#76: v3.0.0 betas are out 📦
Covering Dec 02-Dec 08 2019
News
Pieter Wuille wrote a detailed post in r/Bitcoin about Mimblewimble, Confidential Transactions, and Extension Blocks in the context of Bitcoin and the various trade-offs and challenges that are involved. Recommended reading.
Dev
There are 108 open issues in /grin, and 22 open issues in /grin-wallet.
Merged PRs: 7 in /grin | 12 in /grin-wallet | 4 unique contributors
v3.0.0 network upgrade, Jan 15 2020:
Planning issue with milestones
Upgrade timelines and more info
v3.0.0 Beta1 release for node and wallet were both cut last week, with code freeze due to occur this week.
@yeastplume weekly status update
Different ideas for a trustless GrinJoin protocol was explored over several forum posts.
The next bi-weekly developer meeting is scheduled for Tuesday Dec 10 @ 15:00 UTC in grin/Dev on Gitter. You can add topics to the agenda.
Governance
The 2019Q3 funding transparency report was published: Q3 was a low activity period in all financial aspects.
In last week's governance meeting: Grin forum & site update, Discussion re forum policies, Grincon1 evaluation, RFC review
The next bi-weekly governance meeting is scheduled for Tue Dec 17 @ 15:00 UTC in grin/Lobby on Gitter. You can add topics to the agenda.
RFCs
Draft
Relative kernels [node-dev]
Asynch Transacting via Relays [wallet-dev]
Multiple named wallets [wallet-dev]
Open
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Final Comment Period
Online Transacting via TOR Hidden Services [wallet-dev]
Enable faster sync [node-dev]
Accepted
Closed
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