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 lots modified within the pockets between 0.18 and 0.21, so I needed to spend just a few weeks redesigning how we calculate and handle MWEB addresses and keys. The tip end result was even cleaner than we had with 0.18 although, so this turned out to be an excellent factor, regardless of requiring the additional effort 🙂
For the code monkeys amongst you, nearly all of the modifications have been in: scriptpubkeyman.cpp 1, mweb_pockets.cpp, and Keychain.cpp.
Other than that, I had plenty of bugs and checks to repair because of the merge, which I used to be in a position to do exactly in time for the auditors at Quarkslab to incorporate of their evaluation. On that word…
Opinions & Audits
I’m working very carefully with one of many Quarkslab auditors now. She has been going over the code and is within the preliminary levels of testing. We have been in a position to get her synced in opposition to mainnet, and she or he additionally requested I create a testnet for them, which they’re now linked 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 lots like herding cats), then I count on we’ll have the ability to have 0.21 launched by my subsequent replace. This may embody, amongst many different issues, help 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 slicing 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 will probably be extremely depending on the outcomes of the audit, which received’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 frivolously in pencil, not pen 😉
Notable Mentions
Ryan Wright is an absolute baller. Whereas I used to be looking for a quiet avenue nook to dwell (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 absolutely funded! 💰 🤑 💵
All further donations collected will proceed to fund me for future growth initiatives. There’s nonetheless a lot extra I wish to do: Dandelion for P2P-level privateness, CoinSwap help, syncing enhancements, Atomic Swaps, watch-only addresses, MWEB help for {hardware} wallets & mild purchasers, and far, far more. So nonetheless chip in 6 at any time when you may 🙏