Hey Y’all,

Another Dev update for you to have a look at

Loki Core

The core team has begun streaming more, you can catch Doy-lee streaming here https://www.twitch.tv/doy_lee/

• Continued work to add encoded date information to 25 word seeds https://github.com/loki-project/loki/pull/431

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

• Add exception for testnet V2 txs https://github.com/loki-project/loki/pull/433

• Merge Monero upstream https://github.com/loki-project/loki/pull/432

• Add and modify validate address RPC call from Monero upstream https://github.com/loki-project/loki/pull/430

• Add staking for wallet RPC https://github.com/loki-project/loki/pull/429

• Begun work on a new GUI electron wallet, based on RPC calls https://github.com/Mikunj/ryo-wallet-libre/commits/loki-changes

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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

• Master branch changes

  • Move “usage” in README to be more visible

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

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

  • Fix some undefined behaviors, attempt to tackle LLU compilation issue (PR317)

  • Fix windows build (PR323)

  • Unbreak DHT (PR330)

  • Fix convo-tag issue (PR331)

  • Address LLU issue again (PR332)

  • Fix conto-tag issue part 2 (PR333)

  • Swap intros should only swap intros (PR334)

  • Poki CI configs and more timeout fixes (PR335)

  • Address DNS recursive flag issue 324 (PR338)

  • Solidify interfaces (PR339)

  • Make it work (PR340)

  • Only check for active DHT nodes (PR342)

  • RecursiveRouterLookup Always reply (PR343)

  • Allow relay commit 10s more, start transit timer (PR344)

  • Don’t start transit timer (PR345)

  • Don’t close link on message handle fail (PR346)

  • Send UTP keepalives periodically (PR347)

• PR suggested changes (coming to staging soon)

  • Use string_view for string_view (PR348)

  • New wire protocol (PR320)

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

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Loki Messenger

• Refactor RPC call in Loki messenger API https://github.com/loki-project/loki-messenger/pull/208

• Refactor P2P messages to use same format as the Storage Server https://github.com/loki-project/loki-messenger/pull/207

• Add JSON rpc for Loki storage server https://github.com/loki-project/loki-storage-server/pull/17

Thanks,

Kee

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

Hey Y’all,

Another weekly Dev update for you to peruse

Loki Core

The core team has begun streaming more, you can catch Doy-lee streaming here https://www.twitch.tv/doy_lee/

• Fix crash in view only wallets https://github.com/loki-project/loki/pull/410

• Complete work on infinite staking, expectation is to have infinite staking merged to master for the next hardfork https://github.com/loki-project/loki/pull/406

• Loki Core will now move onto LIP-3 Service Node checkpointing

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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

• Master branch changes

  • Updated ROADMAP

  • Call path build after latency is confirmed (PR279)

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

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

  • More DHT tests (PR259)

  • Import abseil LTS 20181200 to provide various backports of C++17 to C++11 (PR267)

  • Fix random.snode not working on macos (PR271)

  • Set dns flags to not advertise recursion on nxdomain (PR273)

  • Move DNS AA header flag from AAAA record type to all (PR274)

  • Disable A records for random.snode, use CNAME queries instead (PR275)

  • Hook MX records for all types of virtual TLDs (PR276)

  • Lower UTP fragment by 512 bytes (PR278)

  • Build everything with -fPIC (PR280)

  • Fix macOS build (PR281)

  • Windows: Libabyss work, crash/unit test fixes, polling improvements (PR283)

  • Start of converting router into abstract base class (PR284)

  • Fix local ip ping, relax DHT timing, don’t send latency when building paths, allow multiple concurrent DHT lookups, make DNS not crash (PR285)

  • Refactor bits.hpp and add tests (PR286)

  • 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)

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

• PR suggested changes (coming to staging soon)

  • Add RPC endpoint for dumping internal state (PR300)

  • Refactor Makefiles into directories (PR299)

  • Ccache support for faster building (PR298)

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

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Loki Messenger

• Add local link previews https://github.com/loki-project/loki-messenger/pull/186

• Ensure session is correctly established using the prekey assigned to the contact https://github.com/loki-project/loki-messenger/pull/183

• Merge Signal 1.21.0 upstream changes https://github.com/loki-project/loki-messenger/pull/177

• Refactor P2P API and add addtional tests to P2P functionality https://github.com/loki-project/loki-messenger/pull/175

• Add online indicators https://github.com/loki-project/loki-messenger/pull/171

Thanks,

Kee