MoneroKon 2025 Planning Meeting scheduled for 22 February 2025 1700 UTC
The next MoneroKon 2025 Planning Meeting 1 is scheduled to take place on Saturday, February 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 on Monero Observer4.
_Note that the upcoming event will take place in Prague on June 20-22 20 … ⌘ Read more
[ANN] Community Advertising Update
Links:
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jeffro256, SNeedlewoods CCS proposals fully funded
jeffro256’s full-time development 2025Q1 1 and SNeedlewoods’s part-time dev work 2 CCS proposals were fully funded today, with help from the Monero General Fund3:
jeffro256:
* 114 XMR raised in 19 contributions (38 XMR sent from GF)
SNeedlewoods:
* 23 XMR raised in 14 contributions (7.67 XMR sent from GF)
To learn more about the two proposals, consult the previous Monero Observer reports4’[ … ⌘ Read more
[ANN] More vitamins for Monero with Carrot - part 1: Overview
A lot of interesting things go on right now in Monero development, but if you don’t happen to attend the two regular dev meetings on Mondays and Wednesdays or hang around in some of our Matrix rooms, you probably wouldn’t know much about it.
Link: https://farside.link/libreddit/r/Monero/comments/1iph8fz/
u/rbrunner7 (Github) ⌘ Read more
[ANN] LocalMonero Clone (openmonero) is now open source
Going strong with a couple of forks will make openmonero more censorship-resistant. The reactjs codebase is now open source. Check out git repository.. (hosted on tor hidden service); contact: https://openmonero.com/support, contact II: @OM_HELP (telegram)
Links:
OpenMonero (Session ID) ⌘ Read more
woodser releases monero-cpp v0.8.13, monero-java v0.8.36, monero-ts v0.11.3
woodser1 has just released new versions for three Monero libraries: monero-cpp v0.8.132, monero-java v0.8.363, and monero-ts v0.11.34:
monero-cpp:
-Support wallet->get_default_fee_priority()
-Fix building sample_code.cpp on Linux
-Update instructions to use unbound v1.22.0
-Update instructions to use boost v1.85.0
-Update build ... ⌘ [Read more](https://monero.observer/woodser-releases-monero-cpp-v0.8.13-monero-java-v0.8.36-monero-ts-v0.11.3/)FiatDemise’s XMRChat CCS proposal ready for funding
FiatDemise1’s CCS proposal2 to retroactively fund the XMRChat 3 project is ready for funding:
Funding needed: 114 XMR
To support this proposal, you can donate any XMR amount to the address listed on its Gitlab Funding Required 2 page.
It is worth noting that 70.56 XMR has already been transferred to this CCS; the funds were repurposed from the TipXMR project, as planned4.
Consult the p … ⌘ Read more
John Foss publishes ‘The Monero Moon’ Issue href=”https://txt.sour.is/search?q=%2376”>#76**
John Foss1 has published Issue #762 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 like the newsletter and want more of this content, then shout me a round of beers by donating some spare Monero you didn’t lose during your boating accident.
The publication includes news about:
- Development, Releases, and Technology … ⌘ Read more
v1docq47 posts December 2024 - January 2025 CCS progress report
v1docq471 has posted the first progress report (December 2024 - January 2025)2 for his latest CCS proposal3 to do Russian voice-over work and transcribe Monero content:
Although our proposal is still in ‘Funding Required’ stage, we did not sit idle, we worked according to the planned milestones. In addition, due to the prolonged funding stage (PR merged ~63 days ago), we additionally place … ⌘ Read more
[ANN] Monero once again beats Bitcoin on ShopinBit
Monero: 56.3%
Bitcoin: 42.9%
LightningNetwork: 0.4%
Fiat: 0.4%
Link: https://farside.link/nitter/shopinbit/status/1889584085057896498
u/vicanonymous (Reddit) ⌘ Read more
Monero Research Lab meeting scheduled for 19 February 2025 1700 UTC
The next Monero Research Lab1 meeting is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, February 19th 2025 at 17:00 UTC on IRC-Libera/Matrix2 in the #monero-research-lab channels.
- Updates
- Prize contest to optimize some FCMP cryptography code3
- Research on subnet deduplication for peer selection to reduce spy node risk4
- AOB
This meeting’s chairperson should be Ru … ⌘ Read more
[LTH] [Bounty] Haveno: Add support for DAI
DAI is useful asset to trade with XMR for access to many liquid and lending markets. CakeWallet supports DAI. This bounty would be complete upon the merge of a pull request, closing these issues.
Links:
- https://bounties.monero.social/posts/175/haveno-add-support-for-dai
- https://github.com/haveno-dex/listing/issues/21
bvcxza (Github) ⌘ Read more
Cuprate Meeting scheduled for 18 February 2024 1800 UTC
The next Cuprate Meeting is scheduled1 to take place on Tuesday, February 18 2025 at 18:00 UTC on IRC-Libera/Matrix2 in the #cuprate channels.
Agenda overviewCuprate 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 co … ⌘ Read more
Boog900 submits CCS proposal for 4 months of full-time Cuprate dev work
Boog9001 has submitted a new CCS proposal2 looking to continue full-time development work on Cuprate 3 for 3 months and also get compensated for January work:
I will work for 3 months on Cuprate with an initial focus on releasing an alpha cuprated [..] I plan to work on what I think is best to advance the project. I am also asking for payment for the hours I worked in January. \ … ⌘ Read more
selsta posts January 2025 Monero dev report
selsta1 has posted a monthly CCS progress report2 for January 2025, which includes several Monero dev updates.
Milestone 2:
* Most time was spent on v0.18.4.0
* I also created a to-do list that shows the current status
* Removed old debug code that we used to verify the difficulty code
(this could speed up sync times)
* Hackerone conflict resolution
Note that misc work is not explicitly mentioned in these updates. The full … ⌘ Read more
[WTS] [$200] Monero Ruby /25 Currency TCG by Cardsmiths
Link: https://farside.link/libreddit/r/Monero/comments/1immtkv/
u/SerMac (Reddit) ⌘ Read more
[ANN] MoneroTalk #339: Monero’s Place in Policy & Regulation in 2025
This episode is a recording of an X Spaces discussion with Douglas Tuman, John Bush, Stoic.XMR, BawdyAnarchist, and others about whether or not the Monero community should engage in political activism to push for pro-privacy, pro-Monero policies in the U.S. The participants debated the merits of lobbying for regulatory clarity versus focusing purely on grassroots, opt-out strategies that avoid government intervention altogether.
Links:
Monero Tech meeting scheduled for 17 February 2025 1800 UTC
The next Monero Tech meeting is scheduled to take place on Monday, February 17 2025 at 18:00 UTC, in the #no-wallet-left-behind 1 IRC-Libera/Matrix channels.
This meeting’s chairperson will probably be rbrunner72 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
rottenwheel publishes ‘Revuo Monero’ Issue href=”https://txt.sour.is/search?q=%23226”>#226**
rottenwheel1 has published Issue #2262’3 of the weekly Revuo Monero audience-funded newsletter, which covers February 3 - 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.
[LFF] [6.55 XMR] Gupaxx development
Every monero given will be converted to hours of work. When a goal is attained, a new release will occur, including elements present in the roadmap. A release is about 20 hours of work. Bug fixing releases will not wait for a new funding goal to be completed.
Links:
Cyrix126 (Github) ⌘ Read more
Monero Dev Activity Report - Week 6 2025: 30 PRs, 13 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 (16)
monero-project/monero:
Cyrix126 releases Gupaxx v1.8.0
Cyrix1261 has released Gupaxx 2 version 1.8.03 with various improvements and bugfixes:
Changes overviewThis release is making the use of advanced submenu and simple submenu together sound. New feature to hide tabs you don’t use. New fields in advanced submenu for Node,P2Pool,Xmrig and Proxy tabs.
[UI] Node: button to enable "fast mode"
[UI] P2pool: binding port field
[UI] Xmrig: token field
[Internal] processes are now aware of custom va ... ⌘ [Read more](https://monero.observer/cyrix126-releases-gupaxx-v1.8.0/)MoneroKon 2025 Planning Meeting scheduled for 15 February 2025 1700 UTC
The next MoneroKon 2025 Planning Meeting 1 is scheduled to take place on Saturday, February 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.
_Note that the upcoming event will take place in Prague on June 20-22 20 … ⌘ Read more
Monero Observer Artistic Saturday Top 5 - Week 6, 2025
Previous Artistic Saturday weekly reports can be found in the [art] 1 section.
hinto-janai submits CCS proposal for 3 months of full-time Cuprate, Monero/FCMP++ work
hinto-janaiyo1 has submitted a new CCS proposal2 looking to continue full-time development work on Cuprate 3 and contribute to Monero (FCMP++ reviews) for 3 months:
Cuprate is preparing its first alpha release, with a 4-week cycle. [..] I will be buying/renting a variety of hardware for testing/development and will post receipts for all hardware acquired a … ⌘ Read more
[ANN] Vienna meetup sponsored by WizardSwap.io, organised by OrangeFren.com
- Date: Friday the 21st of February 2025 @ 18:00 local time
- Location: District Working & Event Venue, Donau-City-Straße 3, 1220 Wien
- Tickets: free
Link: https://orangefren.com/event/21
orangefren.com ⌘ Read more
[ANN] Cuprate 2024 progress report
Cuprate is a Monero node implementation written in Rust that independently validates consensus rules and is interoperable with the Monero network. [..] Cuprate has been funded by Monero’s Community Crowdfunding System. There will be further proposals opened soon to continue development on the 2025 roadmap. If you are interested in this project continuing, consider leaving feedback.
Links:
[ANN] Shutting down xmr.volt-mine.com
Our XMR mining pool (https://xmr.volt-mine.com) will stop mining activities on March 1, 2025. Payouts for pending funds will be available until April 1, 2025. After that, the pool will be permanently closed.
Link: https://farside.link/libreddit/r/MoneroMining/comments/1iiyxqc/
u/Volt-Mine (Reddit) ⌘ Read more
m2049r releases Monerujo v4.1.6 with Exolix fixes
m2049r1 has released Monerujo2 patch version 4.1.63 with minor fixes - including for the Exolix 4 exchange integration - and various other changes and updates:
Minimum weblate requirements
Add Arabic Translation
Updated Swedish translation
Update Turkish and French translations
fix toolbar under notification bar
make node parsing and formatting ipv6-friendly
Update default nodes
update exolix ... ⌘ [Read more](https://monero.observer/monerujo-v4.1.6-released-exolix-fixes/)binaryFate publishes long overdue February 2025 Monero General Fund transparency report
Core Team member binaryFate1 has published a long overdue and much welcomed2’3 preliminary Monero General Fund transparency report4 which presents data until February 6th 2025:
I will give it few days for any discussion to take place and see if anything needs further clarification. After that we can make a blog post on getmonero.org. [..] End of 2023 … ⌘ Read more
Monero Research Lab meeting scheduled for 12 February 2025 1700 UTC
The next Monero Research Lab1 meeting is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, February 12th 2025 at 17:00 UTC on IRC-Libera/Matrix2 in the #monero-research-lab channels.
jeffro256, rottenwheel, SNeedlewoods CCS proposals ready for funding
Three CCS proposals have been moved to the funding stage and are now looking for community support:
- jeffro256’s !540 1: full-time development 2025Q1 2
- rottenwheel’s !535 3: Revuo Monero maintenance (2025 Q1) 4
- SNeedlewoods’s !541 5: part-time dev work 6
To support the above proposals you can donate to the XMR addresses listed on the _ … ⌘ Read more
rottenwheel publishes ‘Revuo Monero’ Issue href=”https://txt.sour.is/search?q=%23225”>#225**
rottenwheel1 has published Issue #2252’3 of the weekly Revuo Monero audience-funded newsletter, which covers January 23 - February 3 2025 news:
Recent News
Upcoming Events
CCS Proposals
Price & Blockchain Stats
Volunteer Opportunities
Support
To support Revuo Monero, you can donate to the project’s CCS4, or transfer some XMR to the address listed in the footer of each issue and on the Support [5](#fn: … ⌘ Read more
[ANN] Bulletproofs Inner Product Argument & Range Proofs in Monero using Bulletproofs
Link: https://risencrypto.github.io/Bulletproofs/
u/chillband@monero.town (Lemmy) ⌘ Read more
Cuprate Meeting scheduled for 11 February 2024 1800 UTC
The next Cuprate Meeting is scheduled1 to take place on Tuesday, February 11 2025 at 18:00 UTC on IRC-Libera/Matrix2 in the #cuprate channels.
Agenda overviewCuprate 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 co … ⌘ Read more
Monero Tech meeting scheduled for 10 February 2025 1800 UTC
The next Monero Tech meeting is scheduled to take place on Monday, February 10 2025 at 18:00 UTC, in the #no-wallet-left-behind 1 IRC-Libera/Matrix channels.
This meeting’s chairperson will probably be rbrunner72 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
[WTS] [1.15 XMR] Samsung - 990 EVO Plus - 4 TB - 7250 MB/s - M.2 SSD
PCIe 4.0x4/5.0x2 NVMe. Never opened. Bought this and other parts during the December holiday sale and in case of tariffs. USA Shipping free. International shipping for an additional fee.
Link: https://xmrbazaar.com/listing/FP3h/
latida (XMRBazaar) ⌘ Read more
[ANN] Monero’s dominance in OrangeFren.com search stats
Each and every month Monero has been taking the lead. Here’s the latest numbers for January 2025 [..] As you can see the numbers are pretty stable. 30-40% for Monero, ~25% for Bitcoin.
Links:
orangefren.com ⌘ Read more
tobtoht posts January 2025 Monero/Feather dev report
tobtoht1 has published the first progress report2 for his full-time Q1 2025 Feather Wallet and Monero dev work CCS proposal3:
Work overviewSummary: core build system and CI work
Feather: 4 commits (+217, -45)
* guix: add missing patch
Core: 43 (non-documentation) PRs
* Comments on the Code of Conduct #9738
* cmake: remove msvc #9729
* ci: containerize ubuntu cli jobs #9708 [..]
The full d … ⌘ Read more
Monero Dev Activity Report - Week 5 2025: 27 PRs, 6 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 (26)
monero-project/monero:
MoneroKon 2025 Planning Meeting scheduled for 8 February 2025 1700 UTC
The next MoneroKon 2025 Planning Meeting 1 is scheduled to take place on Saturday, February 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.
_Note that the upcoming event will take place in Prague on June 20-22 2025[ … ⌘ Read more
Monero Observer Artistic Saturday Top 5 - Week 5, 2025
Previous Artistic Saturday weekly reports can be found in the [art] 1 section.
, it’s time for the next steps..
Funding propose ... ⌘ [Read more](https://monero.observer/sneedlewoods-submits-second-monero-dev-work-ccs-proposal/)[ANN] Tor project twitter is compromised
Our X (Twitter) account has been compromised. We are working to regain access. Please do not trust or interact with any posts, DMs, or links from our account until further notice.
Link: https://mastodon.social/@torproject/113918614226738202
@monerobull:matrix.org ⌘ Read more
Monero v0.18.4.0 release on the horizon as selsta posts to-do list
selsta1 has opened a new issue (a to-do list)2 in the Monero core repository for the upcoming v0.18.4.0 Fluorine Fermi release:
PR list overviewThe following pull requests have to be merged and issues have to be resolved. Any other PRs that I’m missing?
”`
- build: prepare v0.18.4.0 #9722
- blockchain sync: reduce disk writes from 2 to 1 per tx [RELEASE] #9740
- Some cleanup in span/connection_cont … ⌘ Read more”`
Community Workgroup Meeting scheduled for 1 February 2025 1600 UTC
The next Monero Community Workgroup Meeting is scheduled1 to take place on Saturday, 1st of February 2025 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 and … ⌘ Read more
[ANN] AGRE Kazbegi hotel - we are happy to accept Monero as a payment method
Hotel is located in Georgia’s part of The Greater Caucasus mountain range. It’s a small family-run hotel with 9 rooms total, but for now only 4 of them are being rented out. It’s a 3-story building with a quite large fenced yard. Construction started early 2022 and finished in December 2024. There’s free parking in the fenced yard. We are offering 15% discount on accommodation for anyone who pays in Monero.
Links:
[ANN] Proposed changes to the Code of Conduct
I would love to hear your feedback on these proposed changes to the Code of Conduct.
Link: https://github.com/monero-project/monero/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aopen+in%3Atitle+CoC
tobtoht (Github) ⌘ Read more
[ANN] MoneroTalk #338: No gov’ts are excited about XMR (Live 1/30 at 7PM-EST)
No governments are excited about Monero. That is why “I IDENTIFY AS RNG” wants to contribute to it!
Links:
monerotalk.live ⌘ Read more
[ANN] Gupaxx dev will be live coding at 30 January 14:30 UTC
You will see me in direct coding on Gupaxx. We can see your messages and tips with xmrchat! It will fund the development of Gupaxx.
Links:
- https://peertube.wtf/w/gfhxc2e7qSFrQouGcQ4yJv
- https://github.com/Cyrix126/gupaxx
- https://xmrchat.com/gupaxx
- [MO report](/xmrvsbeast-proposes-bounty-gupax-fork-integrated-xmrvsbeast-bonus-hashrate-raffle-p2pool- … ⌘ Read more
Cuprate Meeting scheduled for 4 February 2024 1800 UTC
The next Cuprate Meeting is scheduled1 to take place on Tuesday, February 4 2025 at 18:00 UTC on IRC-Libera/Matrix2 in the #cuprate channels.
Agenda overviewCuprate 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 … ⌘ Read more
Monero Research Lab meeting scheduled for 5 February 2025 1700 UTC
The next Monero Research Lab1 meeting is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, February 5th 2025 at 17:00 UTC on IRC-Libera/Matrix2 in the #monero-research-lab channels.
jeffro256 submits CCS proposal for 3 months of Monero/Carrot dev work
jeffro2561 has submitted a new CCS proposal2 looking to continue working full-time on Carrot 3 development - Monero’s main addressing protocol post-FCMP++ - for 3 months (Q1 2025):
The last quarter I implemented the core cryptography for Carrot. [..] The FCMP++ integration and Carrot integration are finally meeting ends and are almost ready for hot path integration. … ⌘ Read more
[ANN] Cuprate has achieved full verification sync in under 24 hours!
Cuprate, the upcoming Rust-written monero node has achieved full verification sync in 20 hours. An official development update is coming soon.
Links:
- https://farside.link/libreddit/r/Monero/comments/1ibq7rb/
- https://github.com/Cuprate/cuprate/issues/195
u/Swimming-Cake-2892 (Reddit) ⌘ Read more
Monero Tech meeting scheduled for 3 February 2025 1800 UTC
The next Monero Tech meeting is scheduled to take place on Monday, February 3 2025 at 18:00 UTC, in the #no-wallet-left-behind 1 IRC-Libera/Matrix channels.
This meeting’s chairperson will probably be rbrunner72 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](#fn … ⌘ Read more
Monero Dev Activity Report - Week 4 2025: 38 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 (15)
monero-project/monero:
MoneroKon 2025 Planning Meeting scheduled for 1 February 2025 1700 UTC
The next MoneroKon 2025 Planning Meeting 1 is scheduled to take place on Saturday, February 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.
It is worth mentioning that the associated XMRpos 4 project is currently looking for extra funding5.
Logs for the previous meetin … ⌘ Read more
[WTS] Partial wheat penny album, gold panda, Whitman albums, buffalo and v nickels, barber dimes
Bitcoin and Monero receive a 3% discount. Preference will be given to anyone willing to take large lots or use crypto.
Link: https://farside.link/libreddit/r/CoinSales/comments/1i9y7rq/
u/Eercury (Reddit) ⌘ Read more
Monero Observer Artistic Saturday Top 5 - Week 4, 2025
Previous Artistic Saturday weekly reports can be found in the [art] 1 section.
[ANN] Lighting up the quantum computing horizon with Aurora
Referencing Xanadu’s blog post released on 22nd Jan 2025 about their implementation of fault-tolerant, networked, scaleable quantum computing at room temperature that if i am understanding the post correctly could be used to efficiently build a quantum computer that is resourceful enough to threaten the monero’s cryptography.
Link: [https://github.com/monero-project/research-lab/issues/131#issuecomment-2613839657](https://github.com/monero-project/research-lab/issues/131#i … ⌘ Read more
Anon donates ~23 XMR to Monero General Fund
An anonymous contributor has donated a total of 23.4965657 XMR (~5.1K USD)1 to the Monero General Fund address2.
plowsof’s monero-fund-watch 3 Python script tweeted4 the donation alert earlier today:
💝 +23.4965657 #xmr 💝 $5155.15
This is an ongoing story and the report will be updated when new information is available.
Cake Wallet adds XMR/WOW passphrase restore support
Cake Labs1 has released Cake Wallet v4.23.0-RC2 with support for Zano wallets, and passphase restore for Monero and Wownero:
The latest version of Cake Wallet is now live for public beta testing here on Github as well as on Google Play (testers channel) and Apple TestFlight. This release of Cake Wallet brings support for Zano, a privacy-preserving cryptocurrency with additional alias and token functionality to Cake Wal … ⌘ Read more
antichainalysis creates Monero churner tool ‘moneroc’
antichainalysis1 has created moneroc 2 - a tool that automates the process of distributing funds between multiple XMR accounts, apparently in order to facilitate proper Monero churning:
We all know XMR churning is very controversial topic, some say churning benefits your privacy and others say it significantly harms your privacy even more. Hence why I wrote moneroc tool and this writeup to help explain why XMR churn … ⌘ Read more
[LFH] Revuo Monero is looking for python and golang (hugo) contributors!
There are a handful of open issues in Revuo Monero’s repositories: Calc and main. Feel free to take a peek and help if you are capable of and got the volunteering enthusiasm in you!
Links:
rottenwheel.com ⌘ Read more
rottenwheel publishes ‘Revuo Monero’ Issue href=”https://txt.sour.is/search?q=%23224”>#224**
rottenwheel1 has published Issue #2242’3 of the weekly Revuo Monero audience-funded newsletter, which covers January 12 - 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.
[WTS] [~0.37 XMR] Lenovo ThinkPad Carbon x1 gen2
Laptops are in good condition, battery can last several hours still, biggest defect is the Touch Bar (which includes the F1-F12 and media keys) is turning hazy and is not cosmetically pleasant. Touch Bar and thus keys all still work. Each laptop has a valid Windows 10 keys but I can also install Ubuntu or Debian upon request.
Link: https://xmrbazaar.com/listing/6zDp/
AffluentLynx (XMRBazaar) ⌘ Read more
Monero Research Lab meeting scheduled for 29 January 2025 1700 UTC
The next Monero Research Lab1 meeting is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, January 29th 2025 at 17:00 UTC on IRC-Libera/Matrix2 in the #monero-research-lab channels.
[ANN] Ross Ulbricht Pardoned
Link: https://farside.link/libreddit/r/Monero/comments/1i6xkc8/
u/Groundbreaking_Put39 (Reddit) ⌘ Read more
j-berman posts CCS progress report after 169 hours of dev work
j-berman1 has published the first progress report2 for his full-time 2025 (part 9) Monero (FCMPs++) dev work CCS proposal3:
* Sped up tree building by ~30% implementing @kayabaNerve's torsion check
* Implemented FCMP++ prove and verify functions in the Rust FFI
* Rebased the WIP PR onto master and updated to include the latest [..]
Consult the previous Monero Observ … ⌘ Read more
binarybaron posts third progress report for XMR-BTC atomic swaps ecosystem CCS
binarybaron1 and einliterflashche2 have posted a third progress report3 for their CCS proposal to continue XMR-BTC atomic swaps4 development and help transform the ecosystem from a prototype into a mature marketplace 5:
This month we focused on integrating native Tor support, improving transaction reliability, preparing for mobile support th … ⌘ Read more
[ANN] MAGIC Monero Fund 2025 Election Results
ack-j and kowalabearhugs will serve 2-year terms. rottenwheel, Tacolopo, and XMRfamily will serve 1-year terms. Their terms will begin on January 31, 2025. We would like to thank all six committee candidates! We would like to thank everyone who voted!
Committee Members:
* ack-j
* kowalabearhugs
* rottenwheel
* Tacolopo
* XMRfamily
Link: [https://magicgrants.org/2025/01/21/Monero-Fund-2025-Election-Results.html](https://magicgrants.org/2025/01/21/Monero-Fund-2025 … ⌘ Read more
Cuprate Meeting scheduled for 28 January 2024 1800 UTC
The next Cuprate Meeting is scheduled1 to take place on Tuesday, January 28 2025 at 18:00 UTC on IRC-Libera/Matrix2 in the #cuprate channels.
Agenda overviewCuprate 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 … ⌘ Read more
Monero Tech meeting scheduled for 27 January 2025 1800 UTC
The next Monero Tech meeting is scheduled to take place on Monday, January 27 2025 at 18:00 UTC, in the #no-wallet-left-behind 1 IRC-Libera/Matrix channels.
This meeting’s chairperson will probably be rbrunner72 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](#fn … ⌘ Read more
[ANN] Unique 0-click deanonymization attack targeting Signal, Discord and hundreds of platform
Link: https://gist.github.com/hackermondev/45a3cdfa52246f1d1201c1e8cdef6117
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[ANN] MoneroTalk #337: Justin Berman (Live Today @ 8PM EST)
Exploring Monero’s Future with Full Time Dev Justin Berman. Hear from @justinberman95 on the FCMP++ implementation and more.
Links:
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ofrnxmr completes third milestone for BasicSwapDEX CCS
ofrnxmr1 has completed2 the third milestone (M3-F/M3-B) for their CCS proposal3 to empower and steward BasicSwapDex4 to production quality software:
Request for M3-F and M3-B (M3-O comes end of month 4) [..] This next sprint (month) will add some of the more exciting functionality, further improve the UX and add some security features (such as client auth for the api port and amm integra … ⌘ Read more
Haveno v1.0.18 released with various fixes and improvements
woodser1 has released Haveno2 version 1.0.183 with various bug fixes, improvements and updates.
Reduce disk usage up to 98% by saving wallets less frequently..
Update to Tor browser v14.0.3 and Tor binary v0.4.8.13
Increase trade limit of 'no deposit' offers to 1.5 XMR
Rename 'Cash at ATM' to 'Cardless Cash'
Support startup flag to specify blockchain location for local node
Improv ... ⌘ [Read more](https://monero.observer/woodser-releases-haveno-v1.0.18-fixes-improvements/)Monero Dev Activity Report - Week 3 2025: 66 PRs, 12 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.
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[ANN] Istanbul Monero Meetup - Monero ve Dağıtık Borsalara Erişim: RetoSwap
Date/Time: Thursday, January 30, 2025 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM GMT+3
Location: Altcointurk Trader Base & Cloak Blockchain Academy
MoneroTurko is hosting a Monero Meetup event in Istanbul to discuss Decentralized Exchanges and how it affects Monero.
Link: https://www.meetup.com/moneroturko-istanbul/events/305699269
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MoneroKon 2025 Planning Meeting scheduled for 25 January 2025 1700 UTC
The next MoneroKon 2025 Planning Meeting 1 is scheduled to take place on Saturday, January 25th 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.
It is worth mentioning that the associated XMRpos 4 project is currently looking for extra funding5.
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[WTS] [US] [~2.5 XMR] Monero Nodo Founders Edition
This is the Monero Nodo founders edition #066. I had bought this way back before production started when it was advertised as a dual node/miner. Since I already have a node setup, I no longer need it. It has never been used or taken out of the box!
Link: https://xmrbazaar.com/listing/SUWw/
pixx3d (XMRBazaar) ⌘ Read more
Monero Observer Artistic Saturday Top 5 - Week 3, 2025
Previous Artistic Saturday weekly reports can be found in the [art] 1 section.
[ANN] Attacks on onion monero nodes with HSDirSniper
Based on connection issues and the monero node trackers, I believe someone is carrying out attacks on monero nodes that have onion addresses using the HSDirSniper attack for tor.
Link: https://farside.link/libreddit/r/Monero/comments/1i2uv5y/
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Rucknium completes second milestone for OSPEAD CCS
Rucknium1 has completed2 the second milestone for their Optimal Static Parametric Estimation of Arbitrary Distributions (OSPEAD)3 CCS proposal4:
The OSPEAD initial probability density function has been transmitted to the scientific review panel, which consists of ArticMine, isthmus, and hyc.
Read the full PGP signed message on Gitlab2.
Consult the previous Monero Observer report[5](#fn: … ⌘ Read more
Monero Research Lab meeting scheduled for 22 January 2025 1700 UTC
The next Monero Research Lab1 meeting is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, January 22nd 2025 at 17:00 UTC on IRC-Libera/Matrix2 in the #monero-research-lab channels.
[WTS] [US] Gold and Silver for XMR on Monero Market
Links:
- https://moneromarket.io/listing/dd0a6b4b-cda0-45a6-9c88-76d6bcbf7bcc
- https://moneromarket.io/listing/19850f7e-26ab-42da-b63e-c800b56a868e
- https://moneromarket.io/u/bawdyzebra/
u/bawdyzebra (MoneroMarket) ⌘ Read more
Community Workgroup Meeting scheduled for 18 January 2025 1600 UTC
The next Monero Community Workgroup Meeting is scheduled1 to take place on Saturday, 18th of January 2025 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.
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selsta posts December 2024 Monero dev report
selsta1 has posted a monthly CCS progress report2 for December 2024, which includes several Monero dev updates.
Milestone 1:
-Continued work on v0.18.4.0 with over 70 PRs merged
-Handled more new HackerOne reports [..] fixes being scheduled for the next release
-Repo related organization work
Note that misc work is not explicitly mentioned in these updates. The full list of changes can be found on Github3’[4](#fn:4 … ⌘ Read more
Cuprate Meeting scheduled for 21 January 2024 1800 UTC
The next Cuprate Meeting is scheduled1 to take place on Tuesday, January 21 2025 at 18:00 UTC on IRC-Libera/Matrix2 in the #cuprate channels.
Agenda overviewCuprate 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 … ⌘ Read more
jeffro256 completes 2024 Q4 Monero dev work CCS
jeffro2561 has posted a third and final progress report2 for their full-time 2024/Q4 Monero (Carrot3) development work CCS proposal4:
Work overviewThere are a few minor tweaks being proposed to Carrot after weeks of discussion about post-quantum adversaries, as well as optimization. [..] And thanks to everyone who contributed to my CCS, it is greatly appreciated!
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[ANN] El Monero is looking for active Spanish community members
El Monero podcast by rottenwheel and anhdres is looking for a handful Spanish-speaking Monero enthusiasts to return with quarterly group voicecall roundtables.
Link: https://farside.link/nitter/elmonero_/status/1876689686074372188
@elmonero_ (X) ⌘ Read more
sukunetsiz creates Monero marketplace script ‘Kabus’
sukunetsiz1 has announced2 the release of Kabus 3 beta v0.7.24 - an open-source Monero-based marketplace script that aims to facilitate the sale of legal products online as anonymously as possible:
It is inspired by Eckmar’s marketplace script, I wanted to create something more modern and flexible that could serve as a core structure for various (legitimate of course) Monero marketplaces. [..] M … ⌘ Read more
Monero Tech meeting scheduled for 20 January 2025 1800 UTC
The next Monero Tech meeting is scheduled to take place on Monday, January 20 2025 at 18:00 UTC, in the #no-wallet-left-behind 1 IRC-Libera/Matrix channels.
This meeting’s chairperson will probably be rbrunner72 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](#fn … ⌘ Read more
rottenwheel publishes ‘Revuo Monero’ Issue href=”https://txt.sour.is/search?q=%23223”>#223**
rottenwheel1 has published Issue #2232’3 of the weekly Revuo Monero audience-funded newsletter, which covers December 26 2024 - January 12 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 MUC[5](#f … ⌘ Read more
[LFF] [5K EUR] XMRpos app development
This crowdfunding campaign aims to further develop a Free and Open Source Android app (XMRpos), which is designed for use by merchants on a dedicated Point of Sale (POS) device with thermal printer.
Links:
- https://pay.monerokon.org/apps/4P3tCgWYEB73Pu35H2F5cnVhwzd7/crowdfund
- /monerokon-proposes-bounty-monero-pos-android-app/
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[AFH] Translation services (PT-EN, EN-PT)
I can translate audio and text from English to Portuguese and vice-versa. I ask 2 dollars for every page I translate, and 2 dollars for each minute of audio transcribed.
Link: https://xmrbazaar.com/listing/vvUz/
fanchi (XMRBazaar) ⌘ Read more
Monero Dev Activity Report - Week 2 2025: 18 PRs, 6 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.
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MoneroKon 2025 Planning Meeting scheduled for 18 January 2025 1700 UTC
The next MoneroKon 2025 Planning Meeting 1 is scheduled to take place on Saturday, January 18th 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.
It is worth mentioning that the associated XMRpos 4 project is currently looking for extra funding5.
Logs for the previous meetin … ⌘ Read more
[LTH] Looking for someone to turn a picture of a face into half cyborg, like terminator
Link: https://farside.link/libreddit/r/HireAiArtist/comments/1hz1ajt/
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