monero-inflation-checker.md

+---
+layout: cp
+title: Creation of Python tools and educational material for checking and explaining the absence of money leakage (a.k.a. inflation) in Monero.
+author: DangerousFreedom
+date: March 25, 2022
+amount: 43.2
+milestones:
+  - name: MLSAG
+    funds: 14.4
+    done: 31 May 2022
+    status: finished
+  - name: CLSAG
+    funds: 14.4
+    done: 3 July 2022
+    status: finished
+  - name: Seraphis / Optimizations / Functional website delivery
+    funds: 14.4
+    done: 4 September 2022
+    status: finished
+payouts:
+  - date: 2 June 2022
+    amount: 14.4
+  - date: 6 July 2022
+    amount: 14.4
+  - date: 7 September 2022
+    amount: 14.4
+---
+## TLDR
+Minimal Python tools and educational material for checking inflation in Monero.
+Check the initial scratch [here](https://criptando.pythonanywhere.com/).
+I would like your support to finish it :)
+
+## What and Why ?
+I will try to address the following issues:
+
+1) Provide solid information about inflation.
+    This project is highly focused on building the minimum necessary tools in Python to prove that there is no money leakage (inflation) occurring or that has occurred. Therefore, the community is welcome to use the tools provided here and also make improvement suggestions on how to answer this question in the most decisive way.
+
+2) Educational material.
+    This work also intends to convey the message that Monero is as safe or more as Bitcoin (cryptographically speaking). Therefore some educational material is provided for the layman and for someone looking to understand the code. Convincing someone about something may require different levels of explanations. This work tries to address this issue.
+
+3) Provide more transparency and ease the fear of users and investors.
+    Nobody heavily invests into something that they do not understand. This work provides more transparency and education on how the blockchain works with the focus on the inflation issue. Therefore, users would feel safer by investing and using Monero.
+
+4) Abstraction of the C++ code and further implementations using Python.
+    This work also gives more independence from the C++ code, which the great majority of people heavily relies on to verify the blockchain. If useful functions are implemented here, it could also help, in the future, other people to make different implementations like wallets and nodes in Python.
+
+5) Overview of blockchain history focused on the inflation issue.
+    Any successful project has to be able to tell its history in the most detailed way for the newcomers that did not live the events that happened in the past. Therefore, scanning the whole blockchain looking for leakages and providing some educational material with codes, some stats and insights is crucial not only for the new members but actually for anyone who wants to revisit the history.
+
+
+## Who
+- I would like to stay anonymous for the moment. I believe that the goal of the CCS is to fund an idea instead of a person so if I do not do the job, the CCS can fund someone else to do it in the way it was proposed here.
+- I have never contributed to Monero and I actually got on-board recently although I know its existence for some years.
+- I started investigating after this post on [reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/s9z67a/again_about_the_inflation/).
+- I have a broad set of experiences like web design, Python coding, applied math and economics.
+- I am highly motivated to work on this project as it is almost an existential question for me.
+- I am pretty sure that I am capable of doing it following the proposed time schedule as I have been working in this project for the past two months already.
+
+
+## About the proposal
+First, I would like to thank everyone in the MRL channel for pointing me some directions. I believe that basically what needs to be done is the creation of Python scripts and educational materials in order to: check the ring signatures, check the amounts involved, check the uniqueness of key images and check the emission curve.
+
+These tasks have to be done for the Pre-RingCT era, MLSAG and CLSAG.
+
+As I have already done a scratch for the Pre-RingCT (v1) era (it is not ready yet but I strongly recommend you to check out the [temporary version](https://criptando.pythonanywhere.com/) to have an idea how the final product will look like), I still need to do improve the Pre-RingCT era and create the necessary material for the MLSAG and CLSAG. I also propose to create some educational material and scripts for Seraphis.
+
+This work does not intend to end the discussion about inflation in Monero, it is quite the opposite, it looks for providing tools and educational material so people can have the same base for a serious and structured discussion about it. I do not expect to deliver the message that you should blindly trust in Monero but I expect to deliver a message which will raise the awareness on the inflation issue.
+
+I will do my best to reply in a meaningful way the concerns of the community and I also will be constantly in touch with the developers and the ones that have much more knowledge than me (they have been really nice and kind so far) to explain the inflation issue in the best way. 
+
+## Importance for the community
+- Give some material and orientation for the ones looking to increase their understanding about the Monero blockchain with the focus on the inflation issue.
+- Create Python functions (ring signature verifiers and others) to check the real data stored in the blockchain
+- Give more transparency and explanation to the verification process of a transaction
+- Reduce the fear of investors that do not understand how Monero can be transparent and at the same time private.
+
+
+
+## Timeline and payouts
+First delivery: Codes, nice explanation and some stats about MLSAG /
+Date: End of May /
+Amount: 14.4 XMR
+
+Second delivery: Codes, nice explanation and some stats about CLSAG /
+Date: End of June /
+Amount: 14.4 XMR
+
+Third delivery: More codes and explanations (Seraphis), clean website, optimizations and corrections /
+Date: End of August /
+Amount: 14.4 XMR
+
+I propose to work for 18 USD per hour, 30h per week, for 16 weeks. Which means 18*30*16 = 8640 USD / 200 USD = 43.2 XMR
+Total: 43.2 XMR
+
+I will also pay for the costs to host the website and buy a meaningful domain name for the project.
+
+
+## About deliveries
+I will make all the content (codes, images, texts, ...) available and free to use, modify, share and do whatever you want.
+As soon as I finish some task, I will make them available.
+
+## Expiration Date
+It would be nice if it get funded before 30.04.2022 so I can keep the expected timeline. Thank you very much in advance.

monero-payment-option-tesla.md

+---
+layout: cp
+title: "Proposal to Add Monero (XMR) as a Payment Option on the Tesla Website"
+author: Natoshi Sakamoto
+date: February 9, 2021
+amount: 890
+milestones:
+  - name: Payment for Monero public payment integration promise
+    funds: 890
+    done:
+    status: unfinished
+payouts:
+  - date: 9 March 2021
+    amount: 890 (refund)
+---
+
+
+*Important donor and participant note: See the bottom of the document. This proposal is contingent on several factors and will be refunded if certain criteria are not met.*
+
+Press contact: press@getmonero.org
+
+# Proposal to Add Monero (XMR) as a Payment Option on the Tesla Website
+
+**What:** Tesla recently announced that they may accept Bitcoin payment for Tesla cars at some point in the future. This proposal is to ***add Monero as a payment option for a new Tesla, along-side Bitcoin, by asking Elon Musk to accept payment in Monero for three new Tesla Model 3 vehicles (maximum expenditure by the Monero community of $50,000 USD equivalent per Tesla, $150,000 USD equivalent total).*** If he agrees, we purchase the vehicles using Monero through the front end of the Tesla website or Tesla store point of sale system, or Tesla accepts our Monero in some other way such as a special payment processing run. Vehicles will then be donated to our favorite Charities! 
+
+**Why:** Most existing cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin and Ethereum, have transparent blockchains, meaning that transactions are openly traceable by anyone in the world and subject to mass surveillance by foreign governments and marketing agencies. Every Monero transaction preserves the privacy of its user because it obfuscates sending and receiving addresses as well as transacted amounts. Monero is unique among any major cryptocurrency in providing these basic levels of user protections.
+
+Monero is a truly decentralized project entirely developed by a grassroot community of volunteers - to date, [more than 650 individuals have contributed to its source code](https://www.openhub.net/p/monero). All contributors spend time and efforts altruistically, largely unpaid except for a few specific tasks supported by a [dedicated crowdfunding platform](https://ccs.getmonero.org/). Similar to Bitcoin (and unlike most projects in the cryptospace...), there is no premine, no dev tax, no ICO, no venture capital, no nothing. Monero is a pure open source project whose community is aligned first and foremost toward its ideals of privacy & freedom. 
+
+With the recent announcement that Bitcoin may be accepted for Tesla purchases, members of the Monero community came up with the idea that it would be preferable to have Monero along-side Bitcoin as a payment option when purchasing a Tesla, given its privacy preserving properties. While some people rightfully want to brag about their brand new Tesla, this should be the owner’s choice, not revealed with an accidental purchase of coffee using the same Bitcoin wallet. You wouldn’t want your server at a restaurant to know the entire balance in your wallet when you pay would you? Why should your purchase of a car broadcast to the world all of the information that is leaked in a Bitcoin transaction? Plus, **the effect of showing up to a party in a brand new Tesla is diminished somewhat if all your friends already knew the moment you bought it because they were able to see the transaction on the Bitcoin blockchain!**
+
+**Who:** This proposal encourages the Monero community to come together and to raise the funds needed, in Monero, to purchase three Tesla Model 3 vehicles and donate them to three worthy 501(c)(3) charities (or corresponding status for non-profits outside the US)! To be considered one of the Community favorite charities, the words “Monero” and the hashtag #Tesla4XMR should be in all Tweets.
+
+**When:** Lets raise these funds now and provide an opportunity for Tesla to support freedom and privacy while simultaneously providing benefit to our favorite charitable causes!
+
+**How:** We propose to ask Elon Musk to accept Monero as a payment option for three new Tesla Model 3 vehicles through Twitter. We are relying on the power of the Monero community (and the generosity of Elon and others - including wonderful charities) to make this happen. Please help us share this proposal and encourage Elon to promote essential cryptocurrency technology!
+
+501(c)(3) charities (or corresponding status for non-profits outside the US) who are interested should express via social media (ideally Twitter) how the donation of a Tesla Model 3 will benefit them, as well as some message on the importance of privacy. Then, charities should encourage engagement on their end to raise awareness. The hashtag **#Telsa4XMR** and the word “Monero” should be used on all Tweets or social media mentions! 
+
+In order to be considered one of our FAVORITE charities, a charity should: 
+
+* Tweet about what privacy means to them, and why it is important!
+* Tweet about situations in which lack of privacy would be a bad thing! Be creative!
+* Tweet about how YOU enjoy privacy in your own life (ie: curtains on the window are closed at night, cellphone has a password on it, cash is kept in your wallet or purse and not carried around in your hand for all to see).
+* Tweet other funny or serious hypotheticals related to privacy, or lack of privacy - we can’t stress this enough - get creative!
+* Tweet about how receiving a donated Tesla Model 3 would benefit the charity.
+* Tweet about how a Tesla Model 3 would be used by the charity.
+
+*All Tweets should include the word “Monero” AND the hashtag #Tesla4XMR.*
+
+The more Tweets and Retweets, the better, we need to get Elon’s attention to make this dream a reality! The Monero Community loves organizations who have an awareness of the importance of financial privacy, personal privacy, privacy of thought, freedom of speech, and freedom of expression. 
+
+We will be looking for charity engagement in this initiative, and to get Elon’s attention for twenty one days beginning 12:00 noon US Central time on the day the proposal is funded. That is, after 21 days from this time has elapsed, and if the success criteria below have been met, the Monero Community will select our three favorite charities to receive Teslas. The venue in which the three favorite charities will be evaluated and selected is TBA. 
+
+Note that selected charities will not receive a donated Tesla Model 3 if the success criteria below are not met. The goal is to actually pay Tesla, for Teslas, using Monero! For that, we need to get Tesla to accept Monero as a payment option!
+
+
+**Define Success:**
+The decision to pay out the Monero to Tesla for the three Tesla Model 3 vehicles will depend on two things occuring. A) Acknowledgement from Elon within twenty one days of a fully funded proposal, that Monero will be added or accepted for the purchase of three Model 3 vehicles, and B) The actual acceptance of the Monero for the vehicle purchases within six months of the date of a fully funded proposal.
+
+More specifically, pay out of the funds to Tesla will occur if three of our favorite charities have been selected to receive a Tesla AND: 
+
+* Elon agrees via tweet or other public medium within twenty one days of a funded proposal to add Monero as a payment option, and it is possible to make the payment to Tesla in Monero within six months of the date of the fully funded proposal.
+* Elon agrees via tweet or other public medium to accept our Monero as payment for three Teslas and it is possible to make the payment to Tesla, with Monero, within six months of the date of the fully funded proposal.
+* Monero appears as a payment option on the Tesla website with no immediate announcement or correspondence from Elon, and this is accompanied by public correspondence from Elon within twenty one days of a fully funded proposal, acknowledging Monero has been added as a payment option, and it is possible to make the payment to Tesla in Monero within six months of the date of the fully funded proposal.
+
+Funds will not be paid out to Tesla (and instead, refunded) if: 
+
+* There is no response or engagement from Elon within the twenty one days of a fully funded proposal.
+* There is a response or engagement from Elon, but no commitment to accept Monero for payment within twenty one days of a fully funded proposal.
+* Monero appears as a payment option within twenty one days of a fully funded proposal on the Tesla website with no announcement or correspondence from Elon (this would be indicative of Tesla already having planned to add Monero as a payment option).
+* Monero is added as a payment option within twenty one days of a fully funded proposal alongside other coins or tokens or cryptocurrency (excluding Bitcoin), even if acknowledged by Elon. For example: Tesla adds Coin X, Coin, G, Coin, H, and Monero.
+* There is no response or engagement from Elon within the twenty one days of a fully funded proposal and Monero is added as a payment option only by way of a batch implementation of more than just Monero and Bitcoin through the use of a Tesla vendor / payment processor, such as BitPay, etc.
+* It is not possible to send Monero to Tesla, and/or Tesla has been uncooperative in receiving the funds as payment for three Model 3 vehicles within six months of the date of a fully funded proposal, despite any acknowledgement or indication from Elon that it will be possible to make this transaction. 
+
+Acceptable payment methods for the three Tesla Model 3 vehicles are: Tesla agrees to make a special payment processing run for the Community’s Monero, or Monero is spendable on the Tesla website, or at the Tesla store through the point of sale system. If, in the event of success (as defined above), six months has passed since the date of a fully funded proposal and it is not possible (Tesla becomes unresponsive, uncooperative, or it is not technically possible to send Monero to Tesla by no fault of the Monero community) to spend Monero on the three Tesla Model 3 vehicles in the above mentioned manner, refunds will be issued in accordance with the notes at the bottom of this page. 
+
+**Monero Price Fluctuations:** 
+
+Should the Monero price in USD rise between the time of a funded proposal, and actual pay out of the funds, the excess Monero that is not used to purchase the three Model 3 vehicles will be returned proportionally to the donors, in accordance with the notes at the bottom of this page. 
+Should the Monero price in USD fall between the time of a funded proposal, and actual pay out of the funds, so that the Monero collected is now insufficient to purchase the three Tesla Model 3 vehicles, further funding will be sought from the community in a follow up CCS proposal.
+
+**Notes:** 
+
+A charity will certainly not be considered a friend of the Monero community if there is evidence that the nonprofit has a mission that is demonstrably not in line with our principles (e.g. advocating for government intrusions such as warrantless surveillance, tracing, suspected human rights violations, etc.). Charities that can be shown to have utilized Twitter bot farms or other forms of unfair manipulation to artificially increase their re-tweet counts will also be disqualified as a potential favorite of the Monero Community.
+
+*This is not a sweepstakes or lottery. There is no purchase, payment, or consideration required to be provided by charities for participation. Charities and others who participate do assert that their participation represents non-consideration in the form of materials, opportunity cost, time, or person-hours, and that any efforts put forth to try and be selected to receive a Tesla are trivial and non-material. Participation by charities, Elon Musk, Tesla, Monero Community Members, or anyone else is purely voluntary. This initiative is void where prohibited, and entities residing in or governed by such jurisdictions shall not participate. This text and/or initiative creates no liability for any participant, including Monero Community members. The recipient(s) of any donated Tesla Model 3 must ensure they are able to fulfill any taxation obligation that accepting an award may present. The Monero Community is not liable for taxation liability, if any, associated with these donated vehicles.*
+
+```
+Important donor notes: For this proposal, refunds will be issued in the event that the funding is not satisfactory or the metric(s) for success are not achieved. This differs from the standard of excess or unused funds going to the general fund, because success in this case is dependent on an external event or events occurring.
+
+To qualify for a refund, the donor must send their tx ID, amount, and return XMR address to luigi1111@getmonero.org (PGP fingerprint: FE6D D72A 19CD C5FC 6CB9  1696 BA18 1389 4EDD 58B9, full PGP key at github.com/monero-project/monero/blob/master/utils/gpg_keys/luigi1111.asc) NO LATER than ONE WEEK after their donation is made. Any remaining unclaimed funds (in the event that the proposal is not completed) will be sent to the general fund as usual. If refunds are to be issued, the funds will be returned via the provided XMR address.
+
+In summary, the funds can be either:
+
+Unclaimed, leading to the general fund receiving them in the case of a failed proposal.
+
+Claimed within one week of the donation, leading to a refund in the case of a failed proposal (assuming you sent the email within the week window).
+
+Note: The hope is that the refunds will not be needed, and the funds will be distributed in accordance with the success of the proposal. In the event of success of the proposal, refunds will NOT be issued. It is only if the proposal is not funded to satisfaction, or not successful, or as a volatility adjustment.
+```
+
+Tesla and Elon Musk have absolutely no affiliation with this Monero CCS proposal at the time this is written, nor can we say that they endorse or otherwise have commented on this CCS proposal or Monero.

monero-serai-wallet-audit.md

+---
+layout: wip
+title: Audit monero-serai and monero-wallet
+author: kayabaNerve
+date: October 11, 2024
+amount: 1050 XMR
+milestones:
+  - name: Audit of monero-[serai, wallet], including the FROST-inspired multisig protocol
+    funds: 1050 XMR
+    done:
+    status: unfinished
+payouts:
+  - date: 3 December 2024
+    amount: 1050
+---
+ 
+monero-serai and monero-wallet are public-good libraries built by myself as part of my work on Serai DEX. Despite the "-serai" name, both libraries have always been intended to be usable and actually used by the Monero community as a whole. Development has been ongoing for over two years. During that time, I have hired developers to work on and review it (including j-berman who truly needs credit and acknowledgement for their contributions), yet have never seeked community funding for my work. Now that monero-serai and monero-wallet are ready for their 1.0 release, meaning they have reached the necessary milestone to be considered sufficiently developed and meaningful, I have decided to request the community's support for their audits.
+ 
+monero-serai is a from-scratch reimplementation of the Monero transaction protocol in Rust. It originally also
+included wallet functionality yet that was split out into the monero-wallet library to offer greater
+flexibility to consumers.
+ 
+monero-serai is used by Cuprate[[1]](
+  https://github.com/Cuprate/cuprate
+)[[2]](
+  https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/405
+)[[3]](
+  https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/422
+)[[4]](
+  https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/431
+)[[5]](
+  https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/456
+)[[6]](
+  https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/469
+)[[7]](
+  https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/484
+) for its parsing/handling/stateless verification of Monero transactions. Specifically, included is:
+ 
+- An implementation of v1 and v2 transactions
+- Cryptonote ring signature, MLSAG, and CLSAG verification
+- Borromean, Bulletproofs, and Bulletproofs(+) verification
+ 
+monero-serai also underpins monero-wallet, a Rust library for sending and receiving Monero. It's intended to have a clean, high-level API, be usable in a variety of contexts (from desktops to embedded devices to web browsers), and support everything from traditional wallets to more novel use cases (such as atomic swaps). As part of this, it offers:
+ 
+- Proving CLSAG, Bulletproofs, and Bulletproofs(+)
+- Honest-sender outgoing view keys (deterministically derived transaction keys to simplify payment proofs and allow verifying transactions match an intent)
+- A FROST-inspired multisig which has O(1) per-signer upload complexity and O(n) computational complexity, compared to Monero's multisig which has O(n!) complexity (where n is the amount of signers)
+ 
+Potentially of most note is the work on multisig. FROST is a widely regarded, [IRTF standardized](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc9591/) multisignature protocol for Schnorr signatures which I've applied to Monero's CLSAG (caveats apply). The application to CLSAG is built upon [modular-frost](https://github.com/serai-dex/serai/tree/develop/crypto/frost), a FROST implementation I wrote for Serai and have already [prior audited](https://github.com/serai-dex/serai/tree/develop/audits/Cypher%20Stack%20crypto%20March%202023).
+
+Monero has historically had issues with its multisig which has a novel high-complexity DKG and a signing protocol which isn't formalized (though is currently Musig2-inspired). monero-wallet represents an opportunity to step forth with a formalized, proven, and audited multisignature implementation. One idea occassionally brought up has been to remove multisig from Monero proper, placing it in its own distinct repository, in order to not have multisig burden Monero. With the work done on monero-wallet, and the audit being funded here, completely deferring multisig to it would become a viable option.
+ 
+monero-wallet has also been checked to have a matching decoy selection algorithm (specifically, a matching distribution of selected decoys), fee algorithm, and various other properties (such as TX extra) to ensure its transactions won't be fingerprintable.
+ 
+There is interest by multiple wallets to use monero-wallet, and it's already being developed on top of by Serai, a user-facing multisignature use case, and an application premised on web technology (which compiles monero-wallet to WASM).
+ 
+This CCS is to fund the formalization of the implemented CLSAG multisig protocol (already outlined), provide the necessary security proofs (derived from FROST), and audit monero-[serai, wallet]. The audit will be done by Cypher Stack (their quoted amount being the amount requested). The one milestone is to be paid directly, immediately, and in full, to Cypher Stack for their work.
+
+After the audit, the plan is to transfer monero-serai into the newly created [monero-oxide](https://github.com/monero-oxide/monero-oxide) organization (head by myself and boog900 from Cuprate). This is to help ensure it stands as a public good and doesn't solely service a single project's needs. Additional discussions are ongoing regarding the future governance of monero-wallet.

monero-tip-bot.md

+---
+layout: cp
+title: A Monero Tip Bot for Telegram
+author: HAH! Sun (omani)
+date: July 10, 2019
+amount: 13
+milestones:
+  - name: Collect Feature Requests and Prototype the Telegram bot
+    funds: 1
+    done: 1 October 2019
+    status: finished
+  - name: Implement Features
+    funds: 5
+    done: 1 October 2019
+    status: finished
+  - name: Intensive Testing of Bot on Stagenet Within Monero Telegram Groups / Bug Fixing
+    funds: 4
+    done: 1 October 2019
+    status: finished
+  - name: Delivering Bot to Monero Project Team
+    funds: 0
+    done: 17 October 2019
+    status: finished
+  - name: Maintenance and Support
+    funds: 3
+    done: 17 October 2019
+    status: finished
+payouts:
+  - date: 1 October 2019
+    amount: 10
+  - date: 18 October 2019
+    amount: 3
+---
+
+# Monero Tipping Bot
+
+I would like to put forward a proposal for the development of a Monero tipping bot. I am a code contributor to the Monero Project and author of the [Go Monero RPC Client](https://github.com/monero-ecosystem/go-monero-rpc-client) and a member of the [Monero Ecosystem](https://moneroecosystem.org/) and I believe that I have all the necessary skills to complete this development.
+
+Like many others, I enjoy using Telegram on a daily basis. I am an active member in various monero groups on Telegram and I have noticed the huge interest in a Monero tip bot. So here I am, putting myself forward with a proposal to develop, and deliver, the first ever Monero tip bot for Telegram.
+
+## The Proposal and Milestones
+I aim to combine my Monero RPC Client and the Monero Wallet RPC with the official Telegram Bot API.
+The Bot will be written in Golang, as is the above mentioned Monero RPC Client of mine that I will be using.
+The Bot will be group-enabled, publicly available and accessable in Telegram. Users can use the bot to tip each other from within or outside a group. Users will be able to receive a notification upon sending or receiving a tip when they have started the bot (in a PM, which is standard practice in Telegram). 
+
+### What can this bot do?
+This bot is the first of its kind and effectively a Monero wallet for telegram. A telegram user can receive and send Moneros from this wallet using this bot.
+Nothing will be stored on the server (where the bot is running), except the wallet, of course. Other than that, no user data, personal information or any other personal data will be stored. Everything happens on-chain and thus no backend database is required. You can tip other users, friends and people in groups, set up giveaways and do lots of other cool things, like sending monero to regular wallet addresses!
+
+The bot is group-friendly, meaning it won't spam the group with messages. Most of the wallet relevant information will be sent to the user via PM.
+
+## Milestones
+### 1. Collect Feature Requests and Prototype the Telegram bot
+Gather feature requests from telegram users in various Monero groups and decide on a final specification for the bot. Put together the base, boilerplate and structure of the code and make it ready to implement the requested features.
+
+Estimated time: 1 week
+
+### 2. Implement Features
+Develop the bot and roll out a test version with the essential and some of the desirable features, in order of priority. Initial focus will be on security and interoperability with the Monero Wallet RPC. Enhanced functionality will be rolled out in regular future updates.
+
+Estimated time: 2 weeks (for core release)
+
+### 3. Intensive Testing of Bot on Stagenet Within Monero Telegram Groups
+At this point the bot will need extensive testing to ensure robustness and verify the security features. I propose to test it on stagenet by adding the bot into various groups and let people tip each other with stagenet coins. Every user who is interested to test the bot will be tipped with a certain amount of stagenet coins, big enough to complete a standardised testing script followed by some ‘real life’ use. Stagenet coins will be provided by myself and/or other stagenet coin owners who would like to be involved with this project. I expect a minimum of 50 people to test this bot depending on the degree of engagement from the Monero community. Bug reports from the community and testers will be collected and fixes will be deployed accordingly. Once testing is complete, the operator will switch from stagenet to mainnet by connecting to a daemon running on mainnet.
+
+Estimated time: 4 weeks.
+
+### 4. Delivering Bot to Monero Project Team
+Ownership of the bot can be transferred to the official Monero Project Team (Core Team) at any point during the development, should they wish to do so. This official ‘Monero Team’ branding has the obvious advantage of increasing trust in the product, which should drive adoption on Telegram. The bot requires a Monero Wallet RPC Daemon running on a wallet that is also hosted on the node (meaning the operator holds the private keys and seed). All one needs to operate the bot on Telegram is a server (eg. Virtual Private Server or Virtual Machine) and a running Monero Wallet RPC (holding the wallet) that is connected to a remote node. Any chosen individual ‘of trust’ can host the wallet on any server of choice.
+  
+### 5. Maintenance and Support
+As long as I am the author/maintainer of the repository, I will provide support for the code. Eg: Updates on the code when a new version of the Monero Wallet RPC is released, bug fixes, implementation of new features, maintaining Telegram API compatibility etc.
+
+## Cost
+* Collect Feature Requests and Prototype the Telegram bot: 1 XMR
+* Implement Features: 5 XMR
+* Intensive Testing of Bot on Stagenet Within one or more Monero Telegram groups / Bug Fixing: 4 XMR
+* Maintenance and Support: 3 XMR (one time fee) 
+
+__Total: 13 XMR__
+
+## Notes
+*Authors wish*: I really hope that the Monero Team considers my proposal, and my track record, and takes up this offer. I am genuinely motivated by a desire to contribute towards the growth of the Monero community and the entire Monero ecosytem. 
+Should the Monero core team prefer to host the bot themselves after this is coded, this can be easily arranged and the transfer will be fully supported by myself.
+
+The Code will be open source and licensed under the MIT License and will be under the umbrella of the the Monero Ecosystem by transfering the repository to the [monero-ecosystem organization](https://github.com/monero-ecosystem) on Github, like I did with the mentioned Go Monero RPC Client.
+
+## Who?
+Sun (also known as `@tombish` on Telegram and `omani` on Github).

monero-to-the-oscars.md

+---
+layout: cp
+title: Help an independent film featuring Monero get to the Oscars™!
+author: markofdistinction_
+date: January 20, 2023
+amount: 154
+milestones:
+  - name: upon approval
+    funds: 77
+    done: 25 September 2023
+    status: finished
+  - name: upon qualifying for Academy Award
+    funds: 77
+    done: 25 September 2023
+    status: finished
+payouts:
+  - date: 5 November 2023
+    amount: 154
+---
+
+### Note: This proposal generated significant and thoughtful discussion; potential donors are invited to read it [here](https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/371).
+
+![HorizontalPoster](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/markofdistinction/ccs/main/MarkOfDistinction_16x9_1280x720.jpg)
+
+# Help an independent film featuring Monero get to the Oscars™!
+
+### Who are you?
+
+Hey all, my name is George Nicholas, an “award-winning” filmmaker and Monero enthusiast. You can see my IMDb profile here: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm11077440/    
+I was involved with making "Monero Means Money".
+
+### What’s up?
+
+I’ve written and directed an independent, 38-minute live-action film titled MARK OF DISTINCTION. The film is in Spanish and English and was shot in Tijuana, Mexico in July of ‘22 on 16mm Kodak film. It features Monero, but is not focused on it -- it is inspired by real events and tells the story of a 16-year-old boy who gets recruited by the Mexican cartel to smuggle liquid meth across the border. The boy dies tragically at the hands of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, who ask him to drink the liquid to prove that it’s not drugs.
+    
+    
+You can see a report and footage of the incident here:
+https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KsKtVnrRaM    
+And some behind-the-scenes photos from our shoot [here](https://twitter.com/markofdistinctn/status/1554237266460954625?s=20) and [here](https://twitter.com/markofdistinctn/status/1554237518098313217?s=20).    
+    
+Government coercion over the individual is the reason I came to Monero and it is the reason I was driven to tell this story.
+
+### How is this related to Monero?
+
+Monero is featured in 3 scenes. As background, the protagonist, MANUEL, has found a physical Monero coin that his father had stashed away for him before his disappearance--
+
+### Did you just say a physical Monero coin? gtfo
+
+Yeah, a physical Monero coin, like this one: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1502918.0
+
+### OK, so what happens next?
+
+So, Manuel is carrying the coin around in his pocket like an idiot, not realizing what he has. His friend, RODOLFO, sees him trying to shove it down a slot machine, but thankfully the coin is too big to fit. Rodolfo explains to him what he has and Manuel’s eyes light up. Outside the bar, the two get beat up because of an earlier incident and the hooligans make off with Manuel’s scooter and his coin. Manuel gets his revenge and recovers the scooter, but not the coin. Rodolfo later finds the coin and tries to give it back to Manuel, but it is too late…    
+    
+Monero represents the boy’s potential – the unrealized wealth that every individual carries within, although not everyone finds the key to unlock it. The coin ends up with the person who understands its value, as often happens in real life.
+
+### How can we help?
+
+I self-funded the shoot and post-production (the budget was in the low six figures), which exhausted my personal savings. We need funds for the most crucial phase – the release of the film. This includes getting it in front of festivals and promoting it there, hiring a publicist, running an awards campaign. All this costs money and I am coming to the Monero community for help.
+
+### What do we get in return?
+##### 1. Exposure (the good kind)
+The film has the chance of reaching hundreds of thousands and even millions of people. Not every viewer will become a Monero user, but they will all be exposed to Monero in a positive way. The community will also receive an acknowledgement in the credits, to the effect of "this movie was kindly supported by the Monero community" with the Monero logo and getmonero.org underneath.    
+    
+Monero already gets exposure in the media and [even some TV shows](https://twitter.com/vikrantnyc/status/1616152774856540166?s=20), but almost always as a Ransomcoin. This is a story that shows Monero being used in the way most of us use it -- as a savings vehicle that we can spend or pass down to our loved ones outside of anyone else's control. Monero means money, but it also represents so much more -- a path towards personal freedom, away from coercion by the state or others. This is what the film tries to get across and hopefully it succeeds.
+
+##### 2. Physical presence
+With the community's help and the right release strategy, the film will play at major festivals across the world. Anytime the film plays, this will be an opportunity for an impromptu Monero meetup. Screenings can be publicized in the community beforehand to attract local Monero fans throughout the world.
+
+##### 3. A cause to rally behind
+I know we take the whole magic internet money thing seriously around here, which is why I love Monero. It is the reason no other coin was considered to take its place in the film. And I respect the more conservative view that the CCS should only be used to fund developer work. The number of undelivered, CCS-funded projects is dishearteninig, which is why I held off on asking for help until the film was actually made and ready to go.    
+    
+Monero has the best p2p cash characteristics of any coin, but we could do a better job of celebrating that. This film will give us an opportunity to rally behind a cause that almost all of us agree with -- the right of the individual to remain free from oppression, especially from governments. We can go to festivals together or follow from home, celebrate the wins and mourn the losses. Consider it an exercise in community-building.
+
+##### 4. Some cool GIFs, of course.
+But you'll get them regardless, since the film is already made.
+
+![CoinGIF](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/markofdistinction/ccs/main/coin_squeeze.gif)
+    
+Also, the idea to have a private screening for the community at MoneroKon was floated, which I'd be open to doing if there is interest.
+
+### Alright, how much do you want? Spit it out.
+
+###### We are looking to raise 154 XMR (the equivalent of $25K at Kraken’s current 20-day EMA)
+
+### What's your Oscars strategy? (i.e. How are you going to spend it?)
+
+Films under 40 minutes are considered live action short films by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. This is the category we're aiming for. There are two ways for a film to qualify:
+
+1. The film must win an award at one of the ~130 Academy Award-qualifying festivals throughout the world:
+    https://www.oscars.org/sites/oscars/files/95aa_anim_short_festivals.pdf
+    Submission fees to these festivals are generally in the $50-$100 range, so that alone can eat up $10K.
+2. The film must be publicly exhibited for paid admission in a movie theater in Los Angeles or New York City for
+    one week:  https://www.oscars.org/sites/oscars/files/93aa_short_films.pdf 
+    This is the cheaper option at about $3K, but films that qualify with a festival win are preferred by Academy voters, so we'll try the festival route first.
+
+Once the film qualifies, the remaining funds will go towards hiring a publicist and running an awards campaign. Jim Dobson at Indie-PR has seen the film and loves it.    
+He ran the Oscars campaign for AUDIBLE, a short documentary that received a nomination in 2022. https://www.indie-pr.com/about    
+Another PR firm with extensive experience that has expressed interest is JJPR: http://joshuajasonpr.com/film-campaigns    
+    
+I make no guarantees that we will win an Oscar or be nominated, but every industry professional who has seen the film thinks we have a good chance (and not just the publicists who stand to make money). We are taking this journey and I'd like the community to come along!
+
+### Who else has seen the film?
+
+I've reached out to some people I know in the community, who have kindly taken the time to see it. Here's what they had to say:
+ 
+##### jberman said:
+    "This has the feel of something that would win a lot of awards."
+    "Was the idea of the friend chasing him to give the coin to him basically saying Monero represented an
+    alternative path to a better life/better system instead of the darker one he chose? That's how I read its place
+    in the story."
+##### midipoet said:
+    "you don't need me to tell you, but for what it's worth, the production value is extremely high" 
+    "it's pretty much feature length quality, as you were aiming for. what struck me most though was the quality
+    of the acting."
+##### Vik Sharma said:
+    "Really, really well made."
+##### Doug from MoneroTalk said:
+    "Captivating! Sunita and I loved it."
+##### Johnny Mnemonic said:
+    "Awesome film! The Monero coin inclusion was great… 
+    Touching story… I really feel for the kid at the end because he’s just trying to make things right with his grandfather. 
+    I also liked that you included real footage at the end… really makes you feel how real it is. "
+##### dsc said:
+    "that last scene had me on the edge of my seat!"
+### What happens if Monero's price fluctuates in the meantime?
+The amount we're raising is denominated in XMR. Any fluctuations in fiat value are at our own risk/benefit.
+
+### When do you expect to be paid?
+50% upon approval, 50% upon qualifying for the Academy Awards, as described above.
+
+### Is the film on any social media?
+
+https://twitter.com/markofdistinctn    
+https://instagram.com/markofdistinctionfilm    
+https://fb.com/markofdistinctionfilm
+
+### Can I see it before I donate?
+Yes, please send 1 piconero (0.000000000001 XMR) to the donation address as a captcha and email markofdistinction@proton.me with the txid and tx key and you'll receive a link back.
+
+### OK, take my money! ;-)
+

monerobull-bootstrap-workgroup.md

+---
+layout: cp
+title: "monerobull for website workgroup"
+author: monerobull
+date: 5 July 2024
+amount: 30
+milestones:
+  - name: 2 meetings + hours worked
+    funds: 10 XMR
+    done: 1 January 2025
+    status: finished
+  - name: 2 meetings + hours worked
+    funds: 10 XMR
+    done: 1 January 2025
+    status: finished
+  - name: 2 meetings + hours worked
+    funds: 10 XMR
+    done: 1 January 2025
+    status: finished
+payouts:
+  - date: 30 January 2025
+    amount: 30
+---
+
+# Who, what, when, where?
+
+Hi, I'm monerobull. I run monero.town & monerosupplies.com. I also never did any paid work for Monero before.
+
+I was recently mentioned in a CCS proposal by geonic, famous Monero movie director. There's a lot of opportunity for improvement in the non-dev areas of the project, and not always enough hands to get it done. It was agreed upon that, were this to happen, this would be done through my own CCS proposal rather than through geonics. This moves me from being accountable to nobody, to accountable to the community.
+
+A quick summary of what I'd be working on:
+- Setting up / managing a Monero Website Workgroup, keep it up to date (our roadmap still mentions triptych)
+- Joining the moderator teams for Matrix and helping along with discord
+- Being a supportive figure in the Monero Community workgroup and helping that along as needed
+- Keeping a finger on the "pulse of the community" in the various chat rooms and platforms (Telegram, Discord, not IRC, Matrix, Reddit, etc.)
+- Aiding and assisting in event work as needed (part of Monerokon team since MK3)
+
+# Why?
+There's lots of non-dev stuff to do, and not so many people to do it. I am mostly capable and willing.
+
+# How long? How much?
+
+30 XMR for three months for half time work. Possibility of renewal depending on community sentiment.
+
+# Deliverables
+I will do all of the above in the beginning section, and give a monthly report to the community on what's been done, and tasks accomplished. Luigi does a lot of work, I'd like to take on some of that.
+
+# COI
+I would have never made this proposal without geonics preceding yolo proposal. In the past I've tried to stay away from the CCS due to all the drama surrounding it. This very proposal was born out of CCS drama.

monerofm.md

+---
+layout: cp
+title: Monero FM (community run radio project)
+author: ajs
+date: September 7, 2020
+amount: 35
+milestones:
+  - name: Payout for license acquisition, initial expenses
+    funds: 17.569028
+    done: 7 August 2021
+    status: finished
+  - name: Payout excess to genfund
+    funds: 17.430972
+    done: 12 February 2022
+    status: finished
+payouts:
+  - date: 8 August 
+    amount: 17.569028
+  - date: 12 February 2022
+    amount: 17.430972
+---
+
+# Monero.FM, the Monero community run radio station.
+
+Ok, let's make this short and sweet. We want to start an online radio station for Monero, controlled, in part, by the Monero community.
+
+## Why? 
+- It'll be super fun; a new way for the community to connect. 
+- We can see about monetizing the radio station with some ads or paid subscription (for higher bitrates) to make it self sustaining (after the initial CCS) and help the CCS and general fund.
+- Low sunk costs! We can try it out for a while (the licenses are for a year) and if it's not popular then we don't have to renew.
+- It can be used as a platform to get high quality information out to our listeners, both about upcoming updates (remember to update GUI), new CCS's to fund, and even teaching opportunities for newbies if it grows large enough.
+- It's not as expensive as you might think to do all of this completely legally and above board. Don't believe us? Check it out below!
+
+
+## Initial Estimated Costs
+- Monero.FM Domain ($75-$100 Annual)
+- SoundExchange Umbrella License ($500 Annual)
+- ASCAP Performance License ($266-$1499[1])
+- Server Hosting Fees ($250 Annual)
+- Overages/Slush ($250)
+- Music Aquisition Costs[2] (avg ~$1.33/track, 1000 tracks to start = $1300)
+
+Asked from community initially via CCS: 100+500+266+250+250+1300 = $2667
+
+At $82/XMR that is 32.5 XMR, with a 10% buffer that comes to 35 XMR.
+
+Half of the funds will be released up front to secure the licenses. Only after the licenses are secured will the second half be released to cover music acquisition costs.
+
+
+[1] Exceeding the $266 tier would require either >369,000 concurrent listeners, or >$24,600 in annual revenue. The former case is unlikely, and the latter would imply that the radio is already self sustaining. 
+
+[2] This is the most open-ended part of the proposal, and we will need to find some way to sustain the media library without the assistance of the CCS. Some ideas for future funding are users 'donating' licenses (by paying to have their favorite songs added to the library), running radio ads for vetted entities in the cryptocurrency ecosystem, premium subscriptions (for a higher bitrate/quality stream), selling subdomained stations to other projects (with access to our purchased media library) or something else.
+
+## Management
+- DJs can be picked from the community depending on interest and experience to handle time slots. It can be completely community run.
+- There are several options for how to run it on the software side of things, all of them are FOSS. Some ideas are using something like AzuraCast (https://github.com/AzuraCast/AzuraCast)
+- During non-DJed hours, a private IRC channel will allow vetted community members to collaboratively queue tracks, and a public IRC channel will allow unvetted community members to vote on them[1]. In the absense of DJ queueing, the library will run on a vote-weighted shuffle. This will be done via an IRC bot that is in development by needmoney90.
+
+[1] For legal reasons having to do with licensing, the queueing room cannot be entirely public access.
+
+## Specifics
+- Cypher Stack (Diego's small design firm) will be the business that holds the license (as someonebody needs to do that). Cypher Stack will be disbursing 34% of the profits (beyond what is needed for self-sustenance) to the general fund.
+- Part of what is considered self-sustenance is a paid position for continuous oversight, marketing, and general maintenance of the radio utility. needmoney90 has been chosen for this position. The salary will never be asked from the CCS givers, only from made profits.
+
+## Profit disbursment
+Once annual estimated costs are achieved for the year (totaling $2666 as denoted above), Monero.FM will go into "profit mode" which will see a splitting of the profits as follows.
+- 34% will go to the general fund.
+- 33% will go to the salaried position designated in the Specifics section.
+- 33% will go to continued music acquisition.
+
+Monero FM will leave 'profit mode' upon the next calendar year until the sustenance costs are recouped again.
+
+Note: It is not guaranteed that Monero FM will EVER go into profit mode. Please remember that this is an online radio station, which typically have low margins, especially for niche communities like cryptocurrency.

monerokon-2023-ccs-1.md

+---
+layout: cp
+title: MoneroKon 2023 CCS-1
+author: ajs-xmr
+date: December 12, 2022
+amount: 553.67
+milestones:
+  - name: Neuchatel
+    funds: 383.31
+    done:
+    status: unfinished
+  - name: Prague
+    funds: 170.36
+    done:
+    status: unfinished
+payouts:
+  - date: 21 December 2022
+    amount: 553.67
+---
+
+# Table of Contents
+- [Who?](#who)
+- [What?](#what)
+- [Costs](#costs)
+- [Bursary](#bursary)
+- [Amount](#amount)
+- [CCS Disbursement](#ccs-disbursement)
+- [CCS-2 Contingency Funding](#ccs-2-contingency-funding)
+- [Donor Benefits](#ccs-donor-benefits)
+- [Exchange Rate](#exchange-rate)
+
+## Who
+
+I am ajs-xmr, co-author of [the scripts]( https://github.com/monero-ecosystem/promo-video) for the [Monero explainer videos]( https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnjUpT9gGxyQ_lud7uKoTCg), cam operator and editor of [Monero Means Money: Cryptocurrency 101, Live from Leipzig]( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8quGD9W7B2I) – [America’s #1 box office hit in April 2020](https://ia902907.us.archive.org/5/items/monero-means-money-press-release_20200421/Monero%20Means%20Money%20Press%20Release.pdf), and was part of the organization team for the [Monero Village at DefCon27](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8PBOVDWO6Y), [CDC/36C3](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsSYUeVwrHBn07zTBg7fGHRW5Kn_Z3FJL), and [MoneroKon 2022](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_vH-NyOYAg&list=PLsSYUeVwrHBndRQoQ-vLezzlHPLRDNzaw). I am also the maintainer of [XMRradio.i2p](https://xmr.radio) and have contributed to the [Monero Policy Working Group](https://github.com/monero-policy). I will be the principal showrunner of the event, responsible for pushing things forward.
+
+Digital Renegades ApS (“DR”), a limited liability company we are using to contract with the venue, suppliers, and traditional payment processors. It also provides a part-time executive assistant to help the organization team with administrative tasks. DR does not cost or charge anything, all company contributions and liabilities to support MoneroKon being effectively a donation to the Monero community. It is incorporated in Denmark and a director of which is a member of the Monero core team.
+
+## What
+
+Monero Konferenco (“MoneroKon”) is an annual meeting of privacy advocates, cypherpunks, scientists, and philosophers and is designed to disseminate scientific and technical results in privacy and financial technologies like censorship-resistant digital cash. It was first held in [Denver, Colorado]( https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsSYUeVwrHBkJHJg_l2uDgbicDJ1PmAVW) in 2019 and after a hiatus due to COVID-19, the event was rebooted in [Lisbon, Portugal]( https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsSYUeVwrHBndRQoQ-vLezzlHPLRDNzaw) this past summer. The [2019 event had 73 attendees and 27 speakers]( https://github.com/b-g-goodell/mrl-skunkworks-mirror/blob/master/Konferenco/2019/postmorto.md#1-budget-actuals) and in 2022, there were a total of 160 attendees and 40 speakers, having [sold out in less than 6 weeks]( https://nitter.net/MoneroKon/status/1528247373398515712).
+
+In a [MoneroKon 2023 Planning Meeting that was held on November 12th 2022](https://monero.observer/assets/logs/221112-monerokon23.log), meeting participants unanimously agreed to try to hold the event again next summer at [La Fabrika](https://www.lafabrika.cz/en/lafabrika) in Prague, Czech Republic on 23rd-25th June 2023. Photos, and other details about the venue, merch, A/V set up, and preliminary schedule can be found [here](https://github.com/MoneroKon/meta/blob/main/monerokon2023-plan-a.md). 
+
+If the target funding goal is not met in 90 days from the date this proposal is merged, we would fall back to holding the event at [University of Neuchâtel](https://www.unine.ch/batiments/home/prestations/location-de-laula-des-jeunes-riv.html) in Switzerland on 30th June - 2nd July 2023. Details for the Neuchâtel option can be found [here](https://github.com/MoneroKon/meta/blob/main/monerokon2023-plan-b.md). However, if the raised funds are not enough to cover the expenses of Neuchâtel, the funds would roll over to the budget of MoneroKon 2024.
+
+The aim is to have at least the same number of participants as in Lisbon (200) with the capability to scale up to 400 attendees, around 30 speakers, and a number of workshops.
+
+**La Fabrika, Studio 1 - Talks (Main Stage)**
+![](https://repo.getmonero.org/ajs/meta/-/raw/main/pics/room1-1.jpeg)
+
+**La Fabrika, Studio 2- Workshops/Chill Area/Sponsor Area**
+![](https://repo.getmonero.org/ajs/meta/-/raw/main/pics/studio2.jpeg)
+
+## Costs
+
+Please note that this is a **not-for-profit event** and the aim is to keep ticket prices as accessible for the public as financially possible, while keeping production quality high.
+
+The total cost of the event is estimated to be approximately 168,000€. To take into account uncertainties (_e.g._ the number of ticket, merch sales, sponsors, requests for bursaries), the CCS will be divided into 2 parts. In CCS-1, we are be seeking 553.67 XMR, which represents around 34-38% of the cost, assuming we reach the target ticket sales range (200-400) and the number of sponsors (15). We included a 15% contingency fund for emergencies or unexpected expenses. The budget for Prague can be found [here](https://cryptpad.disroot.org/sheet/#/2/sheet/view/DWRJjhmFhIZSJddgkRDgbEi6gnMMnBFDjxpUPIiOA6Q/embed/) (**please note, that the budget is only a rough estimate and is subject to be updated**).
+
+**Sponsorship Target**
+- Supporter (no table, logo only) (5) - 1,500€
+- Contributor (7) - 4,500€
+- Cypherpunk Hero (3) - 9,000€
+
+Total: 15
+
+Sponsor benefits are TBD, but generally, may include company logo placement on MoneroKon’s website and printed banners, free tickets, and a table at the event for Contributor and Cypherpunk Hero levels.
+
+#### Tickets
+
+The ticket types and supply are as follows:
+
+**Prague 2023**
+- GA (315) - 120€
+- VIP (60) - 240€
+- SP (25) - 60€
+
+The benefits for the VIP tickets are TBD, but will include a free merch pack.
+
+For comparison, the past ticket sales and CCS funding were as follows:
+
+**Lisbon 2022**
+
+**Ticket Sales**
+- GA (133) - 50€
+- VIP (24) - 150€
+- SP (3) - 30€
+
+**CCS**
+- Amount Raised - 55,650€
+- PR Merged - 7 December 2021
+- Fully Funded - 15 February 2022 (70 days)
+
+For 2022, the [total cost was 65,410.37€ and had a surplus of 7,577.16€](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KwKrJ-YX4ByI2fKxpILukIb4jLog7JD8TZLWUelGY7M/edit#gid=0).
+
+**Denver 2019**
+
+**Ticket Sales**
+- GA (60) - $128
+- VIP (9) - $287
+- SP (4) - $54
+
+**CCS**
+- Amount Raised - $60,100
+- PR Merged - 10 October 2018
+- Fully Funded - 30 January 2019 (112 days)
+
+For 2019, the total cost was [$100,210.22 and had a deficit of $-32,815.31](https://github.com/b-g-goodell/mrl-skunkworks-mirror/blob/master/Konferenco/2019/postmorto.md#1-budget-actuals)
+
+Any surplus income or over-funding from this CCS will be rolled over for MoneroKon 2024's budget. However, if there is a deficit, we would need to propose a second CCS to cover the difference.
+
+## Bursary
+
+All speakers and organizers as well as volunteers who have logged at least 15 volunteer hours may request a bursary up to a maximum of 2,000€ to help cover international/local travel, taxies, carshare, accommodation, meals, and any other incidental travel expenses. Expenses must be ordinary, necessary, and reasonable.
+
+The applicant would need to submit a single PDF with scanned copies of ticket stubs and/or receipts (with any personal information redacted) and an invoice with the total amount requested to the Monero Community ("Community") for approval according to the [Invoice Payment Protocol](https://github.com/MoneroKon/meta/blob/main/monerokon2023-plan-a.md#invoice-payment-protocol). Under extenuating circumstances, the Community may vote to cover expenses above the bursary maximum.
+
+To help simplify the process for speakers, the Personal Assistant of DR may batch multiple bursary requests into one invoice and directly seek approval from the Community on their behalf.
+
+The deadline to submit bursary requests is August 1st, 2023.
+
+Payments will be made via Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) bank transfer or in XMR @ [EMA10 Euro weekly rate](https://www.investing.com/crypto/monero/xmr-eur-technical) from the date the invoice is approved.
+
+The budget for both Prague and Neuchâtel assumes 15 bursary recipients (30,000€). If there is more demand for bursaries, we would need to seek additional funding in CCS-2.
+
+## Amount:
+
+383.31 XMR (Neuchâtel) or  553.67 XMR (Prague)
+
+## CCS Disbursement
+
+**Milestone 1**
+- When at least 383.31 XMR has been met, 68 XMR should be set aside as a reserve for bursary payment requests in XMR and the remaining balance will be transferred to DR.
+- DR will immediately convert the XMR to Euro @ spot market rate in order to minimize currency volatility. 
+
+**Milestone 2**
+- When 553.67 XMR funding goal is reached, the remaining XMR (minus the bursary reserve) should be transferred to DR
+- DR will immediately convert the XMR to Euro @ spot market rate
+
+If milestones 1 or 2 is not met within 90 days after this CCS is merged, all funds are rolled over to the CCS for MoneroKon 2024.
+
+## CCS-2 Contingency Funding
+
+It is hard to predict the number of sponsors and tickets that will be sold, and total bursary needed to cover speaker, organizer, and volunteer expenses, especially in these turbulent times. If we are unable to garner enough sponsors or there is more demand for bursaries than expected, a second CCS may be required to pay for any funding shortfall. We should have a better idea if a CCS-2 proposal is needed in early May 2023.
+
+## CCS Donor Benefits
+
+As a sign of appreciation for your kind support, backers of this CCS will be able to claim rewards based on the level of contribution.
+
+**0.85 XMR**
+- Name/nick in end-credits of uploaded videos
+- Free MoneroKon T-shirt promo code
+
+**4.26 XMR**
+- Name/nick in end-credits of uploaded videos
+- Free MoneroKon T-shirt promo code
+- IVPN $100 credit promo code*
+- Early access 4k video uploads
+
+**8.52 XMR**
+- Name/nick in end-credits of uploaded videos
+- Free MoneroKon T-shirt promo code
+- IVPN $200 credit promo code*
+- Early access 4k video uploads
+- Exclusive invite to Speaker’s dinner
+
+After donating, send an email to `ajs@monerokon.com` [key ID: [0xA21EDAB6](https://openpgpkey.monerokon.com/ajs.asc)] with your [proof of payment](https://www.getmonero.org/resources/user-guides/prove-payment.html) (for unofficial wallets, consult the developer's documentation) and the name/nick you would like to appear in the end credits. You could also contact me directly at:
+- Libera.Chat IRC: `#monero-events` / `ajs_` / OTR: `2CBD2781 14ADCC59 80216845 7F3405F7 8AE807FA`
+- Element/Matrix: `#monero-events` / `@ajs_:matrix.org`
+- XMPP: `ajs@xmpp.is` / OMEMO: `2939fc3c 7c8374c1 b31fc816 d4a13ff0 522ec7c3 c2887dd1 f73187b4 95a0492b`/ OTR: `37B44AC3 0F41798E B7CA5F18 D8D2B37B BF469E22` / `monerokon@muc.xmpp.is`
+- Threema ID: `AUTS66FZ`
+- Mastodon: `@xmrradio@mas.to`
+
+You'll receive promo codes, which can be used on [shop.monerokon.com](https://shop.monerokon.com) when it goes live sometime in March 2023. If CCS is not fully funded for 2023, the discount codes would be valid for 2024.
+
+Pick up your order at MoneroKon's merch table. Be sure to bring a copy of your receipt.
+
+*Can be used on one, or multiple accounts.
+
+## Exchange Rate
+
+65,000€ / 140.877 XMR ([EMA50 Euro monthly rate](https://www.investing.com/crypto/monero/xmr-eur-technical)) + 20% volatility buffer = 553.67 XMR
+
+45,000€ / 140.877 XMR ([EMA50 Euro monthly rate](https://www.investing.com/crypto/monero/xmr-eur-technical)) + 20% volatility buffer = 383.31 XMR

monerotopia2024publicity.md

+---
+layout: wip
+title: Monerotopia 2024 Marketing and Publicity
+author: geonic
+date: November 6, 2024
+amount: 36.68
+milestones:
+  - name: Payment to Estrategia Blue PR
+    funds: 36.68
+    status: unfinished
+    done:
+payouts:
+  - date:
+    amount: 36.68
+---
+# Monerotopia 2024 Marketing & Publicity
+
+Hi! As discussed in the [previous community meeting](https://libera.monerologs.net/monero-community/20241026#c451916), I am proposing that we [spend the unused funds](https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/70#note_26878) from the last Monero Outreach CCS on marketing & publicity for Monerotopia 2024, which starts next Thursday. I would be the key point of contact for the PR firm and will provide a final report on what's been achieved.
+
+Our events are the perfect opportunity to publicize/advertise Monero and so far we haven't done a good job at that. This proposal is a first step in changing that.
+
+**Estrategia Blue PR**, a leading publicity firm in Mexico, has made a [proposal](https://github.com/geonic1/geonic/blob/master/Monerotopia%20Proposal.pdf) and they are ready to start today. We need to engage them ASAP. Vik Sharma has agreed to handle the payment and receive the XMR at no surcharge. The proposed budget (~$5500) is within the remaining amount (36.68 XMR or ~$6000), which we intend to spend in full with more (or less) media buys, depending on the actual amount received by the firm.
+
+As the only remaining, active member of Monero Outreach, I believe this is a good use of the funds and in the spirit of what the donors wished to support.
+
+Cheers!
+geonic

mooo-2019-04.md

+---
+layout: cp
+title: moneromooo coding, april 2019
+author: moneromooo
+date: 15 March 2019
+amount: 410
+milestones:
+  - name: April
+    funds: 33% (137 XMR)
+    done: April 30, 2019
+    status: finished
+  - name: May
+    funds: 33% (137 XMR)
+    done: May 31, 2019
+    status: finished
+  - name: June
+    funds: 33% (136 XMR)
+    done: June 30, 2019
+    status: finished
+payouts:
+  - date: 22 August 2019
+    amount: 410 XMR
+
+
+---
+Hi,
+
+I'm continuing my work on Monero as always, and I'm asking for support for 3 more months.
+I've started adding RPC tests to monerod and monero-wallet-rpc, and I'll be adding more of those in the near/medium future. They've already found a few bugs.
+
+Some of the things I'm planning to work on:
+- new output selection system for better privacy
+- 0.14.1 release
+- more pruning related work
+I'll also probably work on multiuser transactions. Possibly on pay-for-service for RPC. If the MRL vets it early enough, Dandelion. And a lot of other things I'm sure.
+
+Link to the last two months' work: https://forum.getmonero.org/6/ideas/91206/moneromooo-january-march-coding
+
+Using the customary hourly $30 + .2 monero guide, with monero currently at ~$51, the target this time is 410 monero.
+
+Thank you
+

mooo-2019-07.md

+---
+layout: cp
+title: moneromooo coding, july 2019
+author: moneromooo
+date: 01 June 2019
+amount: 294
+milestones:
+  - name: july/august
+    funds: 33% (98 XMR)
+    done: 31 August 2019
+    status: finished
+  - name: september
+    funds: 33% (98 XMR)
+    done: 30 September 2019
+    status: finished
+  - name: october
+    funds: 33% (98 XMR)
+    done: 31 October 2019
+    status: finished
+payouts:
+  - date: 1 October 2019
+    amount: 294
+
+
+---
+
+**[note: milestones have been updated to reflect some vacation time]**
+
+Hi all,
+
+I'm continuing with more work on Monero. This is my request for donations for this work for the next three months.
+
+Highlights of last three month stint can be found here:
+https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/merge_requests/46
+
+Here are some of the things that I'm expecting to work on:
+
+    0.14.1 release
+    bandwidth savings in sync
+    more tests
+    CLSAG integration (assuming it passes final MRL vetting)
+    Possibly Dandelion, assuming again MRL vets a monero version
+
+With the usual hourly $30 + .2 monero guide, and monero currently at <s>~$93</s> <s>~$85</s> ~$82, the target this time is <s>272</s> <s>288</s> 294 monero.
+
+Thank you

mooo-2019-11.md

+---
+layout: cp
+title: "moneromooo: three months from November 2019"
+author: moneromooo
+date: 23 October 2019
+amount: 395
+milestones:
+  - name: first month
+    funds: 33.33% (131 XMR)
+    done: 1 December 2019
+    status: finished
+  - name: second month
+    funds: 33.33% (131 XMR)
+    done: 1 April 2020
+    status: finished
+  - name: third month
+    funds: 33.34% (133 XMR)
+    done: 27 June 2020
+    status: finished
+payouts:
+  - date: 14 April 2020
+    amount: 262
+  - date: 28 September 2020
+    amount: 133
+---
+Hi,
+
+I've been delaying this CCS because I'm going to have unknown time to work on Monero for the foreseeable future,
+so I wasn't sure what to do. I've decided that the best is to continue as if normal, but the "months" may end up
+taking more than a month, depending on how much time I spend on Monero. I cannot predict in advance how much of
+my time will be spent on it. It may well be that I'll end up with full time on Monero, but there's no guarantee
+of this at all. So, with this caveat clear to all, I apply for funding for the next three months' worth of work,
+to cover November to January at least, and probably ending somewhat later than that. I'll still post monthly
+updates along with how much time I put for that month.
+
+Here's the link to my previous three months: https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/merge_requests/75
+
+I have no particular things I'm planning to be working on as a definite, though I hope that CLSAG will be one of
+them, if the audits get done. Dandelion was picked up by vtnerd. The new pay for service system could need some
+more work. Otherwise it'll be whatever pops up at the time.
+
+As usual, the target rate is $30 + 0.2 monero per hour, so with Monero currently at $53.63, we get 395 monero.
+
+Thanks
+

mooo-2020-12.md

+---
+layout: cp
+title: "moneromooo: three months from December 2020"
+author: moneromooo
+date: 05 December 2020
+amount: 225
+milestones:
+  - name: first month
+    funds: 33.33% (75 XMR)
+    done: 1 January 2021
+    status: finished
+  - name: second month
+    funds: 33.33% (75 XMR)
+    done: 1 February 2021
+    status: finished
+  - name: third month
+    funds: 33.34% (75 XMR)
+    done: 17 May 2023
+    status: finished
+payouts:
+  - date: 17 June 2021
+    amount: 150
+  - date: 17 August 2023
+    amount: 75
+---
+Hi,
+
+After a hiatus, I'm back for more monero work.
+
+This will be part time again, and with a main goal of working on mitigations for various attempts at abusing the network
+(which I've started working on already in the last couple weeks or so) including PoW on connect. Possibly also helping
+sarang plug his implementation of Bulletproofs++ into Monero consensus, if he does not do it himself. And the usual bits
+and bobs as always.
+
+Here's the link to my previous CCS: https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/103
+
+With the usual rate of $30 + 0.2 monero per hour, and monero at $130 currently, we get 225 monero for three months
+(which will be more than three calendar months, since part time, how much more depends on how I divide my time between
+monero and other things). As before, I'll post monthly updates regardless of how much time I actually spent on Monero
+that month.
+
+Thanks
+

mrcyjanek-xmruw-development.md

+---
+layout: wip
+title: xmruw - development of cross platform wallet
+author: mrcyjanek
+date: February 29, 2024
+amount: 76.68
+milestones:
+  - name: Month 1
+    funds: 25.56
+    done: 8 July 2024
+    status: finished
+  - name: Month 2
+    funds: 25.56
+    done: 31 August 2024
+    status: finished
+  - name: Month 3
+    funds: 25.56
+    done:
+    status: unfinished
+payouts:
+  - date: 17 July 2024
+    amount: 25.56
+  - date: 4 September 2024
+    amount: 25.56
+  - date:
+    amount:
+---
+
+Hello! I'm mrcyjanek and I'm currently working on the Unnamed Monero Wallet (short: xmruw) that aims to be as portable as possible and as close to `wallet2_api.h` as it is reasonably possible.
+
+However, this project got much bigger than I initially expected and resulted in a project that is huge in size, but also has really large portability capabilities, after fighting for a couple days with Wayland implementation on SailfishOS I (with the help from Mister_Magister and NotKit) managed to run the first cryptocurrency wallet natively on SFOS ([that is available on the app store of that os](https://openrepos.net/content/mrcyjanek/unnamed-monero-wallet-xmruw)). More details and the origin story can be found in a [blog post announcing the wallet](https://www.mrcyjanek.net/p/xmruw-monero-wallet/).
+
+I'm developing `xmruw` with a few critical points in mind:
+- There should be no database responsible for any of the monero-releated functions - so I won't accidentally do something that shouldn't be done.
+- The app should be as close to `wallet2_api.h` as possible to eliminate things like overly complex state management as something that causes issues.
+- Privacy should be prioritized - no external services are contacted in the app, and if there ever happens to be some external feature it will be opt-in in settings with an option to route entire traffic through Tor.
+- Security is also prioritized - not only by minimizing the attack surface but also by providing features such as stealth mode (inspired by Samourai wallet)
+- UX is the most critical of them all in my opinion - without the right UX, not many users are going to use a wallet, so it is my responsibility as a developer to make the wallet available on all platforms and to be appealing to users.
+- As a mobile Linux enthusiast I'll also do my best to offer secure monero wallet solutions for owners of non-Android and non-iOS mobile devices
+
+# About
+
+I've decided to take the simplest path from `wallet2_api.h` to the actual wallet UI, so instead of forking m2049r/cake implementation I've decided to use `dart:ffi` to call the native functions - this made a lot of code unnecessary, and the part that was still required was mostly generated - so I call that a huge win. But not without it's own cost - I had to write a wrapper for `wallet2_api.h` that would provide C headers instead of C++ - which meant [writing a bunch of boilerplate code](https://git.mrcyjanek.net/mrcyjanek/monero_c/src/commit/abaa3a2d165577a79ce0c3fe5382b68fa260ecc1/libbridge/src/main/cpp/wallet2_api_c.cpp#L1549) and implementing a couple of dart/flutter libraries, that gave birth to the foundation of the wallet
+
+## Unnamed Monero Wallet (xmruw)
+
+[Website](https://xmruw.net), [Gitea](https://git.mrcyjanek.net/mrcyjanek/unnamed_monero_wallet), [GitHub](https://github.com/mrcyjanek/unnamed_monero_wallet), [Downloads](https://download.xmruw.net/)
+
+Features of the wallet include:
+- Sending/Receiving monero
+- Online/Offline wallet modes
+  - With URQR and file exports for Android/iOS
+  - With clipboard-based exports for QubesOS
+- Embedded Tor support
+- (soon) Embedded i2p support [^1]
+- Stealth mode (fake calculator app that opens wallet if the correct pin is provided)
+- Multiple account support
+- Coin control
+- Signing / Verifying of messages
+- Custom themes
+- Advanced settings
+  - Performance analysis tool for the `wallet2_api.h` functions called
+  - Debug information that makes development easier
+  - Configuration options to opt-in to experimental features (such as [background sync](https://github.com/monero-project/monero/pull/8619))
+- OpenAlias resolving
+- Backup/Restore
+- Historically accurate currency conversion done fully offline
+- And all of the "obvious" features such as transaction list, subaddress list, wallet locking, QR code scanning, etc.
+
+## Scope of work
+
+While working on Unamed Monero Wallet, here is a non-comprehensive list of the things I want to accomplish in no particular order, as it doesn't make sense to separate some things.
+
+- Expanding compatibility of `monero_c` to all platforms that I have access to (Linux (glibc+musl), FreeBSD, iOS, MacOS, Windows) in an easily-reproducible way (single script and a docker environment)
+- Making `xmruw` available for all platforms (and I do mean all platforms) and in app stores (including play store, self-hosted f-droid repository, apple app store, .deb, and .rpm repository).
+- Implementing features desired by users, currently this includes
+  - periodic sync (via [background-sync](https://github.com/monero-project/monero/pull/8617)) to provide seamless experience, no matter how frequently the app is actually opened
+  - merchant mode
+  - many UI/UX improvements/changes (some of more important ones: make seed offset and its role more obvious, better backup mechanism, time-lock warn, automatic node selection)
+- Work on documentation (this will be a significant task on its own, but the goal is to allow anybody to integrate monero no matter what language/framework they are using by using monero_c/monero.dart).
+- Fix issues that were made along the way
+  - Bytewords entering an infinite loop when incorrect text is passed in
+  - No compatibility with Feather / ANONERO in offline mode due to lack of CBOR encoding
+  - Not cross-platform QR scanner [^2]
+  - Bad UI on desktop (not that it's bad, it is just mobile-first)
+  - and more, if found when developing
+  - sending fixes to relevant peers and upstream
+
+## Milestones
+
+Given the nebulous nature of development, I would prefer my milestones to be time-based. I prpose a milestone completion and subsequent payout once every month (after services rendered).
+
+In addition to the above features mentioned in the scope of work, I propose an additional deliverable of a weekly report so my progress can be verified.
+
+# Payment
+
+I'm proposing to work for 20 hours/week for `40$/hour` at a rate of `~125,14$/XMR` (according to open prices between 2024-02-17 and 2024-03-01 (date of writing) via [CoinGecko](https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/monero/historical_data)) for 12 weeks, summing up to a total of `~76,68` XMR split into 3 payments of `25,56` XMR every 4 weeks.
+At the end of each week, I'll comment a summary of what happened along the way and what tasks were done.
+
+[^1]: The library is there, it needs some love to be usable, cross platform and built in a reproducible fashion.
+
+[^2]: Camera isn't fun, especially when being cross-platform is a goal, but supporting it is critical for URQRs. This isn't a milestone on it's own, but a topic that I'll research, do some PoC and come up with a solution, especially because getting camera to work is one task, then we need to scan qr the codes (and be **very** fast at it), so this milestone is more of "explore the possibilities" and come up with a reasonable plan for future regarding cross-platform camera support.

netrik-tranlation-coordination-1.md

+---
+layout: cp
+title: Translation Coordinator for the Monero Project
+author: netrik182
+date: October 6, 2021
+amount: 11
+milestones:
+  - name: One month work
+    funds: 11
+    done: 3 December 2021
+    status: finished
+payouts:
+  - date: 8 December 2021
+    amount: 11
+---
+
+## Translation Coordinator for the Monero Project
+Translations have always been an important part of this community and an essential tool to spread Monero to everyone. ErCiccione has been the manager of this workgroup for a long time (see their proposals at the bottom) and recently has been looking for someone to take on these responsibilities as they are focusing their time on other projects now (e.g. Haveno).
+
+The Monero Project has always benefited from having well structured and consistent translations across its many resources thanks to ErCiccione and many other contributors/translators. After they announced on #monero-translations that they are looking for someone to take care of it, I want to step in and keep that going.
+
+## About me
+I have been involved with FLOSS and Monero-specific translation work for more than 5 years now. I also run https://monerobrasil.org/ and [#monero-brasil](https://matrix.to/#/#monero-brasil:monero.social).
+
+### My profiles
+- repo.getmonero.org [profile](https://repo.getmonero.org/users/netrik182/activity) where I contributed before Pootle (and now Weblate) was a thing.
+- Weblate [profile](https://translate.getmonero.org/user/netrik182/) where I contribute to getmonero.org, Monero GUI translations, Monero Means Money, and other Dr. Kim's videos, etc.
+- GitHub [profile](https://github.com/netrik182) where most things were done.
+
+### Previous Work
+- **Monero Ecosystem Translations:** Provided the transcription, captions and translations. As well as the terminology guides. You can check all [here](https://github.com/monero-ecosystem/monero-translations/pulls?q=netrik182) and [here](https://github.com/ajs-xmr/moneromovie/pulls?q=is%3Apr+author%3Anetrik182+).
+- **Monero Website and Monero GUI:** Most of my contributions to GUI Wallet are on Weblate. Contributions I made on GitHub [here](https://github.com/monero-project/monero-gui/pulls?q=netrik182+) and [here](https://github.com/monero-project/monero-site/pulls?q=netrik182).
+- **Monero Outreach:** I contributed with translation, transcription and revision of many [outreach materials](https://github.com/monero-ecosystem/outreach-docs/pulls?q=netrik182).
+- **Monerujo:** Translation and review of [Monejuro](https://github.com/m2049r/xmrwallet/pulls?q=netrik182).
+- **AgoraDesk/LocalMonero:**  [Translation and review](https://github.com/AgoraDesk-LocalMonero/translation/pulls?q=is%3Apr+author%3Anetrik182) of their website.
+- **Mastering Monero:**  [Translation](https://github.com/monerobook/monerobook/pull/94) and [review](https://github.com/monerobook/monerobook/pull/93). Also see [the book itself](https://netrik182.gitlab.io/docs-monerobrasil.org/masteringmonero/) and the [CCS proposal](https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/netrik182-mastering-monero-translation.html).
+
+## Responsibilities
+Things the manager must take care of are:
+1. Manage translators and their work on Weblate for the following projects:
+- **Community:** https://translate.getmonero.org/projects/community/
+- **Getmonero:** https://translate.getmonero.org/projects/getmonero/
+- **Getmonero user guides:** https://translate.getmonero.org/projects/getmonero-user-guides/
+- **Monero CLI and GUI:** https://translate.getmonero.org/projects/monero/
+2. Manage translators and their work on GitHub for the following projects:
+- **Monero Translations:** https://github.com/monero-ecosystem/monero-translations
+- **Monero Website:** https://github.com/monero-project/monero-site
+- **Monero GUI Guide (translation only):** https://github.com/monero-ecosystem/monero-GUI-guide
+3. Maintain a list of contributors and their working language;
+4. Manage translations on Weblate (this includes adding notes and keeping an eye on the entire platform for spam, etc.);
+- Making sure strings have clarifications and explanations where necessary;
+- Communicate with ErCiccione when translations are ready so they can push them to the repository (where they are supposed to be: /monero, /monero-site, /monero-gui, /monero-translations for subtitles);
+5. Take care of translations-related CCS (the current system is not optimal and needs to be improved. See more bellow.);
+6. Unify, update and maintain documentation on different repositories;
+- [/monero](https://github.com/monero-project/monero/blob/master/docs/README.i18n.md) instructions;
+- [/monero-translations](https://github.com/monero-ecosystem/monero-translations) instructions;
+- [/monero-gui](https://github.com/monero-project/monero-gui#translations) instructions;
+- [/monero-site](https://github.com/monero-project/monero-site#translation) instructions;
+- [Weblate](https://github.com/monero-ecosystem/monero-translations/blob/master/Weblate.md) instructions;
+- [Translations tips](https://github.com/monero-ecosystem/monero-translations/blob/master/translation-tips.md);
+- [Monerujo](https://github.com/monero-ecosystem/monero-translations/blob/master/translate-monerujo.md) instructions;
+7. Answer questions and coordinate people in the chat-rooms (#monero-translations on Libera/Matrix);
+8. Make sure when there are translations available on Weblate, they are pushed upstream (repository they belong to);
+9. Provide updates to the community about the state of the translations and workgroup-related activities during #monero-community meetings;
+10. Issue progress reports on a monthly basis as GitLab comments and share within the community (e.g. Reddit/Matrix/IRC).
+
+## Limitation of Scope
+ErCiccione will keep managing the backend side of things (update Weblate, bug issues, etc). I will maintain the languages on Weblate, help and find translators, update the documentation, etc. as highlighted above.
+
+## Translation-related CCS proposals
+One of the first tasks of this role will be to rethink the whole process of contributors using the CCS to fund their translation efforts. We have had problems with low quality work in the past and although some rules have been discussed and laid out with the help from Core, I want to focus on defining and _enforcing_ some basic rules for translation-related CCS's in the future, accepting work from:
+- Translators with a provable portfolio as professional translators
+- Contributors of the Localization Workgroup that have a track record of delivering high quality translations (work that has been reviewed by others and deemed of high quality, for example)
+
+The end goal is to guarantee the Monero Project has its resources translated and that these translations are of high quality. We plan to establish a hybrid approach in which community members could contribute if they wanted to (as volunteers or paid work) given the rules above and in case we fail to meet the above requirements for any given language a.k.a. these contributors do not exist or are of bad quality, they could be replaced with professional resources.
+
+## Funding
+I want to open this CCS to work for the first month as a trial run and later on if the Community thinks it was worth it, I can move to 3-months proposals for long-term commitment. This proposal will consist of 20h/week for 4 weeks at a rate of 30€/h, with a total of 11 XMR (1 xmr = 219€ at Kraken). _I will update the rate shortly before merging (if merged at all)._
+
+## Milestones for the first month:
+1. **Review, update and unify translations instructions from item 6 above:** the idea is to have a single document with all instructions laid out and then each repository could reference this _source_ material. This will simplify maintenance and also help onboarding new contributors. I think this is the most important milestone and hence it will take most of my time.
+2. **Translation-work coordination:** this covers the whole process of managing translations, community and outsourced translators and so on. It is the bulk of responsibilities and must be performed continually. I would also put in here the community reports/updates on a monthly basis and participation on -community meetings.
+
+## Future ideas
+1. **Work with Core and ErCiccione to grab statistics from Monero Website:** the idea is to assess visitors preferred language and use that information to focus on which language we need to prioritize and also which resources are most valuable to translate first. This will enable us to create a prioritization list of sorts.
+2. **Create a Translation Fund for continued maintenance of translation work:** I have talked with some Core Team members and they expressed the possibility of a Translation Fund existing and those funds being used to outsource specific work to translation outlets in the absence of community members meeting the criteria of high quality work. Having money set apart for this specific goal together with the statistics of language/resource prioritization list will help us achieve the end goal of ensuring Monero is translated into the most needed languages.
+
+## Expiration
+October 31, 2021
+
+## Past coordination proposals by ErCiccione for reference
+- https://forum.getmonero.org/22/completed-tasks/89232/coordinator-for-localization-group-various-maintenance
+- https://forum.getmonero.org/22/completed-tasks/90000/monero-localizations-coordinator-2nd-ffs
+- https://forum.getmonero.org/22/completed-tasks/90271/coordinator-of-the-localization-workgroup-3-more-months-erciccione
+- https://forum.getmonero.org/9/work-in-progress/90800/erciccione-coordinator-of-the-localization-workgroup-translations-another-quarter
+- https://forum.getmonero.org/9/work-in-progress/91261/erciccione-coordinator-of-the-localization-workgroup
+- https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/ErCiccione-localizations.html
+- https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/ErCiccione-Weblate.html

netrik-translation-coordination-2.md

+---
+layout: cp
+title: Three Months of Translation Coordination
+author: netrik182
+date: December 7, 2021
+amount: 45
+milestones:
+  - name: December
+    funds: 15
+    done: 31 December 2021
+    status: finished
+  - name: January
+    funds: 15
+    done: 31 January 2022
+    status: finished
+  - name: February
+    funds: 15
+    done: 12 February 2025
+    status: finished
+payouts:
+  - date: 5 January 2022
+    amount: 15
+  - date: 8 February 2022
+    amount: 15
+  - date: 12 February 2025
+    amount: 15 
+
+---
+
+### Proposal closure / funds reallocation 1st Feb 2025
+
+The remaining 15XMR from this proposal have been transferred to [v1docq47](https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests?scope=all&state=merged&author_username=v1docq47)
+
+## Translation Coordinator for the Monero Project
+My first proposal is now completed and I would like to continue working as translation coordinator for the upcoming months. You can read more about the initial proposal [here](https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/260), also read the reports in the comments and on [reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/qqqoch/ccs_report_translation_coordinator/). 
+
+As stated before, the Monero Project has always benefited from having well structured and consistent translations across its many resources and I want to keep that going.
+
+### My profiles
+- repo.getmonero.org [profile](https://repo.getmonero.org/users/netrik182/activity)
+- Weblate [profile](https://translate.getmonero.org/user/netrik182/)
+- GitHub [profile](https://github.com/netrik182)
+- GitLab [profile](https://gitlab.com/netrik182)
+
+### Previous Work
+You can read a detailed list in my first proposal.
+
+## Responsibilities
+Responsibilities remain the same as before, summarized as:
+1. Manage translators and their work on Weblate for the following projects:
+- **Community:** https://translate.getmonero.org/projects/community/
+- **Getmonero:** https://translate.getmonero.org/projects/getmonero/
+- **Getmonero user guides:** https://translate.getmonero.org/projects/getmonero-user-guides/
+- **Monero CLI and GUI:** https://translate.getmonero.org/projects/monero/
+2. Manage translators and their work on GitHub for the following projects:
+- **Monero Translations:** https://github.com/monero-ecosystem/monero-translations
+- **Monero GUI Guide (translation only):** https://github.com/monero-ecosystem/monero-GUI-guide
+3. Maintain a list of contributors and their working language;
+4. Take care of translations-related CCS (the current system is not optimal and needs to be improved. See more bellow.);
+5. Maintain translation documentation on different repositories;
+- [/monero](https://github.com/monero-project/monero/blob/master/docs/README.i18n.md)
+- [/monero-translations](https://github.com/monero-ecosystem/monero-translations)
+- [/monero-gui](https://github.com/monero-project/monero-gui#translations)
+- [/monero-site](https://github.com/monero-project/monero-site#translation)
+- [Weblate](https://github.com/monero-ecosystem/monero-translations/blob/master/Weblate.md)
+- [Translations tips](https://github.com/monero-ecosystem/monero-translations/blob/master/translation-tips.md)
+- [Monerujo](https://github.com/monero-ecosystem/monero-translations/blob/master/translate-monerujo.md)
+6. Answer questions and coordinate people in the chat-rooms (#monero-translations on Libera/Matrix)
+7. Make sure when there are translations available on Weblate, they are pushed upstream (repository they belong to)
+8. Provide updates to the community about the state of the translations and workgroup-related activities during #monero-community meetings
+9. Issue progress reports on a monthly basis as GitLab comments and share within the community (e.g. Reddit/Matrix/IRC)
+
+## Limitation of Scope
+Core Team is looking for someone to manage the backend structure as ErCiccione announced they're stepping down (update Weblate, bug issues, etc). I will maintain the languages on Weblate, help and find translators, update the documentation, etc. as highlighted above.
+
+## Milestones and Funding
+Now I would like to keep this CCS as 3-months proposals for long-term commitment. This proposal will consist of about 20h/week from December 1st, 2021 to February 28th, 2022 at a rate of 30€/h I'm rounding to 45 XMR (1 xmr = 170€ at Kraken). **Translation coordination** work covers the whole process of managing translations, community members, weblate and the repositories. We're are still having many merging conflicts on Weblate and some integrations are not working properly. Resolving that will ensure we have a friction-free process.
+
+## Expiration
+December 31, 2021

netrik182-mastering-monero-translation.md

+---
+layout: cp
+title: Translation of Mastering Monero into Brazilian Portuguese
+author: netrik182
+date: 13 April 2020
+amount: 37
+milestones:
+  - name: Milestone 1 - Translation of Mastering Monero
+    funds: 37
+    done: 5 August 2020
+    status: finished
+payouts:
+  - date: 5 August 2020
+    amount: 37
+---
+
+# Why Brazilian Portuguese?
+According to this [article](https://exame.abril.com.br/mercados/primeira-regulacao-para-criptomoedas-comeca-hoje-no-brasil/), Brazil has over 1 million people registered with national brokers to invest in crypto and investors have even outnumbered those who invest in the stock market. Yet, only 5% of it's population states that they have some English knowledge. The level among those that state they know English are: basic (47%), intermediate (32%), advanced (16%) and actually doesn't know (5%)<sup>[source](https://www.britishcouncil.org.br/sites/default/files/learning_english_in_brazil.pdf)</sup>.
+
+Moreover, Portuguese is the sixth [most spoken](https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/top-5-reasons-to-learn-portuguese) language worldwide, with 215 million native speakers. It is the official language of not only Portugal and Brazil but also Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Macau (China), Mozambique, São Tomé and Príncipe, East Timor, and Goa (India). There are almost a million native-Portuguese speakers in the USA.
+
+# Ok. But why Mastering Monero?
+In addition to being an excellent and insightful resource about Monero, the GUI Wallet and getmonero.org are already almost fully translated into Brazilian Portuguese. I wondered which other materials I could help bring to Portuguese speakers and Mastering Monero and Zero to Monero 2 seemed the next ones.
+
+My initial intend was to translate Zero to Monero 2 as well, but after talking with some community members I decided to go for Mastering Monero first.
+
+# Who am I?
+Most of you probably don't know me yet. I'm a Monero contributor for some time now but much longer /r/Monero lurker for sure. I've been silently working with translation ever since I discovered I could give back to this amazing community by translating Monero stuff and helping spread the word.
+
+Below you can find most of the work I've done so far.
+
+## Profiles
+My repo.getmonero.org [profile](https://repo.getmonero.org/users/netrik182/activity) where I contributed before Pootle (and now Weblate) was a thing.
+
+My Weblate [profile](https://translate.getmonero.org/user/netrik182/) where I contribute to getmonero.org and Monero GUI translations.
+
+## Monero Means Money
+Provided the transcription and captions for the movie. You can check it here: [moneromeans.money](https://moneromeans.money)
+
+## Monero Outreach
+I contributed with translation, transcription and revision of many outreach materials, for example:
+* [Getting Started with Helping Monero](https://github.com/monero-ecosystem/outreach-docs/pull/205)
+* [Transaction Efficiency at MoneroKon](https://github.com/monero-ecosystem/outreach-docs/pull/202)
+* [Elephant in the Pool at MoneroKon](https://github.com/monero-ecosystem/outreach-docs/pull/201)
+* [Money at the Edge at MoneroKon](https://github.com/monero-ecosystem/outreach-docs/pull/200)
+* [Moderating Monero at MoneroKon](https://github.com/monero-ecosystem/outreach-docs/pull/199)
+* [Breaking Monero EP4](https://github.com/monero-ecosystem/outreach-docs/pull/147)
+* [PSA: Know your Forks](https://github.com/monero-ecosystem/outreach-docs/pull/112)
+* [PSA: Learning and PSA: Wallet](https://github.com/monero-ecosystem/outreach-docs/pull/107)
+* [Fundamental Right to Privacy](https://github.com/monero-ecosystem/outreach-docs/pull/93)
+* [Guerilla Marketing](https://github.com/monero-ecosystem/outreach-docs/pull/87)
+* [About and other pages](https://github.com/monero-ecosystem/outreach-docs/pull/63) from monerooutreach.org
+* [Monero Quick Facts](https://github.com/monero-ecosystem/outreach-docs/pull/57)
+* [The Sleeping Giant of Cryptocurrency](https://github.com/monero-ecosystem/outreach-docs/pull/51)
+
+## Monero GUI
+Most of my contributions to GUI Wallet are on Weblate now. But here are the contributions I made on github.
+* Monero Core [here](https://github.com/monero-project/monero-gui/pull/1590)
+* And [here](https://github.com/monero-project/monero-gui/pull/1152)
+
+## Monerujo
+Translation of Monejuro strings:
+* [Help and Node pages](https://github.com/m2049r/xmrwallet/pull/491/files)
+
+## Monero Ecosystem
+Updated and complemented a while back the terminology guide to help other contributors find technical terms in our native language.
+* [Terminology Guide](https://github.com/monero-ecosystem/monero-translations/pull/35)
+
+# Costs
+Mastering Monero has ~~roughly 38500 [words](https://i.imgur.com/O5nXXI7.png)~~ exactly 37.151 words. I'm asking for ~~37~~ ~~34~~ 37 xmr. At a rate of ~~$52~~ ~~$58~~ $55 that rounds to about $0.055/word.
+
+This proposal won't affect my other volunteer contributions and I'll keep helping the workgroups as I currently do. As a side effect of this work, I'll update/complement the [glossary available on Weblate](https://translate.getmonero.org/dictionaries/monero/pt_BR/).
+
+I estimate 4-5.5 weeks to complete it and you'll be able to follow my progress on github. Should you have any considerations, think my word-counting is wrong or the rates unfair, I'm open to change any content of this proposal.
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noethers-stanford-blockchain-conference-2019.md

+---
+layout: cp
+title: "Noethers: Attend Stanford Blockchain Conference 2019"
+author: Sarang Noether
+date: October 2, 2018
+amount: 22
+milestones:
+  - name: Milestone 1 - Costs
+    funds: 100% (22 XMR)
+    done:
+    status: finished
+payouts:
+  - date: January 4, 2019
+    amount: 22 XMR
+---
+Hi, all. Noether brothers here, with a travel funding request. You may recall that the community sent the two of us to the Stanford BPASE18 applied cryptography conference last year. This event is purely academic in nature, and is where some extremely good research and technical papers are discussed by the finest minds in this space. We learned about many fascinating results involving mining attacks, Bulletproofs optimizations, Lightning, consensus mechanisms, signature schemes, and a helluva lot more; check out the link for details if you're curious.
+
+This year's conference, renamed Stanford Blockchain Conference 2019, promises to be equally loaded with great technical information and new advances in applied cryptography, and we wish to attend. Of all the conferences we know of, this one undoubtedly provides some of the best value to the project. It's good to have Monero represented in technical and academic circles, and in-person conferences remain one of the best ways for researchers to communicate effectively.
+
+The conference is hosted by Stanford University and takes place in Palo Alto from January 30 to February 1, so we've added a travel day on each side. Here is the cost breakdown to send both Dr. Sarang Noether and Dr. Surae Noether (Brandon Goodell) to the conference, listed in USD.
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noot-eth-xmr-atomic-swap.md

+---
+layout: cp
+title: ETH-XMR Atomic Swap Development
+author: noot
+date: Dec 4 2021
+amount: 56 XMR
+milestones:
+  - name: Maintainence of existing codebase
+    funds: 5 XMR
+    done: 5 February 2022
+    status: finished
+  - name: Contract improvements
+    funds: 8 XMR
+    done: 27 January 2022
+    status: finished
+  - name: DLEq integration
+    funds: 12 XMR
+    done: 1 May 2022
+    status: finished
+  - name: Integration testing
+    funds: 8 XMR
+    done: 21 March 2022
+    status: finished
+  - name: Network testing 
+    funds: 8 XMR
+    done: 24 May 2022
+    status: finished
+  - name: Pre-print paper and additional research
+    funds: 5 XMR
+    done: 23 June 2022
+    status: finished
+  - name: UI
+    funds: 10 XMR
+    done: 23 June 2022
+    status: finished
+payouts:
+  - date: 28 January 2022
+    amount: 8
+  - date: 8 February 2022
+    amount: 5
+  - date: 22 March 2022
+    amount: 8
+  - date: 27 May 2022
+    amount: 20
+  - date: 29 June 2022
+    amount: 5
+  - date: 29 June 2022
+    amount: 10
+---
+
+# Summary
+
+This proposal is for the continued development of ETH-XMR atomic swaps. The milestones include continued maintence and testing of the current codebase, gas improvements, network and integration testing, and documentation. At the completion of this proposal, there will be an audit-ready pre-production release of the ETH-XMR atomic swap software, as well as a pre-print paper outlining future improvements to the protocol. The total estimated duration of this proposal is 16 weeks.
+
+# Team
+
+[noot](github.com/noot) will be completing milestones 1-6. Milestone 7 will be completed by [Tbaut](https://github.com/Tbaut).
+
+### About me (noot)
+
+Since I'm quite new to the Monero space, I figured I'd post a little bit about me here. I've been working as a professional blockchain protocol engineer for nearly 4 years (will be 4 years in March 2022). I also have a Bachelor's of Applied Science specializing in Computer Engineering from the University of Toronto. For my undergraduate thesis project, I explored adding privacy to Ethereum, which ended up with me writing a Go implementation of RingCT. Although the project didn't really go anywhere, it was my introduction to real-life cryptography and of course Monero. Since then I've been casually following Monero. I've always loved the tech and the ethos and I'm glad to finally be able to contribute to it! 
+
+I'm passionate about privacy-preserving technologies and I think Monero really is the best and only (afaik) cryptocurrency that's truly private. I hope this project will bring more users to Monero by reducing the onboarding overhead, specifically by not needing to rely on a centralized exchange. I hope this work, along with the current inspiring XMR-BTC swap work being done, will help bring in fully decentralized, peer-to-peer exchanges.
+
+Most of my past work is focused on alternative blockchain protocol implementations, including implementations for Polkadot and Filecoin. I've also worked on Ethermint (EVM Cosmos module), a *little* bit on some ETH2 libraries, and written/tested various smart contracts in my day, which consists of most of my Ethereum experience. I've also worked on go-libp2p-noise (a handshake protocol for the p2p library libp2p) and go-schorrkel (schnorr signatures over ristretto255, used in Polkadot), both of which are now in production! The language I've used the most is Go (namely why this project is in Go), but I've also used Rust, JS, and Solidity.
+
+Since I'll be continuing to work full-time, this project will be done on a part-time basis. As of writing I'm the only person who will be working on this. I estimate I'll be able to put in ~15 hours per week, which might vary week-to-week depending on how busy I am.
+
+# Motivation
+
+Atomic swaps are a method for trustlessly exchanging funds across blockchains. An ETH-XMR atomic swap will allow for users to, in a trustless and completely decentralized manner, exchange Ether for Monero. This connects the leading smart contract blockchain (and the home of defi) with the leading privacy-preserving blockchain. Along with the BTC-XMR atomic swaps, this will allow for completely decentralized cross-chain exchanges to be built that allow for XMR swaps. 
+
+# Milestones
+
+## 1. Maintenance of existing codebase (estimated 2 weeks)
+This includes:
+- improved unit tests, >70% test coverage for whole repo
+- inline documentation (ie. code-level docs)
+- JSON-RPC API documentation
+- general code cleanup
+
+## 2. Swap contract improvements (estimated 2 weeks)
+There is already a smart contract (Swap.sol) that implements the Ethereum on-chain side of the protocol. However, to reduce gas costs, this can be turned into a "factory" style contract that allows users to create swap instances without having to re-deploy a contract, thus allowing for gas savings. 
+
+This milestone includes:
+- Creation of swap factory contract
+- Testing and integration of contract with codebase
+- Documentation on how to deploy the swap contract ot any EVM-based chain and interact with it 
+
+## 3. DLEq integration (estimated 2-4 weeks)
+For background, monero uses the ed25519 elliptic curve and ethereum uses the secp256k1 elliptic curve. The current implementation of the protocol verifies that a secret corresponds to a valid public key on the ed25519 curve by performing an elliptic curve multiplication (ECMUL). There is a version of the protocol that allows for massive gas savings (~30x improvement on Claim/Refund calls) by moving some of the computation off-chain. This is achieved by allowing secp256k1 keys to be verified on-chain (instead of ed25519), while off-chain, a DLEq proof is passed by each party to the counterparty that proves that their secret corresponds to public keys on both the secp256k1 curve and the ed25519 curve.
+
+This milestone includes:
+- Completion of the DLEq version of the swap contract, which performs a secp256k1 ECMUL as the verification step
+- Testing of the contract
+- DLEq proof generation and verification
+  - either using an existing Rust library, potentially using CGO to create language bindings from Rust->Go
+  - or, creating a Go implementation of DLEq proof and verification
+- Integration with the codebase (updates of network messages and handling of protocol steps)
+
+A potential alternative to using an existing Rust library is to write a DLEq implementation in Go. This would be preferred in the long run as it will be easier for users to build (as they would only been one language installed) and usage of CGO can cause linking issues during build on different platforms. As well as a developer, it's easier to maintain. I would prefer to create a Go implementation for the aforementioned reasons, although it would take longer than using an existing library. However, in the long run, I believe it would save developer hours.
+
+## 4. Integration testing (estimated 2 weeks)
+This includes:
+- End-to-end testing of the swap from both parties's point of view and for all possible claim/refund cases.
+- Will be in the form of Go test cases.
+
+## 5. Network testing and infrastructure (estimated 3 weeks)
+This includes:
+- setting up infrastructure (servers) to host swap nodes 
+- testing of a larger network of swap nodes (10+ nodes) that has many swap providers
+- testing of node discovery, messaging, and swap initiation
+- testing script to allow for the above cases to be run against a network 
+
+As there will likely be issues that are uncovered while testing, this milestone is assumed to include fixes for those issues.
+
+## 6. Additional research and pre-print paper (estimated 2-4 weeks)
+I would like to formalize the existing swap protocol and its variations, and as well to conduct additional research into improvements to the protocol. 
+
+This includes:
+- a pre-print paper that describes the current ETH-XMR atomic swap protocol and its security guarantees
+- a new version of the protocol that allows the XMR-holding party to move first, as the current protocol is limited by the ETH party needing to lock their funds first
+- potential optimizations to the protocol, focusing on ethereum gas costs
+- discussion of privacy implications on both the ethereum and monero sides
+
+## 7. UI
+This milestone includes an in-browser UI for interacting with the swap network. 
+
+This includes:
+- displaying the current swap offers available on the network
+- ability for a user to log in with a browser-based Ethereum wallet (Metamask) and take a swap offer
+
+## In case of extra funds
+
+If there are extra funds/time left over, this will be used to investigate the following:
+- ERC20 support; ie. ability to directly swap XMR for an ERC20 token
+- privacy improvements on the ethereum side
+- tor support
+
+## Licensing
+
+The codebase is currently licensed as GPLv3 due to usage of a library that is licensed GPLv3. However, this license can be changed after the DLEq integration (milestone 3) is complete. My preference is for GPL but I will also relicense as LGPL if needed. I would like to stick with GPL or LGPL as it prevents the code from being relicensed and used in closed-source software.
+
+## At completion
+
+At completion of this proposal, there will be a pre-production release of the software that includes binaries for Linux, MacOS and Windows.
+
+# Expiration date
+
+This CCS will expire on February 4 2022.

oeAdgK01-Translation of Monero CLI & GUI (GUI Wallet), Getmonero (monero-site) and Community (Monero Means Money (subtitles), Sound Money, Safe Mode (subtitles)) to Greek.md

+---
+layout: cp
+title: Translation of Monero GUI Wallet, Getmonero (monero-site), Community (Monero Means Money (subtitles) and Sound Money, Safe Mode (subtitles)) to Greek
+author: Donald A. Iljazi
+date: November 9, 2020
+amount: 30
+milestones:
+  - name: Milestone 1 - Completion of GUI Wallet Translation to Greek
+    funds: 2 XMR
+    done: 11 November 2020
+    status: finished
+  - name: Milestone 2 - Completion of monero-site Translation to Greek
+    funds: 8 XMR
+    done: 25 November 2020
+    status: finished
+  - name: Milestone 3 - Completion of Monero Means Money (subtitles) Translation to Greek
+    funds: 10 XMR
+    done: 20 February 2021
+    status: finished
+  - name: Milestone 4 - Completion of Sound Money, Safe Mode (subtitles) Translation to Greek
+    funds: 10 XMR
+    done: 17 April 2021
+    status: finished
+payouts:
+  - date: 2 October 2021
+    amount: 30
+---
+
+# About this Proposal
+
+Translation of the [GUI Wallet](https://translate.getmonero.org/projects/monero/gui-wallet/), [Getmonero](https://translate.getmonero.org/projects/getmonero/) ([monero-site](https://translate.getmonero.org/projects/getmonero/monero-site/)) [Community](https://translate.getmonero.org/projects/community/) ([Monero Means Money (subtitles) ](https://translate.getmonero.org/projects/community/monero-means-money/) and [Sound Money, Safe Mode (subtitles)](https://translate.getmonero.org/projects/community/sound-money-safe-mode-subtitles/)).
+
+Review of the translation that has already been done by other parties for the [GUI Wallet](https://translate.getmonero.org/projects/monero/gui-wallet/) gratis.
+
+# About the Translators
+
+## Donald A. Iljazi 
+
+### Previous Work
+
+I have worked as a translator for the [Decred](https://decred.org/) project during the summer of 2017 and for the [RChain Cooperative](https://rchain.coop/) from January 2018 to October 2018.
+
+**Certificates**: Proficiency degree in English from the University of Michigan.
+
+### Links
+
+- [Monero Project Translations (Weblate)](https://translate.getmonero.org/user/oeAdgK01/)
+- [GitHub](https://github.com/oeAdgK01)
+- [Monero's GitLab](https://repo.getmonero.org/oeAdgK01)
+
+## Iason Andreou 
+
+### Previous Work
+
+Iason Andreou has worked as a translator for the [RChain Cooperative](https://rchain.coop/) from January 2018 to October 2018.
+
+**Certificates**: Proficiency degree in English from Edexcel.
+
+### Links
+
+- [Monero Project Translations (Weblate)](https://translate.getmonero.org/user/zero-andreou/)
+- [GitHub](https://github.com/zero-andreou)
+- [Monero's GitLab](https://repo.getmonero.org/tseligas071)
+
+# Why?
+
+There is a strong grassroots cryptocurrency movement in Greece and Cyprus since the early days of Bitcoin. 
+According to Wikipedia, the Greek language is spoken in Greece with a population of ~10.7 million (2019 estimate) and in Cyprus with a population of ~1.2 million (2018 estimate) among other countries as well. There is a total of 13.4 million native speakrs (as of 2012) including Asia Minor, Balkans, Black sea coast, Eastern Mediterranean and Southern Italy.
+
+# Milestones and Projected Timeline
+
+## Milestone 1 - Completion of GUI Wallet Translation to Greek
+
+Complete translation of the [GUI Wallet](https://translate.getmonero.org/projects/monero/gui-wallet/).
+Comprises of 2430 words, which equals to 2 XMR.
+
+Review of the translation that has already been done by other parties for the [GUI Wallet](https://translate.getmonero.org/projects/monero/gui-wallet/) gratis.
+
+Timeline: 15/11/2020 - 18/11/2020
+
+## Milestone 2 - Completion of monero-site Translation to Greek
+
+Complete translation of the [monero-site](https://translate.getmonero.org/projects/getmonero/monero-site/)
+Comprises of 9753 words, which equals to 8 XMR.
+
+Timeline: 19/11/2020 - 04/12/2020
+
+## Milestone 3 - Completion of Monero Means Money (subtitles) Translation to Greek
+
+Complete translation of the [Monero Means Money (subtitles) ](https://translate.getmonero.org/projects/community/monero-means-money/)
+Comprises of 11689 words, which equals to 10 XMR.
+
+Timeline: 05/12/2020 - 20/12/2020
+
+## Milestone 4 - Completion of Sound Money, Safe Mode (subtitles) Translation to Greek
+
+Complete translation of the [Sound Money, Safe Mode (subtitles)](https://translate.getmonero.org/projects/community/sound-money-safe-mode-subtitles/)
+Comprises of 12404 words, which equals to 10 XMR.
+
+Timeline: 21/12/2020 - 10/01/2021
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+### Proposal Expiration Date
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+19/11/2020