monero-ccs-proposals/selsta-9.md

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layout: wip
title: selsta part-time monero development (3 months)
author: selsta
date: 1 May 2023
amount: 117
milestones:
  - name: May
    funds: 33% (39 XMR)
    done: 5 June 2023
    status: finished
  - name: June
    funds: 33% (39 XMR)
    done:
    status: unfinished
  - name: July
    funds: 33% (39 XMR)
    done:
    status: unfinished
payouts:
  - date: 8 June 2023
    amount: 39
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    amount:
  - date:
    amount:
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## What

- Start the planning of a network upgrade with RandomX changes (https://github.com/monero-project/monero/issues/8827) and Bulletproofs++
- 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 628 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-8.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 May to end of July) at a rate of 45€ / hour. At 138.5€ / XMR this makes 117 XMR.