Merge !122

xiphon part-time coding

See merge request monero-project/ccs-proposals!122

xiphon-part-time-3.md

+---
+layout: fr
+title: xiphon part-time coding (3 months)
+author: xiphon
+date: 30 Jan 2019
+amount: 307
+milestones:
+  - name: February
+    funds: 33% (102 XMR)
+    done:
+    status: unfinished
+  - name: March
+    funds: 33% (102 XMR)
+    done:
+    status: unfinished
+  - name: April
+    funds: 33% (103 XMR)
+    done:
+    status: unfinished
+payouts:
+  - date:
+    amount:
+  - date:
+    amount:
+  - date:
+    amount:
+---
+
+# 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](https://github.com/moneromooo-monero/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: 
+* https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/merge_requests/99
+* https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/merge_requests/55  
+
+During the recent 20h/week proposal i focused on fixing ongoing issues, sumbitted numerous bug fixes and improvements to both Monero GUI and Monero Core repositories.
+
+I strongly encourage you to visit the following Github links to see the amount of work done by me, its quality and importabnce for the Monero Project.
+
+Please check the following links to inspect my Monero-related activity:  
+- Monero Core - https://github.com/monero-project/monero/pulls?q=is%3Apr+author%3Axiphon
+- Monero GUI - https://github.com/monero-project/monero-gui/pulls?q=is%3Apr+author%3Axiphon
+
+# Proposal
+
+Looking forward to coding and accomplishing mentioned and ongoing tasks and issues. Implementing new code/functionality that will be needed. Investigating bug reports and submitting bug fixes, fixing build and compilations errors/warnings/etc. Would like to inspect and complete/fix/address issues and feature requests that are reasonably desired and/or worth to spend time on. Improving GUI, fixing UI/UX issues, implementing design changes.
+
+Dedicate 30 hours per week to Monero Project, at 55 USD/hour rate for a total of 307 XMR. XMR/USD rate is based on the 14-day moving average exponential on Kraken from 29 Jan 2020, which is approximately 64.43 XMR/USD.