ツ Mainnet PIBD, alternative funding Proposals.
Grin MimbleWimble News #30
Dev
PIBD Mainnet Testing v5.2.0-beta.2
PIBD (Parallel Independent Block Download) mainnet is being tested by GRIN ツcommunity.
https://github.com/mimblewimble/grin/releases/tag/v5.2.0-beta.2
What is PIBD ?
New sync method new peer-to-peer messages that are required to enable a novel sync method. This method reduces node bootstrapping time and increases overall robustness of the sync process. It introduces the concept of "segments", which are packets of self-contained partial state that can be downloaded and verified independently from each other. After downloading all segments and performing some additional verification steps, the full state can be reconstructed.
ツ GRIN MimbleWimble is an open-source, permissionless, decentralized project, led by grass root community. As a result, all Grinners are welcome to Run PIBD Mainnet, test and give feedback, and contribute to the development of GRIN.
You can join https://forum.grin.mw/ for more info and feedback.
P.S: Many thanks to ardocrat for first-hand testing PIBD and assisting with issue/ bug fixes.
Open Bounty opportunities
Grin Bulletin Board: Discussing three options and select one for bounty:
Design and code previously-introduced idea for Grin Bulletin Board or create your own.
Audit the Atomic Swap repo for functionality and completeness:
https://github.com/mimblewimble/grin-wallet/pull/618
If interested, reach out on the forum (https://forum.grin.mw), introduce yourself and begin discussion today!
1 BTC bounty for MacOS M1 Ultra miner:
Bounty - 1 BTC + 100 Grin ツ for a MacOS M1 C32 Open Source Miner with ≥0.5 Gps, offered by Cuckoo Cycle author by Grin Core developer Dr. J.Tromp.
Offline Wallet Grant. 30,000 grin will be given to anyone who can develop an offline wallet feature that can be integrated into Android/iPhone mobile devices.
10k ツ bounty for a Wordpress plugin to be used Grin payment on Wordpress Woocommerce platform.
You can join and contact via forum for the bounties.
PR
There are 120 issues at mimblewimble/grin and 72 issues at mimblewimble/grin-wallet.
Request for comments.
Governance
There has recently been much discussion on alternative funding strategies for the development of GRIN. As a member of the community, you can look at the proposals listed below that have been presented on the forum, share your thoughts and opinions, and help with GRIN governance. Please share your ideas, feedbacks are helpful.
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- Funding proposal 1: Parallel Initial Block Download
- Funding Proposal 2: Bounty for a Hardware Wallet implementation - bounty?
- Funding Proposal 3: Deep scan for grin-wallet (Rust)
- Funding proposal 4: Implementing Nostr in Grin++, grin-wallett or IronBelly
The next bi-weekly development meeting is scheduled for Tue JULY 04 @ 10:00 UTC in
grincoin#general on Keybase. You can add topics to the agenda & review past meeting notes
Grin ツ is the original implementation of MimbleWimble.
This newsletter is written by @Cobragrin. Any views, materials, expressed opinions are personal and do not represent an official position of the Grin project. Any feedback, news or other suggestions, please email: grinpost@protonmail.com.
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