25 Jul 2025 [research] [CCS]

Rucknium completes statistical research CCS

Rucknium1 has completed2 the third (and final) milestone for their latest CCS proposal to conduct statistical research to improve Monero’s privacy3:

I have completed Milestone 3. [..] Investigated behavior of nodes on the DNS ban list and suggested modifications to it.4

Work overview

Read the complete progress report on Gitlab2.

Consult the previous Monero Observer report11 to learn more about the project.


  1. https://github.com/Rucknium/ 

  2. https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/439#note_30863  2

  3. https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/Rucknium-Statistical-Research.html 

  4. https://github.com/monero-project/meta/issues/1242 

  5. https://gist.github.com/Rucknium/fb638bcb72d475eeee58757f754acbee 

  6. https://www.getmonero.org/2025/04/05/ospead-optimal-ring-signature-research.html 

  7. https://github.com/Rucknium/misc-research/blob/main/Monero-Peer-Subnet-Deduplication/pdf/monero-peer-subnet-deduplication.pdf 

  8. https://github.com/Rucknium/presentations/blob/main/Rucknium-MoneroKon-2025-OSPEAD.pdf, https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=F7hNOQVp88A 

  9. https://github.com/Rucknium/xmrnetscan 

  10. https://moneronet.info/ 

  11. /rucknium-submits-ccs-proposal-statistical-research-improve-monero-privacy/