Monero has opened a community fundraiser for a three-month development project requesting 45 XMR to support full-time work on privacy infrastructure, wallet software, and core network improvements.
The crowdfunding proposal, submitted by developer jpk68, had received 31.04 XMR from 42 participants as of October 26, representing nearly 69% of the target funding amount.
The developer is requesting support for 40 hours of work per week over three months, with a further 13.96 XMR needed to reach the target.
Monero’s official X account highlighted the proposal on October 26, directing community members to the fundraising page after jpk68 publicly requested support on October 23.
Unlike projects that have a dedicated treasury fund for development grants, Monero relies heavily on voluntary donations through its crowdfunding system, which allows developers to submit proposals and receive funding for approved projects.
Monero developer plans to improve Tor and I2P operation.
According to the proposal, jpk68 intends to continue improving Monero’s compatibility with anonymous networks, particularly Tor and I2P, as well as work on wallet usability, software support, and code review.
One of the planned changes includes adding support for the Tor Control protocol in monerod, Monero’s core daemon software. The work will focus on enabling the software to automatically configure Onion services, reducing the amount of manual configuration currently required.
Another priority area is exploring the possibility of integrating the existing I2P SAM implementation into the core Monero wallet code to support connections via remote nodes.
Previously, the developer worked on implementing I2P support in P2Pool, as well as adding I2P SAM functionality to monerod and the Monero graphical wallet.
According to jpk68, the latter project had remained unfinished for seven years before the developer contributed to its implementation.
Among previous achievements are helping to port the Monero graphical interface to Qt6, fixing software correctness issues, improving build performance, and updating documentation.
User Jpk68 reported approximately 50 merged pull requests in the first eight months of working on the Monero project.
The new proposal includes further improvement of the graphical user interface, anonymous network testing, reviewing other developers’ code, and fixing bugs discovered during planned development.
Jpk68 clarified that outstanding commitments from the existing crowdfunding project will be fulfilled separately and will not count toward the working hours requested in the new funding round.
How Monero funds development without its own treasury.
Monero’s crowdfunding system allows participants to propose development projects, discuss their scope, and request donations directly from the community.
Once a proposal is accepted, it moves to the funding stage, during which sponsors contribute funds in XMR to cover the requested amount.
Funded projects subsequently move into the category of projects in development, with payouts tied to agreed implementation milestones.
The system operates alongside the Monero General Fund, which accepts donations for infrastructure and other project needs. Each individual CCS project has its own funding targets and progress reports.
The official crowdfunding dashboard lists several development projects covering wallet software, protocol research, security audits, and maintenance.
Among the funded projects are a 500 XMR audit of Monero’s FCMP++ integration, as well as a proposal to allocate 120 XMR for full-time development, submitted by project participant jeffro256.
Other funding proposals remain open, including one for the development of Cuprate, a Rust implementation of Monero Node.js software.
User Jpk68 requested that remaining donations from the completed I2P SAM development bounty program be counted toward the new proposal, arguing that the planned work involves similar development tasks.
The request does not specify whether these funds will be transferred, and the proposal still falls short of its goal.
