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tl;dr
The scope targeted for v4.0.0 was defined and agreed.
Lots of new RFC activity with proposals for relative kernel locks and transaction slate improvements.
Idea floated to have âcommunity approvedâ GUI wallets.
Governance discussion continued on forum.
News
Grin++ developer @DavidBurkett talks grin and privacy coins in an interview with Naomi Brockwell.
Dev
There are 102 open issues in /grin, and 31 open issues in /grin-wallet.
Merged PRs: 3 in /grin | 0 in /grin-wallet | 3 unique contributors
Grin v4.0.0 Network Upgrade (HF3), expected ~ July 15, 2020:
@jaspervdm weekly update.
Suggestion to introduce âcommunity approvedâ GUI wallets, by @yeastplume.
New RFC proposal: No Recent Duplicate (NRD) Kernels, by @antiochp.
New RFC proposal: Transaction Slate Serialization, by @joltz.
New RFC proposal: Compact slates, by @yeastplume.
hybrid-tx-building RFC closed in favour of many, more contained proposals.
An idea for 1-sided transactions, by @energyburn.
The next bi-weekly developer meeting is scheduled for Tuesday Apr 14 @ 15:00 UTC in grincoin#dev on Keybase. You can add topics to the agenda.
Governance
@antiochp request for funding. To be discussed in tomorrowâs governance meeting.
Forum thread discussing the degree of Grin centralization around the core team.
Forum thread about whether Grin developers are paid too much or not.
Grincoin community bot, by @insider.
The next bi-weekly governance meeting is scheduled for Tue Apr 07 @ 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]
Create a Moderation team [core]
Slate Serialization [wallet-dev] - NEW!
Open
No Recent Duplicate (NRD) Kernels [node-dev] - NEW!
Compact Slates [wallet-dev] - NEW!
Final Comment Period
General fund spending guidelines [core] - disposition to Merge, ends April 07
Accepted
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Closed
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