From 3c0db933696ebd6b15cc0b649bd423f5eb4c6cda Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lee Clagett Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2024 19:29:21 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update file vtnerd-2024-q3.md --- vtnerd-2024-q3.md | 69 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 69 insertions(+) create mode 100644 vtnerd-2024-q3.md diff --git a/vtnerd-2024-q3.md b/vtnerd-2024-q3.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..17f0fa0 --- /dev/null +++ b/vtnerd-2024-q3.md @@ -0,0 +1,69 @@ +--- +layout: fr +title: vtnerd full-time 2024 q3 +author: Lee Clagett (vtnerd) +date: July 11, 2024 +amount: 208.12 XMR +milestones: + - name: Month 1 (160 hours) + funds: 69 XMR + done: + status: unfinished + - name: Month 2 (320 hours) + funds: 69 XMR + done: + status: unfinished + - name: Month 3 (480 hours) + funds: 70.12 + done: + status: unfinished + +payouts: + - date: + amount: + - date: + amount: + - date: + amount: +--- + +3-Months full-time software development on monero "core" components in 2024 q3. + +## What +Work primarily on the `monerod`, `wallet`, and `monero-lws`. Some of the work to be attempted or investigated: + - Code reviews of monero core PRs + - Optimization work in monero core (work with the new stressnet team) + - Add socks5 support to wallet and monerod (which adds IPv6 support to proxies) + - Add support for [torspec/control-spec](https://github.com/torproject/torspec/blob/main/control-spec.txt). This is similar to the SAM proposal for I2P + - Get new serialization routine merged (continue work on piecemeal PRs for reviewers sake) + - Complete work necessary to merge [DANE/TLSA in wallet2/epee](https://github.com/vtnerd/monero/tree/improve/dane_tlsa). + - Adding trust-on-first-use support to wallet2 + - Add msgpack support to monerod-ZMQ (requires merging of new serialization system) + - `monero-lws` work: + - Complete LWS frontend (using `wallet_api.h` as interface) so that wallets can begin using LWS API easily. This is separate from woodser et al working on LWS API within `wallet2` which may be deprecated. + - Perform apache-benchmark test on REST api to determine effects of blocking ZMQ calls + - Cache some ZMQ calls performed during REST api responses to reduce burden on `monerod` and improve REST throughput + - Add concurrency to REST API responses - remove blocking ZMQ calls which starve valuable REST thread resources + - A switchover to boost asio/beast/azmq from epee/zmq to handle async http responses will be needed + - `get_random_outs` endpoint has blocking ZMQ calls that cannot be cached, thus the potential need for async-zmq + - Add a "scale" factor to remote scanning load balancing - send more accounts to systems with faster single thread performance + - Add 64-bit ed25519 code for faster arm64 scanning + - Provide official LWS docker-image + - Provide pre-built binaries + - (Unlikely) - reproducible builds so community members can verify+sign the binary hashes + +There is intentionally more work than time allows - to ensure there is always something to work on in the proposal. + +## Who + +Lee Clagett (vtnerd). I've had [four](https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/vtnerd-tor-tx-broadcasting.html) [CCS](https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/vtnerd-2020-q4.html) [proposals](https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/vtnerd-2021-q1.html) ([last one](https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/vtnerd-2023-q3.html)), and [one Magic Grant](https://monerofund.org/projects/Q1Q2_2024_dev_vtnerd). + +Some of my biggest features in monero core repo are [Dandelion++](https://github.com/monero-project/monero/pull/6314), [adding supercop ASM speedups to wallet code](https://github.com/monero-project/monero/pull/6337), [ZeroMQ Pub Support for new blocks and transactions](https://github.com/monero-project/monero/pull/6418), and [SSL support to p2p](https://github.com/monero-project/monero/pull/8996). + +I've also made a functional LWS wallet scanner under CCS/Magic - which now has a MyMonero compatible REST API, admin REST API, LMDB storage, subaddress support, webhook/zmq/rmq publishing (new receives, spends, and accounts), multi-machine scanning with (primitive) load-balancing, and an untrusted daemon mode that verifies PoW is valid (whereas normal wallets trust `monerod` responses entirely). + +## Proposal + +Work on the various tasks outlined above for 40 hours/week over the next 3 months after potential funding. I already use time-tracking software for work; if the hours dip in a given month unexpectedly, the update/milestone will be at the completion of the hours listed above. + +The funds were calculated with 65 USD/hour with ~157.41 USD/XMR which is the 9-day exponential moving average on Kraken through 2024/07/11. The rate is up a bit: (1) inflation, (2) volatility protection, and (3) closer in hourly compensation to 2 other contributors. \ No newline at end of file