vtnerd's Monero and Monero LWS dev work proposal ready for funding on MAGIC Monero Fund platform

MAGIC Grants¹’s Monero Fund² has approved and listed vtnerd’s³ crowdfunding proposal⁴ for 3 months of development work on Monero and Monero Light Wallet Server⁵:

The fundraiser covers 3 months of full time work to improve security, performance, and usability with an end goal of helping to broaden the user base. (Rucknium)⁶

Funding goal: $28,800
ETA: ~3 months (480 hours)

Proposed work overview

• Monero
  • Get new serialization routine merged
  • Complete work necessary to merge DANE/TLSA in wallet2/epee
  • Adding trust-on-first-use support to wallet2
• Monero LWS
  • Optional full chain verification for malicious daemon attack
  • Webhooks/ZMQ-PUB support for tx sending
  • Implement “horizontal” scaling of account scanning
  • Make account creation more “enterprise grade”
  • Provide official LWS docker-image
  • Provide official snap/flatpak/appimge [..]

vtnerd is the creator of Monero Light Wallet Server⁵ and has been an active⁷ Monero contributor since 2016.

The developer decided to switch from the CCS to MAGIC after the IRS crypto reporting rule change went into effect⁸.

To support this project, you can donate XMR, BTC or fiat on the MAGIC Monero Fund platform⁴.

Consult the previous Monero Observer report⁹ to learn more about MAGIC’s crowdfunding website.

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

Update 24/2/19: fully funded¹⁰.

Update 24/4/27: first progress report posted after 160 hours of dev work¹¹.