xiphon-part-time-3.md

layout: cp
title: xiphon part-time coding (3 months)
author: xiphon
date: 30 Jan 2020
amount: 307
milestones:
  - name: February
    funds: 33% (102 XMR)
    done: 29 February 2020
    status: finished
  - name: March
    funds: 33% (102 XMR)
    done: 31 March 2020
    status: finished
  - name: April
    funds: 34% (103 XMR)
    done: 30 April 2020
    status: finished
payouts:
  - date: 5 May 2020
    amount: 307

What

Would love to prolong my part time Monero coding for another 3 months.

There are a couple of specific tasks i would like to work on first.

• Improve automatic public node selection algorithm used in Simple mode (---bootstrap-daemon-address auto).
  Currently we use first iteration of the algo and according to the users' reports there is a room for improvement.
• Implement update downloading and verification functionality in Monero GUI.
  There is standalone monero-update tool already.
  Integrating the tool into Monero GUI is the next logical step forward, i.e. downloading and verification new update binaries just in one click.
• Focus on Monero daemon performance and stability.
  I plan to do monerod cpu/memory profiling to investigate possible bottlenecks/weak places, implement appropriate optimizations/fixes based on the profiling results.

As usual will be working on Monero Core and Monero GUI code:

• Inspecting and implementing outstanding feature requests
• Submitting bug fixes
• New functinality
• Addressing ongoing issues
• Code review
• Putting my efforts where it is appropriate

Who

I'm Xiphon, active contributor to Monero Core and Monero GUI since July 2018.

My previously completed CCS proposals: