diff --git a/tobtoht_feather_dev_q1_2021.md b/tobtoht_feather_dev_q1_2021.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..82fd52df9df024345f3daab4e4ecf11811e64e52 --- /dev/null +++ b/tobtoht_feather_dev_q1_2021.md @@ -0,0 +1,101 @@ +--- +layout: fr +title: "Continued Feather Wallet development (Q1 2021)" +author: tobtoht +date: 4 January 2021 +amount: 150 +milestones: + - name: First month + funds: 33% (50 XMR) + done: + status: unfinished + - name: Second month + funds: 33% (50 XMR) + done: + status: unfinished + - name: Third month + funds: 33% (50 XMR) + done: + status: unfinished +payouts: + - date: + amount: + - date: + amount: + - date: + amount: +--- + +### What + +This CCS proposal is for 3 months of full time Feather Wallet development. + +The goal of this proposal is to: + +- Reach feature-parity with the GUI (this mostly concerns hardware wallet support) +- Further advance the Monero desktop wallet space by implementing new (and experimental) features. + +### Background + +- Feather was [announced](https://old.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/idujx0/feather_free_opensource_monero_desktop_wallet/) on Aug 21 2020. +- A CCS [proposal](https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/feather-2020.html) funding the initial stages of development was accepted on September 1. +- The first alpha builds became [available](https://old.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/j8kn8e/feather_a_brand_new_monero_gui_desktop_wallet/) on Oct 10. +- During the alpha time was spent on: + - Troubleshooting teething problems + - Bugfixes and performance improvements + - Getting the websites and build infrastructure up and running +- The first beta builds were [announced](https://old.reddit.com/r/FeatherWallet/comments/kdmj3b/feather_beta2_released/) on Dec 15. + - The beta introduced signed release binaries. + - The focus for the beta was to fix the remaining UI/UX issues before adding new features. This is now mostly complete. + - A total of 211 pull requests (171 made by me) were submitted to the repository since the alpha release. +- Some features that were added between the previous CCS proposal and now are: Windows support, view-only wallets, offline transaction signing, advanced transaction overview ([image](https://featherwallet.org/theme/img/feather_send_advanced.png)), transaction rebroadcasting, XMRig integration and reproducible Linux builds. Reproducible builds are mostly thanks to work done by Xiphon on the GUI. + +### What I want to work on + +- Hardware wallet support (most requested feature, so this is definitely happening now) +- More exchange integrations (among which LocalMonero) +- More advanced coin control features: manual input selection and individual output labeling +- An in-wallet troubleshooting wizard that detects and suggests fixes for common issues ([example](https://git.wownero.com/feather/feather/issues/144)) +- Easy to use 2/2, 2/3 multisig (work on the message transportation layer and UI/UX design can commence before it is clear what changes Triptych/Arcturus will bring to multisig) +- Qr scanner (scan addresses with laptop camera/webcam) +- Multi destination transactions +- Debian package +- Sync over clearnet, construct & broadcast transactions over Tor +- Approach the Tails team to discuss potential inclusion of Feather Wallet by default +- Further UI/UX improvements (including more actionable error messages, better UI feedback) +- Upstreaming of changes to libwalletqt / wallet_api +- (Separate from Feather): Monero Daemon as a system service ([more info](https://git.wownero.com/feather/feather-meta/issues/3)) + +This is a non-exhaustive list of some of the things I want to work on during the proposal. +I expect the majority of the items on this list to be completed at the end of the 3-month period (with the exception of multisig, which will likely take longer). +As always I will rely heavily on user feedback to determine where to put my focus. + +### Why contribute to Feather development? + +- It is an excellent testing grounds for features that may later be implemented in the official GUI (14 word seeds, coin control, multisig, etc) +- There is more room to experiment with UI/UX and features and see what works before committing to it in a reference wallet. +- Some users cite its simplicity, focus on user experience, quick setup, addition of power user features and similarity to Electrum as reasons they prefer it over the GUI +- Feather will remain open source and licensed under BSD-3. + +### Who + +Hi, I'm tobtoht. Creator of xmrguide and maintainer of Feather Wallet. +I have been an active contributor to the Monero ecosystem since April 2018. + +Some of the things I have worked on are: + +- Created and maintained guides to set up Monero on Tails and Whonix ([xmrguide](http://xmrguide42y34onq.onion/), [reddit](https://old.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/h8pbc2/)) +- Made miscellaneous contributors to the GUI (most notably Tails support) +- Maintained a [list](http://xmrguide42y34onq.onion/remote_nodes) of .onion remote nodes with their status +- Created various Python [scripts](http://xmrguide42y34onq.onion/scripts) to convert from/to Monero using third party exchangers +- Co-created Feather Wallet with dsc + +### Proposal + +40 hours per week at 45 USD/hour for a total of 150 XMR. The XMR/USD rate is based on current exchange rate of $144 XMR/USD. + +This will cover January/February/March. Any hours left over will bleed into April. + +Progress will be reported in #feather on OFTC. Bi-monthly updates will be posted to /r/FeatherWallet in the form on release changelogs. + +Feedback and comments are welcome. \ No newline at end of file