Cake Labs1 has released Cake Wallet beta version 4.23.32 for public beta testing:

This release brings a few minor bug fixes, migrates Quantex -> SwapTrade and re-enables them by default for swaps, and adds a new exchange called Kryptonim for buying and selling crypto in many jurisdictions.

Changes overview


Token whitelisting to better protect against scams
SwapTrade exchange enabled by default
UI enhancement ... ⌘ [Read more](https://monero.observer/cake-wallet-v4.23.3-pre-release-available-testing/)

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[ANN] How to run an optimized Tor node on the Monero network

This video is a walk through on how to run an optimized Tor node. I worked with Ofrnxmr on this to make sure that all the information is up-to-date and correct. The goal was to create a beginner-friendly walk through that highlights everything needed to ensure that you are sending transactions over Tor, that you are receiving incoming peer connections over Tor, and that your node will continue helping out the clearnet as well. Additionally, the config includes an option … ⌘ Read more

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Monero Research Lab meeting scheduled for 12 March 2025 1700 UTC
The next Monero Research Lab1 meeting is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, March 12th 2025 at 17:00 UTC on IRC-Libera/Matrix2 in the #monero-research-lab channels.

Agenda overview (unconfirmed)
  • Updates
  • Prize contest to optimize some FCMP cryptography code3
  • Release of OSPEAD HackerOne and CCS milestone submissions4
  • Possible intermediate hard fork before FCMP hard fork
  • Research on sub … ⌘ Read more

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[AFH] [0.13 XMR] Anonymous Web development for landing page - No Logs, No Tracking, Just Code.

I offer minimalist landing pages, personal portfolios, and business profile websites with a strong focus on privacy and anonymity. No tracking, no Google Analytics, and no sensitive data collection. delivery can take times depending how complex the website is.

Link: https://xmrbazaar.com/listing/QyQR/

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b4n6_b4n6, not-a-money-printer propose bounties to make Monero GUI, RetoSwap, UnstoppableSwap ‘Whonix friendly’
b4n6_b4n61 and not-a-money-printer2 have proposed bounties345 to make monero-wallet-gui6, RetoSwap7, and UnstoppableSwap8 Whonix friendly 9:

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#1 Make monero-wallet-gui whonix friendly
Total Bounty: ~0.12 XMR (to date)

#2 Make reto swap whonix friendly
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Cuprate Meeting scheduled for 11 March 2025 1800 UTC
The next Cuprate Meeting is scheduled1 to take place on Tuesday, March 11 2025 at 18:00 UTC on IRC-Libera/Matrix2 in the #cuprate channels.

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

Agenda overview
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 reposi … ⌘ Read more

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[ANN] The arbitration system in Haveno doesn’t prevent arbitrators from pulling the funds

[Issue confirmed by official monero moderator on dread:] After some thoughts, I think you are right and that the arbitration system in Haveno doesn’t prevent arbitrators from pulling the funds. They would need to create a bot that takes all the offers and automatically unlock the funds with the key of the taker and arbitrator (Quote from /u/monero_desk_support)

Link: [Dread discussion (onion)](http://dreadytofatroptsdj6io7l3xptbet6ono … ⌘ Read more

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rottenwheel publishes ‘Revuo Monero’ Issue href=”https://txt.sour.is/search?q=%23229”>#229**
rottenwheel1 has published Issue #22923 of the weekly Revuo Monero audience-funded newsletter, which covers February 23-2 March 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.

Join the Revuo XMPP MUC5 and M … ⌘ Read more

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selsta submits CCS proposal for 3 months of Monero dev work until end of May 2025
selsta1 has submitted a new CCS proposal2 to continue working part-time on Monero development for 3 more months, until the end of May 2025:

Work for 30 hours per week over the next 3 months (from March to end of May) at a rate of 50€ / hour. At 210€ / XMR this makes ~93 XMR.

Total funding: 93 XMR.

ETA: (end of) May 2025.

The dev will continue testing and reviewing PR’s, Mone … ⌘ Read more

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Monero Tech meeting scheduled for 10 March 2025 1800 UTC
The next Monero Tech meeting is scheduled to take place on Monday, March 10 2025 at 18:00 UTC, in the #no-wallet-left-behind 1 IRC-Libera/Matrix channels.

This meeting’s chairperson will probably be r​brunner72 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.

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MoneroKon 2025 Planning Meeting scheduled for 8 March 2025 1700 UTC
The next MoneroKon 2025 Planning Meeting 1 is scheduled to take place on Saturday, March 8th 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.

It is worth mentioning that a CCS proposal to partially fund this year’s event is cu … ⌘ Read more

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Monero Dev Activity Report - Week 9 2025: 20 PRs, 9 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.

1 - PRs (20, 4:0:16)

Opened (4)

monero-project/monero:

  • #98211 Fix HTTP unit tests (broken with new Boost versions) (vtnerd)
  • #98202 Add incoming only test (vtnerd)
  • #98233 Add incoming only test [0.18] (vtnerd)
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SChernykh releases P2Pool v4.4
SChernykh1 has released P2Pool 2 version 4.43 with various new features and fixes.

Changes overview
New Features:
* Added RPC-SSL support for Monero node connections
* Removed deprecated --config command line parameter
* Faster initial sync (0.5-1 seconds saved on verification of blocks)
Bugfixes:
* Updated internal dependencies

The full list of changes since v4.3 is available on Github4.

Before using the software, you should v … ⌘ Read more

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rottenwheel submits CCS proposal to maintain ‘Revuo Monero’ in Q2 2025
rottenwheel1 has submitted a new CCS proposal2 looking to continue maintaining the Revuo Monero 3 newsletter for 3 months (April-June 2025):

I will maintain Revuo Monero (https://www.revuo-xmr.com/) for the next 3 months (2025 Q2): April, May and June. There is a chance I may skip one week to tend to real life issues, in such case, next issue will just cover 2 weeks instead of … ⌘ Read more

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acx submits CCS proposal to develop and maintain ‘Monfluo’ XMR wallet
acx1 has submitted their first CCS proposal2 looking to continue developing and maintaining Monfluo 3, a pure Monero wallet for Android:

About six months ago I have forked Mysu (an abandoned Android wallet) and continued its development and maintenance. The fork is named Monfluo [..] a very simple wallet, and one of the goals is having no “integrations” such as swapping services, se … ⌘ Read more

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Monero Observer Blitz #39 - February 2025
Here’s a recap of what happened this February in the Monero community:

Breaking
  • binaryFate published a long overdue February 2025 Monero General Fund transparency report ( 1)
  • Rucknium publicly released all OSPEAD-related documents and code after 3+ years of research ( 2)
R&D
  • **There were four Monero Research Lab … ⌘ Read more

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plowsof submits proposal to continue working as CCS coordinator until end of June 2025
plowsof1 has submitted a new proposal2 looking to continue working as CCS Coordinator for 3 more months (from April to end of June 2025), after a successful fifth term3:

Hello, plowsof here, I show up and try to be helpful. My previous proposals happened, previously again. I would like to make it happen again, and do more of the same things.


Total funding: 72.6 XMR ... ⌘ [Read more](https://monero.observer/plowsof-submits-proposal-ccs-coordinator-april-june-2025/)

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Monero Observer Artistic Saturday Top 5 - Week 9, 2025
Previous Artistic Saturday weekly reports can be found in the [art] 1 section.

5 - ‘Private, scalable, scarce’ sticker (by gnuteardrops2)

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4 - ‘Owning and using Monero is not a crime’ picture (by vikrantnyc3)

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Walletverse submits CCS proposal to integrate Monero into their ‘community-driven crypto wallet’
The Walletverse 1 team has submitted a CCS proposal2 looking to integrate Monero into their community-driven crypto wallet 3:

This integration will enhance the privacy and functionality of the Walletverse wallet and contribute to the wider adoption of Monero by making it more accessible.

Total funding: 135 XMR.

ETA: 3+ months.

Milestones

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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 23 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

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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

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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.

Agenda overview (unconfirmed)
  • Updates
  • Prize contest to optimize some FCMP cryptography code3
  • Release of OSPEAD HackerOne and CCS milestone submissions4
  • Research on subnet deduplication for peer selection to reduce spy node ris … ⌘ Read more

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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

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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.

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

Agenda overview
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

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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:

Work overview
* 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

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rottenwheel publishes ‘Revuo Monero’ Issue href=”https://txt.sour.is/search?q=%23228”>#228**
rottenwheel1 has published Issue #22823 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.

Join the Revuo XMPP MUC5 and Matrix … ⌘ Read more

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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

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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 r​brunner72 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.

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[ANN] MT #341: Is Monero keeping Bitcoin’s Cypherpunk dream alive? With Boaz Sobrado

In this episode Douglas Tuman interviews Boaz, a Forbes contributor who published a notable article about Monero last month. The discussion explores his background in crypto, starting from his experiences using Bitcoin for business operations in Cuba, to his current role as a writer for various crypto publications.

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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.

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vtnerd submits CCS proposal for 3 months of full-time Monero dev work
Lee Clagett (vtnerd1) has submitted a new CCS proposal2 looking to continue working full-time on Monero core components development for 3 months (Q1/Q2 2025):

Work primarily on the monerod, wallet, and monero-lws. [..] There is intentionally more work than time allows - to ensure there is always something to work on in the proposal.

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Total funding proposed: 134.37 XMR (USD 65/hr).

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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

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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:

We’re excited to announce the latest update, which brings a host of enhancements to improve performance, security, and user experience.3

Changes overview

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  • Significant improvements to Zano functionality
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Meeting summary: Monero Research Lab, 19 February 2025
This is a comprehensive summary, with added reference links, of the MRL meeting1 from February 19th 2025, 1700 UTC.

Logs

The raw, unedited, full log file for this meeting:

250219-mrl.log (168 lines)

Summary

Note: it is possible that some relevant information may be missing from this summary; read the full log file for the complete, unedited discussion.

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Rucknium completes second milestone for statistical research CCS proposal
Rucknium1 has completed2 the second milestone for their latest CCS proposal to conduct statistical research to improve Monero’s privacy 3:

I have completed Milestone 2. [..] With @Boog900, investigated the empirical privacy impact of suspected spy nodes and organized a public campaign to urge Monero node operators to ban suspected spy nodes from connecting to their no … ⌘ Read more

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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.

Agenda overview (unconfirmed)
  • Updates
  • Prize contest to optimize some FCMP cryptography code3
  • FCMP research progress status4
  • Fluffy blocks efficiency improvements
  • Research on subnet deduplication for peer selectio … ⌘ Read more

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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:

I 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.

Work overview

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John Foss publishes ‘The Monero Moon’ Issue href=”https://txt.sour.is/search?q=%2377”>#77**
John Foss1 has published Issue #772 of The Monero Moon curated newsletter:

Explore the latest edition for an update on all the latest Monero (XMR) news, developments, and entertainment! [..] If you enjoy the newsletter and want more of this content, shout me a beer by donating some spare Monero you didn’t lose in your boating accident. I’m completely independent and rely solely on donations, with no sponsorship. A massive thank yo … ⌘ Read more

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Cuprate Meeting scheduled for 25 February 2024 1800 UTC
The next Cuprate Meeting is scheduled1 to take place on Tuesday, February 25 2025 at 18:00 UTC on IRC-Libera/Matrix2 in the #cuprate channels.

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

Agenda overview
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 co … ⌘ Read more

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rottenwheel publishes ‘Revuo Monero’ Issue href=”https://txt.sour.is/search?q=%23227”>#227**
rottenwheel1 has published Issue #22723 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.

Join the Revuo XMPP MUC5 and Matri … ⌘ Read more

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[ANN] MoneroTalk #340: Spreading Agorism with Agorist Nexus

In this episode Douglas Tuman speaks with Brandon from the Agorist Network about Agorism, cryptocurrency, and privacy-focused economic systems. Brandon explains that agorism is fundamentally about trading freely outside state control and creating voluntary societies. He discusses founding the Agorist Network and working with notable figures like Wendy McElroy.

Links:

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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 r​brunner72 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

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Monero Dev Activity Report - Week 7 2025: 40 PRs, 9 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.

1 - PRs (40, 3:2:35)

Opened (3)

monero-project/monero:

  • #97951 tests: Speed up p2p reorg test (iamamyth)
  • #97982 CoC: do not allow Maintainers to tag releases, unless core is not available within a reasonable time (tobtoht)

monero-proj ... ⌘ [Read more](https://monero.observer/monero-dev-activity-report-week-7-2025/)

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plowsof posts second progress report for fifth CCS coordinator term
plowsof1 has submitted a second progress report2 after working for almost 5 months during their fifth term as CCS coordinator3:

Although 86~ days have passed since the last milestone completion, i’ve been performing my duties / fulfilling my hourly commitments - lack of good time management has lead to there being too many loose ends (especially for -site) and meeting attendance coul … ⌘ Read more

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Monero Observer Artistic Saturday Top 5 - Week 7, 2025
Previous Artistic Saturday weekly reports can be found in the [art] 1 section.

5 - ‘Perfect time to invest in Monero’ graphic (by gnuteardrops2)

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4 - ‘You have the private key to my heart’ Monerochan (by kenzeezy3)

![‘You have the private key to my heart’ Monerochan](/assets/img/art/25-7/you-hav … ⌘ Read more

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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 23 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

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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

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