sarang-2019-q2.md

+---
+layout: cp
+title: "Sarang: research funding for 2019 Q2"
+author: Sarang Noether
+date: 12 March 2019
+amount: 423.93
+milestones:
+  - name: Funding is released
+    funds: 100% (423.93 XMR)
+    done: 31 March 2019
+    status: completed
+payouts:
+  - date: 31 March 2019
+    amount: 423.93
+---
+Folks, hello once again. It's your pal Dr. Sarang Noether, here to request ongoing support for the next few months. My current funded research period is complete at the end of this month, and I'm ready to go for another three months of research and development for the Monero Research Lab.
+
+You can read my monthly research reports for the current funding period:
+- [January](https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/al125c/january_monthly_report_from_sarang_noether/)
+- [February](https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/avdrbs/february_monthly_report_from_sarang_noether/)
+- March (forthcoming): Bulletproofs MPC, DLSAG applications and formalization, transaction models
+
+There has been a lot of work over the last few months to improve transaction privacy, optimize existing constructions, and analyze and test new mathematical and cryptographic schemes.
+
+There are many research topics planned for the next few months:
+- Protocol documentation updates: These were usurped by more pressing research during this funding period.
+- Graph matching paper: This is awaiting simulation results.
+- DLSAG paper: This is undergoing final review with other researchers.
+- Alternate transaction models: I plan to write prototyping code for a transaction model that was brought to my attention.
+- Block size analysis and simulations: My colleague Surae Noether and I have been discussing more robust dynamic block size algorithms that we wish to test more thoroughly.
+- Transaction relay: In addition to network-level approaches to transaction broadcast, I want to continue investigating the Dandelion++ transaction relay model for possible inclusion in Monero clients. There are subleties that other projects have encountered.
+- Bulletproofs circuit code: Bulletproofs can be used to prove statements about general arithmetic circuits in zero knowledge, and it would be useful to have code available for this.
+- Bulletproofs generalization: I want to generalize the Bulletproofs algorithms to handle arbitrary-size inputs.
+- Literature review: This is always ongoing.
+- Outreach and education: This may include additional Breaking Monero episodes, Coffee Chats, and other avenues.
+- The unexpected: An ever-present part of research is tackling whatever new proposals or issues come up unexpectedly.
+
+As always, I work hard to provide value to the community and project for the value you provide here. For the funding period beginning April 2019 and continuing through June 2019, my rate continues to be 10415 USD per month, my assessment of market compensation for an independent Ph.D. researcher in the United States. The request total is **638 XMR**, based on a 14-day exponential moving average of 49 USD/XMR taken from Kraken on 12 March 2019.
+
+**Please read this paragraph carefully for an important change.** An ongoing issue with multi-month research funding is that of price volatility. Because the XMR/USD conversion rate is subject to large changes over several months, neither donors nor I know what the actual value of donations will be when they are eventually paid out. To mitigate this and provide the most stability, **this request will be paid out in full when it is funded**. I am proud that my record of work for the Monero community speaks for itself, and I hope that I have earned your ongoing trust to continue that work. I will still continue to provide monthly research reports, just as I do now.
+
+I invite questions, comments, and discussions about this proposal, especially the new payout method. This community is exemplary for its steadfast support of research and development, and I offer my thanks to everyone who supports Monero in whatever way they choose. My goal is, as always, to help the project grow safely and surely. Onwards!

sarang-2019-q3.md

+---
+layout: cp
+title: "Sarang: research funding for 2019 Q3"
+author: Sarang Noether
+date: 3 June 2019
+amount: 355
+milestones:
+  - name: Funding is released
+    funds: 100% (355 XMR)
+    done: 14 June 2019
+    status: finished
+  - name: Work is done
+    funds: 0% (0 XMR)
+    done: 30 September 2019
+    status: finished
+payouts:
+  - date: 14 June 2019
+    amount: 355 XMR
+---
+Hello to you. This is Dr. Sarang Noether, requesting ongoing research funding for the next quarter. My current funding period is complete at the end of June, and I'm ready to go for another three months of research and development for the Monero Research Lab.
+
+My monthly reports for the current funding period are available, and I encourage you to read them:
+- [April](https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/merge_requests/34#note_5903)
+- [May](https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/merge_requests/34#note_6373)
+- June (forthcoming)
+
+The last few months have seen plenty of work on formalization and testing of new signature schemes, output selection, sublinear transaction protocols, Bulletproofs, input merging, and more.
+
+As always, the list of research topics of interest is constantly evolving! Some items of interest:
+- CLSAG review and deployment: Both the mathematics and implementation of the CLSAG signature scheme should be reviewed prior to deployment.
+- Analysis of sublinear transaction protocols: This includes Lelantus, RingCT3.0, and Omniring. Each presents different tradeoffs in efficiency, privacy, and usability.
+- Ristretto: The use of an abstraction layer may provide a useful way to take advantage of some of the efficiency and security benefits of this curve representation.
+- Output selection: There are aspects to this (like fixed output sets) that are of interest, especially as we look toward transaction protocols with larger practical anonymity sets.
+- Dynamic block size improvements: This is a holdover from my last request that there was not time to investigate properly.
+- Efficient circuit code: Several different scaling solutions to zero-knowledge circuit evaluation, from Bulletproofs to Spartan, are of interest.
+- Literature review: This is, as always, ongoing.
+- Outreach and education: These typically include episodes of Breaking Monero, Coffee Chats, and other avenues.
+- The unexpected: Research rarely goes precisely the way we expect, so it is important to stay on top of whatever new proposals or issues arise unexpectedly.
+
+As always, I work hard to provide value to the community and project for the value you provide here. For the funding period beginning July 2019 and continuing through September 2019, my request continues to be 10415 USD per month, my assessment of market compensation for an independent Ph.D. researcher in the United States with a record of quality work. Therefore, the request total is **355 XMR**, based on a 14-day exponential moving average of 88 USD/XMR taken from Kraken.
+
+**Please read this paragraph carefully.** As was done for my previous request, this request will be paid out in full immediately when it is funded. This greatly reduces the volatility that otherwise arises from being paid out over time for ongoing work, and ensures that the value of donations is the value that reaches me. I hope that my record of work for the project speaks for itself, and that I continue to earn your trust to continue that work.
+
+Comments, questions, and discussion about this proposal are welcome. This community continues to stand out as unique for its ongoing support of research and development, and I want to thank everyone who supports the project in whatever way they choose. Let's continue to build and improve Monero. Onwards!

sarang-2019-q4.md

+---
+layout: cp
+title: "Sarang: research funding for 2019 Q4"
+author: Sarang Noether
+date: 6 September 2019
+amount: 417
+milestones:
+  - name: Funding is released
+    funds: 100% (417 XMR)
+    done: 23 September 2019
+    status: finished
+  - name: Work is done
+    funds: 0% (0 XMR)
+    done: 31 December 2019
+    status: finished
+payouts:
+  - date: 23 September 2019
+    amount: 417
+---
+Hello! Dr. Sarang Noether here, excited to continue full-time research, development, and analysis in privacy-focused cryptography and applications. You can read my previous monthly reports for [July](https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/merge_requests/77#note_6916) and [August](https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/merge_requests/77#note_7105) to see what I've been up to recently.
+
+This funding request covers the period from September through December 2019. The next three months have a lot in store.
+- New proving systems. Recent preprints, notably [IACR 944](https://eprint.iacr.org/2019/944) and [IACR 969](https://eprint.iacr.org/2019/969), provide general and efficient ways to prove statements in zero knowledge. In addition to ongoing work on existing constructions tailored specifically to transaction models, these more general approaches could have interesting practical applications that deserve investigation and analysis.
+- Fall network upgrade. There is always plenty to do around upgrades relating to review and analysis.
+- Simulation methods. Graph matching and augmentation models are finally to the point where we can run simulations to investigate the analytical effects of user behavior.
+- Peer review. Papers for which I am coauthor need to undergo revision and review, which is always a lengthy process.
+
+And there is always more to do that arises unexpectedly. Expect code review, the usual updates and changes, outreach, literature review, proof-of-concept code and testing, documentation, and more.
+
+I work hard to provide value in my research for the value provided here. As before, this request is for the equivalent of 10415 USD monthly, my assessment of fair market compensation for an independent Ph.D. researcher in the United States. Therefore, using a 14-day EMA of 75 USD/XMR from Kraken, the request total is **417 XMR**. Further, note that this request will be paid in full as soon as it is funded, in order to reduce the effects of price fluctuations and ensure that contributed value is the value that reaches me.
+
+Questions, comments, and feedback about this request are welcome.

sarang-2020-q1.md

+---
+layout: cp
+title: "Sarang: research funding for 2020 Q1"
+author: Sarang Noether
+date: 16 December 2019
+amount: 695
+milestones:
+  - name: Funding is released
+    funds: 100% (695 XMR)
+    done: 9 January 2020
+    status: finished
+  - name: Work is done
+    funds: 0% (0 XMR)
+    done: 31 March 2020
+    status: finished
+payouts:
+  - date: 9 January 2020
+    amount: 695
+---
+Hello! Dr. Sarang Noether here, ready to continue full-time research, development, and analysis in privacy-focused cryptography and applications. You can read my previous monthly reports for [October](https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/merge_requests/96#note_7573) and [November](https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/merge_requests/96#note_7842) to see what I've been up to recently.
+
+This funding request covers the period from January through March 2020. There's plenty to do.
+- Protocol research. Most work will likely focus on continuing updates to security models, proofs, and preprints for [CLSAG](https://eprint.iacr.org/2019/654), [DLSAG](https://eprint.iacr.org/2019/595), and [Triptych](https://github.com/SarangNoether/skunkworks/tree/triptych). Additionally, I am working to add multisignature support for Triptych and [RingCT 3.0](https://eprint.iacr.org/2019/508) to extend functionality.
+- Graph-theoretic analysis. This research is ongoing with colleague Surae Noether, with a lot of new code and math to review relating to blockchain analysis.
+
+There is always plenty to do that arises unexpectedly. Expect code review, the usual updates and changes, outreach, literature review, proof-of-concept code and testing, documentation, and more.
+
+I work hard to provide value in my research for the value provided here. As before, this request is for the equivalent of 10415 USD monthly, my assessment of fair market compensation for an independent Ph.D. researcher in the United States. Therefore, using a 14-day EMA of 49.46 USD/XMR from Kraken with a 10% buffer to account for large recent volatility, the request total is **695 XMR**. Further, note that this request will be paid in full as soon as it is funded, in order to reduce the effects of price fluctuations and ensure that contributed value is the value that reaches me.
+
+Questions, comments, and feedback about this request are welcome.

sarang-2020-q2.md

+---
+layout: cp
+title: "Sarang: research funding for 2020 Q2"
+author: Sarang Noether
+date: 9 March 2020
+amount: 845
+milestones:
+  - name: Funding is released
+    funds: 100% (845 XMR)
+    done: 19 March 2020
+    status: finished
+  - name: Work is done
+    funds: 0% (0 XMR)
+    done:
+    status: unfinished
+payouts:
+  - date: 19 March 2020
+    amount: 845
+---
+Hello! Dr. Sarang Noether here, ready to continue full-time research, development, and analysis in privacy-focused cryptography and applications. You can read my previous monthly reports for [January](https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/110#note_8753) and [February](https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/110#note_9123) to see what I've been up to recently. A report for March is forthcoming at the end of this month.
+
+This funding request covers the period from April through June 2020. There's plenty to do.
+- CLSAG testing and deployment. The [CLSAG](https://eprint.iacr.org/2019/654) signature construction has undergone major work on its security model, development, and testing to make it faster and safer. It's expected to undergo final external review and deployment.
+- Triptych research and testing. The [Triptych](https://eprint.iacr.org/2020/018) proving system has been revised and released as a preprint. Research continues on a more efficient version that looks promising.
+- Protocol updates. Research is ongoing to determine safe and efficient ways to improve transaction privacy, fungibility, and functionality through things like improved multisignature support and cross-chain interactions.
+
+And of course, there is always research and development that arises as we go. Expect code review, the usual updates and changes, outreach, literature review, proof-of-concept code and testing, documentation, and more.
+
+I work hard to provide value in my research for the value provided here. As before, this request is for the equivalent of 10415 USD monthly, my assessment of fair market compensation for an independent Ph.D. researcher in the United States. Therefore, using a 7-day EMA of 48.80 USD/XMR from Kraken with a 10% buffer to account for recent major volatility, the request total is **704 XMR**. Further, note that this request will be paid in full as soon as it is funded, in order to reduce the effects of price fluctuations and ensure that contributed value is the value that reaches me.
+
+Questions, comments, and feedback about this request are welcome.

sarang-2020-q3.md

+---
+layout: cp
+title: "Sarang: research funding for 2020 Q3"
+author: Sarang Noether
+date: 28 May 2020
+amount: 518
+milestones:
+  - name: Funding is released
+    funds: 100% (475.21 XMR @ $65.75)
+    done: 22 June 2020
+    status: finished
+  - name: Work is done
+    funds: 0% (0 XMR)
+    done: 30 September 2020
+    status: finished
+payouts:
+  - date: 22 June 2020
+    amount: 475.21
+---
+Hello! Dr. Sarang Noether here, ready to continue full-time research, development, and analysis in privacy-focused cryptography and applications. You can read my previous monthly reports for [April](https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/131#note_9896) and [May](https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/131#note_9975) to see what I've been up to recently. A report for June is forthcoming at the end of the quarter.
+
+This funding request covers the period from July through September 2020. There's plenty to do, with a few big-ticket items in particular:
+- CLSAG audit. The [CLSAG](https://eprint.iacr.org/2019/654) audit planning process (which has been quite the endeavor) is being finalized, and I will coordinate the technical efforts for this process.
+- Arcturus applications. The [Arcturus](https://eprint.iacr.org/2020/312) proving system leads naturally to an efficient transaction protocol. Math and implementation involving multisignatures, cooperative signing, and anonymity set selection are ongoing.
+- Protocol improvements. As always, research and development are ongoing to determine safe and efficient ways to improve transaction privacy, fungibility, and functionality while mitigating different types of adversarial heuristics.
+
+And of course, there is always research and development that arises as we go. Expect code review, the usual updates and changes, outreach, literature review, proof-of-concept code and testing, documentation, and more.
+
+I work hard to provide value in my research for the value provided here. As before, this request is for the equivalent of 10415 USD monthly, my assessment of fair market compensation for an independent Ph.D. researcher in the United States. Therefore, using an SMA-20 of 66.37 USD/XMR from Kraken with a 10% volatility buffer, the request total is **518 XMR**. To reduce the effects of price fluctuation, the XMR equivalent of the USD total for this request will be used to determine the amount for full payment when the request is filled. Any shortfall or excess at that time will be taken up by the general fund, as agreed to by the Monero core team.
+
+Questions, comments, and feedback about this request are welcome.

sarang-vacations.md

+---
+layout: cp
+title: Sarang Vacation Days
+author: The Core Team
+date: October 8, 2020
+amount: 200
+milestones:
+  - name: Release the funds to sarang
+    funds: 100%
+    done: 14 October 2020
+    status: finished
+payouts:
+  - date: 14 October 2020
+    amount: 200.4
+---
+
+To the Monero Community,
+
+As many of you know, MRL's full time researcher, Sarang Noether stepped down from his position this past month. After looking back across the history of the project, we are humbled to realize he has been working on the Monero Project on and off, full time and part time, for over six years, three of which were in a full time position, paid for by the CCS. His initial proposal can still be viewed on the old Forum Funding System here: https://forum.getmonero.org/22/completed-tasks/87856/hire-mathematician-and-computational-physicist-to-join-research-team
+
+Because of the contractual nature of the CCS, the written proposals, and indeed, freelance work in general, many benefits offered by traditional jobs do not exist within the ecosystem. Benefits such as vacation days and paid time off. 
+
+While we do not expect to make a habit of this, we feel the length of time worked, the quality of work given, and the person themself are all worthy of breaking out of the traditional CCS mold to raise money for sarang to take some 'paid time off'. We understand that he has already made the decision to step back down, and this proposal is not trying to bring him back into the fold (although we would of course be thrilled if one day he returned), but rather to give what we feel is due for six years of labor.
+
+We ask the community to crowdfund 200 XMR that we can give him, so his initial days after his departure can be restful and he would not have to worry about making money to live.
+
+This proposal will remain open in funding required for one month or until the goal is met. Whichever comes first. After either condition is met, the funds will be given to sarang, including any overfunding.
+
+We hope the community will join us in doing good for someone who has done so much good for us.
+
+The Monero Core Team

savandra-videos-for-monero.md

+---
+layout: cp
+title: New Animated Videos
+author: savandra
+date: April 7, 2022
+amount: 45
+milestones:
+  - name: Complete Video 1
+    funds: 20% (9 XMR)
+    done: 22 March 2023
+    status: finished
+  - name: Complete Video 2
+    funds: 20% (9 XMR)
+    done:
+    status: unfinished
+  - name: Complete Video 3
+    funds: 20% (9 XMR)
+    done:
+    status: unfinished
+  - name: Complete Video 4
+    funds: 20% (9 XMR)
+    done:
+    status: unfinished
+  - name: Complete Video 5
+    funds: 20% (9 XMR)
+    done:
+    status: unfinished
+payouts:
+  - date: 3 April 2023
+    amount: 9
+  - date:
+    amount:
+  - date:
+    amount:
+  - date:
+    amount:
+  - date:
+    amount:
+---
+
+### Proposal closed
+
+The remaining funds (36XMR) have been absorbed by https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/VOSTOEMISIO-Continuation-of-Core-Monero-Concepts-A-Series-of-Animated-Explainers.html
+
+Hello guys,
+
+It's savandra, who created animated explainer videos,
+
+here's a link to our channel.
+
+I contacted u/dsmlegend, https://www.reddit.com/u/dsmlegend/ and he developed an awesome draft of probably anything should be covered on the topic (though it's a bit business-focused).
+
+Here's a link to the document https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnjUpT9gGxyQ_lud7uKoTCg
+
+I'd like to add, that since then, we improved on the animations a lot and we hope Monero will benefit from it!
+
+
+Our proposal is to be billed per minute of the animation, which covers:
+
+script development ( with implementing all the feedback from the community)
+
+illustrations development
+
+animations
+
+voice-over
+
+sound effects
+
+Considering the above, I think $400 per minute of the animation should work out nicely.
+Also, it's been a while since the last video, so let me know if there are any updates on how the pitch should be handled.
+
+It is expected to complete one video a month
+An expiration date for the proposal: June, 7

selsta-10p.md

+---
+layout: cp
+title: selsta part-time monero development (3 months) (10)
+author: selsta
+date: 31 July 2023
+amount: 115
+milestones:
+  - name: August
+    funds: 33% (39 XMR)
+    done: 7 September 2023
+    status: finished
+  - name: September
+    funds: 33% (38 XMR)
+    done: 3 October 2023
+    status: finished
+  - name: October
+    funds: 33% (38 XMR)
+    done: 2 November 2023
+    status: finished
+payouts:
+  - date: 12 September 2023
+    amount: 39
+  - date: 3 November 2023
+    amount: 76
+---
+
+## What
+
+- Continue the planning of a network upgrade with RandomX changes (https://github.com/monero-project/monero/issues/8827) and Bulletproofs++
+- Smaller dev work on CLI and GUI
+  - Put effort where necessary
+- Testing and reviewing pull requests (CLI, GUI, site)
+- Monero release engineering for CLI and GUI
+  - Organizing what goes into a release
+  - Compiling CLI and GUI, packaging for distribution
+  - Writing release notes
+- Misc work (user support, issue tracker maintanace, HackerOne)
+
+## Who
+
+selsta, I have been contributing to monero since around 2018 with over 628 merged commits. Here is a list of my previous work:
+
+- CLI contributions: https://github.com/monero-project/monero/pulls?q=is%3Apr+author%3Aselsta
+- GUI contributions: https://github.com/monero-project/monero-gui/pulls?q=is%3Apr+author%3Aselsta
+- Previous CCS: https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/selsta-9p.html
+
+If funded I will provide monthly updates in the CCS comment section.
+
+## Proposal
+
+Work for 30 hours per week over the next 3 months (from August to end of October) at a rate of 45€ / hour. At 141€ / XMR this makes 115 XMR.

selsta-11p.md

+---
+layout: cp
+title: selsta part-time monero development (3 months) (11)
+author: selsta
+date: 02 November 2023
+amount: 105
+milestones:
+  - name: November
+    funds: 33% (35 XMR)
+    done: 12 December 2023
+    status: finished
+  - name: December
+    funds: 33% (35 XMR)
+    done: 1 January 2024
+    status: finished
+  - name: January
+    funds: 33% (35 XMR)
+    done: 2 February 2024
+    status: finished
+payouts:
+  - date: 2 January 2024
+    amount: 70
+  - date: 15 February 2024
+    amount: 35
+---
+
+## What
+
+- Continue the planning of a network upgrade with RandomX changes (https://github.com/monero-project/monero/issues/8827) and Bulletproofs++
+- Smaller dev work on CLI and GUI
+  - Put effort where necessary
+- Testing and reviewing pull requests (CLI, GUI, site)
+- Monero release engineering for CLI and GUI
+  - Organizing what goes into a release
+  - Compiling CLI and GUI, packaging for distribution
+  - Writing release notes
+- Misc work (user support, issue tracker maintanace, HackerOne)
+
+## Who
+
+selsta, I have been contributing to monero since around 2018 with over 645 merged commits. Here is a list of my previous work:
+
+- CLI contributions: https://github.com/monero-project/monero/pulls?q=is%3Apr+author%3Aselsta
+- GUI contributions: https://github.com/monero-project/monero-gui/pulls?q=is%3Apr+author%3Aselsta
+- Previous CCS: https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/selsta-10p.html
+
+If funded I will provide monthly updates in the CCS comment section.
+
+## Proposal
+
+Work for 30 hours per week over the next 3 months (from November to end of January) at a rate of 45€ / hour. At 154€ / XMR (14-day EMA) this makes 105 XMR.

selsta-12p.md

+---
+layout: cp
+title: selsta part-time monero development (3 months) (12)
+author: selsta
+date: 02 February 2023
+amount: 153
+milestones:
+  - name: Februrary
+    funds: 33% (51 XMR)
+    done: 4 March 2024
+    status: finished
+  - name: March
+    funds: 33% (51 XMR)
+    done: 1 April 2024
+    status: finished
+  - name: April
+    funds: 33% (51 XMR)
+    done: 30 April 2024
+    status: finished
+payouts:
+  - date: 7 March 2024
+    amount: 51
+  - date: 9 April 2024
+    amount: 51
+  - date: 3 May 2024
+    amount: 51
+---
+
+## What
+
+- Continue the planning of a network upgrade with RandomX changes (https://github.com/monero-project/monero/issues/8827) and Bulletproofs++
+- Smaller dev work on CLI and GUI
+  - Put effort where necessary
+- Testing and reviewing pull requests (CLI, GUI, site)
+- Monero release engineering for CLI and GUI
+  - Organizing what goes into a release
+  - Compiling CLI and GUI, packaging for distribution
+  - Writing release notes
+- Misc work (user support, issue tracker maintanace, HackerOne)
+
+## Who
+
+selsta, I have been contributing to monero since around 2018 with over 656 merged commits. Here is a list of my previous work:
+
+- CLI contributions: https://github.com/monero-project/monero/pulls?q=is%3Apr+author%3Aselsta
+- GUI contributions: https://github.com/monero-project/monero-gui/pulls?q=is%3Apr+author%3Aselsta
+- Previous CCS: https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/selsta-11p.html
+
+If funded I will provide monthly updates in the CCS comment section.
+
+## Proposal
+
+Work for 30 hours per week over the next 3 months (from Februrary to end of April) at a rate of 50€ / hour. At 118€ / XMR this makes ~153 XMR.

selsta-13p.md

+---
+layout: cp
+title: selsta part-time monero development (3 months) (13)
+author: selsta
+date: 01 May 2023
+amount: 159
+milestones:
+  - name: May
+    funds: 33% (53 XMR)
+    done: 31 May 2024
+    status: finished
+  - name: June
+    funds: 33% (53 XMR)
+    done: 4 July 2024
+    status: finished
+  - name: July
+    funds: 33% (53 XMR)
+    done: 3 August 2024
+    status: finished
+payouts:
+  - date: 9 June 2024
+    amount: 53
+  - date: 16 July 2024
+    amount: 53
+  - date: 11 August 2024
+    amount: 53
+---
+
+## What
+
+- Smaller dev work on CLI and GUI
+  - Put effort where necessary
+- Testing and reviewing pull requests (CLI, GUI, site)
+- Monero release engineering for CLI and GUI
+  - Organizing what goes into a release
+  - Compiling CLI and GUI, packaging for distribution
+  - Writing release notes
+- Misc work (user support, issue tracker maintanace, HackerOne)
+
+## Who
+
+selsta, I have been contributing to monero since around 2018 with over 663 merged commits. Here is a list of my previous work:
+
+- CLI contributions: https://github.com/monero-project/monero/pulls?q=is%3Apr+author%3Aselsta
+- GUI contributions: https://github.com/monero-project/monero-gui/pulls?q=is%3Apr+author%3Aselsta
+- Previous CCS: https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/selsta-12p.html
+
+If funded I will provide monthly updates in the CCS comment section.
+
+## Proposal
+
+Work for 30 hours per week over the next 3 months (from May to end of July) at a rate of 50€ / hour. At 113€ / XMR (14-day EMA) this makes ~159 XMR.

selsta-14p.md

+---
+layout: cp
+title: selsta part-time monero development (3 months) (14)
+author: selsta
+date: 03 August 2024
+amount: 134
+milestones:
+  - name: August
+    funds: 33% (45 XMR)
+    done: 6 September 2024
+    status: finished
+  - name: September
+    funds: 33% (45 XMR)
+    done: 5 October 2024
+    status: finished
+  - name: October
+    funds: 33% (44 XMR)
+    done: 30 October 2024
+    status: finished
+payouts:
+  - date: 10 September 2024
+    amount: 45
+  - date: 10 October 2024
+    amount: 45
+  - date: 30 October 2024
+    amount: 44
+---
+
+## What
+
+- Smaller dev work on CLI and GUI
+  - Put effort where necessary
+- Testing and reviewing pull requests (CLI, GUI, site)
+- Monero release engineering for CLI and GUI
+  - Organizing what goes into a release
+  - Compiling CLI and GUI, packaging for distribution
+  - Writing release notes
+- Misc work (user support, issue tracker maintanace, HackerOne)
+
+## Who
+
+selsta, I have been contributing to monero since around 2018 with over 670 merged commits. Here is a list of my previous work:
+
+- CLI contributions: https://github.com/monero-project/monero/pulls?q=is%3Apr+author%3Aselsta
+- GUI contributions: https://github.com/monero-project/monero-gui/pulls?q=is%3Apr+author%3Aselsta
+- Previous CCS: https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/selsta-13p.html
+
+If funded I will provide monthly updates in the CCS comment section.
+
+## Proposal
+
+Work for 30 hours per week over the next 3 months (from August to end of October) at a rate of 50€ / hour. At 134€ / XMR this makes ~134 XMR.

selsta-15p.md

+---
+layout: cp
+title: selsta part-time monero development (3 months) (15)
+author: selsta
+date: November 28, 2024
+amount: 130
+milestones:
+  - name: December
+    funds: 33% (44 XMR)
+    done: 14 January 2025
+    status: finished
+  - name: January
+    funds: 33% (43 XMR)
+    done: 11 February 2025
+    status: finished
+  - name: Feburary
+    funds: 33% (43 XMR)
+    done: 10 March 2025
+    status: finished
+payouts:
+  - date: 22 January 2025
+    amount: 44
+  - date: 24 February 2025
+    amount: 44
+  - date: 19 March 2025
+    amount: 44
+---
+
+## What
+
+- Smaller dev work on CLI and GUI
+  - Put effort where necessary
+- Testing and reviewing pull requests (CLI, GUI, site)
+- Monero release engineering for CLI and GUI
+  - Organizing what goes into a release
+  - Compiling CLI and GUI, packaging for distribution
+  - Writing release notes
+- Misc work (user support, issue tracker maintanace, HackerOne)
+
+## Who
+
+selsta, I have been contributing to monero since around 2018 with over 677 merged commits. Here is a list of my previous work:
+
+- CLI contributions: https://github.com/monero-project/monero/pulls?q=is%3Apr+author%3Aselsta
+- GUI contributions: https://github.com/monero-project/monero-gui/pulls?q=is%3Apr+author%3Aselsta
+- Previous CCS: https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/selsta-14p.html
+
+If funded I will provide monthly updates in the CCS comment section.
+
+## Proposal
+
+Work for 30 hours per week over the next 3 months (from December to end of Feburary) at a rate of 50€ / hour. At 150€ / XMR this makes ~130 XMR.

selsta-16p.md

+---
+layout: wip
+title: selsta part-time monero development (3 months) (16)
+author: selsta
+date: March 2, 2025
+amount: 104.1
+milestones:
+  - name: March
+    funds: 33% (34.7 XMR)
+    done:
+    status: unfinished
+  - name: April
+    funds: 33% (34.7 XMR)
+    done:
+    status: unfinished
+  - name: May
+    funds: 33% (34.7 XMR)
+    done:
+    status: unfinished
+payouts:
+  - date:
+    amount:
+  - date:
+    amount:
+  - date:
+    amount:
+---
+
+## What
+
+- Smaller dev work on CLI and GUI
+  - Put effort where necessary
+- Testing and reviewing pull requests (CLI, GUI, site)
+- Monero release engineering for CLI and GUI
+  - Organizing what goes into a release
+  - Compiling CLI and GUI, packaging for distribution
+  - Writing release notes
+- Misc work (user support, issue tracker maintanace, HackerOne)
+
+## Who
+
+selsta, I have been contributing to monero since around 2018 with over 683 merged commits. Here is a list of my previous work:
+
+- CLI contributions: https://github.com/monero-project/monero/pulls?q=is%3Apr+author%3Aselsta
+- GUI contributions: https://github.com/monero-project/monero-gui/pulls?q=is%3Apr+author%3Aselsta
+- Previous CCS: https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/selsta-15p.html
+
+If funded I will provide monthly updates in the CCS comment section.
+
+## Proposal
+
+Work for 30 hours per week over the next 3 months (from March to end of May) at a rate of 50€ / hour. At 188€ / XMR this makes ~104.10 XMR.

selsta-1p.md

+---
+layout: cp
+title: selsta part-time monero development (3 months) (1)
+author: selsta
+date: 8 Apr 2021
+amount: 76
+milestones:
+  - name: April
+    funds: 33% (26 XMR)
+    done: 18 May 2021
+    status: finished
+  - name: May
+    funds: 33% (25 XMR)
+    done: 31 May 2021
+    status: finished
+  - name: June
+    funds: 33% (25 XMR)
+    done: 30 June 2021
+    status: finished
+payouts:
+  - date: 21 May 2021
+    amount: 26
+  - date: 15 June 2021
+    amount: 25
+  - date: 26 July 2021
+    amount: 25
+---
+
+## What
+
+- Smaller dev work on CLI and GUI
+  - Some ideas I want to work on
+    - Update monero unbound submodule to upstream (CLI)
+    - Set up a depends package source backup (CLI)
+    - Fix clang warnings (CLI)
+    - Set minimum Qt version to 5.12, cleanup codebase and cmake file (GUI)
+    - Fix small design inconsistencies (GUI)
+  - Put effort where necessary
+- Testing and reviewing pull requests (CLI, GUI, site)
+- Monero release engineering for CLI and GUI
+  - Organizing what goes into a release
+  - Compiling CLI and GUI, packaging for distribution
+  - Writing release notes
+- Misc work (user support, issue tracker maintanace)
+
+## Who
+
+selsta, I have been contributing to monero since around 2018 with over 340 merged commits. Here is a list of my previous work:
+
+- CLI contributions: https://github.com/monero-project/monero/pulls?q=is%3Apr+author%3Aselsta
+- GUI contributions: https://github.com/monero-project/monero-gui/pulls?q=is%3Apr+author%3Aselsta
+
+If funded I will provide monthly updates in the CCS comment section.
+
+## Proposal
+
+Work for 30 hours per week over the next 3 months (from Mid April to Mid June) at a rate of 45€ / hour. At 212€ / XMR (14 day EMA) this makes 76 XMR.

selsta-2p.md

+---
+layout: cp
+title: selsta part-time monero development (3 months) (2)
+author: selsta
+date: 8 Jul 2021
+amount: 90
+milestones:
+  - name: July
+    funds: 33% (30 XMR)
+    done: 31 July 2021
+    status: finished
+  - name: August
+    funds: 33% (30 XMR)
+    done: 31 August 2021
+    status: finished
+  - name: September
+    funds: 33% (30 XMR)
+    done: 30 September 2021
+    status: finished
+payouts:
+  - date: 17 August 2021
+    amount: 30
+  - date: 15 September 2021
+    amount: 30
+  - date: 15 October 2021
+    amount: 30
+---
+
+## What
+
+- Smaller dev work on CLI and GUI
+  - Some things I worked on last proposal
+    - Remove outdated monero unbound submodule, update it for deterministic builds (CLI)
+    - Set up a depends package source backup (CLI)
+    - Fix clang warnings (CLI)
+    - Add support for outputs import / export (GUI)
+    - Set minimum Qt version to 5.12, cleanup codebase and cmake file (GUI)
+    - Fix small design inconsistencies (GUI)
+    - Re-add password strength meter (GUI)
+  - Put effort where necessary
+- Testing and reviewing pull requests (CLI, GUI, site)
+- Monero release engineering for CLI and GUI
+  - Organizing what goes into a release
+  - Compiling CLI and GUI, packaging for distribution
+  - Writing release notes
+- Misc work (user support, issue tracker maintanace)
+
+## Who
+
+selsta, I have been contributing to monero since around 2018 with over 420 merged commits. Here is a list of my previous work:
+
+- CLI contributions: https://github.com/monero-project/monero/pulls?q=is%3Apr+author%3Aselsta
+- GUI contributions: https://github.com/monero-project/monero-gui/pulls?q=is%3Apr+author%3Aselsta
+- Previous CCS: https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/selsta-1p.html
+
+If funded I will provide monthly updates in the CCS comment section.
+
+## Proposal
+
+Work for 30 hours per week over the next 3 months (from Mid July to Mid September) at a rate of 45€ / hour. At 180€ / XMR (14 day EMA) this makes 90 XMR.

selsta-3p.md

+---
+layout: cp
+title: selsta part-time monero development (3 months) (3)
+author: selsta
+date: 7 Oct 2021
+amount: 75
+milestones:
+  - name: October
+    funds: 33% (25 XMR)
+    done: 31 October 2021
+    status: finished
+  - name: November
+    funds: 33% (25 XMR)
+    done: 30 November 2021
+    status: finished
+  - name: December
+    funds: 33% (25 XMR)
+    done: 31 December 2021
+    status: unfinished
+payouts:
+  - date: 16 November 2021
+    amount: 25
+  - date: 19 December 2021
+    amount: 25
+  - date: 16 January 2022
+    amount: 25
+---
+
+## What
+
+- Focus on preparing the next network update
+- Release v0.17.3.0 with P2Pool changes and `--proxy` flag
+- Smaller dev work on CLI and GUI
+  - Put effort where necessary
+- Testing and reviewing pull requests (CLI, GUI, site)
+- Monero release engineering for CLI and GUI
+  - Organizing what goes into a release
+  - Compiling CLI and GUI, packaging for distribution
+  - Writing release notes
+- Misc work (user support, issue tracker maintanace, HackerOne)
+
+## Who
+
+selsta, I have been contributing to monero since around 2018 with over 470 merged commits. Here is a list of my previous work:
+
+- CLI contributions: https://github.com/monero-project/monero/pulls?q=is%3Apr+author%3Aselsta
+- GUI contributions: https://github.com/monero-project/monero-gui/pulls?q=is%3Apr+author%3Aselsta
+- Previous CCS: https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/selsta-2p.html
+
+If funded I will provide monthly updates in the CCS comment section.
+
+## Proposal
+
+Work for 30 hours per week over the next 3 months (from mid-October to mid-December) at a rate of 45€ / hour. At 216€ / XMR (14 day EMA) this makes 75 XMR.

selsta-4p.md

+---
+layout: cp
+title: selsta part-time monero development (3 months) (4)
+author: selsta
+date: 12 Jan 2022
+amount: 95
+milestones:
+  - name: January
+    funds: 33% (32 XMR)
+    done: 31 January 2022
+    status: finished
+  - name: February
+    funds: 33% (32 XMR)
+    done: 28 February 2022
+    status: finished
+  - name: March
+    funds: 33% (31 XMR)
+    done: 31 March 2022
+    status: finished
+payouts:
+  - date: 22 February 2022
+    amount: 32
+  - date: 22 March 2022
+    amount: 32
+  - date: 18 April 2022
+    amount: 31
+---
+
+## What
+
+- Focus on preparing the next network update
+- Put out an update with multisig fixes
+- Smaller dev work on CLI and GUI
+  - Put effort where necessary
+- Testing and reviewing pull requests (CLI, GUI, site)
+- Monero release engineering for CLI and GUI
+  - Organizing what goes into a release
+  - Compiling CLI and GUI, packaging for distribution
+  - Writing release notes
+- Misc work (user support, issue tracker maintanace, HackerOne)
+
+## Who
+
+selsta, I have been contributing to monero since around 2018 with over 500 merged commits. Here is a list of my previous work:
+
+- CLI contributions: https://github.com/monero-project/monero/pulls?q=is%3Apr+author%3Aselsta
+- GUI contributions: https://github.com/monero-project/monero-gui/pulls?q=is%3Apr+author%3Aselsta
+- Previous CCS: https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/selsta-3p.html
+
+If funded I will provide monthly updates in the CCS comment section.
+
+## Proposal
+
+Work for 30 hours per week over the next 3 months (from mid-January to mid-March) at a rate of 45€ / hour. At 170€ / XMR (7 day EMA) this makes 95 XMR.

selsta-5p.md

+---
+layout: cp
+title: selsta part-time monero development (3 months) (5)
+author: selsta
+date: 18 Apr 2022
+amount: 75
+milestones:
+  - name: May
+    funds: 33% (25 XMR)
+    done: 31 May 2022
+    status: finished
+  - name: June
+    funds: 33% (25 XMR)
+    done: 30 June 2022
+    status: finished
+  - name: July
+    funds: 33% (25 XMR)
+    done: 31 July 2022
+    status: finished
+payouts:
+  - date: 13 June 2022
+    amount: 25
+  - date: 6 July 2022
+    amount: 25
+  - date: 4 August 2022
+    amount: 25
+---
+
+## What
+
+- Focus on preparing the next network update (Bulletproofs+, view tags, multisig fixes, ...)
+- Smaller dev work on CLI and GUI
+  - Put effort where necessary
+- Testing and reviewing pull requests (CLI, GUI, site)
+- Monero release engineering for CLI and GUI
+  - Organizing what goes into a release
+  - Compiling CLI and GUI, packaging for distribution
+  - Writing release notes
+- Misc work (user support, issue tracker maintanace, HackerOne)
+
+## Who
+
+selsta, I have been contributing to monero since around 2018 with over 525 merged commits. Here is a list of my previous work:
+
+- CLI contributions: https://github.com/monero-project/monero/pulls?q=is%3Apr+author%3Aselsta
+- GUI contributions: https://github.com/monero-project/monero-gui/pulls?q=is%3Apr+author%3Aselsta
+- Previous CCS: https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/selsta-4p.html
+
+If funded I will provide monthly updates in the CCS comment section.
+
+## Proposal
+
+Work for 30 hours per week over the next 3 months (from May to end of July) at a rate of 45€ / hour. At 214€ / XMR (14 day EMA) this makes 75 XMR.