From d5eee94f9e3b22b9dba076c10724e40c4c9612dd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: j-berman Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2025 11:54:09 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] j-berman part 10 --- j-berman-4months-full-time-10.md | 93 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 93 insertions(+) create mode 100644 j-berman-4months-full-time-10.md diff --git a/j-berman-4months-full-time-10.md b/j-berman-4months-full-time-10.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7006b47 --- /dev/null +++ b/j-berman-4months-full-time-10.md @@ -0,0 +1,93 @@ +--- +layout: fr +title: j-berman full-time development (4 months) +author: j-berman +date: April 14, 2025 +amount: 396 Monero +milestones: + - name: Month 1 + funds: 25% (99 Monero) + done: + status: unfinished + - name: Month 2 + funds: 25% (99 Monero) + done: + status: unfinished + - name: Month 3 + funds: 25% (99 Monero) + done: + status: unfinished + - name: Month 4 + funds: 25% (99 Monero) + done: + status: unfinished +payouts: + - date: + amount: + - date: + amount: + - date: + amount: + - date: + amount: + - date: + amount: +--- + +## What + +Work full-time 4 months on: + +- Completing the FCMP++ integration. + - Complete the blinds cache to speed up FCMP++ transaction construction ([WIP PR](https://github.com/seraphis-migration/monero/pull/25)). + - Work on the following, some of which @jeffro256 is already working on: + - Fee logic for FMCP++. + - Incorporate composition changes to tree building and remove code for the key image migration: https://github.com/monero-project/meta/issues/1168 + - Cold wallet <> hot wallet integration. + - HW wallet interface changes. + - Multisig. + - The `scan_tx` feature. + - Background sync. + - Clean up the FFI. + - Cleaner logging. + - Manage the [FCMP++ optimization contest](https://github.com/j-berman/fcmp-plus-plus-optimization-competition) and implement the winning submissions as necessary. + - It should be noted: if the contest does not yield significant improvements specifically to `helioselene`, it may be worth it to re-work the FCMP++ wallet scanner to *download* the tree instead of re-build it locally. + - Re-working the wallet scanner would likely take 1-2 weeks. +- Review the Carrot integration. +- Update documentation for the FCMP++ integration, using the same format as in this (now outdated) [WIP PR](https://github.com/monero-project/monero/pull/9436). +- Start submitting piecemeal FCMP++ PR's to the main Monero repo. +- Review @vtnerd's p2p encryption PR: https://github.com/monero-project/monero/pull/8996 +- Continue Seraphis wallet library work: + - My next task on this front is to bring the Serpahis lib async scanner into the current wallet API ([source](https://github.com/seraphis-migration/wallet3/issues/64#issuecomment-2067030930)) + - In the latest round of tests, I observed scanning speed-ups of 50-60% with a clearnet remote node, 35-45% with a tor node, 25-35% with a local node. + - The async scanner has already undergone a round of review ([source](https://github.com/UkoeHB/monero/pull/23)) + - To be usable in the wallet API, the following still needs to be implemented: + - A mutable subaddress lookahead ([source](https://github.com/UkoeHB/monero/pull/23#issuecomment-2036086371)) + - Pool scanning ([source](https://github.com/UkoeHB/monero/issues/41)) + - A clean way to save tx metadata ([source](https://github.com/UkoeHB/monero/issues/48)) + - The FCMP++ tree builder + Carrot scanning needs to be integrated. + +A note: once I've completed all work on FCMP++, reviewing the Carrot integration, and reviewing [p2p encryption](https://github.com/monero-project/monero/pull/8996)), I may work on Serai independent from this CCS. I would like to see Serai launched and operating smoothly (and I still owe @kayabaNerve [more work on Serai in exchange for their research into FCMP's](https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/359#note_21276)). I would then return to continue Seraphis wallet library work. + +## Who + +j-berman on github / jberman on matrix / IRC + +Past CCS's: +- https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/j-berman-3months-full-time-9.html +- https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/j-berman-3months-full-time-8.html +- https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/j-berman-3months-full-time-7.html +- https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/j-berman-3months-full-time-6.html +- https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/j-berman-3months-full-time-5.html +- https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/j-berman-3months-full-time-4.html +- https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/j-berman-3months-full-time-3.html +- https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/j-berman-3months-full-time-2.html +- https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/j-berman-3-months-full-time.html + +## Proposal + +396 XMR + +640 hours, 0.3 XMR/hr + $65/hr, $204/XMR from coingecko + +Requesting a raise of 0.05 XMR/hr from my prior CCS given I have demonstrated the ability to take the FCMP++ integration to the finish line.