rottenwheel publishes ‘Revuo Monero’ Issue href=”https://txt.sour.is/search?tag=195”>#195**
rottenwheel1 has published Issue #1952’3 of the weekly Revuo Monero audience-funded newsletter, which covers 2-16 May 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.
Suggestions and co … ⌘ Read more
[LTT] [H] Monero any quantity [W] any crypto (15%) or Paypal (25%)
With localmonero down, I thought I fill the gap in the market for a bit.
Link: https://farside.link/libreddit/1cta7dt/
u/randvoo12 (Reddit) ⌘ Read more
tobtoht stops maintaining XMRGuide.org project
Feather Wallet1’s tobtoht2 has apparently stopped maintaining the XMRGuide.org3 project, according to the site’s front page notice:
Welcome to XMRGuide. This site is no longer maintained.
The website hosted accurate XMR wallet guides for Tails and Whonix and a useful onion remote nodes list.
This is an ongoing story and the report will be updated when new information is available.
zia_tim launches LocalMonero alternative ‘Trade in Monero’
zia_tim1 has announced2 the launch of Trade in Monero (tim) 3, an onion-only alternative to the defunct4 LocalMonero5 platform, which aims to be a secure gateway between Monero buyers and sellers:
Hi fellow XMR users, here is my (simple) contribution to the community [..] It is still beta version, do not hesitate to test, find bugs and errors, and report them to me
M … ⌘ Read more
[ANN] XMRPC - An alternative Monero CLI
I’ve started to write XMRPC, a POSIX-compliant shell script that allows you to interact with monero-wallet-rpc
Links:
/c/xmrid (monero.town) ⌘ Read more
j-berman’s Monero/Seraphis dev work CCS proposal ready for funding
j-berman1’s CCS proposal2 to continue full-time development work on Monero and the Seraphis wallet library for 3 more months is ready for funding:
Funding needed: 376 XMR
To support this proposal, you can donate any XMR amount to the address listed on its Gitlab Funding Required 3 page.
Consult the previous Monero Observer report4 to learn more about this story.
- … ⌘ Read more
Monero Research Lab meeting scheduled for 22 May 2024 1700 UTC
The next Monero Research Lab1 meeting is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, May 22nd 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
This meeting’s chairperson should be Rucknium5. The … ⌘ Read more
Community Workgroup Meeting scheduled for 25 May 2024 1500 UTC
The next Monero Community Workgroup Meeting is scheduled1 to take place on Saturday, 11th of May 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.
_This is an on … ⌘ Read more
rohanrhu submits CCS proposal to work full-time on ‘PokerUnicorn Infrastructure Project’
rohanrhu1 has submitted a CCS proposal2 looking to continue full-time development work on the PokerUnicorn Infrastructure Project 3:
I’ve already published the game server and client. It has [..] Monero deposits, you can play multiple games simultaneously. As long as we can fund the project I’ll work on this full-time and make it purrfect and add more features. I hop … ⌘ Read more
[ANN] MoneroKon: Open Call for DJs, Bands, Comedians, Solo Musicians, Other Live Acts
If you know any talented artists who might be open performing at MoneroKon, direct them to: et.monerokon.org
Link: https://et.monerokon.org
ajs_:matrix.org ⌘ Read more
Stack Wallet out of beta with v2.0.0 release
rehrar1 has released Stack Wallet2 stable version 2.0.0 (build_222)3, exiting beta after ~1.6 years of development.
Exiting beta!
Added Bitcoin Frost multisig
Added Bitcoin taproot support
Updated Flutter version (1.3.19)
Finished networking overhaul (it all works now!)
Added Solana (not tokens yet)
Added Peercoin
Added Tor support for Tezos, Stellar, and Solana
Lots of Firo fixes and optimizations
Perf ... ⌘ [Read more](https://monero.observer/stack-wallet-out-of-beta-v2.0.0-release/)[ANN] [Bounty] BTCPay Server: Allow Syncing via Remote Node
Currently BTCPay Server requires a user to sync a pruned/full node in order to accept XMR payments. Allowing for use of remote nodes would massively reduce the friction/time/resources needed for shops to also accept XMR natively.
Link: https://bounties.monero.social/posts/124/
n/a ⌘ Read more
HardenedSteel, retoaccess1 experiment with first ever public Haveno networks on mainnet
HardenedSteel1 and retoaccess12 have separately started running the first two ever public Haveno3 networks4’5 on Monero’s mainnet, only 48 hours after woodser6’s quick start guide 7 was published:
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HardenedSteel’s “haveno-mainnet”:
-Fees: 1.5% (0% maker, 1.5% taker)
retoaccess1’s “haveno-reto”:
-Fees: 0.6% (0.5% maker, 0.1% t … ⌘ Read more”`
Seraphis Wallet Workgroup meeting scheduled for 20 May 2024 1800 UTC
The next Seraphis Wallet Workgroup 1 meeting is scheduled to take place on Monday, May 20 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
John Foss publishes ‘The Monero Moon’ Issue href=”https://txt.sour.is/search?tag=66”>#66**
John Foss1 has published Issue #662 of The Monero Moon curated weekly newsletter:
The Monero Moon is a curated newsletter covering all the latest news within Monero (XMR). We are excited to return, driven by a compelling need to champion both freedom and financial privacy!
The publication includes news about:
- Development, Releases, and Technology
- General News
- Events
- Exchanges and Merchants
- Community Crowdfunding
- Tradin … ⌘ Read more
baldeagle submits CCS proposal to ‘create and manage’ Matrix room for P2P XMR trading
baldeagle1 has submitted a CCS proposal2 looking to create and manage a KYC-free peer-to-peer XMR trading room within the Monero Matrix Space 3:
This proposal is for myself to create and manage a peer-to-peer trading room on Matrix for people wanting to buy and sell Monero for fiat with no KYC. [..] Should this proposal be accepted I will complete the first phase wit … ⌘ Read more
MrCyjaneK posts first progress report for Unnamed Monero Wallet CCS proposal
MrCyjaneK1 has posted the first progress report2 for their Unnamed Monero Wallet 3 dev work CCS proposal4:
hello hello, this is episode S01E01 of general work update, here you can see more important things that happened over last week [..] p.s. if you have any concerns please mention @mrcyjanek0:matrix.org in community room or respond in this thread (and n … ⌘ Read more
selsta’s May-July 2024 Monero dev work CCS proposal fully funded
selsta1’s CCS proposal2 to continue working part-time on Monero development for 3 more months, until the end of July 2024 is now fully funded:
18 contributors raised 159.1 XMR (100%+)
To learn more about selsta’s work, consult my previous report3.
[LTT] Strengthen p2p circles - buy/sell XMR KYC-free!
If looking to sell XMR for fiat (USD), hit me up, I might know a guy or two that will buy your Monero for Zelle, CashApp or ACH transfer. No KYC. Considering LocalMonero is shutting down, we should strengthen our p2p networks, build trust and grow our circles more than ever.
Links:
Monero Dev Activity Report - Week 19 2024: 10 PRs, 5 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 (8)
monero-project/monero:
- #93231 net_node: update seed nodes release-v0.18
- #93242 README.md: sponsors;remove forked networking/globee (plowsof)
monero-project/monero-gui: none
monero-proje ... ⌘ [Read more](https://monero.observer/monero-dev-activity-report-week-19-2024/)
Monero Talk interviews J.W. Verret: ‘privacy is pro-national security’
In this Monero Talk episode1’2, Douglas Tuman3 interviews George Mason Univeristy 4 Associate Professor of Law J.W. Verret5:
[..] privacy is pro-national security [..] I don’t know why the CIA doesn’t use Monero and Zcash to pay agents.. why not? (J.W. @ 56:10)
Several topics are discussed in this interview, including the Bitcoin Fog trial, the indictments against Tornado Cash and Samourai W … ⌘ Read more
[ANN] Haveno Mainnet documentation released
so now the answer to the question “wen mainnet?” is: as soon as someone runs a reputable network. arbitrators collect the trade fees by default, and this can be configured when deploying the network (woodser)
Link: https://github.com/haveno-dex/haveno/blob/master/docs/create-mainnet.md
u/blario (Reddit) ⌘ Read more
jeffro256 posts April 2024 Monero/Seraphis dev update
jeffro2561 has posted a second progress report (M2/April 2024)2 for their Monero/Seraphis dev work CCS proposal3:
This month I spent a lot less time writing code, and a lot more time reviewing proposals and planning. [..] I spent some time reviewing tevador’s Jamtis-RCT4 proposal. I plan this next month to make changes to the seraphis library code to also support Jamtis-RCT, and all the not-concens … ⌘ Read more
hinto-janai releases Gupax v1.3.7
hinto-janai1 has released Gupax 2 version 1.3.73 with a bugfix for Windows:
Not starting on Windows if CPU does not support >= OpenGL 3.3 (thanks @Cyrix126 #78)4
The full changelog, sources, SHA256SUM and .asc files can be found on Github3 and on the gupax.io website5.
Consult hinto-janai’s CCS proposal6 to learn more about the project.
Monero Observer Artistic Saturday Top 5 - Week 19, 2024
Previous Artistic Saturday weekly reports can be found in the [art] 1 section.
Cake Wallet adds support for Ledger
Cake Labs1 has released Cake Wallet v4.16.02 with support for Ledger3 hardware wallet (for BTC/ETH/Polygon), various fixes and enhancements:
Changes overviewCake Wallet is unveiling a groundbreaking feature… support for Ledger directly within Cake Wallet! We have initial support for BTC, ETH & Polygon & will continue pushing the limits of what’s possible in an open source, privacy-first wallet.
Hardware wallets ... ⌘ [Read more](https://monero.observer/cake-wallet-4.16.0-adds-support-ledger-hardware-wallet/)[ANN] Lugano meetup sponsored by eXch.cx, organised by OrangeFren.com
- Date: Sunday the 26th of May 2024 @ 15:00 local time
- Location: Impact Hub Ticino, Via Antonio Ciseri 3, 6900 Lugano, Switzerland
- Tickets: free
Link: https://orangefren.com/event/16
orangefren.com ⌘ Read more
v1docq47 submits CCS proposal for 6 months of Russian voice-over and transcription work
Monero contributor and XMR.ru1 mod v1docq472 has submitted a new CCS proposal3 looking to continue doing Russian voice-over work and transcribing Monero content for the next 6 months (June - November 2024):
This is our next CCS proposal for the new winter period for voiceover of Monerotopia 2023 and Konferenco 2023 videos into Russian, creating othe … ⌘ Read more
Haveno v1.0.3 released with improved trade protocol ‘resilience’
woodser1 has released Haveno2 version 1.0.33 with improved resilience of the trade protocol and various optimizations, updates, and fixes.
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Further optimizations based on congestion testing.
Arbitrator assigns trade fee address.
Improve resilience of trade protocol:
Reattempt wallet operations on failure.
Refactor error handling and wallet deletion.
Reset ... ⌘ [Read more](https://monero.observer/haveno-v1.0.3-released-improved-trade-protocol-resilience/)```
[WTB] [~50 EUR] Monero in Brussels without KYC in person or online
Link: https://matrix.to/#/#dreadful13:matrix.org
@dreadful13:matrix.org ⌘ Read more
Monero remote nodes overloaded due to ‘dozens of large 150-input transactions’
Public Monero remote nodes1 were apparently overloaded today2 after someone started broadcasting dozens of large 150-input transactions 3, which were spotted by Rucknium4 (probably around blocks 3144650-31447005):
About an hour ago someone broadcasted dozens of large 150-input transactions. The txpool has many transactions waiting to be confirmed. In … ⌘ Read more
[ANN] Blockchain Integrity Act was just proposed in the US Congress
Links:
- https://monero.town/post/3086478
- https://farside.link/nitter/nikzh/status/1788260677720604944
- (PDF) casten.house.gov/imo/media/doc/blockchain_integrity_act.pdf
u/z0rg0n (monero.town) ⌘ Read more
Cuprate Meeting scheduled for 14 May 2024 1800 UTC
The next Cuprate Meeting is scheduled1 to take place on Tuesday, May 14 2024 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 repository[4] … ⌘ Read more
[ANN] Tether enhances compliance measures with Chainalysis ecosystem monitoring solution
Link: https://tether.io/news/tether-enhances-compliance-measures-with-chainalysis-ecosystem-monitoring-solution/
@basses:matrix.org ⌘ Read more
[ANN] [Bounty] FeatherWallet: swap feature of COMIT XMR-BTC Atomic-Swaps
A simple tab like we got for LocalMonero to swap Bitcoin for Monero easily. If this feature makes Feather too big, it can be a separated feature.
Link: https://bounties.monero.social/posts/123/
n/a ⌘ Read more
[LTT] Reputable trader on AgoraDesk
We have decided to build an I2P and Tor replacement. We have not slept since they made the announcement so we can get it up and running as fast as possible for the community. We are currently on the Matrix chat if you want to reach out to us for any questions.
Links:
@geterdone:matri … ⌘ Read more
Monero Research Lab meeting scheduled for 15 May 2024 1700 UTC
The next Monero Research Lab1 meeting is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, May 15h 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
This meeting’s chairperson should be Rucknium5. The … ⌘ Read more
Kraken to discontinue XMR support in Germany on July 10 2024
Kraken1 has announced plans2 to discontinue support for Monero and other crypto assets, for clients in Germany, on July 10 2024:
Kraken powered by DLT Finance will support a slightly reduced set of assets and Opt-in Rewards services. [..] Verified clients’ unsupported assets, if not actioned before July 10, 2024, will be set to withdrawal-only mode and unstaked or opted-out, if applicable.
Consult the … ⌘ Read more
[LTT] Monero for USDT without KYC or excessive fees
Link: https://farside.link/libreddit/1cm1093
u/redditreader1234567 (Reddit) ⌘ Read more
[WTB] Cheap Steam Gift Card
Link: https://farside.link/libreddit/1cm84yq
u/Dangerous-Cobbler773 (Reddit) ⌘ Read more
LocalMonero/AgoraDesk to shut down on November 7 2024 due to ‘internal and external factors’
LocalMonero/AgoraDesk1 - the top P2P Monero trading platform - has announced plans2 to shut down on November 7 2024 due to a combination of internal and external factors, after almost 7 years of operation:
[..] we have made the difficult decision to close our platform. We’re extremely thankful for the love and support we’ve received over the years. We couldn’t have done it … ⌘ Read more
ofrnxmr submits CCS proposal to ‘empower and steward BasicSwapDex to production quality software’
ofrnxmr1 has submitted a new CCS proposal2 looking to empower and steward BasicSwapDex3 to production quality software within 1 year:
BasicSwapDex has been mainnet for a while now, but is a beta / POC. [..] The goal is to create a fair, decentralized, liquid economy, with 0 fees and 0 dev taxes, with XMR at the forefront.
Total fundi ... ⌘ [Read more](https://monero.observer/ofrnxmr-submits-ccs-proposal-empower-steward-basicswap-dex-production-quality/)Seraphis Wallet Workgroup meeting scheduled for 13 May 2024 1800 UTC
The next Seraphis Wallet Workgroup 1 meeting is scheduled to take place on Monday, May 13 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
hinto-janai submits CCS proposal to continue working full-time on ‘Cuprate’ for 3 months
hinto-janaiyo1 has submitted a new CCS proposal2 looking to continue full-time development work on Cuprate 3 for 3 more months:
Cuprate is an alternative Monero node implementation, currently worked on by me and Boog900. The next large section that needs work is the RPC server. [..]
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Total funding: 279 XMR ($65 + 0.05 XMR/hr).
ETA: 3 months (480 … ⌘ Read more”`
selsta’s Monero dev work CCS proposal ready for funding
selsta1’s CCS proposal2 to continue working part-time on Monero development for 3 more months (until the end of July 2024) is ready for funding:
Funding needed: 159 XMR
To support this proposal, you can donate any XMR amount to the address listed on its Gitlab Funding Required 3 page.
To learn more about the project, consult the previous Monero Observer report4.
… ⌘ Read more
Community Workgroup Meeting scheduled for 11 May 2024 1500 UTC
The next Monero Community Workgroup Meeting is scheduled1 to take place on Saturday, 11th of May 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.
_This is an on … ⌘ Read more
[ANN] [Final report] Generalized Bulletproofs
This report describes the Generalized Bulletproofs construction and provides
a relevant security proof.
Links:
@diego:cypherstack.com (Matrix) ⌘ Read more
[ANN] Sunsetting Incognito - withdraw your coins!
Links:
u/MoneroFox (Reddit) ⌘ Read more
[WTS] $15 gift card for $5 Monero
Link: https://farside.link/libreddit/user/blizzymontana
u/blizzymontana (Reddit) ⌘ Read more
Monero Dev Activity Report - Week 18 2024: 6 PRs, 7 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 (5)
monero-project/monero: