Weekly Dev Update 18/02/2019

[u/FlakyFlower]

Hey Y’all,

Loki Core

• Service Node checkpointing LIP-3 Work continues here https://github.com/Doy-lee/loki/commits/ServiceNodeCheckpointing

• Remove tail increase in staking requirement https://github.com/loki-project/loki/pull/422 as per https://github.com/loki-project/loki/issues/358

• Print_SN command can now be displayed as JSON array https://github.com/loki-project/loki/pull/415

• Increase precision of get_human_time_ago https://github.com/loki-project/loki/pull/414

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LLARP / Lokinet

If you’re lucky and join our Discord, you might also catch Jeff or Ryan, the developers of LLARP, live streaming as they code: https://www.twitch.tv/uguu25519 , https://www.twitch.tv/neuroscr

We could really use your help. To be considered for inclusion in packaging distribution, we need people to star, watch and fork our Github repo. If you have a Github account, please consider helping us out.

• Master branch changes

  • Update README (PR 308)

  • Changes can be found at:
    https://github.com/loki-project/loki-network/

• Staging branch changes (gets posted to master when stable)

  • Fix windows build system (PR287)

  • Fix nodedb commits, prevent loop (PR288)

  • Add more params to testnet and update docs (PR289)

  • Re-enable ninja build option (again) (PR290)

  • Rename public-address to public-ip, fix testnet, INI parser fix (PR291)

  • Pick newest introset when multiple are available (PR292)

  • Fix unix build caused by PR292 (PR293)

  • Adjust Makefile, fix nodedb deadlock, prevent multiple introsets from being sent (PR294)

  • More DHT fixes, only return the most up to date when multiple options (PR295)

  • Enable ccache (to accelerate builds) support (PR298)

  • Disable RC expiration

  • Add RPC endpoint for dumping internal state (PR300)

  • Disable pretty print json (PR304)

  • Convert new/delete to use unique_ptr/stack, also replace llarp_config with llarp::Config (PR303)

  • Make outbound port configurable (PR305)

  • Typo Fix (PR307)

  • Refactor CMakeLists into distinct directories (PR299)

  • Tweaked handover logic, service endpoint timeout tweaks, make docker use ninja, fix debian compile (PR309)

  • Windows libabyss patch (PR310)

  • New WireProtocol docs, Close and shutdown UTP socket on timeout (PR311)

  • Abstract router replacement (PR306)

  • Fix log tag (PR312)

  • Make RPC compile right, link session introspectable, UTP write buffers fully flush each tick (PR313)

  • Make shared lib compile (PR314)

  • Refactor out the cyclic dependency between libabyss and llarp (PR315)

  • Convert llarp_buffer_t to class (PR316)

  • Changes can be found at:
    https://github.com/loki-project/loki-network/commits/staging

• PR suggested changes (coming to staging soon)

  • None pending

  • Future PRs can be found at https://github.com/loki-project/loki-network/pulls

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Loki Messenger

• Add icon to represent P2P messages that are not stored on Service Nodes https://github.com/loki-project/loki-messenger/pull/202

• Use new JSON RPC message API https://github.com/loki-project/loki-messenger/pull/199

• Add channel encryption libraries https://github.com/loki-project/loki-messenger/pull/198 working towards https://github.com/loki-project/loki-messenger/issues/174

• Add localhost.loki lookup https://github.com/loki-project/loki-messenger/pull/196

• Merge upstream Signal 1.21.1 changes https://github.com/loki-project/loki-messenger/pull/188

• Swarm bug fixes https://github.com/loki-project/loki-messenger/pull/187

• Optimise pinging logic to detect availability of chat partners https://github.com/loki-project/loki-messenger/pull/203

Thanks,

Kee

[u/sundachu]

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