8 Sep 2026 [dev] [CCS]

jpk68 posts August 2026 Monero dev report

jpk681 has posted a monthly CCS progress report2 for August 2026, which includes several Monero dev updates.

Milestone 1:
* Spent a few days researching solutions to decrease lock contention in 'hot' code paths
* Did extensive testing with various hardware wallet devices
* Worked on small UX and build system improvements for the GUI
* Added various info to https://docs.getmonero.org/
* Reviewed 50+ pull requests [..]

The full list of contributions can be found on Github3.

This update completes the first milestone of jpk68’s latest Monero development CCS proposal, which is currently still looking for funding4.


  1. https://github.com/jpk68 

  2. https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/689#note_37377 

  3. https://github.com/monero-project/monero/pulls?q=is%3Apr+author%3Ajpk68 

  4. https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/jpk68-full-time-1.html