monero-ccs-proposals/selsta-14.md

---
layout: cp
title: selsta part-time monero development (3 months)
author: selsta
date: 03 August 2024
amount: 134
milestones:
  - name: August
    funds: 33% (45 XMR)
    done: 6 September 2024
    status: finished
  - name: September
    funds: 33% (45 XMR)
    done: 5 October 2024
    status: finished
  - name: October
    funds: 33% (44 XMR)
    done: 30 October 2024
    status: finished
payouts:
  - date: 10 September 2024
    amount: 45
  - date: 10 October 2024
    amount: 45
  - date: 30 October 2024
    amount: 44
---

## What

- Smaller dev work on CLI and GUI
  - Put effort where necessary
- Testing and reviewing pull requests (CLI, GUI, site)
- Monero release engineering for CLI and GUI
  - Organizing what goes into a release
  - Compiling CLI and GUI, packaging for distribution
  - Writing release notes
- Misc work (user support, issue tracker maintanace, HackerOne)

## Who

selsta, I have been contributing to monero since around 2018 with over 670 merged commits. Here is a list of my previous work:

- CLI contributions: https://github.com/monero-project/monero/pulls?q=is%3Apr+author%3Aselsta
- GUI contributions: https://github.com/monero-project/monero-gui/pulls?q=is%3Apr+author%3Aselsta
- Previous CCS: https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/selsta-13.html

If funded I will provide monthly updates in the CCS comment section.

## Proposal

Work for 30 hours per week over the next 3 months (from August to end of October) at a rate of 50€ / hour. At 134€ / XMR this makes ~134 XMR.