New Frontiers | MONERO MONTHLY 04
Ungovernable Misfits
Monero Mining Dynamics
This chapter explores the reasons miners favor centralized pools over P2Pool in Monero mining, emphasizing simplicity and efficiency. It also critiques the allocation of funding in tech projects like Nostr, contrasting hype-driven investments with the need for greater focus on privacy and self-custody solutions.
FROSTLASS Audit Complete for Serai
Explain Serai
- AMMs generally
- BTC, ETH, and XMR to start
- Lack of Monero support in AMMs so far
- Attempted by Thorchain and abandoned
- Threshold multisig as needed by an AMM was practically impossible before FROSTLASS
Merge-mined with Monero
Privacy-preserving chain with expanded functionality
- TariScript is a Bitcoin-like script that allows extensive functionality to be built on Tari
- MimbleWimble is used to provider very good scaling with pretty good privacy
- Cake Wallet working on support ahead of mainnet on 4/23
SOFTWARE UPDATES
Cake Wallet v4.24.0 released
- Decred support
- Background synchronization for Monero
- UI enhancements
- Swap flow updates
- Allow coin control and fee selection in swaps
- Send confirmation bottom sheet
- Send confirmations are now handled in a new bottom sheet, with far better formatting of addresses and much more.
- Swap flow updates
- XOSwap integration
- XOSwap is a new crypto <> crypto swap aggregator, and is now available to all Cake users by default.
- Improved backups
- Remove Haven cryptocurrency support
- Alternate node implementation for Monero, written in Rust from scratch
- Will get native Tor support via Arti down the line
* Added RPC-SSL support for Monero node connections * Removed deprecated --config command line parameter * Faster initial sync (0.5-1 seconds saved on verification of blocks) Bugfixes: * Updated internal dependencies
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CAKE WALLET
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Cake Wallet is an open-source, non-custodial wallet available on Android, iOS, macOS, and Linux.
Features:
- Built-in Exchange: Swap easily between Bitcoin and Monero.
- User-Friendly: Simple interface for all users.
Monero Users:
- Batch Transactions: Send multiple payments at once.
- Faster Syncing: Optimized syncing via specified restore heights
- Proxy Support: Enhance privacy with proxy node options.
Bitcoin Users:
- Coin Control: Manage your transactions effectively.
- Silent Payments: Static bitcoin addresses
- Batch Transactions: Streamline your payment process.
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(00:00:00) INTRO
(00:01:14) Welcome Back
(00:02:09) SERAI
(00:18:03) Tari Mainnet SOON
(00:20:46) The Community Crowdfunding System
(00:22:44) SOFTWARE UPDATES
(00:22:50) Cake Wallet 4.24: Background Sync
(00:26:14) Cake Wallet 4.24: UI Touches
(00:28:03) Cake Wallet 4.24: Preem Backups
(00:32:49) Cup Rate: A New Node Implementation
(00:35:55) P2Pool Software Update
(00:38:14) XMR CHATS
(00:57:54) BOOSTS
(01:10:13) See You Next Month
(01:11:28) THANK YOU FOUNDATION
(01:12:04) THANK YOU CAKE WALLET
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