118: Grin 4.1.1 released
Oct 05-11 2020
tl;dr
Node has been patched to 4.1.1.
@lehnberg funding request approved.
Two wallet RFCs by @tromp.
News
Grin v4.1.1 has been released, fixing a small bug.
Dev
There are 92 open issues in /grin, and 48 open issues in /grin-wallet.
Merged PRs: 8 in /grin | 2 in /grin-wallet | 4 unique contributors
Weekly update from @jaspervdm.
Call for ideas on how to improve the naming of transaction rounds.
New RFC proposals by @tromp:
Early payment proofs, generating and validating payment proofs for all transactions, including a timestamp and memo field;
Safe cancel, allowing for safe cancellation of pending transactions, preventing future so-called play attacks.
The next bi-weekly development meeting is scheduled for Tue Oct 13 @ 15:00 UTC in grincoin#general on Keybase. You can add topics to the agenda.
Governance
Simplify governance proposal will be merged on Oct 13 unless there are significant objections.
Last governance meeting approved @lehnberg funding request, tabled @WarmBeer QA funding request, discussed deprecating http(s), state of floonet, and did some RFC reviews.
The next bi-weekly governance meeting is scheduled for Tue Oct 20 @ 15:00 UTC in grincoin#general on Keybase. You can add topics to the agenda.
RFCs
Draft
Parallel IBD p2p messages [node-dev]
Eliminating finalize step [wallet-dev]
Parallel IBD [node-dev]
NEW! Early payment proofs [wallet-dev]
NEW! Safe cancel [wallet-dev]
Open
QA Team [core]
Deprecate HTTP(S) Transactions [wallet-dev]
Final Comment Period
fix-fees [node-dev], with disposition to merge by October 22 (extended).
simplify-governance [core], with disposition to merge by October 13.
Accepted
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Closed
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