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layout: fr
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title: RandomX Audits
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author: Howard Chu
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date: 20 May 2019
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amount: 1400
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milestones:
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- name: Kudelski
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funds: 215
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done:
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status: unfinished
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- name: X41
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funds: 555
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done:
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status: unfinished
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- name: QuarksLab
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funds: 625
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done:
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status: unfinished
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payouts:
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- date:
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amount:
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- date:
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amount:
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This is the funding request for the audits for the RandomX Proof of Work algorithm that we've
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been working on for the past year or so. Our aim has been to develop a PoW that requires any
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implementation to include the major components of a CPU, and thus constrain all implementations
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to have CPU-like performance. The code for RandomX is available for testing on
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https://github.com/tevador/RandomX/
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We solicited proposals from 4 different audit teams. One of these is already being paid for
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by Arweave.org. The community voted to fund the other 3, in this priority order. The vote
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occurred on https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/bozr0z/randomx_auditor_selection/
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Like with the Bulletproofs audit, We are working with the Open Source Technology Improvement Fund (OSTIF),
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which has generously offered to manage the exchange of XMR to fiat to pay the reviewers.
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REQUEST
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1. Kudelski 18,250 CHF ~ $18,094.04
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2. X41 42,000 Euro ~ $46,902.58
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3. QuarksLab $52,800.00
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The total amount is around $118,000 (and may vary due to exchange rate fluctuations from USD
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to CHF and EUR). The request is for 1400 XMR, using an exhange estimate of 1 XMR = 85 USD. Since
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the funding is in fiat currency, this amount will be updated to reflect price fluctuations
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until funded.
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2019-05-22 01:05:36 +00:00
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The reviews will be funded in this order as soon as sufficient funds are available. This means
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that as soon as enough funds have been raised to pay for Kudelski we will engage them to begin
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their review. If/when sufficient funds are raised to pay for X41 we will start that; if/when
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sufficient additional funds are raised to cover QuarksLab we will start that. If we don't raise
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2019-05-22 19:11:17 +00:00
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enough funds to cover all 3 reviews we will go with whatever we can cover. As with any other CCS
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proposal, any funds collected that aren't sufficient to meet a funding target will be reverted
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to the general development fund.
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Reviews must be completed by end of June so that any identified problems can be fixed by July,
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and ready for a code freeze and subsequent October release.
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