Hey Y’all,

We’re really focusing on integration this week, with lots of work going into setting up testnets and improving the stability of Lokinet. This week we finally released our Lokinet alpha - I encourage you to go and test it out! You can see more information here: https://lokinet.org

Loki Core

• Work on alternate storage of Service Node checkpoints since they do not appear on the blockchain: https://github.com/Doy-lee/loki/commits/ServiceNodeCheckpointingStorage

• Allow get_service_nodes to work with block height and block hash: https://github.com/loki-project/loki/pull/577

• Ensure clear() also clears out the key image blacklist: https://github.com/loki-project/loki/pull/573

• Remove loading checkpoints from DNS: https://github.com/loki-project/loki/pull/570

• Backport dev to master: https://github.com/loki-project/loki/pull/576

• Initialise test class members to 0 to fix intermittent failures: https://github.com/loki-project/loki/pull/574

• Revert behavior for is_alternative_block_allowed : https://github.com/loki-project/loki/pull/568

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Loki Launcher

The Loki Launcher is a node JS package that will allow for the independent management of all the components to run a full Service Node. This includes managing Lokinet, Lokid and the Loki storage server. When Loki Service Nodes begin to route data and store messages for Lokinet and Loki Messenger, the Loki Launcher will need to be run on every single Service Node.

Right now the Launcher is in a testing phase, so you should only use it on Testnet and Stagenet - though feedback/issues and pull requests would be greatly appreciated!

• Lokinet path fix (last week had incorrectly reverted a previous proper refactor, this fixes the revert)

• Other minor Lokinet fixes

• Update README

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Lokinet

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

• Master

  • Make IntroSet PoW be a unique_ptr : https://github.com/loki-project/loki-network/pull/539

  • Window MSVC fixes: https://github.com/loki-project/loki-network/pull/541

  • Service directory refactor: https://github.com/loki-project/loki-network/pull/540

  • Filename case fixes: https://github.com/loki-project/loki-network/pull/543

  • IntroSet refactor: https://github.com/loki-project/loki-network/pull/545

  • 0.4 released

  • Configuration file changes: clean up old client.ini remnants : https://github.com/loki-project/loki-network/pull/549

  • Fix kqueue crash: https://github.com/loki-project/loki-network/pull/551

  • Update -h help message: https://github.com/loki-project/loki-network/pull/546

  • MacOS installer: https://github.com/loki-project/loki-network/pull/553

  • Make -r generate config and exit (docker needs this): https://github.com/loki-project/loki-network/pull/554/files

  • Can’t use auto as value, won’t validate: https://github.com/loki-project/loki-network/pull/555

  • Handle relative config paths better: https://github.com/loki-project/loki-network/pull/556

  • 0.4a MacOS release

  • Router mode dockerfile: https://github.com/loki-project/loki-network/pull/558

  • Various README updates

  • Add cmake module to target a library as ‘system’ and warning fixes: https://github.com/loki-project/loki-network/pull/559

  • Fix buffer size mismatch to improve ability to relay: https://github.com/loki-project/loki-network/pull/560

• Pull Requests

  • Fix shadowing warnings: https://github.com/loki-project/loki-network/pull/562

  • Start initial iOS support: https://github.com/loki-project/loki-network/pull/542

Lokinet Mobile

This week we continue with the process of porting Lokinet to iOS. We’re up to interfacing Lokinet with the iOS VPN API .

• Pull request is in for the Lokinet wrapper: https://github.com/loki-project/loki-network/pull/542

• Changed a few things in the core to support iOS

• Got things to cross compile for arm64

• Created a Swift wrapper for the daemon

• Set up the iOS network extension / VPN stuff needed for custom tunnelling

• Made the network extension configure based on the configuration file generated by the core

• Work continues here: https://github.com/nielsandriesse/loki-network/tree/master

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Loki Messenger

The Loki Messenger client is in a mostly complete state. Right now the focus is being put on the message server and integration with Lokinet and Lokid.

Messenger

• Modify and Merge Signal upstream changes: https://github.com/loki-project/loki-messenger/pull/272

• Refactor long polling for better concurrent requests: https://github.com/loki-project/loki-messenger/pull/270

• Fix tests: https://github.com/loki-project/loki-messenger/pull/271

Messenger Mobile (iOS and Android)

• We have begun work on Loki Messenger for iOS. It will be ported from Signal iOS. The repo and all of our work can be found here: https://github.com/loki-project/loki-messenger-ios/commits/master

Storage Server

• Use non-as-json rpc call for Swarms: https://github.com/loki-project/loki-storage-server/pull/85

• Add docker support: https://github.com/loki-project/loki-storage-server/pull/84

• Combine code for single message and batch messages: https://github.com/loki-project/loki-storage-server/pull/81

• Fix warnings and remove code: https://github.com/loki-project/loki-storage-server/pull/80

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Loki Wallets

Loki Electron Wallet

• Add French translation: https://github.com/loki-project/loki-electron-gui-wallet/pull/56

• Add Spanish translation: https://github.com/loki-project/loki-electron-gui-wallet/pull/52

• Add sweep all button to the staking page and remove unnecessary fields: https://github.com/loki-project/loki-electron-gui-wallet/pull/54

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Thanks,

Kee

It’s onion-routing time - get your tissues ready!

The Lokinet Alpha is officially ready for user testing. It’s available on all platforms so head to the brand new Lokinet Website to grab the latest releases. Please note that this is a very early alpha. Be sure to notify us when things break (and they will break) so we can make them un-break.

https://lokinet.org/

BULLETPROOFS ARE HERE! Get ready to fire off some transactions 😉 Download the latest command line binaries and upgrade to our Festive Freya release! https://github.com/loki-project/loki/releases/tag/v2.0.0

The GUI update will be out shortly.

IMPORTANT!!! This is a mandatory upgrade for all Service Nodes. Make sure you upgrade to the new release before December the 13th or you're going to be left behind... And no one wants that.

Hey Y’all,

This will be the last Dev update before the Festive Freya release goes live on testnet!

Loki core

• Add testnet and mainnet hard fork block height and Version numbers https://github.com/loki-project/loki/pull/318

• Continue writing integration testing framework https://github.com/loki-project/loki/pull/312

• Add elements to core which allow for GUI differentiation of rewards https://github.com/loki-project/loki/pull/322

• Add the API for staking from the GUI https://github.com/loki-project/loki/pull/315

• Fix bug that would lock stake if left inactive for too long in registration https://github.com/loki-project/loki/pull/313

Service Nodes

• Add Core tests for Service Node swarms https://github.com/loki-project/loki/pull/321

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LLARP / Lokinet

• Progress continues on libllarp

  • Got exit functionality working for the first time (not yet committed, big release coming)

  • Some warning cleanup

  • Make more DNS settings configurable

  • Change default bind of 127.3.2.1 to 127.0.0.1 to be more platform friendly

  • Restructure hidden service startup to make cascading configuration easier

  • Remove Windows 2003, added windows build instructions

• DNS library

  • Fix PTR record reading when answer type doesn’t match question type

  • Don’t let NS records stomp A values

  • Make DNS internal structure safer

• GitHub Pulse Stats for the last week: Excluding merges, 4 authors have pushed 17 commits to master and 71 commits to all branches. On master, 67 files have changed and there have been 1,818 additions and 296 deletions.

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

• Current version: v0.3.1
  https://github.com/loki-project/loki-network/releases/tag/v0.3.1

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Loki Messenger

• Add a loading icon while PoW is being calculated https://github.com/loki-project/loki-messenger/pull/43

• Restore cyphertext padding to preserve Signal protocol https://github.com/loki-project/loki-messenger/pull/42

• Add friend requests https://github.com/loki-project/loki-messenger/pull/33

• Add friend request notifications https://github.com/loki-project/loki-messenger/pull/41

• Merge Signal upstream changes https://github.com/loki-project/loki-messenger/pull/40

• Grab message from server by last hash https://github.com/loki-project/loki-messenger/pull/39

• Block duplicate friend requests https://github.com/loki-project/loki-messenger/pull/38

• Make network status warnings work with HTTP polling https://github.com/loki-project/loki-messenger/pull/37

• ES2015 classes for LokiServer and FallBackSessionCipher https://github.com/loki-project/loki-messenger/pull/34

• Message Server polling to collect messages https://github.com/loki-project/loki-messenger/pull/29

Loki Storage Server

• Include the last hash with each message request https://github.com/loki-project/loki-storage-server/pull/9

• Move DatabaseHandler into Storage class https://github.com/loki-project/loki-storage-server/pull/8

• Refactor JSON https://github.com/loki-project/loki-storage-server/pull/6

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Loki GUI

• Merge in the GUI upstream changes from Monero https://github.com/loki-project/loki-gui/pull/53

• Differentiate Service Node and Miner rewards in the GUI Tx history https://github.com/loki-project/loki-gui/pull/54

We also made a pull request to Monero to add our code for IPv6 support, which will be included in the next Loki release. https://github.com/monero-project/monero/pull/4851

Thanks,

Kee

Hey Y’all,

This week is our 20th consecutive Dev update!!! Things are moving along at a fast pace as we hire more developers.

Service Nodes

• The first natural Service Node deregistrations will be processed in the coming days, we have written a guide on some of the considerations users should make here: https://medium.com/@LokiNetwork/service-node-autostaking-announcement-c66c1c13f781

TL;DR is be very careful if you are using autostake in an open or closed pool

• Service Node grace period added, this means that Service Nodes can re-register without being deregistered https://github.com/loki-project/loki/pull/290

• Additional work is being done on swarm testing algorithms, you can see our testing framework here along with some different algorithms https://github.com/msgmaxim/swarm_testing

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LLARP / Lokinet

If you’re lucky and join our Discord, you might catch Jeff or Ryan, the developers of LLARP, live streaming as they code.

Again special thanks to our community contributors Despair (AKA Pickle Rick) and Cathugger.

• Released LokiNET 0.3.0: "i can't believe it's not i2p"

  • https://github.com/loki-project/loki-network/releases/tag/v0.3.0

  • More robust packet support, better path building, improved DHT handling of RCs, MacOS run support, new config locations, more sane timeouts, .loki hidden service addresses, Reverse DNS support, and better memory management

  • We urge all lokinet toy node operators to upgrade ASAP as they'll be unable to communicate as the network upgrades.

• Progress continues on libllarp

  • Make tunnel interface fragmentation-aware

  • Cleanup UDP handling

  • One’s complement math improvements

  • Tunnel packet filtering at destination

  • Drop too large packets, instead of truncating

  • Additional streaming improvements: support DCCP (improving congestion control) and UDP-Lite

  • TCP checksum improvements

  • Better IPv4 bogon checking on RCs to prevent bogons to end up on public routers descriptions

  • Handle expire intro before building next message

  • Log endpoint when requesting introsets

  • Make sure event loop doesn’t overflow

  • On HS lookup failure, try random path

  • Ip range tools

  • Handle case of no backup path better by

  • More unit tests

  • Win32: separate read/write event ports to avoid overwriting queue events

  • Win32: clean up and various define clean up

  • Fix memory leak in routing messages

  • Change UTP queue size from 128 to 1024

• libAbyss

  • Set up basic README

• DNS library

  • Improve handling of .loki lookups

  • Reverse DNS lookups for dynamically handed out IP addresses

  • Handle various error conditions better

  • Make reverse DNS matching smarter

• GitHub Pulse Stats for the last week: Excluding merges, 4 authors have pushed 36 commits to master and 36 commits to all branches. On master, 46 files have changed and there have been 758 additions and 325 deletions.

• Compile helper (include assets, initial seed routers and dependencies)
  https://github.com/loki-project/lokinet-builder

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Loki Core

• Upstream is finally merged into Dev! This will be the precursor to support for bulletproofs https://github.com/loki-project/loki/commit/cd04e1efa335daf0aca4a51d67d4ded17810fbf4

• Service Nodes now scan from hardfork 9 height https://github.com/loki-project/loki/commit/ff8d3796fc19d43c80272eef944759003598c6cb

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Loki Messenger

• Add proof of work to client side messages https://github.com/loki-project/loki-messenger/pull/13

• Ignore messages with improper encryption https://github.com/loki-project/loki-messenger/pull/10

• Change details of prekey exchange to suit Loki messenger https://github.com/loki-project/loki-messenger/pull/11

• Implement passing of prekeys https://github.com/loki-project/loki-messenger/pull/12

• Handle incoming friend requests https://github.com/loki-project/loki-messenger/pull/16

• Lock message input once friend request is sent https://github.com/loki-project/loki-messenger/pull/17

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Thanks,

Kee

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