This replace was written and offered 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 so much 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 top outcome 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 had been in: scriptpubkeyman.cpp 1, mweb_pockets.cpp, and Keychain.cpp.

Except for that, I had quite a lot of bugs and exams to repair on account of the merge, which I used to be capable of do exactly in time for the auditors at Quarkslab to incorporate of their overview. On that notice…

Opinions & 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 levels of testing. We had been capable of get her synced towards 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 really 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 so much like herding cats), then I count on we’ll have the ability to have 0.21 launched by my subsequent replace. This can embrace, amongst many different issues, help for Taproot 🚀. Hopefully we are able to get 0.21 adopted rapidly, 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 likely 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 trying to find a quiet avenue nook to stay (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 tasks. 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, way more. So nonetheless chip in 6 at any time when you possibly can 🙏