90: Grin Node Challenge 🏁
Covering Mar 16-23 2020
tl;dr
Win prizes for running a node in a competition created by grinnode.live
New RFC draft for transaction building using QR codes and text blobs.
There’s thoughts around allowing duplicate outputs in order to facilitate payment channels.
News
Grinnode.live Uptime Challenge - 800 grins + free merch up for grabs just by running a node. More details in this forum post by @mcm-mike.
Dev
There are 100 open issues in /grin, and 28 open issues in /grin-wallet.
Merged PRs: 0 in /grin | 0 in /grin-wallet | 0 unique contributors
Grin v4.0.0 release planning issue - scope freezes on March 31st.
@yeastplume’s weekly update.
Proposal to allow duplicate output commitments by @antiochp.
Last dev meeting discussed v4.0.0 planning, censorship resistance for Tor txs, allowing duplicate outputs, and more.
New RFC: hybrid-tx-building, proposing a standardised method for tx building using a QR code or a text blob, by @lehnberg.
The next bi-weekly developer meeting is scheduled for Tuesday Mar 31 @ 15:00 UTC in grincoin#dev on Keybase. You can add topics to the agenda.
Governance
Funding request from @lehnberg (yours truly) for another three months to continue ongoing part-time work, to be discussed in the tomorrow’s governance meeting.
The next bi-weekly governance meeting is scheduled for Tue Mar 24 @ 15:00 UTC in grincoin#general on Keybase. You can add topics to the agenda.
RFCs
Draft
Relative kernels [node-dev]
Multiple named wallets [wallet-dev]
Open
Final Comment Period
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Accepted
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Closed
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This newsletter is curated by Daniel Lehnberg. Any views expressed are personal and do not represent an official position of the Grin project.
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