Monero Observer Blitz #36 - November 2024

Posted Sun, 01 Dec 2024, from Monero Observer

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Source Article Link: https://monero.observer/monero-observer-blitz-november-2024/

Here’s a recap of what happened this November in the Monero community:

Breaking

  • LocalMonero/AgoraDesk closed down on November 7th (1)
  • The MoneroTopia 2024 conference took place in Mexico City on November 14-17 (2)

R&D

  • There were 4 Monero Research Lab meetings in November (3,4,5,6)
  • Four Cuprate meetings also took place this month (7,8,9,10)
  • The Monero Tech workgroup held 3 meetings (11,12,13)
  • SChernykh released P2Pool v4.2 with new features, bugfixes (14)
  • Cyrix126 released Gupaxx versions 1.5.2 & 1.5.3 (15)
  • everoddandeven released ‘monerod-gui’ v0.1.2-rc and v1.0.0-1.0.2 ‘Tenacity’ (16,17,18)
  • Monerujo v4.1.2 was released with support for Exolix exchange (19)
  • XMRig v6.22.2 was released (20)
  • hinto-janai completed the third milestone for the Cuprate CCS, released Gupax v1.3.10 (21,22)
  • jeffro256 posted a Monero/Carrot dev update for September-October (23)
  • nahuhh released ‘basicswap-bash’ v0.14.1 (24)
  • woodser released Haveno v1.0.13/1.0.14 with support for Tether, fixes and improvements (25,26)
  • j-berman posted a progress report after 379 hours of Monero dev work (27)
  • 0xFFFC posted a Monero dev update for October-November (28)
  • binarybaron posted a second progress report for their XMR-BTC atomic swaps ecosystem CCS, released a ‘full rewrite’ of the UnstoppableSwap GUI (29,30)
  • Cake Labs introduced new Cupcake companion app with release of Cake Wallet v4.21.0-4.21.2, Monero.com v1.18.0-1.18.2 (31,32)
  • Stack Wallet added support for XMR view-only wallets and ‘churn options’ (33)
  • 4rkal created a XMR ‘micro-tipping’ tool for P2Pool mini miners (34)
  • ofrnxmr completed the second milestone for their BasicSwapDEX CCS (35)

Funding

  • VostoEmisio’s animated videos CCS proposal was fully funded (36)
  • BenraouaneSoufiane submitted two CCS proposals to launch an ‘email marketing campaign’ for CryptoCheckout and ‘extend’ the project (37,38)
  • geonic submitted a CCS proposal for a MoneroTopia 2024 marketing campaign, which was fully funded (39)
  • Gingeropolous submitted a CCS proposal to upgrade their ‘Monero Research Computing’ cluster, which was approved for funding (40)
  • v1docq47 submitted a CCS proposal for 6 months of Russian voice-over and transcription work (41)
  • DiosDelRayo’s ‘XmrSigner’ offline signing library CCS was fully funded (42)
  • kayabaNerve submitted a CCS to get ‘monero-serai’, ‘monero-wallet’ libraries audited by CypherStack, which was fully funded (43)
  • plowsof posted a progress report for their fifth CCS coordinator term (44)
  • selsta submitted a CCS proposal for 3 months of Monero dev work until the end of February 2025 (45)

Culture

  • Two Community Workgroup Meetings took place on the 9th & 23rd (46,47)
  • There were 3 MoneroKon 2025 Planning Meetings in November (48,49,50)
  • The Aloha Project launched a new Haveno mainnet instance with zero fees (51)
  • Unstoppable Domains introduced personalized .XMR onchain domains (52)
  • rottenwheel published Revuo Monero issues #216-219 (53,54,55)
  • Haveno Reto completed its ‘RetoSwap’ rebrand with a new website launch (56)

Community Messages (5/32)

  • [ANN] Sigmanero.org is closing down Monday 11th November (by sigmanero_org) (57)
  • [ANN] Monero Remote Node Monitoring project updates (by ditatompel) (58)
  • [ANN] MoneroKon Assembly @ 38th Chaos Communication Congress 27-30 Dec 2024 in Hamburg, Germany (by ajs_) (59)
  • [LFF] Support Revuo Monero, the audience-funded newsletter (by rottenwheel) (60)
  • [LTH] Dev with Dart/flutter or rust experience (by Diego) (61)

My personal contributions

+70/+32 Reports/Community Messages
+4/+5 Dev/Art reports
+16 Meeting logs
+17 Calendar events
+1/0 Resources/Blacklist
  • Daily
    • published 70 Monero Observer Reports (62) (consult the Archive page for a complete list (63))
    • updated Changelog (64) and XMR Stats (65)
  • As needed/On demand
    • updated reports, listed 32 Community Messages and 17 Calendar events (66,67), added 1 new Resource (68)
    • uploaded 16 meeting logs: MRL 241106, MRL 241113, MRL 241120, MRL 241127, Community 241109, Community 241123, Cuprate 241105, Cuprate 241112, Cuprate 241119, Cuprate 241126, Tech 241104, Tech 241118, Tech 241125 (69,70,71,72,73,74,75,76,77,78,79,80,81)
  • Weekly
    • published 4 Monero Dev Activity Reports (Weeks: 44-47, 2024) (82,83,84,85)
    • published 5 MO Artistic Saturday Top 5 reports (Weeks: 44-48, 2024) (86,87,88,89,90)
  • Monthly
    • published MO Blitz Report: #35 (October 2024) (91)

Credits/special thanks to:

  • everyone that suggested edits, sent anonymous news tips and shared my reports
  • the cypherpunks for their encrypted emails / XMPP (OMEMO) messages
  • all MO loyal readers and supporters
  • gnuteardrops from monero.graphics for providing the amazing designs
  • hard working people that keep building and maintaining cool stuff for the Monero community

That’s it for the 36th edition of Monero Observer Blitz.

Previous editions can be found on the /tag/blitz page.

Let me know if this was helpful, thanks for reading!

-escapethe3RA

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