1 Feb 2024 [blitz]

Monero Observer Blitz #26 - January 2024

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

There were 5 Monero Research Lab meetings in January (X,X,X,X,X)
The Seraphis Wallet Workgroup held 5 meetings (X,X,X,X,X)
tobtoht released Feather Wallet v2.6.2 (X)
SChernykh released P2Pool v3.10 (X)
duggavo released the source code for Monero/CryptoNote mining pool ‘Go-Pool’ (X)
woodser released monero-cpp v0.8.5/0.8.6, monero-java v0.8.9/0.8.10 and monero-ts v0.9.5/0.9.6 (X,X)
hinto-janai released Gupax v1.3.4/1.3.5 (X,X)
LocalMonero/AgoraDesk v1.1.16-1.1.18 were released with several fixes and improvements (X,X)
Cake Wallet/Monero.com versions 4.13.0/1.10.0-4.13.2/1.10.2 were released with support for ‘OnRamper’, several fixes and enhancements (X,X)
rehrar released Stack Wallet v1.9.0-1.9.2 with support for ‘Lelantus Spark’ and various bug fixes (X,X)
Monero Market implemented a 2/3 multisig escrow system (X)
jeffro256 posted their January 2024 dev update (X)
detherminal released ‘libmonero’ v0.1.8 (X)

All open CCS proposals were fully funded on January 1st (X)
tobtoht submitted a CCS proposal to work full-time on Feather Wallet and Monero for 3 months, which was fully funded (X,X)
Lovera submitted a CCS progress report for November 2023 (X)
0xFFFC submitted a CCS proposal to work part-time on Monero Core for 3 months (X)
pat’s BCH-XMR atomic swap frontend ‘Flipstarter’ proposal was fully funded (X)
plowsof posted a progress report for their third CCS coordinator term (X)
The Monero General Fund received a 100 XMR donation (X)
shortwavesurfer2009 proposed a bounty for adding ‘full ipv6 support’ to Monerujo (X)
raven proposed a bounty for Monero ‘drivechain’ research (X)
ANONERO was seeking donations ahead of ‘ANON’ v1.0 release (X)
vtnerd’s Monero and Monero LWS dev work proposal was listed for funding on the MAGIC Monero Fund platform (X)
Boog900 submitted a CCS proposal to work full time on ‘Cuprate’ for 3 months (X)

Two Community Workgroup Meetings took place on the 6th & 20th (X,X)
There were 3 MoneroKon 2024 Planning Meetings in January (X,X,X)
gnuteardrops returned and reactivated ‘Monero.Graphics’ (X)
Monero Talk interviewed ‘Eat Sleep Crypto’, nopara73 and Paul Sztorc (X,X,X)
LocalMonero published The Monero Standard issues #87-90 (X,X,X,X)
Cake Wallet celebrated their 6th anniversary on the 18th (X)
The Monero community was preparing to remove Binance from Getmonero.org (X)

[AFH] Pro AI Photos and Video Upscale, Denoise and Sharpen (by DoubleVet70) (X)
[ANN] Monero x5 release writeup / analysis (by gingeropolous) (X)
[ANN] Would you like Revuo to return? (by unsanctionedf) (X)
[ANN] monerodocs.org down (by unkn8wn69) (X)
[ANN] Darknetlive Sold to Incognito Market (by DarkDotFail) (X)
[ANN] Anonero Guide - Airgapped DIY Monero hardware wallet setup (by untraceable) (X)
[ANN] Nodes video script ready for community feedback/comments (by VostoEmisio) (X)
[ANN] 1000 USD bounty for Linux camera support offered in XMR (by fullmetalScience) (X)
[LTH] [$0.09/word] Spanish-Russian translator (by jorgesumle) (X)
[WTB] [SK] Pinephone (by julie) (X)

+67/+46 Reports/Community Messages
+4/+4 Dev/Art reports
+15 Meeting logs
+16 Calendar events
+6 Resources

Daily
- published 67 Monero Observer Reports (X) (consult the Archive page for a complete list (X))
- updated Changelog (X) and XMR Stats (X)
As needed/On demand
- updated reports, listed 46 Community Messages and 16 Calendar events (X,X), added 6 new Resources (X)
- published 1 Meeting summary: MRL 2024-01-10 (X) and uploaded 15 meeting logs (MRL 2024-01-03, MRL 2024-01-10, MRL 2024-01-17, MRL 2024-01-24, MRL 2024-01-31, Community 2024-01-06, Community 2024-01-20, MoneroKon24 2024-01-13, Monerokon24 2024-01-20, Monerokon24 2024-01-27, Seraphis 2024-01-01, Seraphis 2024-01-08, Seraphis 2024-01-15, Seraphis 2024-01-22, Seraphis 2024-01-29 (X,X,X,X,X,X,X,X,X,X,X,X,X,X,X)
Weekly
- published 4 Monero Dev Activity Reports (Weeks: 1-4, 2024) (X,X,X,X)
- published 4 MO Artistic Saturday Top 5 reports (Weeks: 1-4, 2024) (X,X,X,X)
Monthly
- published MO Blitz Report: #25 (December 2023) (X)

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

That’s it for the 26th 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