Merge branch 'cypherstack-seraphis-general' into 'master'

Seraphis General Paper Review

See merge request monero-project/ccs-proposals!441

cypherstack-seraphis-general.md

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+---
+layout: fr
+title: Seraphis General Paper Review
+author: Cypher Stack
+date: March 29, 2024
+amount: 203.5
+milestones:
+  - name: Half completed
+    funds: 101.75
+    done:
+    status: unfinished
+  - name: Fully completed
+    funds: 101.75
+    done:
+    status: unfinished
+payouts:
+  - date:
+    amount:
+  - date:
+    amount:
+---
+
+Hello everyone, Diego "rehrar" Salazar here on behalf of [Cypher Stack](https://cypherstack.com/). We've recently completed [a proposal in which we reviewed Bulletproofs++](https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/bulletproofs-pp-peer-review.html). We have been asked by MRL community members to make a proposal for reviewing [Seraphis](https://github.com/UkoeHB/Seraphis/).
+
+Seraphis is an upcoming privacy protocol designed by Koe that is under consideration for inclusion in Monero. Before it can be seriously considered however, it would be wise for the protocol to undergo review. Seraphis is currently split into two papers. The first paper details a framework to be used for a privacy-respecting transaction protocol. The second instantiates it. After discussion with MRL personnel, we have decided to do things in a stepwise fashion. That is to review the general protocol overview first, and, if nothing is found that would give pause, the instantiation paper afterwards.
+
+Cypher Stack asks for a total of 185 XMR to complete the review. We add a 10% volatility buffer, bringing the total up to 203.5 XMR. We aim to complete the review within two calendar (actual hours are not two months of man hours, but we have other work for oother clients as well) months of the proposal being funded. The deliverable will be a holistic review report of the first paper that will be freely and publicly provided to the Monero community for perusal, discussion, and consideration.

jeffro256-full-time-2024Q3.md

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+---
+layout: fr
+title: jeffro256 full-time development 2024Q3
+author: jeffro256
+date: June 14, 2024
+amount: 146
+milestones:
+  - name: Month 1
+    funds: 33% (48.0)
+    done:
+    status: unfinished
+  - name: Month 2
+    funds: 33% (49.0)
+    done:
+    status: unfinished
+  - name: Month 3
+    funds: 33% (49.0)
+    done:
+    status: unfinished
+payouts:
+  - date:
+    amount:
+  - date:
+    amount:
+  - date:
+    amount:
+---
+
+## What
+
+In the last three months, the likely direction of the future of the Monero protocol changed
+drastically with all the work done to bring FCMPs to RingCT. At my last CCS proposal, I
+proposed that I would be working on the Seraphis wallet and consensus integrations. Then
+I shifted gears to implementing [Jamtis-RCT](https://gist.github.com/tevador/d3656a217c0177c160b9b6219d9ebb96#).
+I propose to refine this codebase and produce and LWS-client demo, in order to have these
+set of features complete before the FCMP++ upgrade, assuming all goes well. This codebase
+can currently construct `cryptonote::transaction`s with Jamtis info encode in the `extra` field,
+and then successfully scan that data. Here is a non-exhaustive list of points that need
+work with this library:
+
+- Legacy address integration and testing
+- Optimization: post-primary-view-tag scanning is about 20% slower than expected
+- Testing against actual FCMP++ composition proofs
+- Multi-threaded compute
+- A live, over-the-wire LWS demo for evaluating the filter-assist/hidden enote trade-offs
+
+I would also like to work on replacing `wallet2` internals with the Seraphis library 'legacy handling'
+code, as discussed at this Github issue: https://github.com/seraphis-migration/wallet3/issues/64. A few people
+are already working on it, but it will need a lot of manpower to bring it to fruition.
+
+
+## Who
+
+I have been contributing to the Monero core repository for [over two years](https://github.com/monero-project/monero/pulls?page=2&q=is%3Apr+author%3Ajeffro256) with a total of [68 merged commits to master](https://github.com/monero-project/monero/commits?author=jeffro256) thus far. I also began working on the Seraphis migration project, so you can see some of my contributions [here](https://github.com/seraphis-migration/monero/pulls?q=is%3Apr+author%3Ajeffro256) and [here](https://github.com/UkoeHB/monero/pulls?q=is%3Apr+author%3Ajeffro256). Some more notable contributions from this last quarter:
+
+- Implemented [Jamtis-RCT](https://gist.github.com/tevador/d3656a217c0177c160b9b6219d9ebb96#) into the Seraphis library [here](https://github.com/jeffro256/monero/tree/jamtis_rct). This branch provides support for storing Jamtis scanning data into `tx_extra`, and performs a unit test where a pruned transaction is constructed addressed to Jamtis payment proposals, and then successfully scanned for both plain and self-send enote types. The way this branch was written merges the code paths for doing Jamtis on RingCT and Seraphis together. It could use some cleaning up, and the Seraphis multisig tests need to be updated, but otherwise all Seraphis tests are passing.
+- Some other Seraphis stuff including a unified transaction format for Cryptonote, RingCT, and Squashed-Seraphis transactions.
+
+Previous Proposals:
+- https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/319
+- https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/390
+- https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/421
+- https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/436
+
+## Payment
+
+I propose to work 40 hours/week for 3 months so `40 (hours/week) * 3 (months) * weeks_per_month = 40 (hours/week) * 3 (months) * (365 / 12 / 7) (weeks/month) = 521` hours total on-paper, though I usually work more than that. The proposal is broken into 3 milestones, one for each month. I am setting my hourly rate at 46 USD/hour (+1 USD/hour higher than last quarter), and at a market price of 163.97 USD/XMR, that makes for a total of 146.2 XMR. Price was calculated as 14-day simple average of opening prices on [CoinGecko](https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/monero/historical_data) from 2024-06-01 to 2024-06-14 (day of writing), same as last quarter.

plowsof-ccs-coordinator-4.md

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 milestones:
   - name: 2 meetings + hours worked
     funds: 26.69 XMR
-    done:
-    status: unfinished
+    done: 2 June 2024
+    status: finished
   - name: 2 meetings + hours worked
     funds: 26.69 XMR
-    done:
-    status: unfinished
+    done: 2 June 2024
+    status: finished
   - name: 2 meetings + hours worked
     funds: 26.69 XMR
     done:
     status: unfinished
 payouts:
-  - date:
+  - date: 24 June 2024
     amount: 26.69
-  - date:
+  - date: 24 June 2024
     amount: 26.69
   - date:
     amount: 26.69

revuo-monero-maintenance-2024-q3.md

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+---
+layout: fr
+title: Revuo Monero maintenance (2024 Q3)
+author: rottenwheel
+date: June 3, 2024
+amount: 8
+milestones:
+  - name: July
+    funds: 3
+    done:
+    status: unfinished
+  - name: August
+    funds: 3
+    done:
+    status: unfinished
+  - name: September
+    funds: 2
+    done:
+    status: unfinished
+payouts:
+  - date:
+    amount:
+  - date:
+    amount:
+  - date:
+    amount:
+---
+
+# What
+
+I will maintain Revuo Monero (https://www.revuo-xmr.com/) for the next 3 months (2024 Q3): July, August and September. There is a chance I may skip one week to tend to real life issues, in such case, next issue will just cover 2 weeks instead of 1.
+
+Tasks:
+
+- Daily/weekly: search, curate, structure and post new reports/stories.
+- As Needed: outreach (engage with the community on Matrix, XMPP, emails).
+- As Needed: make sure the website is live and working as expected (server maintenance, billing, etc.)
+
+# Who
+
+rottenwheel, I joined the Monero community some time in 2017 by jumping into IRC, attending some Workgroup meetings, volunteering at the Monero village at DEFCON 28 in 2019 (https://redlib.zaggy.nl/r/Monero/comments/cqegma/monero_village_defcon_2019_report/), participating in community events and being involved with other community-driven, smaller projects.
+
+As a proof of work for this specific proposal, I have, since January 2022 until now, written almost 200 issues, 195 of which were published in current Revuo's self-hosted website. That does not take into account the following enhancements.
+
+Up to this point, all efforts behind Revuo Monero's comeback after Diego "rehrar" Salazar was let go and Revuo Monero's publication was paused for a few months, include but are not limited to:
+
+- Light/dark theme with a toggle button (mostly in CSS/HTML, minimizing the reliance in JavaScript as much as possible; site loads everything just fine in Tor browser with strict security mode on.)
+- Support and Source Code sections added.
+- RSS and Support icons.
+- Google fonts removed.
+- Twitter and Nostr profiles set up and posting new issues every week automatically. Twitter: https://nitter.poast.org/revuoxmr; Nostr: https://primal.net/p/npub1tn8spk9zhxrctg2qym3gj8r7eq2wk6z3phrl8304wc54vt9qam4qvzw6jx
+
+# Proposal
+
+I will publish weekly issues (4 per month) at a rate of $100 / issue. At $157.5 / XMR this makes 8 XMR (~7.6++) (100 * 4 * 3 = $1200) to be split in 3 monthly milestones. Rounding current 7.6++ XMR to 8 XMR to cover for price votatility between Work In Progress phase and progressive milestone(s) payouts.