Cuprate 'ready for casual usage' after ~12 months of paid development

hinto-janai¹ has announced² the first alpha release (v0.0.1 Molybdenite³) of Cuprate⁴ - an alternative and independent Rust Monero node implementation - after more than 12 months of continuous CCS-funded development:

The first alpha release is now ready for casual usage.

Contributors overview

@Asurar0
@Boog900
@dimalinux
@hinto-janai
@jomuel
@kayabaNerve
@SyntheticBird45

Read the Cuprate User Book⁵ for build instructions, config options and frequently asked questions.

Consult the previous Monero Observer reports⁶ to learn more about this story and join the next Cuprate meeting⁷ to get involved with the project.

This is an ongoing story and the report will be updated when new information is available.

Update: SyntheticBird noted that Cuprate is ‘very experimental, prone to bug’ and clarified that hinto’s ‘ready for casual usage’ message should be interpreted as ‘meant to be run by casual users for testing purposes’⁸.