1 May 2025 [blitz]

Monero Observer Blitz #41 - April 2025

Here’s a recap of what happened this April in the Monero community:

The Monero Research Lab and Cuprate workgroups held 5 meetings each (X,X,X,X,X,X,X,X,X,X)
There were also 4 Monero Tech meetings in April (X,X,X,X)
mainnet-pat released XMR-BCH atomic swap web app ‘AxeSwap’ (X)
sukunetsiz released the ‘complete version’ of Monero marketplace script ‘Kabus’ (X)
Cake Labs kicked off the Cake Wallet rebrand, released v4.25.0-4.27.0 (X,X,X)
selsta posted a Monero dev report for March 2025 (X)
acx released Monfluo v0.7.0, posted a CCS progress report (X,X)
hinto-janai released Cuprate v0.0.2, posted a CCS progress report (X,X)
atsamd21 started developing a standalone Haveno mobile app (X)
rehrar released Stack Wallet v2.1.11 (X)
Cyrix126 released Gupaxx v1.9.0-1.9.1 (X)
tobtoht released Feather Wallet v2.8.1 (X)
woodser released Haveno versions 1.0.19/1.1.0/1.1.1 and ‘haveno-ts’ v0.0.34 (X,X,X,X)
Tech1k created a Monero node dashboard tool (X)

NorrinRadd submitted a CCS proposal to develop a Haveno iOS, Android ‘application’ (X)
tobtoht submitted a CCS proposal for 3 months of Feather Wallet and Monero core dev work, which was fully funded (X)
j-berman completed his CCS and submitted a new proposal for 4 months of Monero/FCMP++ and Seraphis dev work, which was fully funded (X,X)
openENet submitted a 30K XMR CCS proposal to build the ‘MoneroSpace’ satellite network, which was closed (X)
jeffro256 submitted a CCS proposal to continue Monero/Carrot dev work in Q2 2025, which was immediately funded (X)
napoly’s and spirobel’s CCS proposals were moved to the funding stage (X)
Jackie submitted a CCS proposal to create Monero videos in Chinese (X)

Monero celebrated its 11th anniversary on the 18th (X)
plowsof was considering dropping their ‘CCS Coordinator’ role after the fifth term (X)
Two Community Workgroup Meetings took place on the 12th & 26th (X,X)
There were 3 MoneroKon 2025 Planning Meetings in April (X,X,X)
rottenwheel published Revuo Monero issues #234 & #235 (X,X)
v1docq47 posted a CCS progress report for February-March 2025 (X)

[ANN] New Frontiers - MONERO MONTHLY 04 (by Ungovernable Misfits) (X)
[ANN] OSPEAD - Optimal Ring Signature Research (by Rucknium) (X)
[ANN] MT #348: Celebrating Monero’s Birthday with some Cake (by MoneroTalk) (X)
[ANN] FCMP++ Optimization Competition [350 XMR] (by j-berman) (X)
[LTH] Hiring Monero Fuzzing Harness Developer (by ACK-J) (X)

+64/+22 Reports/Community Messages
+4/+4 Dev/Art reports
+17 Meeting logs
+18 Calendar events
+2/-1 Resources

Daily
- published 64 Monero Observer Reports (X) (consult the Archive page for a complete list (X))
- updated Changelog (X) and XMR Stats (X)
As needed/On demand
- updated reports, listed 22 Community Messages and 18 Calendar events (X,X), added 2 new Resources and removed 1 (X)
- uploaded 17 meeting logs: MRL 250402, MRL 250409, MRL 250416, MRL 250423, Community 250412, Community 250426, Cuprate 250401, Cuprate 250408, Cuprate 250415, Cuprate 250422, Cuprate 250429, Tech 250407, Tech 250414, Tech 250421, Tech 250428, MoneroKon25 250405, MoneroKon25 250426 (X,X,X,X,X,X,X,X,X,X,X,X,X,X,X,X,X)
Weekly
- published 4 Monero Dev Activity Reports (Weeks: 14-17, 2025) (X,X,X,X)
- published 4 MO Artistic Saturday Top 5 reports (Weeks: 14-17, 2025) (X,X,X,X)
Monthly
- published MO Blitz Report: #40 (March 2025) (X)

everyone that suggested edits, sent anonymous news tips and shared my reports
the cypherpunks for their encrypted emails / XMPP (OMEMO) messages
all MO loyal readers and supporters
gnuteardrops from monero.graphics for providing the amazing designs
hard working people that keep building and maintaining cool stuff for the Monero community

That’s it for the 41st edition of Monero Observer Blitz.

Previous editions can be found on the /tag/blitz page.

Let me know if this was helpful, thanks for reading!

-escapethe3RA