xiphon part-time coding

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+title: xiphon part-time coding (3 months)
+author: xiphon
+date: 20 Jul 2020
+amount: 215
+milestones:
+  - name: Aug
+    funds: 33% (71 XMR)
+    done:
+    status: unfinished
+  - name: Sep
+    funds: 33% (71 XMR)
+    done:
+    status: unfinished
+  - name: Oct
+    funds: 33% (73 XMR)
+    done:
+    status: unfinished
+payouts:
+  - date:
+    amount:
+  - date:
+    amount:
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+
+# What
+
+Would love to prolong my part time Monero coding for another 3 months.  
+
+There are some specific tasks i would like to work on first.
+
+* Monero GUI Windows static build.  
+  Plan to utilize cross-compilation using recently implemented Docker Monero GUI Linux static build environment.  
+  If there will be any unresolvable issue, we can use Windows native Docker container (based on Windows Server image), but the approach will require using Windows as a host system.  
+* Investigate (and implement if possible) Monero GUI MacOS bundle build environment.  
+* Reproducible Monero GUI Linux build.  
+  Depending on the first task, might also implement Windows reproducible builds, this is unclear at the moment.  
+* Explore Windows GUI binaries signing with a Microsoft certificate.  
+  Could help us to mitigate AV related issues on Windows.  
+  Figure out the procedure and the requirements.  
+  Signing doesn't play well with reproducibility. Think this could be resolved by using/implementing some custom software or a script that will verify signed binary contents skipping the signature. Want to investigate this.
+
+As usual will be working on Monero Core and Monero GUI code:
+* Inspecting and implementing ongoing feature requests
+* Submitting bug fixes
+* New functionality
+* Code review
+* Putting my efforts where it is appropriate
+
+# Who
+
+I'm Xiphon, active contributor to Monero Core and Monero GUI since July 2018.  
+
+My previous CCS proposals: 
+* https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/merge_requests/99
+* https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/merge_requests/55
+* https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/merge_requests/122
+* https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/merge_requests/139
+
+During the recent 30h/week proposal i implemented:
+* Docker Monero GUI Linux static build. CMake integration.  
+  `release` build target support (Linux, Windows, MacOS).  
+  `release-static` build target support (Linux and Windows).  
+  CMake continuous integration (Github Workflows) support on Linux, Windows, MacOS hosts.  
+  A user can now run just a couple of commands to build Monero GUI Linux static binary:  
+  https://github.com/monero-project/monero-gui/#building-linux-static-binaries-with-docker-any-os  
+* Socks5 support in Monero GUI Advanced mode (remote node only) *(Work in progress)*  
+  Runtime proxy configuration support in Monero Core Wallet API.  
+  Integrating Socks5 proxy support into the GUI right now.  
+* Portable mode for Monero GUI  
+  https://github.com/monero-project/monero-gui/pull/3026
+
+in order to not clutter the proposal i'm not listing all the related pull requests this time. I strongly encourage you to visit the following Github links to see the amount of work done by me, its quality and importance for the Monero Project.
+
+Please check the following links to inspect my Monero-related activity:  
+- Monero Core - https://github.com/monero-project/monero/pulls?q=is%3Apr+author%3Axiphon
+- Monero GUI - https://github.com/monero-project/monero-gui/pulls?q=is%3Apr+author%3Axiphon
+
+# Proposal
+
+Looking forward to coding and accomplishing mentioned and ongoing tasks and issues. Implementing new code/functionality that will be needed. Investigating bug reports and submitting bug fixes, fixing build and compilations errors/warnings/etc. Would like to inspect and complete/fix/address issues and feature requests that are reasonably desired and/or worth to spend time on. Improving GUI, fixing UI/UX issues, implementing design changes.
+
+Dedicate 30 hours per week to Monero Project, at 55 USD/hour rate for a total of 215 XMR. XMR/USD rate is based on the 14-day moving average exponential on Kraken from 20 Aug 2020, which is approximately 92.16 XMR/USD.