df-wallet-development-2.md

+---
+layout: cp
+title: dangerousfreedom - wallet development 2 
+author: DangerousFreedom
+date: February 26, 2022
+amount: 31 
+milestones:
+  - name: deliver of proposed wallet functions
+    funds: 31
+    done: 19 September 2023
+    status: finished
+payouts:
+  - date: 30 November 2023
+    amount: 31
+---
+
+## What and Why ?
+
+Transaction history component with knowledge proofs
+
+The idea is to collect transaction records (both for legacy and seraphis) authored by the wallet in order to provide the user the information he wants to look back. This component should import or update authored txs by looking at their enote's key-image and spent status. 
+
+The plan is to go in the direction of building a component to handle transactions by integrating the following non-comprehensive list of equivalent wallet2 methods into a component: get_transfers, get_payments, get_payments_out, get_unconfirmed_payments_out, get_unconfirmed_payments, export_outputs, import_outputs, import_outputs_from_str, export_payments, import_payments, import_payments_out, get_num_transfer_details, transfer_details, get_tx_proof, check_tx_proof, get_spend_proof, check_spend_proof, get_reserve_proof, check_reserve_proof.
+
+An initial discussion about this topic can be found [here](https://github.com/seraphis-migration/wallet3/issues/49).
+
+Since some of these functions are not purely wallet functions as they depend on a daemon, I expect to help and get help to properly interface them with a proto daemon.
+
+All the efforts will be documented and unit_tests will be provided whenever possible.
+
+## Who?
+
+- I did [this](https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/298) and [this](https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/344) previous works and I believe I'm sharpening my skills and understanding of Jamtis and Seraphis to accomplish this work as described. 
+
+I propose to work for 30 USD per hour, 20h per week, for 8 weeks (2 months). Which makes 31 XMR considering 155 USD/XMR.

erciccione-website5.md

 ---
-layout: wip
+layout: cp
 title: "ErCiccione: 3 more months part time work on Getmonero.org (April-June) + Holiday"
 author: erciccione
 date: 11 April 2021

erciccione-website7.md

 ---
-layout: wip
+layout: cp
 title: "ErCiccione: 3 more months part time work on Getmonero.org (flexible)"
 author: erciccione
 date: 11 October 2021
@@ -11,17 +11,19 @@ milestones:
     status: finished
   - name: Second month
     funds: 11
-    done: 
-    status: unfinished
+    done: 21 October 2022
+    status: finished
   - name: Third month
     funds: 11
-    done:
-    status: unfinished
+    done: 30 October 2023
+    status: finished
 payouts:
   - date: 6 January 2022
     amount: 11
-  - date:
-    amount:
+  - date: 25 October 2022
+    amount: 11
+  - date: 6 November 2023
+    amount: 11
 ---
 
 I'm proposing to continue my part time work on Getmonero.org (monero-site repository), 20 hours a week for 3 more months worth of work. This is a flexible ccs proposal: The 3 months of work will not be done linearly as done up to now, but they will be distributed according to my availability. Note that i still want to complete the work on the moneropedia soon, so at least initially i will work as done until now and the flexible part of this ccs will start later on.

escapethe3ra-monero-observer-2023-q4.md

+---
+layout: cp
+title: escapethe3RA Monero Observer maintenance (2023 Q4)
+author: escapethe3RA
+date: Oct 12, 2023
+amount: 39
+milestones:
+  - name: October
+    funds: 13
+    done: 1 November 2023
+    status: finished
+  - name: November
+    funds: 13
+    done: 1 December 2023
+    status: finished
+  - name: December
+    funds: 13
+    done: 1 January 2024
+    status: finished
+payouts:
+  - date: 7 January 2024
+    amount: 39
+---
+
+# What
+
+I will continue to maintain *Monero Observer* (https://monero.observer) for the next 3 months (2023 Q4): October, November and December.
+
+Tasks:
+
+- Daily: search, curate, structure and post new reports/stories
+- Daily: update reports, stats, changelog
+- Daily/As Needed: post new *MO Community Messages*
+- Daily/As Needed: post new *MO Resources*
+- Daily/As Needed: post new *MO Calendar Events*
+- Weekly (Sunday): publish the *Monero Dev Activity Report*
+- Weekly (Saturday): publish the *MO Artistic Saturday Top 5 Report*
+- Monthly/As Needed: publish the *MO Cypherpunk Transmission Report*
+- Monthly (1st): publish the *MO Blitz Report*
+- As Needed: housekeeping (revise and update reports)
+- As Needed: outreach (engage with the community on Matrix, Reddit, XMPP, emails)
+- As Needed: make sure the website is live and working as expected (server maintenance, billing, etc)
+- Optional/bonus: publish new Monero and privacy related guides, meeting logs and summaries, add new features, improvements and website sections, start new community initiatives
+
+# Who
+
+escapethe3RA, I have started contributing to the Monero ecosystem in August 2021 with Monero Observer and other smaller projects:
+
+- published 1926 x daily MO stories/reports (https://monero.observer/stories)
+- published 960 x on demand MO Community Messages (https://.monero.observer/tag/community)
+- published 22 x monthly MO Blitz reports (https://monero.observer/tag/blitz)
+- published 67 x weekly Monero Dev Activity Reports (https://monero.observer/tag/dev)
+- published 56 x weekly MO XMR TA reports (https://monero.observer/tag/analysis)
+- published 72 x weekly MO Artistic Saturday Top 5 Reports (https://monero.observer/tag/art)
+- published 21 x on demand Monero Workgroup Meeting Log Summaries & uploaded 100 meeting logs to MO (https://monero.observer/tag/logs/)
+- published 16 x on demand MO Cypherpunk Transmission reports (https://monero.observer/tag/CT)
+- added 295 x on demand MO Resources (https://monero.observer/resources)
+- created several Monero, privacy and security related guides (https://monero.observer/tag/guides/, https://monero.observer/verify-install-update-monero-cli-wallet-linux-guide/, https://monero.observer/ultimate-guide-new-monero-contributors/, https://monero.observer/gpg-cleartext-signatures/, https://monero.observer/gpg-generate-full-keypair/, https://monero.observer/list-anon-email-service-providers/, https://monero.observer/read-monero-observer-terminal-newsboat/, https://monero.observer/monero-cli-wallet-cheat-sheet/)
+- redesigned *Monero Means Money* website, donated bounty to GF (https://moneromeans.money/, https://github.com/escapethe3RA/monero-means-money/)
+- started MO Community Messages, Monero Dev Activity Report, XMR TA Report, MO Artistic Saturday, and Cypherpunk Transmission initiatives (https://monero.observer/tag/community, https://monero.observer/tag/dev/, https://monero.observer/tag/analysis, https://monero.observer/tag/art, https://monero.observer/tag/CT)
+- added MO XMR Stats section (https://monero.observer/stats/)
+- added MO Resources section (https://monero.observer/resources/)
+- added MO Calendar section (https://monero.observer/tag/calendar/)
+- added MO Blacklist section (https://monero.observer/blacklist/)
+- added multiple RSS feeds (https://monero.observer/rss/)
+- started self-hosting a terminal-based git server containing the MO UI source code (https://monero.observer/monero-observer-self-hosted-git-server/)
+- created a hidden service for MO (https://monero.observer/monero-observer-new-server-hidden-service/)
+- other project improvements (https://monero.observer/changelog/)
+ 
+# Proposal
+
+I will work for 25 hours per week over 3 months at a rate of 0.13 XMR / hour. At $150 / XMR (21 daily EMA) this makes 39 XMR (0.13 * 100 * 3).

escapethe3ra-monero-observer-2024-q1.md

+---
+layout: cp
+title: escapethe3RA Monero Observer maintenance (2024 Q1)
+author: escapethe3RA
+date: Jan 19, 2024
+amount: 36
+milestones:
+  - name: January
+    funds: 12
+    done: 31 January 2024
+    status: finished
+  - name: February
+    funds: 12
+    done: 29 February 2024
+    status: finished
+  - name: March
+    funds: 12
+    done: 31 March 2024
+    status: finished
+payouts:
+  - date: 9 April 2024
+    amount: 36
+---
+
+# What
+
+I will continue to maintain *Monero Observer* (https://monero.observer) for the next 3 months (2024 Q1): January, February and March.
+
+Tasks:
+
+- Daily: search, curate, structure and post new reports/stories
+- Daily: update reports, stats, changelog
+- Daily/As Needed: post new *MO Community Messages*
+- Daily/As Needed: post new *MO Resources*
+- Daily/As Needed: post new *MO Calendar Events*
+- Weekly (Sunday): publish the *Monero Dev Activity Report*
+- Weekly (Saturday): publish the *MO Artistic Saturday Top 5 Report*
+- Monthly/As Needed: publish the *MO Cypherpunk Transmission Report*
+- Monthly (1st): publish the *MO Blitz Report*
+- As Needed: housekeeping (revise and update reports)
+- As Needed: outreach (engage with the community on Matrix, XMPP, email)
+- As Needed: make sure the website is live and working as expected (server maintenance, billing, etc)
+- Optional/bonus: publish new Monero and privacy related guides, meeting logs and summaries, add new features, improvements and website sections, start new community initiatives
+
+# Who
+
+escapethe3RA, I have started contributing to the Monero ecosystem in August 2021 with Monero Observer and other smaller projects:
+
+- published 2250 x daily MO stories/reports (https://monero.observer/stories)
+- published 1087 x on demand MO Community Messages (https://.monero.observer/tag/community)
+- published 25 x monthly MO Blitz reports (https://monero.observer/tag/blitz)
+- published 81 x weekly Monero Dev Activity Reports (https://monero.observer/tag/dev)
+- published 86 x weekly MO Artistic Saturday Top 5 Reports (https://monero.observer/tag/art)
+- published 56 x weekly MO XMR TA reports (https://monero.observer/tag/analysis)
+- published 24 x on demand Monero Workgroup Meeting Log Summaries & uploaded 195 meeting logs to MO (https://monero.observer/tag/logs/)
+- published 17 x on demand MO Cypherpunk Transmission reports (https://monero.observer/tag/CT)
+- added 305 x on demand MO Resources (https://monero.observer/resources)
+- posted 295 x on demand Calendar events (https://monero.observer/tag/calendar)
+- created several Monero, privacy and security related guides (https://monero.observer/tag/guides/, https://monero.observer/verify-install-update-monero-cli-wallet-linux-guide/, https://monero.observer/ultimate-guide-new-monero-contributors/, https://monero.observer/gpg-cleartext-signatures/, https://monero.observer/gpg-generate-full-keypair/, https://monero.observer/list-anon-email-service-providers/, https://monero.observer/read-monero-observer-terminal-newsboat/, https://monero.observer/monero-cli-wallet-cheat-sheet/)
+- redesigned *Monero Means Money* website, donated bounty to GF (https://moneromeans.money/, https://github.com/escapethe3RA/monero-means-money/)
+- started MO Community Messages, Monero Dev Activity Report, XMR TA Report, MO Artistic Saturday, and Cypherpunk Transmission initiatives (https://monero.observer/tag/community, https://monero.observer/tag/dev/, https://monero.observer/tag/analysis, https://monero.observer/tag/art, https://monero.observer/tag/CT)
+- added MO XMR Stats section (https://monero.observer/stats/)
+- added MO Resources section (https://monero.observer/resources/)
+- added MO Calendar section (https://monero.observer/tag/calendar/)
+- added MO Blacklist section (https://monero.observer/blacklist/)
+- added multiple RSS feeds (https://monero.observer/rss/)
+- started self-hosting a terminal-based git server containing the MO UI source code (https://monero.observer/monero-observer-self-hosted-git-server/)
+- created a hidden service for MO (https://monero.observer/monero-observer-new-server-hidden-service/)
+- other project improvements (https://monero.observer/changelog/)
+ 
+# Proposal
+
+I will work for 25 hours per week over 3 months at a rate of 0.12 XMR / hour. At ~$160 / XMR (21 daily EMA) this makes 36 XMR (0.12 * 100 * 3).

escapethe3ra-monero-observer-2024-q2.md

+---
+layout: cp
+title: escapethe3RA Monero Observer maintenance (2024 Q2)
+author: escapethe3RA
+date: Apr 11, 2024
+amount: 48
+milestones:
+  - name: April
+    funds: 16
+    done: 2 May 2024
+    status: finished
+  - name: May
+    funds: 16
+    done: 1 June 2024
+    status: finished
+  - name: June
+    funds: 16
+    done: 1 July 2024
+    status: finished
+payouts:
+  - date: 18 May 2024
+    amount: 16
+  - date: 17 June 2024
+    amount: 16
+  - date: 16 July 2024
+    amount: 16
+---
+
+# What
+
+I will continue to maintain *Monero Observer* (https://monero.observer) for the next 3 months (2024 Q2): April, May and June.
+
+Tasks:
+
+- Daily: search, curate, structure and post new reports/stories
+- Daily: update reports, stats, changelog
+- Daily/As Needed: post new *MO Community Messages*
+- Daily/As Needed: post new *MO Resources* and *Blacklist* items
+- Daily/As Needed: post new *MO Calendar Events*
+- Weekly (Sunday): publish the *Monero Dev Activity Report*
+- Weekly (Saturday): publish the *MO Artistic Saturday Top 5 Report*
+- Monthly/As Needed: publish the *MO Cypherpunk Transmission Report*
+- Monthly (1st): publish the *MO Blitz Report*
+- As Needed: housekeeping (revise and update reports)
+- As Needed: outreach (engage with the community on Matrix, XMPP, emails)
+- As Needed: make sure the website is live and working as expected (server maintenance, billing, etc)
+- Optional/bonus: publish new Monero and privacy related guides, meeting logs and summaries, add new features, improvements and website sections, start new community initiatives
+
+# Who
+
+escapethe3RA, I have started contributing to the Monero ecosystem in August 2021 with Monero Observer and other smaller projects:
+
+- published 2438 x daily MO stories/reports (https://monero.observer/stories)
+- published 1181 x on demand MO Community Messages (https://.monero.observer/tag/community)
+- published 28 x monthly MO Blitz reports (https://monero.observer/tag/blitz)
+- published 93 x weekly Monero Dev Activity Reports (https://monero.observer/tag/dev)
+- published 98 x weekly MO Artistic Saturday Top 5 Reports (https://monero.observer/tag/art)
+- published 56 x weekly MO XMR TA reports (https://monero.observer/tag/analysis)
+- published 25 x on demand Monero Workgroup Meeting Log Summaries & uploaded 235 meeting logs to MO (https://monero.observer/tag/logs/)
+- published 17 x on demand MO Cypherpunk Transmission reports (https://monero.observer/tag/CT)
+- added 320 x on demand MO Resources (https://monero.observer/resources) & 16 x Blacklist items (https://monero.observer/blacklist)
+- posted 336 x on demand Calendar events (https://monero.observer/tag/calendar)
+- created several Monero, privacy and security related guides (https://monero.observer/tag/guides/, https://monero.observer/verify-install-update-monero-cli-wallet-linux-guide/, https://monero.observer/ultimate-guide-new-monero-contributors/, https://monero.observer/gpg-cleartext-signatures/, https://monero.observer/gpg-generate-full-keypair/, https://monero.observer/list-anon-email-service-providers/, https://monero.observer/read-monero-observer-terminal-newsboat/, https://monero.observer/monero-cli-wallet-cheat-sheet/)
+- redesigned *Monero Means Money* website, donated bounty to GF (https://moneromeans.money/, https://github.com/escapethe3RA/monero-means-money/)
+- started multiple MO initiatives: Community Messages, Monero Dev Activity Report, XMR TA Report, MO Artistic Saturday, and Cypherpunk Transmission  (https://monero.observer/tag/community, https://monero.observer/tag/dev/, https://monero.observer/tag/analysis, https://monero.observer/tag/art, https://monero.observer/tag/CT)
+- added multiple MO sections: XMR Stats, Resources, Calendar, Blacklist (https://monero.observer/stats/, https://monero.observer/resources/, https://monero.observer/tag/calendar/, https://monero.observer/blacklist/)
+- added multiple RSS feeds (https://monero.observer/rss/)
+- other project improvements (https://monero.observer/changelog/)
+ 
+# Proposal
+
+I will work for 25 hours per week over 3 months at a rate of 0.16 XMR / hour. At $127 / XMR (21 daily EMA) this makes 48 XMR (0.16 * 100 * 3).

escapethe3ra-monero-observer-2024-q3.md

+---
+layout: cp
+title: escapethe3RA Monero Observer maintenance (2024 Q3)
+author: escapethe3RA
+date: Jul 10, 2024
+amount: 42
+milestones:
+  - name: July
+    funds: 14
+    done: 31 July 2024
+    status: finished
+  - name: August
+    funds: 14
+    done: 31 August 2024
+    status: finished
+  - name: September
+    funds: 14
+    done: 1 October 2024
+    status: finished
+payouts:
+  - date: 5 September 2024
+    amount: 28
+  - date: 10 October 2024
+    amount: 14
+---
+
+# What
+
+I will continue to maintain *Monero Observer* (https://monero.observer) for the next 3 months (2024 Q3): July, August and September.
+
+Tasks:
+
+- Daily: search, curate, structure and post new reports/stories
+- Daily: update reports, stats, changelog
+- Daily/As Needed: post new *MO Community Messages*
+- Daily/As Needed: post new *MO Resources* and *Blacklist* items
+- Daily/As Needed: post new *MO Calendar Events*
+- Weekly (Sunday): publish the *Monero Dev Activity Report*
+- Weekly (Saturday): publish the *MO Artistic Saturday Top 5 Report*
+- Monthly (1st): publish the *MO Blitz Report*
+- As Needed: publish the *MO Cypherpunk Transmission Report*
+- As Needed: housekeeping (revise and update reports)
+- As Needed: engage with the community on Matrix, XMPP, emails
+- As Needed: make sure the website is live and working as expected (server maintenance, billing, etc)
+- Optional/bonus: publish new Monero and privacy related guides, meeting logs and summaries, add new features, improvements and website sections, start new community initiatives
+
+# Who
+
+escapethe3RA, I have started contributing to the Monero ecosystem in August 2021 with Monero Observer and other smaller projects:
+
+- published 2677 x daily MO stories/reports (https://monero.observer/stories)
+- published 1299 x on demand MO Community Messages (https://.monero.observer/tag/community)
+- published 31 x monthly MO Blitz reports (https://monero.observer/tag/blitz)
+- published 106 x weekly Monero Dev Activity Reports (https://monero.observer/tag/dev)
+- published 112 x weekly MO Artistic Saturday Top 5 Reports (https://monero.observer/tag/art)
+- published 56 x weekly MO XMR TA reports (https://monero.observer/tag/analysis)
+- published 27 x on demand Monero Workgroup Meeting Log Summaries & uploaded 280 meeting logs to MO (https://monero.observer/tag/logs/)
+- published 17 x on demand MO Cypherpunk Transmission reports (https://monero.observer/tag/CT)
+- added 342 x on demand MO Resources (https://monero.observer/resources) & 18 x Blacklist items (https://monero.observer/blacklist)
+- posted 385 x on demand Calendar events (https://monero.observer/tag/calendar)
+- created several Monero, privacy and security related guides (https://monero.observer/tag/guides/, https://monero.observer/verify-install-update-monero-cli-wallet-linux-guide/, https://monero.observer/ultimate-guide-new-monero-contributors/, https://monero.observer/gpg-cleartext-signatures/, https://monero.observer/gpg-generate-full-keypair/, https://monero.observer/list-anon-email-service-providers/, https://monero.observer/read-monero-observer-terminal-newsboat/, https://monero.observer/monero-cli-wallet-cheat-sheet/)
+- redesigned *Monero Means Money* website, donated bounty to GF (https://moneromeans.money/, https://github.com/escapethe3RA/monero-means-money/)
+- started multiple MO initiatives: Community Messages, Monero Dev Activity Report, XMR TA Report, MO Artistic Saturday, and Cypherpunk Transmission  (https://monero.observer/tag/community, https://monero.observer/tag/dev/, https://monero.observer/tag/analysis, https://monero.observer/tag/art, https://monero.observer/tag/CT)
+- added multiple MO sections: XMR Stats, Resources, Calendar, Blacklist (https://monero.observer/stats/, https://monero.observer/resources/, https://monero.observer/tag/calendar/, https://monero.observer/blacklist/)
+- added multiple RSS feeds (https://monero.observer/rss/)
+- other project improvements (https://monero.observer/changelog/)
+ 
+# Proposal
+
+I will work for 25 hours per week over 3 months at a rate of 0.14 XMR / hour. At ~$160 / XMR (21 daily EMA) this makes 42 XMR (0.14 * 100 * 3).
\ No newline at end of file

escapethe3ra-monero-observer-maintenance-autumn-2022.md

+---
+layout: cp
+title: escapethe3RA Monero Observer maintenance (Autumn 2022)
+author: escapethe3RA
+date: Sep 6, 2022
+amount: 30
+milestones:
+  - name: September
+    funds: 10
+    done: 30 September 2022
+    status: finished
+  - name: October
+    funds: 10
+    done: 31 October 2022
+    status: finished
+  - name: November
+    funds: 10
+    done: 30 November 2022
+    status: finished
+payouts:
+  - date: 4 November 2022
+    amount: 20
+  - date: 9 December 2022
+    amount: 10
+---
+
+# What
+
+I will continue to maintain *Monero Observer* (https://monero.observer) for the next 3 months (autumn 2022): September, October and November.
+
+Tasks:
+
+- Daily: search, curate, structure and post new reports/stories
+- Daily: update stats, changelog, version control
+- Daily/As Needed: post new *MO Community Messages*
+- Daily/As Needed: post new *MO Resources*
+- Daily/As Needed: post new *MO Calendar Events*
+- Weekly (Monday): publish the *MO XMR TA Report*
+- Weekly (Saturday): publish the *MO Artistic Saturday Top 5 Report*
+- Weekly (Sunday): publish the *Monero Dev Activity Report*
+- Monthly (1st): publish the *MO Blitz Report*
+- As Needed: housekeeping (revise and update reports)
+- As Needed: outreach (engage with the community on Matrix, Reddit, XMPP, emails)
+- As Needed: make sure the website is live and working as expected (server maintenance, billing, etc)
+- Optional/bonus: publish new Monero and privacy related guides, meeting logs and summaries, add new features, improvements and website sections, start new community initiatives
+
+# Who
+
+escapethe3RA, I have started contributing to the Monero ecosystem in August 2021 with Monero Observer and other smaller projects:
+
+- published 1261 x daily MO stories/reports (https://www.monero.observer/stories)
+- published 13 x monthly MO Blitz reports (https://www.monero.observer/tag/blitz)
+- published 468 x on demand MO Community Messages (https://www.monero.observer/tag/community)
+- published 27 x weekly Monero Dev Activity Reports (https://www.monero.observer/tag/dev)
+- published 52 x weekly MO XMR TA reports (https://www.monero.observer/tag/analysis)
+- published 32 x weekly MO Artistic Saturday Top 5 Reports (https://www.monero.observer/tag/art)
+- published 9 x on demand Monero Workgroup Meeting Log Summaries & uploaded 32 meeting logs to MO (https://monero.observer/tag/logs/)
+- created several Monero, privacy and security related guides (https://monero.observer/tag/guides/, https://monero.observer/verify-install-update-monero-cli-wallet-linux-guide/, https://www.monero.observer/ultimate-guide-new-monero-contributors/, https://www.monero.observer/gpg-cleartext-signatures/, https://www.monero.observer/gpg-generate-full-keypair/, https://monero.observer/list-anon-email-service-providers/, https://monero.observer/read-monero-observer-terminal-newsboat/, https://monero.observer/monero-cli-wallet-cheat-sheet/)
+- redesigned *Monero Means Money* website, donated bounty to GF (https://moneromeans.money/, https://github.com/escapethe3RA/monero-means-money/)
+- started MO Community Messages, Monero Dev Activity Report and MO Artistic Saturday initiatives (https://www.monero.observer/tag/community, https://monero.observer/tag/dev/, https://www.monero.observer/tag/art)
+- added a MO XMR Stats section (https://www.monero.observer/stats)
+- added a MO Resources section (https://www.monero.observer/resources)
+- added a MO Calendar section (https://www.monero.observer/tag/calendar)
+- added a MO Blacklist section (https://www.monero.observer/blacklist)
+- added multiple RSS feeds (https://www.monero.observer/rss)
+- started self-hosting a terminal-based git server containing the MO UI source code (https://monero.observer/monero-observer-self-hosted-git-server/)
+- created a hidden service for MO (https://monero.observer/monero-observer-new-server-hidden-service/)
+- other project improvements (https://www.monero.observer/changelog)
+ 
+# Proposal
+
+I will work for 25 hours per week over 3 months at a rate of 0.1 XMR / hour. At $155 / XMR (21 daily EMA) this makes 30 XMR (0.1 * 100 * 3).

escapethe3ra-monero-observer-maintenance-spring-2022.md

 ---
-layout: wip
+layout: cp
 title: escapethe3RA Monero Observer maintenance (Spring 2022)
 author: escapethe3RA
 date: February 26, 2022
@@ -11,19 +11,19 @@ milestones:
     status: finished
   - name: April
     funds: 9
-    done:
-    status: unfinished
+    done: 30 April 2022
+    status: finished
   - name: May
     funds: 9
-    done:
-    status: unfinished
+    done: 31 May 2022
+    status: finished
 payouts:
   - date: 17 April 2022
     amount: 9
-  - date:
-    amount:
-  - date:
-    amount:
+  - date: 19 May 2022
+    amount: 9
+  - date: 29 June 2022
+    amount: 9
 ---
 
 # What

escapethe3ra-monero-observer-maintenance-spring-2023.md

+---
+layout: cp
+title: escapethe3RA Monero Observer maintenance (Spring 2023)
+author: escapethe3RA
+date: Mar 5, 2023
+amount: 39
+milestones:
+  - name: March
+    funds: 13
+    done: 31 March 2023
+    status: finished
+  - name: April
+    funds: 13
+    done: 30 April 2023
+    status: finished
+  - name: May
+    funds: 13
+    done: 31 May 2023
+    status: finished
+payouts:
+  - date: 7 June 2023
+    amount: 39
+---
+
+# What
+
+I will continue to maintain *Monero Observer* (https://monero.observer) for the next 3 months (spring 2023): March, April and May.
+
+Tasks:
+
+- Daily: search, curate, structure and post new reports/stories
+- Daily: update reports, stats, changelog, version control
+- Daily/As Needed: post new *MO Community Messages*
+- Daily/As Needed: post new *MO Resources*
+- Daily/As Needed: post new *MO Calendar Events*
+- Weekly (Sunday): publish the *Monero Dev Activity Report*
+- Weekly (Saturday): publish the *MO Artistic Saturday Top 5 Report*
+- (Bi)Weekly (Monday): publish the *MO Cypherpunk Transmission Report*
+- Monthly (1st): publish the *MO Blitz Report*
+- As Needed: housekeeping (revise and update reports)
+- As Needed: outreach (engage with the community on Matrix, Reddit, XMPP, emails)
+- As Needed: make sure the website is live and working as expected (server maintenance, billing, etc)
+- Optional/bonus: publish new Monero and privacy related guides, meeting logs and summaries, add new features, improvements and website sections, start new community initiatives
+
+# Who
+
+escapethe3RA, I have started contributing to the Monero ecosystem in August 2021 with Monero Observer and other smaller projects:
+
+- published 1763 x daily MO stories/reports (https://monero.observer/stories)
+- published 779 x on demand MO Community Messages (https://.monero.observer/tag/community)
+- published 19 x monthly MO Blitz reports (https://monero.observer/tag/blitz)
+- published 13 x weekly MO Cypherpunk Transmission reports (https://monero.observer/tag/CT)
+- published 52 x weekly Monero Dev Activity Reports (https://monero.observer/tag/dev)
+- published 56 x weekly MO XMR TA reports (https://monero.observer/tag/analysis)
+- published 58 x weekly MO Artistic Saturday Top 5 Reports (https://monero.observer/tag/art)
+- published 16 x on demand Monero Workgroup Meeting Log Summaries & uploaded 100 meeting logs to MO (https://monero.observer/tag/logs/)
+- added 265 x on demand MO Resources (https://monero.observer/resources)
+- created several Monero, privacy and security related guides (https://monero.observer/tag/guides/, https://monero.observer/verify-install-update-monero-cli-wallet-linux-guide/, https://monero.observer/ultimate-guide-new-monero-contributors/, https://monero.observer/gpg-cleartext-signatures/, https://monero.observer/gpg-generate-full-keypair/, https://monero.observer/list-anon-email-service-providers/, https://monero.observer/read-monero-observer-terminal-newsboat/, https://monero.observer/monero-cli-wallet-cheat-sheet/)
+- redesigned *Monero Means Money* website, donated bounty to GF (https://moneromeans.money/, https://github.com/escapethe3RA/monero-means-money/)
+- started MO Community Messages, Monero Dev Activity Report, XMR TA Report, MO Artistic Saturday, and Cypherpunk Transmission initiatives (https://monero.observer/tag/community, https://monero.observer/tag/dev/, https://monero.observer/tag/analysis, https://monero.observer/tag/art, https://monero.observer/tag/CT)
+- added MO XMR Stats section (https://monero.observer/stats/)
+- added MO Resources section (https://monero.observer/resources/)
+- added MO Calendar section (https://monero.observer/tag/calendar/)
+- added MO Blacklist section (https://monero.observer/blacklist/)
+- added multiple RSS feeds (https://monero.observer/rss/)
+- started self-hosting a terminal-based git server containing the MO UI source code (https://monero.observer/monero-observer-self-hosted-git-server/)
+- created a hidden service for MO (https://monero.observer/monero-observer-new-server-hidden-service/)
+- other project improvements (https://monero.observer/changelog/)
+ 
+# Proposal
+
+I will work for 25 hours per week over 3 months at a rate of 0.13 XMR / hour. At $150 / XMR (21 daily EMA) this makes 39 XMR (0.13 * 100 * 3).

escapethe3ra-monero-observer-maintenance-summer-2022.md

+---
+layout: cp
+title: escapethe3RA Monero Observer maintenance (Summer 2022)
+author: escapethe3RA
+date: May 29, 2022
+amount: 36
+milestones:
+  - name: June
+    funds: 12
+    done: 30 June 2022
+    status: finished
+  - name: July
+    funds: 12
+    done: 31 July 2022
+    status: finished
+  - name: August
+    funds: 12
+    done: 31 August 2022
+    status: finished
+payouts:
+  - date: 4 August 2022
+    amount: 24
+  - date: 26 September 2022
+    amount: 12
+---
+
+# What
+
+I will continue to maintain *Monero Observer* (https://monero.observer) for the next 3 months (summer 2022): June, July and August.
+
+Tasks:
+
+- Daily: search, curate, structure and post new reports/stories
+- Daily: update stats, changelog, version control
+- Daily/As Needed: post new *MO Community Messages*
+- Daily/As Needed: post new *MO Resources*
+- Daily/As Needed: post new *MO Calendar Events*
+- Weekly (Monday): publish the *MO XMR TA Report* (technical analysis Monero price report)
+- Weekly (Saturday): publish the *MO Artistic Saturday Top 5 Report*
+- Weekly (Sunday): publish the *Monero Dev Activity Report*
+- Monthly (1st): publish the *MO Blitz Report* (includes everything that happened the previous month)
+- As Needed: housekeeping (revise stories to make sure links and content is still relevant)
+- As Needed: outreach (engage with the community on Matrix, Reddit, XMPP, emails)
+- As Needed: make sure the website is live and working as expected (server maintenance, billing, etc)
+- Optional/bonus: publish new Monero and privacy related guides, meeting summaries, add new features, improvements and website sections, start new community initiatives
+
+# Who
+
+escapethe3RA, I have started contributing to the Monero ecosystem in August 2021 with Monero Observer and other smaller projects:
+
+- published 975 x daily MO stories/reports (https://www.monero.observer/stories)
+- published 37 x weekly MO XMR TA reports (https://www.monero.observer/tag/analysis)
+- published 12 x weekly Monero Dev Activity Reports (https://www.monero.observer/tag/dev)
+- published 18 x weekly MO Artistic Saturday Top 5 Reports (https://www.monero.observer/tag/art)
+- published 9 x monthly MO Blitz reports (https://www.monero.observer/tag/blitz)
+- published 294 x MO Community Messages (https://www.monero.observer/tag/community)
+- published 4 x Monero Workgroup Meeting Log Summaries (https://monero.observer/tag/logs/)
+- created several Monero, privacy and security related guides (https://monero.observer/tag/guides/, https://monero.observer/verify-install-update-monero-cli-wallet-linux-guide/, https://www.monero.observer/ultimate-guide-new-monero-contributors/, https://www.monero.observer/gpg-cleartext-signatures/, https://www.monero.observer/gpg-generate-full-keypair/, https://monero.observer/list-anon-email-service-providers/, https://monero.observer/read-monero-observer-terminal-newsboat/)
+- redesigned *Monero Means Money* website, donated bounty to GF (https://moneromeans.money/, https://github.com/escapethe3RA/monero-means-money/)
+- started MO Community Messages, Monero Dev Activity Report and MO Artistic Saturday initiatives (https://www.monero.observer/tag/community, https://monero.observer/tag/dev/, https://www.monero.observer/tag/art)
+- added a MO Resources section (https://www.monero.observer/resources)
+- added a MO Calendar section (https://www.monero.observer/tag/calendar)
+- added multiple RSS feeds (https://www.monero.observer/rss)
+- started self-hosting a terminal-based git server containing the MO UI source code (https://monero.observer/monero-observer-self-hosted-git-server/)
+- created a hidden service for MO (https://monero.observer/monero-observer-new-server-hidden-service/)
+- other project improvements (https://www.monero.observer/changelog)
+ 
+# Proposal
+
+I will work for 25 hours per week over 3 months at a rate of 0.12 XMR / hour. At $130 / XMR (21 daily EMA) this makes 36 XMR (0.12 * 100 * 3).
+
+*Note: After this period, Monero Observer will turn 1, marking 365 days of uninterrupted daily Monero news reporting. Thanks for being a loyal reader and supporter, I am very proud to be part of the best community out there.*

escapethe3ra-monero-observer-maintenance-winter-2022.md

+---
+layout: cp
+title: "escapethe3RA Monero Observer maintenance (Winter 2022)"
+author: escapethe3RA
+date: Nov 29, 2022
+amount: 39
+milestones:
+  - name: December
+    funds: 13
+    done: 31 December 2022
+    status: finished
+  - name: January
+    funds: 13
+    done: 31 January 2023
+    status: finished
+  - name: February
+    funds: 13
+    done: 28 February 2023
+    status: finished
+payouts:
+  - date: 14 January 2023
+    amount: 13
+  - date: 6 March 2023
+    amount: 26
+---
+
+# What
+
+I will continue to maintain *Monero Observer* (https://monero.observer) for the next 3 months (winter 2022/23): December, January and February.
+
+Tasks:
+
+- Daily: search, curate, structure and post new reports/stories
+- Daily: update reports, stats, changelog, version control
+- Daily/As Needed: post new *MO Community Messages*
+- Daily/As Needed: post new *MO Resources*
+- Daily/As Needed: post new *MO Calendar Events*
+- Weekly (Sunday): publish the *Monero Dev Activity Report*
+- Weekly (Saturday): publish the *MO Artistic Saturday Top 5 Report*
+- (Bi)Weekly (Monday): publish the *MO Cypherpunk Transmission Report*
+- Monthly (1st): publish the *MO Blitz Report*
+- As Needed: housekeeping (revise and update reports)
+- As Needed: outreach (engage with the community on Matrix, Reddit, XMPP, emails)
+- As Needed: make sure the website is live and working as expected (server maintenance, billing, etc)
+- Optional/bonus: publish new Monero and privacy related guides, meeting logs and summaries, add new features, improvements and website sections, start new community initiatives
+
+# Who
+
+escapethe3RA, I have started contributing to the Monero ecosystem in August 2021 with Monero Observer and other smaller projects:
+
+- published 1494 x daily MO stories/reports (https://monero.observer/stories)
+- published 608 x on demand MO Community Messages (https://.monero.observer/tag/community)
+- published 15 x monthly MO Blitz reports (https://monero.observer/tag/blitz)
+- published 7 x weekly MO Cypherpunk Transmission reports (https://monero.observer/tag/CT)
+- published 39 x weekly Monero Dev Activity Reports (https://monero.observer/tag/dev)
+- published 56 x weekly MO XMR TA reports (https://monero.observer/tag/analysis)
+- published 44 x weekly MO Artistic Saturday Top 5 Reports (https://monero.observer/tag/art)
+- published 12 x on demand Monero Workgroup Meeting Log Summaries & uploaded 57 meeting logs to MO (https://monero.observer/tag/logs/)
+- added 231 x on demand MO Resources (https://monero.observer/resources)
+- created several Monero, privacy and security related guides (https://monero.observer/tag/guides/, https://monero.observer/verify-install-update-monero-cli-wallet-linux-guide/, https://monero.observer/ultimate-guide-new-monero-contributors/, https://monero.observer/gpg-cleartext-signatures/, https://monero.observer/gpg-generate-full-keypair/, https://monero.observer/list-anon-email-service-providers/, https://monero.observer/read-monero-observer-terminal-newsboat/, https://monero.observer/monero-cli-wallet-cheat-sheet/)
+- redesigned *Monero Means Money* website, donated bounty to GF (https://moneromeans.money/, https://github.com/escapethe3RA/monero-means-money/)
+- started MO Community Messages, Monero Dev Activity Report, XMR TA Report, MO Artistic Saturday, and Cypherpunk Transmission initiatives (https://monero.observer/tag/community, https://monero.observer/tag/dev/, https://monero.observer/tag/analysis, https://monero.observer/tag/art, https://monero.observer/tag/CT)
+- added MO XMR Stats section (https://monero.observer/stats/)
+- added MO Resources section (https://monero.observer/resources/)
+- added MO Calendar section (https://monero.observer/tag/calendar/)
+- added MO Blacklist section (https://monero.observer/blacklist/)
+- added multiple RSS feeds (https://monero.observer/rss/)
+- started self-hosting a terminal-based git server containing the MO UI source code (https://monero.observer/monero-observer-self-hosted-git-server/)
+- created a hidden service for MO (https://monero.observer/monero-observer-new-server-hidden-service/)
+- other project improvements (https://monero.observer/changelog/)
+ 
+# Proposal
+
+I will work for 25 hours per week over 3 months at a rate of 0.13 XMR / hour. At $135 / XMR (21 daily EMA) this makes 39 XMR (0.13 * 100 * 3).

fcmp++-development.md

+---
+layout: wip
+title: Full-Chain Membership Proofs + Spend Authorization + Linkability Development CCS
+author: kayabaNerve
+date: April 13, 2024
+amount: 920 XMR
+milestones:
+  - name: Provide a specification of the circuit and high-level protocol
+    funds: 80 XMR
+    done:
+    status: unfinished
+  - name: Productionize the crate for the arithmetic circuit proof
+    funds: 160 XMR
+    done:
+    status: unfinished
+  - name: Productionize the crate for the Elliptic Curve Divisor Library
+    funds: 80 XMR
+    done:
+    status: unfinished
+  - name: Implement the gadgets
+    funds: 320 XMR
+    done:
+    status: unfinished
+  - name: Implement the circuit
+    funds: 200 XMR
+    done:
+    status: unfinished
+  - name: Implement the Generalized Schnorr Protocol
+    funds: 40 XMR
+    done:
+    status: unfinished
+  - name: Implement multisig for the Generalized Schnorr Protocol
+    funds: 40 XMR
+    done:
+    status: unfinished
+
+payouts:
+  - date:
+    amount:
+  - date:
+    amount:
+  - date:
+    amount:
+  - date:
+    amount:
+  - date:
+    amount:
+  - date:
+    amount:
+  - date:
+    amount:
+---
+
+This CCS is to develop Full-Chain Membership Proofs (a trustless solution) into Monero under RingCT, replacing the existing CLSAG. This is distinct from prior intents to integrate FCMPs into Monero with Seraphis, and was prior discussed in a [MRL meeting](https://libera.monerologs.net/monero-research-lab/20240401) with well reception. That same meeting organized the [funding of security proofs for Generalized Bulletproofs](https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/cypherstack-gbp-security-proofs.html), a critical component for FCMPs (under both this proposal and Seraphis). This builds upon the [work prior done on FCMPs](https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/kayabaNerve-fcmp-retroactive.html), and does most of the ground work for FCMPs with Seraphis as well.
+
+The exact deliverables will be:
+- A document detailing the arithmetic circuit (a 'ZK program') and necessary integration work
+- A ready-for-auditing Rust implementation of an amenable (trustless, formally proven, sufficiently performant) arithmetic circuit proof (currently expected to be Generalized Bulletproofs)
+- A Rust library for calculating elliptic curve divisors
+- The FCMP proof, as necessary for usage with RingCT
+- The GSP (Generalized Schnorr Protocol) proof acting as the signature, with multisignature functionality
+
+### Milestones
+
+The milestones are unordered, barring the first to provide a specification. The gadgets will be specified as a series of constraints in a non-machine-interpretable manner intended to allow human understanding and review of the flow and composition. With the definition of the proofs (largely modelled as black boxes to the protocol), all of the supporting infrastructure will also be defined as necessary to comprehend the integration into Monero and new privacy protocol created.
+
+"Productionize the crate for the arithmetic circuit proving system" means to develop the arithmetic circuit proof implementation to the point I endorse auditing it. With those audits, the crate would be eligible for usage in production. Any audits of the implementation would only be sane after the proof implemented is formalized, with security proofs. Currently, the proposed proof is GBPs, and security proofs for it are actively being worked on. If they fail to be proven, this milestone is worded in such a way an alternative proof (with acceptable properties, from being trustless to sufficiently performant to building upon sufficiently accepted academia) may also be accepted. If there are no alternative proofs acceptable, this milestone will be considered not possible at this time, and for the purposes of this CCS, 'failed'.
+
+"Productionize the crate for the Elliptic Curve Divisor Library" means to develop the crate for calculation of divisors into a point it can be audited.
+
+"Implement the gadgets" means to implement the prior-specified gadgets, and all supporting code for them, such that they are ready for soundness proofs, formal verification, auditing, and etc.
+
+"Implement the circuit" means to implement the prior-specified circuit, and supporting high-level functions, to the degree described for the gadgets. This will also include an implementation of the towering curve cycle, Helios and Selene, though not one expected to be performant enough for deployment.
+
+"Implement the Generalized Schnorr Protocol" means to implement the [Generalized Schnorr Protocol](https://eprint.iacr.org/2009/050.pdf) as needed for Monero's usage.
+
+"Implement multisig for the Generalized Schnorr Protocol" means to implement a 2-round multisignature protocol, inspired by FROST, for the aforementioned Generalized Schnorr Protocol. This would have O(n) signing complexity and identifiable aborts.
+
+All of these milestones will be done myself, kayabaNerve. Integration into Monero will be handled externally to this CCS, with jberman stating their intent to submit their own CCS. The steps for integration (regarding new protocol structures and how data such as the tree root will be specified/used when verifying transactions) will be part of the specification from the first milestone.
+
+### Audits
+
+https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/449 establishes an earmarked fund for paying for audits, as necessary for all of the work produced by this CCS. The justification for this structure is mainly provided within that CCS, and is considered out of scope to this CCS.
+
+### Relation to Seraphis
+
+GBPs, the Elliptic Curve Divisor library, the circuit specification (except the first layer), and the gadgets apply to a deployment of FCMPs with Seraphis (making this work largely reusable even if we don't move forward with FCMPs *before* Seraphis). The only part which wouldn't explicitly is the first layer of the circuit (which is currently expected to be composed of two distinct layers) and potentially the Generalized Schnorr Protocol work (as they are not currently used by Seraphis, yet I have proposed their use within Seraphis).
+
+This work, if extended with the forward-secrecy discussions held *and all associated wallet code necessary*, would also be feature-complete with Seraphis. This would leave Seraphis, the protocol, a simpler/potentially more performant protocol, not an upgrade to privacy. This CCS, as currently specified, does not intend to detail all of the wallet upgrades which would be necessary (leaving that to future hard forks, keeping the scope of this concise and minimizing the timeline till deployment).
+
+### Other Necessary Development
+
+As aforementioned, integration must also be done, and development of a performant implementation of the towering curve cycle. While jberman has spoken up for the former, another party will need to be found for the latter (such as tevador, who found the cycle and has expressed domain expertise). Barring finding another party for the latter, I would have to personally learn how to implement efficient modulo arithmetic and step up (a problem left to the future).
+
+### Failure
+
+If the work within this CCS for any reason fails, the funds raised and remaining (held by core, per the rules of the CCS) will roll over into a general MRL research fund to sponsor further research and development, such as proofs for and review of Seraphis. The direction of and process for this new fund will be decided and agreed upon such a roll over occurring by core and discussions within MRL. The idea for this was premised on the idea of hiring researchers, Cypher Stack specifically, on retainer with the MRL having discretion over how those hours were spent. That was discussed at the same meeting as this proposal (proposal as in cryptographic idea, not proposal as in CCS proposal) with sufficiently well reception for me to propose it as the fallback here.

fcmp++-research.md

+---
+layout: wip
+title: "Full-Chain Membership Proofs + Spend Authorization + Linkability Research CCS"
+author: kayabaNerve
+date: April 13, 2024
+amount: 2000
+milestones:
+  - name: Provide a soundness proof for the proof using Elliptic Curve Divisors (MAGIC/Veridise)
+    funds: 70
+    done:
+    status: unfinished
+  - name: Formally verify the gadgets
+    funds: 0
+    done:
+    status: unfinished
+  - name: Prove the composition to be unlinkable, unforgeable, and non-malleable
+    funds: 0
+    done:
+    status: unfinished
+  - name: Audit the Implementation of GBPs
+    funds: 0
+    done:
+    status: unfinished
+  - name: Audit the Elliptic Curve Divisors Library
+    funds: 0
+    done:
+    status: unfinished
+  - name: Audit the implementation of the gadgets
+    funds: 0
+    done:
+    status: unfinished
+  - name: Audit the implementation of the circuit
+    funds: 0
+    done:
+    status: unfinished
+  - name: Audit the implementation of the Towering Curve Cycle
+    funds: 0
+    done:
+    status: unfinished
+  - name: Audit the implementation of the Generalized Schnorr Protocol
+    funds: 0
+    done:
+    status: unfinished
+payouts:
+  - date: 22 May 2024
+    amount: 198
+  - date: 30 May 2024
+    amount: 70
+  - date: 13 August 2024
+    amount: 38
+  - date: 25 November 2024
+    amount: 38.5
+  - date: 13 December 2024
+    amount: 118.5
+  - date: 7 March 2025
+    amount: 53.43
+  - date:
+    amount:
+  - date:
+    amount:
+  - date:
+    amount:
+---
+
+This CCS is to prove, review, and audit Full-Chain Membership Proofs (a trustless solution based on Generalized Bulletproofs) into Monero under RingCT, replacing the existing CLSAG. This is distinct from prior intents to integrate FCMPs into Monero with Seraphis, and was prior discussed in a MRL meeting with well reception. That same meeting organized the [funding of security proofs for Generalized Bulletproofs](https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/cypherstack-gbp-security-proofs.html), a critical component for FCMPs (under both this proposal and Seraphis). The review and audits here would also lay the ground work for FCMPs with Seraphis as well.
+
+All of these milestones have "?" for their required funds. The goal of this CCS is to raise the funds necessary to contract various external parties. All XMR will be held per the usual CCS policy, by core, until the necessary agreements are made for each milestone. The intention of this is to prevent needing to file several CCSs (addng delays) and to minimize the amount of confusion re: funding efforts. I do not want to have to justify to the community, after 5 CCSs for audits, why a 6th one is still justified and FCMPs aren't a black hole of endless fundraises for audits.
+
+Unfortunately, that last note cannot be completely unavoided. Since there are not auditors ready for each and every milestone, this CCS may run out of funds prior to completion of all milestones (requiring another CCS). The amount chosen (2000 XMR, roughly 230k USD) was chosen on the belief it's reasonable for the scope described. Due to the subject matter (ZK proofs and circuits) currently being one of the hottest fields in the cryptocurrency space at large, with both startups and VCs, I'm unable to provide any such guarantee.
+
+With that note, it may sound optimal to do individualized CCSs. That'd not only add weeks/months to the process (as some of these audits are serialized, so a delay in one adds to the delay in the next), it'd risk being unable to contract certain auditors. In my experience, auditors schedule as long as months out *from time of agreement*. In the time it takes to discuss the proposal and raise the funds, auditors' availability schedules may shift dramatically, including in rates (shifting the amount necessary/adding a deadline for the discussion and fundraising). Hence this proposal.
+
+kayabaNerve and jberman are the people primarily expected to find such parties, with the actual agreement on parties and amount to be by their endorsement, and a general agreement within MRL that the proposed expenditure is reasonable. The word choice of reasonable means that the proposed parties are reasonably trusted to be able to adequately perform the work proposed, the amount to be paid is understandable and amenable, and if there are other potential parties, none are clearly, completely, and definitively better choices. 
+
+If the work within this CCS for any reason fails, or completes with a remaining balance, the funds raised and remaining (held by core, per the rules of the CCS) will roll over into a general MRL research fund to sponsor further research and development, such as proofs for and review of Seraphis. The direction of and process for this new fund will be decided and agreed upon such a roll over occurring by core and discussions within MRL. The idea for this was premised on the idea of hiring researchers, Cypher Stack specifically, on retainer with MRL having discretion over how those hours were spent. That was discussed at the same meeting as this proposal (proposal as in cryptographic idea, not proposal as in CCS proposal) with sufficiently well reception for me to propose it as the fallback here.

gingeropolous_1TB_MRC.md

+---
+layout: cp
+title: Gingeropolous 1TB MRC upgrade
+author: Gingeropolous
+date: November 9, 2024
+amount: 20
+milestones:
+  - name: Install 1TB ram in new epyc server
+    funds: 100% (20 xmr)
+    done: 24 January 2025
+    status: finished
+payouts:
+  - date: 3 February 2025
+    amount: 20
+---
+
+
+1TB ram for new MRC server
+
+I finally purchased a new epyc server, and I need to get ram for it. I was just going to get the minimal needed to make the thing mine some xmr, but figured we can pack this thing to the gills to provide some monstrous compute capacity for monero R&D.
+
+For some background, I manage the Monero Research Computing cluster, which is essentially just my mining rigs that I've put more ram and storage in. I provide access to the MRC to various monero researchers and developers, so they can get some stuff done. The rigs mine when there is no activity by the users. 
+
+Currently, monero researchers are primarily using the box "Junior", which is a 64 thread AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X with 256 GB ram (max ram for the mobo). There is a 5x nvme striped lv thingy that allows for some fast swap, but its still just swap. This rig was upgraded years ago through the CCS (https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/gingeropolous_zenith_storage.html) to provide ample storage space for researchers (74 TB HDD - funded by me, 14TB nvme - funded by CCS), as working with the monero blockchain requires storing and moving massively large files. I have other boxes, but they are your average mobo that can take a max 128 GB. Rucknium has been able to do some distributed compute across all the boxes (at one point 7 or so boxes?), but I've found most folks just want a single box with massive amounts of ram. 
+
+This proposal is for funds for me to purchase 1 TB of ram to install in a new 2x 7h12 server (256 threads!) so monero researchers can stop fiddling with memory constraints when working or waiting for the poor 64 threads to chug through their tasks. The system maxes out at 4 TB (!!!!), so perhaps if funding goes over the request and hits enough to get more ram, then that will happen. 
+
+This is important for the community because more compute ==  more research capabilities for monero researchers. This request was already brought up during a monero research lab meeting, and the members were interested in adding this capacity to our cluster. 
+
+Milestone 0 isn't included, because its me purchasing the 2x epyc server. I just did that. So thats done. 
+
+Milestone 1 is when I have the 2x epyc server up and running with 1TB of ram installed. I'll take a screen shot and upload it. 
+Timeline: 3 months? This should all be done by 2025-02-01 at the latest, but I expect this to be up and running by 2025-01-01.
+
+Amount: I plan on purchasing this ram:
+https://www.ebay.com/itm/225753803091
+
+So that comes out to around 15 xmr. I'm requesting 20 xmr for some padding and to pay for some of my time and I'll probably end up buying more stuff I wouldn't need for mining (like a 4TB nvme for the box because always more storage). If I receive a lot over the requested amount, I'll consider either finding higher quality ram (anyone have any input on that A-tech stuff?) or more ram. 
+

gingeropolous_zenith_storage.md

+---
+layout: cp
+title: Research Computing Upgrade
+author: Gingeropolous
+date: May 10, 2022
+amount: 51
+milestones:
+  - name: Expand data storage on existing server
+    funds: 27
+    done: 26 July 2022
+    status: finished
+  - name: Month 1 support 
+    funds: 8
+    done: 26 July 2022
+    status: finished
+  - name: Month 2 support 
+    funds: 8
+    done: 23 August 2024
+    status: finished
+  - name: Month 3 support 
+    funds: 8
+    done: 24 August 2024
+    status: finished
+payouts:
+  - date: 27 December 2022
+    amount: 35
+  - date: 4 September 2024
+    amount: 16
+---
+
+# Gingeropolous CCS Request
+
+
+Hello all! This CCS proposal is to fund me to work part time on monero in various capacities, fund some monero research computing infrastructure, and to support my official training in Computer Science. I am a long time member of the monero community, and I've always wanted to dedicate more time to Monero. I am in a place professionally where I can potentially pivot to become "full time monero" if support is available. I have a lot of projects that have interested me over the years. This first CCS is to increase the storage capacity of a particular machine, as Rucknium is embarking on a project that needs a lot of fast storage. In addition, I also requests funds for my time. In the future, I plan on submitting additional CCS requests to further improve computational and storage infrastructure for the monero research and development community, perform various monero R&D, and begin my official computer science education / training. 
+
+# Who:
+
+I am Gingeropolous, long time community member and tinkerer. Over the years I've worked on various things in Monero. Notable things include webmin for xmrchain.net, testing fluffyblocks on mainnet (https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/6dords/help_test_fluffyblocks_compact_blocks_whatever/), and being sometimes the only mining pool for testing PoW variants during the ASIC war (remember killallasics.moneroworld.com ?). For some background, I do hold a PhD in a field of biomedical science, and I am/was a Research Assistant Professor. I came into monero years ago with no cryptocurrency, linux, or software development experience - but I've been building and working with computers for decades. I've had a lot of help from many monero contributors, and I feel i've reached a point of competance that I hope is valuable to the project. This CCS will hopefully be my first of many. During the dedicated and protected time (that I will request in the future), I hope to become even more valuable to the project through various training, infrastructure, and research activities. I have already begun my path to getting a Masters in Computer Science by working on the pre-requisite courses, as I have nothing on paper that indicates that I will perform well in a CS degree. 
+
+# What: 
+
+## Infrastructure: high end servers and tools for monero development and research
+
+## Specific to this CCS: Funds to increase storage on existing hardware to fascilitate current research
+
+I would like to build, maintain and administrate high-end servers for monero development and research in a cost effective manner. From my own experience in monero, it's ideal if you can just do things faster. Build something, test it / run it, tweak something, do it again. Time spent waiting for the computer to do something means you lose time and momentum - and this momentum, and time in general, is scarce for open source contributors that mostly contribute in their free time. Thus, I plan on providing high end servers to the monero developer and researcher community. Lots of ram, virtually unlimitted storage, and threads everywhere. 
+
+I've already done this at a small scale with my own funds, providing access to my existing mining hardware (with some additional memory and storage upgrades just for monero R&D) to researchers like Sarang, Rucknium, and ack-j; members of the Noncesence Research Lab, and developers like TheCharlatan, mj-xmr, jberman. For example, ack-j recently told me "Hey so that the multiprocessing worked great yesterday and saved an estimated 100 days compared to running it on my VM with 1 thread." Renting this kind of hardware from a hosting provider can get expensive. Furthermore, CCS investments in this infrastructure represesent one-time investments. Once it is built, I will provide access to the monero R&D community as long as I can keep the lights on (with or without community funding). The end goal of this effort (built over the years) will be a veritable research computing cluster with job scheduling etc (if people want that - sometimes direct shell is just easier). For the time being though, it will be much simpler - custom VM provisioning (if needed) and dedicated metal. Additionally, I will provide i2p and/or onion connections to allow any member of the community to use the resources in a private manner.  
+
+Granted, the building of this infrastructure creates an obviously centralized thing, and I'm not a huge fan of that. For the time being, I think it will be OK, but part of my future effort will include a way by which other monero folks rich in computer resources (e.g., those with big monero mining ops) can add their computers to a global monero research computational resource. To this end, a future project will include scripts that allow for anyone to launch their own Monero Research and Development cluster. For instance, a way for someone to build their own databases etc. 
+
+## Existing infrastructure in the Monero Research Computing garage:
+HPE Proliant DL325 Gen10 AMD EPYC 7402P 48 thread, 64 GB RAM
+ASUS Zenith 2 Alpha with 64 thread Threadripper 3970x , 256 GB ram, 2TiB NVME, 24TiB HDD. (I maxed out the RAM on this one)
+some sad old opterons with 96 GB ram
+~6 3900x AMD systems with 16-64gb ram and various storage abilities.
+1 1920x threadripper with 32gb ram 
+old laptops so we can run performance tests on scrap
+
+UPS:
+
+N1C L-series 3000VA 
+
+Network:
+1 gbps up/down with unlimitted bandwidth
+1 gbps 48 port network switch
+
+# Funds requested in this CCS:
+A. 5 * 4096 Gb  NVME SSDs to max out the high-speed storage capability of the Zenith 2 Alpha. Market prices have these around $1k.  Currently considering Kingston KC3000 M.2
+
+B. 3 months of part time salary support and partial costs: this will allow me to spend more time with the hardware (for instance, that new UPS isn't installed yet), focus on computer science pre-reqs, and assist with electrical costs. During this time I will also assist with whatever Monero things I can assist with - usually these involve testing software and trying to find bugs. I will also put more time into helping folks on Reddit, IRC, and Matrix. I am requesting $1500 a month. 
+
+# Timeline / Milestones:
+
+Storage: I will purchase the drives upon full funding of the request, and request a payout once I provide a screenshot of the drives mounted. 
+Monthly: I will provide an update (roughly a month) when I feel I have completed enough to warrant a payout.  
+
+I have calculated the XMR based on the USD fiat price of ~~$165~~. $185 (roughly using the daily 21 ema as of commit) 
+
+I am open to any suggestions for this proposal. 
+
+Expiration 2022-12-01 (YYYY-MM-DD). If not all claimed, released to the general fund. 
+
+51 xmr total, 27 for SSDs, 8x3 for monthly support

gupax.md

+---
+layout: cp
+title: "Gupax: GUI for P2Pool+XMRig"
+author: hinto
+date: 10 October 2022
+amount: 100
+milestones:
+  - name: Working GUI + Documentation
+    funds: 80% (80 XMR)
+    done: 20 December 2022
+    status: finished
+  - name: 1 year of maintenance
+    funds: 20% (20 XMR)
+    done: 28 December 2023
+    status: finished
+payouts:
+  - date: 22 December 2022
+    amount: 80
+  - date: 9 January 2024
+    amount: 20
+---
+
+![banner.png](https://github.com/hinto-janaiyo/gupax/raw/main/images/png/banner.png)
+
+## What
+[Gupax](https://github.com/hinto-janaiyo/gupax) is a cross-platform GUI for [P2Pool](https://github.com/SChernykh/p2pool)+[XMRig](https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig). I was really happy when Monero GUI implemented P2Pool directly (many users seem to be using it) however, the embedded miner is slower than the dedicated XMRig miner. Unfortunately, integrating XMRig directly into Monero GUI is a no-go mainly due to [anti-virus issues.](https://github.com/monero-project/monero-gui/pull/3829#issuecomment-1018191461) Personally, I also think keeping Monero GUI's scope simple (monerod+wallet) is the way forward. Either that, or a properly implemented [plugin system.](https://github.com/monero-project/monero-gui/pull/3829#issuecomment-1018406709)
+
+Gupax is a completely seperate GUI that can act as a companion alongside Monero GUI. One window with monerod+wallet, and another for P2Pool mining (with XMRig used for max hashrate!). It can act standalone as well, connecting to a remote node so no Monero node is needed.
+
+## Why
+There are a couple (abandoned) GUIs for XMRig, and 1 for P2Pool (Monero GUI). There are 0 for both combined. These two together are only accessible via the command line, which is not ideal. If you take a look at [/r/MoneroMining](https://www.reddit.com/r/MoneroMining) at any given moment, there will be threads where people are confused on how to set everything up. I'm 100% certain if there was a simple GUI solution people could point at ("just use Monero GUI + Gupax"), there would be many, many more miners on P2Pool. [On August 12th when MineXMR shutdown](https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/wb7a9s/minerxmr_is_shutting_down_august_12th_and), had a P2Pool+XMRig GUI existed, I'm certain it would have gained a much more significant chunk of the total hashrate. Instead, much of it went towards to the 2nd/3rd largest centralized pools.
+
+I've been facinated with p2p mining even before SChernykh created Monero's P2Pool. Bitcoin's P2Pool was also seen in the same way as Monero's P2Pool is seen today, but the community neglected it, development stopped and it died off. The massive corporate ASIC farms popping up and making deals with centralized pools did not help either. [Here's an example thread from 2014](https://reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1uii40/p2pool_is_a_completely_decentralized_mining_pool). It is eerily similar to the Monero threads I read today.
+
+I'd like P2Pool to live on and be accessible to as many people as possible. The current Monero GUI implementation is great, but I want everyone to have access to the ***full hashrate*** of what their machines are capable of.
+
+## Implementation
+- **OS:** Gupax will be tested for Windows, macOS, and Linux. Maybe the BSDs (see "Questions" below)
+- **Docs:** All Gupax usage will have documentation on GitHub; General P2Pool/XMRig info will also be included
+- **Packaging:** Gupax will be packaged in a bundled zip/tar that includes P2Pool/XMRig, and as a standalone binary that expects you to bring your own P2Pool/XMRig. Both will be the same binary, only difference being the first will include all necessary components. Maybe an installer as well (see "Questions" below)
+- **Efficiency:** I don't normally care about resource usage too much because (although not ideal...) most computers can afford to run heavy programs. However, the context for Gupax is a ***mining*** machine, it would be too ironic if it impacted the hashrate performance, and so, Gupax uses the very lightweight [Rust egui library](https://github.com/emilk/egui). By default egui is an "immediate mode" GUI, meaning frames are rendered 60x/sec. This is turned off in Gupax so frames are only rendered upon user interaction. This allows for a fast and lightweight GUI. For context, it uses around 5x less CPU when switching around tabs compared to Monero GUI
+
+## Planned
+- **Community Node:** An option to use a trusted community Monero node instead of your own. At a small privacy cost, this allows users to immediately start mining on P2Pool without downloading the entire chain
+- **Update:** Built-in update/upgrader for Gupax/P2Pool/XMRig and an (opt-in) auto-updater that runs at startup
+- **Config:** All the basic configurations you would expect with P2Pool/XMRig (main, mini, peers, thread count, etc)
+- **Status:** Status tab displaying mining statistics using P2Pool & XMRig's APIs
+
+## Demo
+Here's a demo of a working GUI prototype:
+
+![](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/101352116/194763334-d8e936c9-a71e-474e-ac65-3a339b96a9d2.mp4)
+
+[More info and the source/binaries can be found here](https://github.com/hinto-janaiyo/gupax). Please give it a try and leave feedback.
+
+## Who
+I'm [hinto-janaiyo](https://github.com/hinto-janaiyo).
+
+I created and maintain [monero-bash](https://github.com/hinto-janaiyo/monero-bash), which is also an effort to spread P2Pool usage. Frankly speaking, I think monero-bash is many more times more powerful than Gupax, more complex, more options, works better for me, etc. I use it daily, it's the sole way I interact with Monero/P2Pool/XMRig, but I realize it targets a niche group. Gupax is the GUI version with the goal that it's as accessible as possible, while still being powerful.
+
+## Funding
+**Timeframe:** 2 months (8 hours/day, 448 total hours)  
+**Total:** 100 XMR ($14700 USD @ 1XMR/$147)  
+**Rate:** $32.8/hour (14700 / 448)
+
+The GUI is (mostly) already done, but it is still slightly buggy and fonts/sizing/style still need touchups. The internals will take the majority of the 2 months I think this will take to complete. There are two milestones for a total of 100XMR:
+  1. v1.0.0 release + All documentation (80XMR)
+  2. 1 year of maintenance (20XMR)
+
+I'll likely be adding features on my own time afterwards as well (if they are useful to users). There will be documentation on everything, so even without my direct help, it will hopefully be easy for users to use and/or help each other out. I will most likely maintain this project for as long as I'm in this community and there are people using it.
+
+## Questions
+These are some design decisions that I think would be better decided as a community. If you have any opinions on the following, please leave feedback:
+- **Q1. Auto-updater ON or OFF by default?** 
+  - I think having up-to-date software is important but also, I do not like making connections unless users explicitly decide to
+- **Q2. Which nodes should be included as "Trusted community nodes"?**
+  - This is the list of nodes users can select to avoid running their own Monero node. Requirements are: good uptime, trusted by the community, ZMQ enabled. Current list: rino@node.community.rino.io, sethforprivacy@node.sethforprivacy.com, and selsta@selsta1.featherwallet.net 
+- **Q3. Include an installer?**
+  - I'm not familiar with Windows/macOS installers, but if having one would increase adoption, getting some help would be nice
+- **Q4. Support the BSDs?**
+  - I'm not familiar with the BSDs and testing releases on them will take away from development time
+- **Q5. Which license?**
+  - Normally I would have licensed this under MIT however P2Pool and XMRig are under GPLv3. Although I'm not directly using their code, I am planning to include their binaries so I feel it's appropriate to also use GPLv3. I do not mind using GPLv3, but feedback is welcome
+- **Q6. Name/design change?**
+  - Gupax is a stupid acronym for: GUI Uniting P2Pool And XMRig. The ugliness of both the name and logo have grown on me but I'm open to changes

h4sh3d-atomic-swap-implementation.md

 ---
-layout: wip
+layout: cp
 title: Monero Atomic Swaps implementation funding
 author: h4sh3d et al.
 date: September, 2020
@@ -47,28 +47,28 @@ milestones:
     status: finished
   - name: M3.A.1 xgroup-dleq-lib
     funds: 8.75% (238.6125 XMR)
-    done:
-    status: unfinished
+    done: 16 January 2023
+    status: finished
   - name: M3.A.2 ecdsa-adaptor-sig
     funds: 8.75% (238.6125 XMR)
-    done:
-    status: unfinished
+    done: 16 January 2023
+    status: finished
   - name: M3.B. chain-syncer
     funds: 5.25% (143.1675 XMR)
-    done:
-    status: unfinished
+    done: 16 January 2023
+    status: finished
   - name: M3.C.1 swap-cli
     funds: 3.5% (95.445 XMR)
-    done:
-    status: unfinished
+    done: 16 January 2023
+    status: finished
   - name: M3.C.2 swap-gui
     funds: 5.25% (143.1675 XMR)
-    done:
-    status: unfinished
+    done: 16 January 2023
+    status: finished
   - name: M3.D. swap-daemon
     funds: 3.5% (95.445 XMR)
-    done:
-    status: unfinished
+    done: 16 January 2023
+    status: finished
 payouts:
   - date: 23 April 2021
     amount: 190.89
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     amount: 354.51
   - date: 22 December 2021
     amount: 1227.15
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+    amount: 954.45
 ---
 
 :warning: *DIFFERENT CCS RULES ARE IN PLACE FOR THIS PROPOSAL! PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING!* :warning:

hardenedsteel-getmonero-1.md

+---
+layout: cp
+title: Part-time + Flexible Work on getmonero.org (1 Month)
+author: HardenedSteel
+date: 31 July, 2024
+amount: 5
+milestones:
+  - name: Month 1
+    funds: 5 XMR
+    done: 15 September 2024
+    status: finished
+payouts:
+  - date: 27 September 2024
+    amount: 5
+---
+
+
+# Who?
+Hi everyone, I'm HardenedSteel. I've been in Monero ecosystem and contributor for a couple of years. My previous contributions in the Monero ecosystem are:
+
+* Maintenance of getmonero.org[1](https://github.com/monero-project/monero-site/issues?q=involves%3Ahardenedsteel)
+* featherwallet.org[2](https://github.com/feather-wallet/feather-site/issues?q=involves%3Ahardenedsteel)
+* revuo-xmr.com[3](https://github.com/rottenwheel/revuo-weekly/issues?q=involves%3Ahardenedsteel)
+* Helping to newcomers on Reddit[4](https://www.reddit.com/user/HardenedSteelX/), Monero StackExchange[5](https://monero.stackexchange.com/users/12826/hardenedsteel), Monero.Town[6](https://monero.town/u/HardenedSteel) and helping them to onboard Monero ecosystem[7](https://github.com/HardenedSteel/Help4XMR)
+* Translation of Monero.com (and Cake) Wallet[8](https://github.com/cake-tech/cake_wallet/pull/724).
+* and more...
+
+# What?
+I will continue maintaining getmonero.org but with greater level. This will entail reviewing pull requests, fixing issues, adding new content and following social media (such as Reddit and Monero.town) to identify new issues and feature requests for those who do not use GitHub etc.
+
+Furthermore, I will (attempt to) continue contributing to other Monero ecosystems in my spare time.
+
+# Why?
+Many people in Monero community (such as both core and non-core devs and people on social media) complains the website isn't maintained well and there are only a few people working on the site.
+
+# Milestones
+This proposal is only one month since it's my first proposal and requesting 5 XMR for it. Depending on the feedback from the community I'm planning work more than month.
+

hardenedsteel-getmonero-2.md

+---
+layout: cp
+title: Part-time Work on getmonero.org (2 Month)
+author: HardenedSteel
+date: 14 September, 2024
+amount: 10
+milestones:
+  - name: Month 1
+    funds: 5 XMR
+    done: 3 December 2024
+    status: finished
+  - name: Month 2
+    funds: 5 XMR
+    done: 3 December 2024
+    status: finished
+payouts:
+  - date: 13 December 2024
+    amount: 10
+---
+
+# Who?
+Hi again, Its my second proposal I won't copy paste same content to here instead you can reach to my first proposal*.
+
+*https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/481
+
+# What?
+I will continue to maintain getmonero.org and possibly to the docs site (such as migration if it happens) at same pace.
+
+# Milestones
+5 XMR / month. In total 2 months
+
+---
+
+Let me know your concerns or experiences with me or the previous CCS.