selsta-10.md

layout: wip
title: selsta part-time monero development (3 months)
author: selsta
date: 31 July 2023
amount: 115
milestones:
  - name: August
    funds: 33% (39 XMR)
    done:
    status: unfinished
  - name: September
    funds: 33% (38 XMR)
    done:
    status: unfinished
  - name: October
    funds: 33% (38 XMR)
    done:
    status: unfinished
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What

• Continue the planning of a network upgrade with RandomX changes (https://github.com/monero-project/monero/issues/8827) and Bulletproofs++
• Smaller dev work on CLI and GUI
  • Put effort where necessary
• Testing and reviewing pull requests (CLI, GUI, site)
• Monero release engineering for CLI and GUI
  • Organizing what goes into a release
  • Compiling CLI and GUI, packaging for distribution
  • Writing release notes
• Misc work (user support, issue tracker maintanace, HackerOne)

Who

selsta, I have been contributing to monero since around 2018 with over 628 merged commits. Here is a list of my previous work:

• CLI contributions: https://github.com/monero-project/monero/pulls?q=is%3Apr+author%3Aselsta
• GUI contributions: https://github.com/monero-project/monero-gui/pulls?q=is%3Apr+author%3Aselsta
• Previous CCS: https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/selsta-9.html

If funded I will provide monthly updates in the CCS comment section.

Proposal

Work for 30 hours per week over the next 3 months (from August to end of October) at a rate of 45€ / hour. At 141€ / XMR this makes 115 XMR.