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j-berman full-time development (4 months)

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j-berman-3months-full-time-9.md

+---
+layout: fr
+title: j-berman full-time development (4 months)
+author: j-berman
+date: December 16, 2024
+amount: 360 Monero
+milestones:
+  - name: Month 1
+    funds: 25% (90 Monero)
+    done:
+    status: unfinished
+  - name: Month 2
+    funds: 25% (90 Monero)
+    done:
+    status: unfinished
+  - name: Month 3
+    funds: 25% (90 Monero)
+    done:
+    status: unfinished
+  - name: Month 4
+    funds: 25% (90 Monero)
+    done:
+    status: unfinished
+payouts:
+  - date:
+    amount:
+  - date:
+    amount:
+  - date:
+    amount:
+  - date:
+    amount:
+---
+
+## What
+
+Work full-time 4 months on:
+
+- Work towards a test network that includes Full-Chain Membership Proofs++.
+  - Continue optimizing building the FCMP++ curve tree to improve sync time both in the daemon and wallet.
+  - Construct FCMP++ transactions via the CLI/RPC/GUI.
+  - Verify FCMP++ transactions in the daemon.
+  - Implement all consensus changes needed for FCMP++.
+    - New unlock time logic.
+    - Allowing new FCMP++ RCT type.
+    - Implement a grace period for current tx types in the pool at the fork to make it into the chain.
+    - Misc. necessary changes.
+  - Update the cold wallet <> hot wallet integration and background syncing for FCMP++.
+- Misc. high priority tasks as they arise.
+
+## Who
+
+j-berman on github / jberman on matrix / IRC
+
+My open PR for the WIP FCMP++ integration: https://github.com/monero-project/monero/pull/9436
+
+My branch that includes the wallet sync integration: https://github.com/j-berman/monero/commits/fcmp%2B%2B-tree-sync-dev/
+
+Past CCS's:
+- https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/j-berman-3months-full-time-8.html
+- https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/j-berman-3months-full-time-7.html
+- https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/j-berman-3months-full-time-6.html
+- https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/j-berman-3months-full-time-5.html
+- https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/j-berman-3months-full-time-4.html
+- https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/j-berman-3months-full-time-3.html
+- https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/j-berman-3months-full-time-2.html
+- https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/j-berman-3-months-full-time.html
+
+## Proposal
+
+360 XMR
+
+640 hours, 0.25 XMR/hr + $65/hr, $208/XMR from coingecko