binarybaron-unstoppableswap.md

@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ milestones:
     status: finished
   - name: "Infrastructure maintenance (February - March)"
     funds: 1
-    done:
-    status: unfinished
+    done: 31 March 2022
+    status: finished
 payouts:
   - date: 6 December 2021
     amount: 1
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ payouts:
     amount: 1
   - date: 8 February 2022
     amount: 45
-  - date:
-    amount:
+  - date: 2 April 2022
+    amount: 1
   - date:
     amount:
 ---

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

 ---
-layout: fr
+layout: wip
 title: escapethe3RA Monero Observer maintenance (Spring 2022)
 author: escapethe3RA
 date: February 26, 2022

haveno-frontend.md

+---
+layout: wip
+title: Haveno frontend development
+author: Haveno
+date: Mar 16, 2022
+amount: 755 XMR
+milestones:
+  - name: Month 0
+    funds: 151 XMR
+    done:
+    status: unfinished
+  - name: Month 1
+    funds: 151 XMR
+    done:
+    status: unfinished
+  - name: Month 2
+    funds: 151 XMR
+    done:
+    status: unfinished
+  - name: Month 3
+    funds: 151 XMR
+    done:
+    status: unfinished
+  - name: Month 4
+    funds: 151 XMR
+    done:
+    status: unfinished
+payouts:
+  - date: 9 April 2022
+    amount: 151
+---
+
+Hello again everyone. As promised, after improving Haveno's structure, we come back with a new (much cheaper) CCS proposal.
+
+For a complete picture and all details, [see our initial proposal](https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/284), which assumed the old structure with centralized operators.
+
+This is the blog post announcing Haveno's improved structure: https://haveno.exchange/2022/02/02/haveno-structure.html.
+
+## The new structure
+
+For details about Haveno's structure, please read carefully the blog post linked above. For convenience, here is a short summary:
+
+- No more third party entity that will run the exchange. Everything will be managed by non-legal entity for more robustness and decentralization
+
+- All fees paid on Haveno will be sent to 'Engine', a CCS-like structure that will fund Haveno and Monero development. It will work similarly to the CCS managed by the Monero Core Team (MCT), but instead of generous donors, the funds will be provided by the fees sent to Engine by Haveno.
+
+- The funds of Engine will be managed by an entity called 'Engine Council', formed by 5 trusted long term contributors of the dev community, including one member appointed by the Haveno Core Team (HCT) and one member of the MCT[1]. The remaining 3 members will be chosen from a pull of candidates by the Haveno and Monero communities.
+
+- The HCT will request monthly 50% of the funds sent to Engine.
+
+- To avoid liabilities and legal structures, the members of Council will vote anonymously [using ring signatures](https://github.com/monero-project/urs) to ensure plausible deniability.
+
+- Arbitrators will be chosen using Engine and will not be picked by the HCT. This allows to open a market of arbitrators, where Monero and Haveno community members can propose themselves for the role. There will be security mechanisms in place to avoid arbitrators colluding with traders, but that's out of scope for this CCS.
+
+[1] We already contacted the Monero Core Team about this structure and they say they are happy with Haveno's model and are willing to have one of their members join the Engine Council. They point out that this individual should not be interpreted as representing the views of the Core Team directly and if direct MCT input is required, they will discuss internally.
+
+## How much and for what
+
+We are asking for **154k USD in XMR**. The money will be used **entirely to pay for the frontend development of Haveno**. This is the estimated cost to complete the frontend. We are already in contact with a team of three devs, which will start working on Haveno as soon as this CCS is accepted.
+
+The cost is lower than in the past proposal, because the team will develop only the frontend as requested, so extra work (in case of changed or additional requirements) is not included. The HCT will be deeply involved, trying to keep costs as low as possible, but the support of our dev community will be greatly appreciated.
+
+## Milestones and terms
+
+Payments to the frontend team will be every completed sprint. Every sprint will be a task that will take about 2 weeks to complete. For simplicity, we ask the funds to be sent to us every month for 4 months, with the first reward being sent as soon as our proposal is funded. The community will be able to follow the development in the public GitHub repository and on the community channels.
+
+To recap:
+
+- 1st payment: As soon as the proposal is moved to the "In progress" phase.
+- 2nd payment: 1 month after the first payment
+- 3rd payment: 1 month after the second payment
+- 4th payment: 1 month after the third payment
+- 5th payment: 1 month after the 4th payment. Last payment.
+
+The community will be able to follow progresses on Github and on our matrix/irc chatrooms. We hope the development of the frontend will be finished within 4-6 months.
+
+Haveno Core Team  
+[haveno.exchange](https://haveno.exchange)

john-foss-the-monero-moon.md

 ---
-layout: wip
+layout: cp
 title: Funding for The Monero Moon Newsletter
 author: John Foss
 date: April 22, 2021
@@ -15,15 +15,13 @@ milestones:
     status: finished
   - name: Publish issues #28 through #33
     funds: 6 XMR
-    done:
-    status: unfinished
+    done: 31 March 2022
+    status: finished
 payouts:
   - date: 28 January 2022
     amount: 12
-  - date:
-    amount:
-  - date:
-    amount:
+  - date: 4 April 2022
+    amount: 6
 ---
 
 WHAT: The Monero Moon is a weekly newsletter regarding all things Monero. It was created in response to fill the vacuum after I previously had to stop due to personal reasons in late 2018. The Monero Moon is a free weekly news publication, and has been created in an effort to keep the Monero community up to date on all the latest news and developments related to Monero. I aim to achieve this by aggregating all the relevant information into one convenient location in an easy-to-digest format. I sift through the noise so you don’t have to. I also endeavour to cross promote other Monero initiatives as much as possible, while also encouraging others to participate in or support the Monero project.

m0n3r0d1c3-monero-dice-site-deployment.md

+---
+layout: fr
+title: Deploy and maintain Monero Casino.
+author: M0n3r0d1c3
+date: April 4, 2022
+amount: 1
+milestones:
+  - name: Deployment
+    funds: 100% (1 XMR)
+    done:
+    status: unfinished
+payouts:
+  - date:
+    amount:
+---
+
+Hello! I'm M0n3r0D1c3, and I've created casino for Monero.
+Yup already created, the code is written and it works pretty well. Hence - it was even deployed once but died because of lack of proper marketing and funding.
+
+Here are some screenshots:
+ - https://ibb.co/bPcpS4t
+ - https://ibb.co/Gd2ygDG
+ - https://ibb.co/7R9WvvZ
+
+Here is an overview of features
+ - Provably fair bets, casino can't fake the bet result.
+ - No minimum bet, withdrawal and deposit amounts.
+ - Community funded bankroll - If you don't feel like playing in casino you can always pick the other side. Be a investor and take adventage of the 1% house edge!
+ - On-site chat bridged with telegram chatroom and tip command.
+ - Referral system.
+ - Deposits can be made using any of the currencies supported by majesticbank and will be exchanged onto xmr and deposited to the site.
+ - Monero as accepted currency and Bitcoin as a tolerated currency (with an option to add other currencies, if community wants that).
+
+Now here come few elephants in the room:
+ - The casino was already started once - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5383564 - but failed due to, lack of investments, lack of marketing, time and funds to promote the site.
+ - I'm having extremely bad time with predicting monero transaction fee using the rpc wallet, so the fee amount is constant and the difference is being cashed back to the account (even if negative). But that's being worked on already.
+
+That being said, I'm opening this CCS to get funding mainly for hosting the service, buying the domain ~~(and getting some more attention by the community)~~.
+
+All I'm asking for is money for the VPS with following specs that will run a hidden service, xmr (full) and btc (pruned) node.
+
+ - 2GB Memory 
+ - 512 GB (mixed hdd and ssd)
+ - Unmetered Bandwidth
+
+For 10$/m.o. for one year, resulting in a 120.00$ yearly price
+
+And another VPS, bought at another vendor that will be responsible for serving clearnet frontend (it will act as a proxy for the hidden service on clearnet.)
+
+It's specs are similar, except for storage - only around 25GB. The offer that I found cost 6$/m.o. (72$/year) and will do the job.
+
+Why two servers? Because one server will be easy to find in case the site will get reported. And at worst case scenario they will take down the clearnet service, but the hidden service will remain up and working - that will allow me to buy another server to serve clients (or at worst case scenario - allow people to withdraw their funds using hidden service).
+
+Last expense is the domain. I think that domain name should be discussed as a part of this prospal. Njal.la will be a good choice for a provider, and their pricing is at 15eur - 70eur, but I think that the most interesting domain names are at 30eur - so domain name will cost us around 35$.
+
+To sum everything up:
+ - vps server 1: 120.00$
+ - vps server 2: 72.00$
+ - Domain: 35.00$
+ - Total: 227$
+
+According to `Market Rates: Apr 4, 2022 at 12:53 PM UTC` fetched from CoinMarketCap 227 USD is equal to `1.07187734` XMR (~1.08 XMR)
+
+If you wish to discuss some things with me directly, please contact me using telegram - [@M0n3r0D1c3](https://t.me/M0n3r0D1c3). Or comment on this proposal, I'll be happy to explain everything.
+
+P.S. After funding this proposal I'll be able to deploy the site within few days - including monero node sync time (bitcoin sync however will take somewhat longer amount of time). But the site will need investors that will provide bankroll, to become a investor all you need to do is deposit money on site and create a new investment on the bottom of it. I won't be able to provide any bankroll because my personal monero holding are relatively small (I wouldn't ask for 1XMR otherwise).

midipoet-Oslo_Freedom_Forum_CCS_proposal.md

+---
+layout: fr
+title: midipoet-Oslo_Freedom_Forum_CCS_proposal.md
+author: midipoet
+date: April 6, 2022
+amount: 8.5 XMR
+milestones:
+  - name: Proposal funded
+    funds: 5 XMR
+    done: 
+    status: unfinished
+  - name: Report submitted
+    funds: 3.5 XMR
+    done:
+    status: unfinished
+payouts:
+  - date:
+    amount:
+  - date:
+    amount:
+---
+
+
+**WHO**
+
+I am known in the community as midipoet. I have been an active contributor for quite a number of years now, and would like to think that I have earned a level of trust from the community at large.
+
+I have been involved in the [Monero Policy Working Group](moneropolicy.org) since its inception, contributing directly to all the [policy consultations](https://github.com/monero-policy/monero-policy.github.io/tree/master/assets/pdfs) we have done over the last year or so.  - more info [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/r5vodq/mpwg_final_two_responses_to_the_public/), [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/qowwm4/monero_policy_working_group_response_to_the/), [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/mxr15w/monero_policy_working_group_response_to_fatf/), and [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/m1es4t/monero_policy_working_group_response_to_european/).
+
+I have also conducted research on Monero, working to produce a respected journal paper for a three star academic journal. More info [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/ijhas9/monero_research_those_who_control_the_code/). 
+
+I am also part of the organising team for [MoneroKon 2022](https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/tjyrut/ccs_update_monerokon_2022_location_and_venue/), being involved from the start for all the heavy lifting. 
+
+Over the years, I have given a number of talks on Monero, funded by the community (thank you!). More info [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/9yh9zi/cryptofinance_oslo_2018_report_by_midipoet/) and [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JIz_H8irAQ)
+
+In 2019, I attended the Oslo Freedom Forum on a ‘reconnaissance’ mission, to give a talk, and also to hold a fringe event. More info [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/bvoarg/oslo_freedom_forum_fringe_review_midipoet/). 
+
+**WHAT**
+
+Now that we are back to in person event, I would like to attend the [2022 Oslo Freedom Forum](https://hrf.org/category/oslo-freedom-forum/) - May 23-25 2022 in Oslo - and more specifically like to attend the [Financial Freedom Track](https://hrf.org/hrf-and-seetee-present-the-financial-freedom-track-at-off-2022/). I think this is extremely important for two predominant reasons. 
+
+1. The Monero Policy Working Group (and the Monero community at large) should try and have a representation at these sorts of events to understand what the narrative being pushed is, and HOW it is being pushed. This is especially important when the overarching message is “Bitcoin is good for censorship resistance and the pursuit of liberty and freedom”. We all know that this is an EXTREMELY DANGEROUS message - if not communicated alongside the requirement for privacy, decentralisation, and fungibility - that only Monero ACTUALLY provides. 
+
+2. It gives the Monero community a choice to raise a voice - similar to being a raconteur - to stand up to the BTC maxi narratives and to ensure that the “Bitcoin is the answer narrative is met with sound political, technical, and ideological pushback. 
+
+**WHY**
+
+In 2019 we were lucky enough to be invited to host a fringe event at the Oslo Freedom Forum. We did not get the same invite this year - but were provided with free tickets to attend and a warm invite from Alex Gladstein (the Chief Strategy Officer). 
+
+I have recently given a podcast talk, on the Exit Strategy podcast, in response to Gladstein’s maxi narrative. You can listen to this [here](https://exitstrategypod.libsyn.com/015-robin-renwick-revisiting-bitcoin-human-rights-and-the-oslo-freedom-forum) and the original Gladstein talk [here](https://exitstrategypod.libsyn.com/005-alex-gladstein-bitcoin-and-human-rights). 
+
+I am happy to donate my time to going, attend the event, and to provide a report to the community on the narrative, discussions and overarching message/propoganda that is being pushed. 
+
+I also think it is a good opportunity to hand out info/flyers at the event, and I will work to ensure I attend with a number of flyers/info sheets in pursuit of this. 
+
+Exit Strategy podcast has also agreed to interview me after the event to provide an update. I plan to use that opportunity to discuss the inherent dangers of promoting the BTC narrative in discussions in human rights, censorship resistance, etc. I would also use that opportunity to call out the ill-informed narratives that are pushed both at the event, and in the wider BTC community. It is time now to start taking the message seriously. 
+
+**MILESTONES**
+
+I propose half of the XMR being paid out to allow me to pay for flights and hotels. I have priced hotel at ~ €200 per night (same hotel I stayed at in 2019), and flights at ~€300 (sub-total of €1100)
+
+I propose a stipend for food of €50 per day for four days (sub-total €200). 
+
+I also propose writing a report and partaking in an Exit Strategy podcast. My time for this would be approximately 6 hours at €50 p/h (sub-total €300). 
+
+I also include printing costs for 200 flyer/info sheets (€100), similar to the ones we did for Oslo Freedom Forum 2019.
+
+In total this is €1700. 
+
+At the current market rate of ~€200, this is 8.5 XMR. 
+
+**EXPIRATION DATE**
+
+As I would like to get the accommodation and flight booked asap, I propose an expiration of 1st May on the CCS, and an expiration of the whole CCS of 1st July. Though this would also depend on the interview with Exit Strategy podcast. 
+
+**AMOUNT**
+
+8.5 XMR.
+
+
+

mj-part-time-2022-q2.md

 ---
-layout: fr
+layout: wip
 title: mj part time coding Q2 2022
 author: mj
 date: Mar 01, 2022
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ amount: 102.0 XMR
 milestones:
   - name: Month 1
     funds: 34.0 XMR
-    done:
-    status: unfinished
+    done: 30 March 2022
+    status: finished
   - name: Month 2
     funds: 34.0 XMR
     done:
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ milestones:
     done:
     status: unfinished
 payouts:
-  - date:
-    amount:
+  - date: 2 April 2022
+    amount: 34
   - date:
     amount:
   - date:

monero-bash.md

+---
+layout: wip
+title: monero-bash, a wrapper for monero written in bash, for Linux
+author: hinto-janaiyo
+date: March 24, 2022
+amount: 10.0 XMR
+milestones: 
+  - name: Integrated P2Pool Mining
+    funds: 5 XMR
+    done:
+    status: unfinished
+  - name: RPC/Daemon API integration
+    funds: 3.5 XMR
+    done:
+    status: unfinished
+  - name: Mining quickstart commands
+    funds: 1 XMR
+    done:
+    status: unfinished
+  - name: Automated encrypted wallet backup
+    funds: 0.25 XMR
+    done:
+    status: unfinished
+  - name: Auto GPG key verification for binaries
+    funds: 0.25 XMR
+    done:
+    status: unfinished
+payouts:
+  - date:
+    amount:
+  - date:
+    amount:
+---
+
+# Intro
+
+Hi everyone, I'm hinto. This is my first CCS Proposal.
+
+I would like to develop directly for Monero, but unfortunately: I cannot code. With that said, I've setup Monero nodes and miners on many machines for others and myself, and after a while, ended up making tons of Bash scripts to automate these processes.
+
+I rewrote a couple scripts to make them usable by anyone and put them in the public:
+- [XMRig-Auto-Build, for downloading/building everything needed to build XMRig](https://github.com/hinto-janaiyo/XMRig-Auto-Build)
+- [monero-toolchain, a link filterer that always downloads the latest releases of monero-related software](https://github.com/hinto-janaiyo/monero-toolchain)
+
+I'd like to receive support through this CCS to continue on a more ambitious project: `monero-bash`
+
+## What
+
+[monero-bash](https://github.com/hinto-janaiyo/monero-bash) is a wrapper for monero written in bash, for Linux.
+
+monero-bash does what bash normally does:
+**it glues together multiple programs in a more automatic fashion, in this case:**
+- monerod
+- monero-wallet-cli
+- monero-rpc
+- (p2pool planned...)
+
+monero-bash abstracts `monero-cli` commands into interactive prompts and `linux-like` syntax
+
+while monero-bash is helpful for people who want everything automated, it's also just as powerful as monero-cli because:
+~~~
+it is essentially a bunch of bash scripts invoking monero-cli
+~~~
+and so, any `monerod.conf` or `monero-wallet-cli.conf` that may be in your `.bitmonero` folder, can be used by monero-bash
+
+## Features
+**currently implemented:**
+- Automatic `monero` release upgrades, verified with SHA256SUMS
+- Software and wallet management
+- Easy wallet/daemon control
+- Price stats from API
+
+**to be added:**
+- Automatic P2Pool mining
+- RPC/Daemon API integration
+- Mining quickstart commands
+- Encrypted wallet backups
+- GPG key verification for binaries
+
+## Issues
+`monero-bash` runs into problems much like [systemd](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systemd):
+There are massive conveniences to having a single program manage and abstract everything for an end user, however, that funnels all the trust onto that single program. Although... `systemd` is a highly adopted system-manager on Linux, `monero-bash` is a niche script-system for Monero *from some random person.* So, the question might be asked:
+
+## But, Why?
+I think something like `monero-bash` would give a nice and easy bootstrap to people who normally wouldn't have manually setup a node or setup P2P mining. Another (maybe selfish) reason is that I'm making this to actually use it myself! Running `monerod`, `monero-wallet-cli`, `monero-rpc`, `XMRig` and `P2Pool` on multiple headless machines makes me wish there were a more central program to manage it all.
+
+## Security
+As the person who will be making this, I obviously have no problems using it, however, even I would be wary of using other's supposedly "safe" scripts to manage sensitive things like Monero. Thankfully since it's just Bash, anyone that uses Linux (or macOS,BSD) will most likely be able to audit everything. If there are `spooky` looking functions or variables, I'd be happy to explain its purpose and what it does. If something looks over-complicated, it's not on purpose, I'm just bad at bash.
+
+## End-Game & Proposal
+I'd like for:
+- Running a Monero Node
+- Managing Wallets
+- Upgrading and Verifying Monero-CLI Binaries
+- Mining on P2Pool as the Default
+
+to be as simple as running a couple commands.
+
+I'll be working for however long it takes to satisfy these milestones:
+- 5.0 XMR: Integrated P2Pool Mining
+- 3.5 XMR: RPC/Daemon API integration
+- 1.0 XMR: Mining quickstart commands
+- 0.25 XMR: Automated encrypted wallet backup
+- 0.25 XMR: Auto GPG key verification for binaries
+
+for a total of 10XMR, regardless of fiat pricing.
+
+[For full details of the current version, here is the GitHub.](https://github.com/hinto-janaiyo/monero-bash)
+Feedback would be appreciated.

monero-inflation-checker.md

+---
+layout: wip
+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:
+    status: unfinished
+  - name: CLSAG
+    funds: 14.4
+    done:
+    status: unfinished
+  - name: Seraphis / Optimizations / Functional website delivery
+    funds: 14.4
+    done:
+    status: unfinished
+payouts:
+  - date:
+    amount:
+  - date:
+    amount:
+  - date:
+    amount:
+---
+## 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.

savandra-videos-for-monero.md

+---
+layout: fr
+title: New Animated Videos
+author: savandra
+date: April 7, 2022
+amount: 45
+milestones:
+  - name: Complete Video 1
+    funds: 20% (9 XMR)
+    done:
+    status: unfinished
+  - name: Complete Video 2
+    funds: 20% (9 XMR)
+    done:
+    status: unfinished
+  - name: Complete Video 3
+    funds: 20% (9 XMR)
+    done:
+    status: unfinished
+  - name: Complete Video 4
+    funds: 20% (9 XMR)
+    done:
+    status: unfinished
+  - name: Complete Video 5
+    funds: 20% (9 XMR)
+    done:
+    status: unfinished
+payouts:
+  - date:
+    amount:
+  - date:
+    amount:
+  - date:
+    amount:
+  - date:
+    amount:
+  - date:
+    amount:
+---
+Hello guys,
+
+It's savandra, who created animated explainer videos,
+
+here's a link to our channel.
+
+I contacted u/dsmlegend, https://www.reddit.com/u/dsmlegend/ and he developed an awesome draft of probably anything should be covered on the topic (though it's a bit business-focused).
+
+Here's a link to the document https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnjUpT9gGxyQ_lud7uKoTCg
+
+I'd like to add, that since then, we improved on the animations a lot and we hope Monero will benefit from it!
+
+
+Our proposal is to be billed per minute of the animation, which covers:
+
+script development ( with implementing all the feedback from the community)
+
+illustrations development
+
+animations
+
+voice-over
+
+sound effects
+
+Considering the above, I think $1000 per minute of the animation should work out nicely.
+Also, it's been a while since the last video, so let me know if there are any updates on how the pitch should be handled.
+
+It is expected to complete one video a month
+An expiration date for the proposal: June, 7

seraphis-wallet-poc.md

 ---
-layout: fr
+layout: wip
 title: "koe: Seraphis Wallet Proof-of-Concept"
 author: koe
 date: 23 February 2022

soloptxmr-mj-endor-2022.md

+---
+layout: fr
+title: SolOptXMR - Solar Optimal mining of XMR
+author: mj
+date: Mar 26, 2022
+amount: 110.55 XMR
+milestones:
+  - name: 1 Initial setup
+    funds: 20.10 XMR
+    done:
+    status: unfinished
+  - name: 2 Profitability calculator
+    funds: 16.75 XMR
+    done:
+    status: unfinished
+  - name: 3 Measurements
+    funds: 36.85 XMR
+    done:
+    status: unfinished
+  - name: 4 Automation
+    funds: 36.85 XMR
+    done:
+    status: unfinished
+payouts:
+  - date:
+    amount:
+  - date:
+    amount:
+  - date:
+    amount:
+  - date:
+    amount:
+---
+
+# What
+The goal is to create open-source software that aids people mining Monero with excess solar power in the most profitable way. It will accommodate for issues such as:
+
+- Time of day
+- Weather fluctuations
+- Avoiding depleting batteries below a threshold, that would damage them
+- Avoiding overheating the mining rig
+- Leaving enough power for your daily use
+
+# Intro
+I promised I'd help out in the [Monero Recruitment Matrix Room](https://matrix.to/#/#monero-recruitment:monero.social).
+Although there was just one direct request to me so far, recently I've also pro-actively proposed cooperation to the chat room members. I presented there 2 projects, that are on my mind, and don't require extensive crypto knowledge, typically not available to students. Yet the projects are still useful for Monero specifically. One of the projects that I have on mind is optimization of mining performance on a solar farm, depending on varying inputs. The member Endor ([endorxmr](https://github.com/endorxmr) on GitHub and endor00 on Matrix) signed up for being the main contributor to the project, while I would serve as a mentor: namely coordinator, reviewer and designer. Such a setup will guarantee, that I won't get dragged away too much from the maintenance of Monero, that I signed up for, while at the same time, Endor will be able to continuously have access to my years of experience in automatic control and object oriented design. Endor on the other hand is heavily involved in everything, that’s connected to mining profitability.
+
+Should Endor not make it until the deadline, I guarantee, that I will finalize the project by myself until the coming winter.
+
+Introducing the project: SolOptXMR – Solar Optimal mining of XMR.
+
+# Why
+The following [YT video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OpM_zKGE4o) is able to bring you more context why this idea has a chance for being a trending subject and is here to stay. The outline of this video is the following:
+Because of high initial, as well as perpetual investments required for producing power from solar collectors in Sahara/Nevada and delivering it to northern states, such an investment, contrived in the previous decade under the name "DESERTEC", turned out to be not the best possible investment. The project's relative profitability decreased across the years even more. The reason is, that the costs of production of solar panels dropped so low, that now it makes more sense to place them exactly where the produced power is most needed, even though the solar irradiation is lesser at these places.
+
+On a sentiment / geopolitical side of things, with the rising prices of heating gas, I expect many people will be wanting to save on their gas costs by switching to electrical heating. Since the majority of such heaters demand high power, ranging from 2kW to 2.5kW and since a given population will typically want to switch them on all at the same time, I predict that we'll be facing a decent wave of blackouts in the coming winter. This has motivated me to build my solar farm. 
+
+If you are an individual who likes to take the matters into your own hands, you might have considered building a small solar farm yourself. Although our system won't assume a given user's setup, my particular farm is configured as an isolated island. This means, that I don't sell my overproduction to the grid for the pennies, that the state offers, but rather use the production for mining and cooking, while the overproduction is temporarily stored in a pair of cheap but reliable car batteries. My farm serves as a perfect test bed for the system, that we're going to design and automate for you. Optimized mining of Monero on such a system amortizes the installation costs over the long run, will help you learn about electricity and motivate you to become more resilient. Further compatible extensions are possible, such as small wind generators as well as bikes with flywheels, that [recover kinetic energy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBW_2gUSMXc). Such systems are already available on the market, that tends to think ahead of the time, so you don’t have to DIY.
+
+# System description
+
+The dynamics of the system, that tries to optimize the mining efficiency has to take into account the following inputs and goals. Some of them are obvious while others maybe not so much.
+
+- Static astronomic data, that describe the relative movement of the Sun across the sky in various latitudes and times of year - yielding the maximal expected power that can be reached
+- Weather predictions - a cloudy sky can reduce the power output by more than 80%
+- If the predicted power generation is off the measured generation, a warning might be issued to clean the panels
+- Voltage (load state) of the batteries, as well as voltage that reaches the DC->AC transformer, as some of it might be lost in the cables, that are either too long or have accidentally formed an inductor
+- Predicted load state of the batteries on the next day before the Sun rises and the charging starts, as emptying the chemical batteries below 50% tends to damage them  
+- Mining rigs' temperature readouts as it's not worth to meltdown your hardware for those couple of Piconeros being mined.
+- A given computer's hashrate per Watt - use the most efficient ones first, but don't overheat them
+- A given computer's idle power cost - sometimes it will make sense to switch on certain less efficient computers only if there's really way too much power production, and/or the most efficient ones overheat, or it's predicted that they'd overheat soon under the, also predicted, future conditions.
+- Per core efficiency compared against multithreaded efficiency - for CPUs with smaller caches, the efficiency (in this case: hashrate) scales poorly with more threads working at the same time. In such cases it will make sense to spread the mining across longer periods of time on a single core.
+- The owners' power usage habits - taking into account, that you might want to use a low powered, compatible electric heating system at a given time of day, by leaving some energy in the batteries for you to consume, before the predicted event – learned either from your usage habits, or from your manually scheduled input.
+- The owners' setup – whether an isolated solar island is used, output connected to grid (for selling) or supplementing power losses from the grid (buying) or both of the last 2 options.
+
+The control mechanisms of the system would be the following:
+- Downclocking the CPUs - very easy to achieve under Linux with a high precision, thus allowing for a smooth control
+- Restarting the mining with a smaller number of cores
+- Putting computers to sleep and waking them up with Wake On LAN on the next day
+
+While it would be easy enough to control the system via PID controller, and I know a lot about it, such a system would have little prediction power, delivered only by the first differential part of the controller (the D) and only between the current and the previous state. Using a Time Series Analysis and Prediction tool, such as the already available `tsqsim`, will give the system the ability to look ahead into the future (like at least 48 hours ahead) and plan accordingly to maximize the gain per the unit of energy used, while at the same time planning carefully against overheat of the hardware, under-voltage of the DC->AC transformer, leading to an immediate halt of the system, as well as against under-voltage (as in: capacity) of the batteries, which would otherwise quickly damage them.
+
+The inputs to the system will come in a few forms – either assumed, input by the user or measured. The measurements can be easily supplied via smart plugs or measured directly. Ultimately it has to be left to the user to decide how much time to spend on providing additional inputs, that result in improvements of predictions, thus profitability. The goal here is however to keep the measurements optional, not to impose burden on the user.
+
+# Who
+mj – working for Monero since 2 years on the purely technical level. Speeding up compilation and Continuous Integration on GitHub, keeping an eye on overall efficiency, generating [Monero health report](http://cryptog.hopto.org/monero/health/), reviewing technical PRs, helping out new developers. Lately developing Time Series Analysis tool for Monero Research Lab, called `tsqsim`. [Here’s a list](https://github.com/search?q=is%3Apr+author%3Amj-xmr+archived%3Afalse+is%3Aclosed) of all my contributions to Monero and to the supporting software.
+
+Endor – Aerospace Engineering student and a junior Python developer on the side. I already have a few small projects under my belt - one of which related to automation and monitoring of a live system. I've been following the Monero project for over 5 years, learning the ins and outs of cryptocurrency mining and moderating the Supportxmr chat and the Monero Mining room on Matrix (#xmrmine:matrix.org). I am currently developing a comprehensive economic model of mining, and I plan to publish a small paper/series of articles over the next few weeks that will (hopefully) serve as "the ultimate guide to mining" for newcomers and professionals alike. A glimpse into my work can be seen in [this minimalistic script](https://gist.github.com/endorxmr/07364dc54f277abf487574d455d67341), that dynamically calcylates the CPUs mining profitability and compares it across various other CPUs. An example output (though shortened) can be seen below:
+
+```
+python3 mining-profitability.py 
+Difficulty: 354634073114
+Average blocktime @6500 H/s: 631 days, 11:18:08
+Price: 201.98 - XXMRZUSD
+Expected crypto income/s: 1.236e-08
+Expected fiat income/s: 2.496e-06
+Profitability: 38.2%
+Miner efficiency: 100.0 H/s/W
+ROI time: 12577.0 days to recover 750 USD
+Breakeven efficiency @0.1/kWh: 72.3 H/s/W
+Network power consumption @0.1/kWh: 40849693 W
++--------+--------+-------+--------+
+| Period | Profit | Mined | Power  |
++========+========+=======+========+
+| Day    |  0.060 | 0.001 |  0.156 |
+| Week   |  0.417 | 0.007 |  1.092 |
+| Month  |  1.789 | 0.032 |  4.680 |
+| Year   | 21.770 | 0.390 | 56.940 |
++--------+--------+-------+--------+
++-------------------------------+--------+-------+------------+--------+
+|              CPU              | Speed  | Power | Efficiency | Amount |
++===============================+========+=======+============+========+
+| AMD EPYC 7763 (dual)          | 100000 |   750 |    133.333 |  54467 |
+| AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X  |  65000 |   600 |    108.333 |  68083 |
+| AMD Ryzen 3600X               |   7500 |    70 |    107.143 | 583568 |
+| Intel Xeon Silver 4216 (dual) |  16157 |   312 |     51.785 | 130929 |
+| Intel Core i7-4720HQ          |   1768 |    45 |     39.289 | 907771 |
++-------------------------------+--------+-------+------------+--------+
+```
+
+# Milestones
+
+## 1 Initial setup
+The initial setup, that is able to use static astronomic data inputs (let’s call it by its name used in the industry: seasonality) and simple weather forecasts (sunny/cloudy/in-between) to make predictions based mostly on user input as to how much power a given computer and its cores consume, taking into account how much power is expected to be consumed in house for other purposes, that have to be treated as of a higher priority. Initially a status message will be displayed about what to do manually to maximize the selected goals. Plots of the inputs and outputs will be displayed, that explain why such a suggestion was presented.
+
+Will be done mostly by mj, since Endor shouldn’t be strained with too many foreign systems, only receive the system’s output signals. This will require about 2 weeks of work full time, that makes:
+- 6 (Monday-Saturday) * 2 (weeks) * 8 (hours) = 96 work hours
+- 96 work hours / 10h in a week = 9.6 weeks spread.
+
+## 2 Profitability calculator
+Profitability calculator, taking into account the power costs, grid’s buy-back prices (if available) and user’s price target, at which to sell the mined coins. Also a very important input will be the time-bound energy availability, delivered through the system from the Milestone 1
+
+This milestone will be done mostly by Endor, due to his experience in the field. I will only support via tips such as obtaining user input and code reviews, design suggestions, etc. I won’t count my pay on this one. This can be started before milestone 1) is finished, on a basis of simple generated sinusoidal signals, that will soon enough be replaced with real data.
+
+Endor’s:
+- 6 (Monday-Saturday) * 3 (weeks) * 8 (hours) = 144 work hours
+- 144 work hours / 15h in a week = 9.6 weeks spread.
+
+
+## 3 Measurements
+3) Support for various kinds of measurements – smart plugs, digital converters, software temperature readouts and even simple image recognition of LCD/LED displays of the DC→AC transformer and MPPT regulator.
+
+Both of us have experience in various parts here and wish to take equal part in this milestone. I’ll create up to two examples of image recognition.
+mj’s:
+- 6 (Monday-Saturday) * 2 (weeks) * 8 (hours) = 96 work hours
+- 96 work hours / 10h in a week = 9.6 weeks spread.
+
+Endor’s:
+- 6 (Monday-Saturday) * 3 (weeks) * 8 (hours) = 144 work hours
+- 144 work hours / 15h in a week = 9.6 weeks spread.
+
+## 4 Automation
+Automation of the system, including remote CPU downclocking, selecting the number of threads, putting computers to sleep, and waking them up via the Wake On LAN technology. We will be promoting privacy oriented and non-controversial software, namely: [p2pool](https://github.com/SChernykh/p2pool) and [xmrig](https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig), accordingly.
+
+Same as above, both of us have experience and ideas here. I already perform such tasks manually (via scripts) on my solar farm, so I know “the feel” of the system. Endor has many great ideas and a lot of expertise for this milestone as well, as this resonates with his prior experience with mining profitability and a variety of mining software + hardware.
+
+mj’s:
+- 6 (Monday-Saturday) * 2 (weeks) * 8 (hours) = 96 work hours
+- 96 work hours / 10h in a week = 9.6 weeks spread.
+
+Endor’s:
+- 6 (Monday-Saturday) * 3 (weeks) * 8 (hours) = 144 work hours
+- 144 work hours / 15h in a week = 9.6 weeks spread.
+
+# Legal & privacy
+The project shall be released under AGPLv3. It will send no telemetry by default, unless the user wishes to have their data uploaded and analyzed. The data will surely serve as a stabilization asset of the project and will be included in the automated system tests as one of many test cases. The complete data set to be sent will always be shown to the user for a review and approval.
+
+As I’m familiar with the EU laws regarding solar panels a bit, I will be providing the users non-legally-binding relevant advice.
+
+Even though I’m not strictly an electrical engineer, I know enough tricks in this field and I understand many nuances about the inner workings of such systems. I know what hardware are compatible with each other and how to calculate the supply and demand of the produced power. Therefore I can provide advice in this field as well, yet again: non-legally-binding.
+
+# Proposal
+As of 12 April, XMR/EUR is at 214.92 EUR.
+
+## mj:
+I will be able to spend about 10 hours / week on the project. An amount so low, that it doesn’t collide with my maintenance assignment, nor Monero Research Laboratory, once I switch there for a while. My rate per hour is 45 EUR. The total number of work hours is: 96 + 96 + 96 = 288. 
+288 [h] * 45 [EUR/h] / 214.92 [XMR/EUR] = 60.3 XMR
+
+## Endor:
+I will be able to spend about 15 hours / week on the project. My rate in my first ever proposal is at 25 EUR / h. The total number of work hours is: 144 + 144 + 144 = 432. 
+432 [h] * 25 [EUR] / 214.92 [XMR/EUR] = 50.25 XMR
+
+Since in this case we are really talking about seasonal data, that doesn’t require a lot of readjustments, further maintenance will not be a burden for any of us. Unless many new features are requested, we will gladly maintain it for you without asking for compensation.
+
+## Summary:
+60.3 + 50.25 = 110.55 XMR is what we're asking for. Thanks in advance!
+
+## Deadline calculation
+A rough deadline calculation based on the spread of the hours and including the tasks that can be done in parallel:
+9.6 [weeks] * 3 / 4.1 [weeks in a month] ~ 7 months.
+This coincides with the promise to finalize the project until winter if all goes well with Endor’s plan. If not, I can take over most of the responsibilities, as there are always ~1-1.5 month breaks between my maintenance proposals.
+
+Cheers!
+
+# Expiration date
+31 Oct, 2022

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