This replace was written and supplied by Litecoin MimbleWimble lead developer David Burkett.

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Coding

Final month I merged the node code on high of the LTC 0.21 launch codebase (see July replace), so this month started with me merging the pockets code. It seems that quite a bit modified within the pockets between 0.18 and 0.21, so I needed to spend a couple of weeks redesigning how we calculate and handle MWEB addresses and keys. The top consequence was even cleaner than we had with 0.18 although, so this turned out to be factor, regardless of requiring the additional effort 🙂

For the code monkeys amongst you, the vast majority of the modifications had been in: scriptpubkeyman.cpp 1, mweb_pockets.cpp, and Keychain.cpp.

Other than that, I had plenty of bugs and exams to repair on account of the merge, which I used to be in a position to just do in time for the auditors at Quarkslab to incorporate of their overview. On that notice…

Evaluations & Audits

I’m working very intently with one of many Quarkslab auditors now. She has been going over the code and is within the preliminary phases of testing. We had been in a position to get her synced in opposition to mainnet, and he or she additionally requested I create a testnet for them, which they’re now related to and experimenting on.

Releases

Whereas we’re now merged on high of 0.21 launch code, we truly haven’t even launched 0.21 but 😀. I used to be requested to take over managing this launch, so I spent the previous week getting that launch code prepared. Assuming I can herd the opposite devs collectively (which is quite a bit like herding cats), then I anticipate we’ll have the ability to have 0.21 launched by my subsequent replace. This may embrace, amongst many different issues, assist for Taproot 🚀. Hopefully we are able to get 0.21 adopted shortly, and miners signalling for Taproot, as a result of the next month, I’ll be chopping the discharge for MWEB (which I’m calling 0.22-ish till somebody offers me an official launch quantity). The discharge date for 0.22-ish might be extremely depending on the outcomes of the audit, which gained’t be fully completed till mid-October. So whereas we’ll stay optimistic for an October thirty first 🎃 launch for now, write the date down very calmly in pencil, not pen 😉

Notable Mentions

Ryan Wright is an absolute baller. Whereas I used to be looking for a quiet road nook to reside (see: background 18), he swooped in with a 100 LTC donation 2 simply earlier than I listed my home available on the market 😜

MWEB is now totally funded! 💰 🤑 💵

All extra donations collected will proceed to fund me for future growth tasks. There’s nonetheless a lot extra I need to do: Dandelion for P2P-level privateness, CoinSwap assist, syncing enhancements, Atomic Swaps, watch-only addresses, MWEB assist for {hardware} wallets & gentle shoppers, and far, rather more. So nonetheless chip in 6 at any time when you’ll be able to 🙏