Merge branch 'selsta-8' into 'master'

selsta part-time monero development (3 months)

See merge request monero-project/ccs-proposals!372

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+layout: fr
+title: selsta part-time monero development (3 months)
+author: selsta
+date: 28 January 2023
+amount: 
+milestones:
+  - name: Februrary
+    funds: 33% (34 XMR)
+    done:
+    status: unfinished
+  - name: March
+    funds: 33% (34 XMR)
+    done:
+    status: unfinished
+  - name: April
+    funds: 33% (34 XMR)
+    done:
+    status: unfinished
+payouts:
+  - date:
+    amount:
+  - date:
+    amount:
+  - date:
+    amount:
+---
+
+## What
+
+- Focus on major release v0.18.2.0 (P2Pool hard-fork support, Dandelion++ fixes, RandomX refactor, RingCT cache, network stability improvements)
+- 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 615 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-7.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 Februrary to end of April) at a rate of 45€ / hour. At 159€ / XMR (14-day EMA) this makes 102 XMR.