What

The last quarter was spent polishing the Carrot/FCMP++ integration, reviewing deeply, debugging, auditing, and upstreaming fixes. I implemented ArticMine's scaling changes, the unbiased hash-to-point changes needed in Carrot, and changes to Carrot that allows a post-quantum turnstile. I improved device support within the Carrot integration, and updated wallet knowledge proofs for FCMP++ & Carrot.

In the following quarter, I want to continue this work. Here is a list of tasks I want to work towards completing in rough order:

• Support/review wallet API changes by SNeedlewoods
• Integrate support for Carrot-derived accounts in wallet2
• Help launch FCMP++ Beta Stressnet with consensus / addressing protcol changes
• Further reach out and provide support to existing hardware wallet manufacturors on how to securely support Carrot/FCMP++ scanning/spending
• Solicit help for multisig implementations of Carrot
• Help out with organizing FCMP++ integration audits
• Review FCMP++ integration changes and otherwise help wherever I can

Who

I have been contributing to the Monero core repository for nearly four years with a total of 141 merged commits to master thus far, with many open PRs. I wrote the Carrot specification, implemented it in C++ and Rust, organized audits for both the spec and implementation, and integrated it into the FCMP++ stressnet. I also worked on the Seraphis migration project in 2023/2024.

Previous Proposals:

• https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/319
• https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/390
• https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/421
• https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/436
• https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/467
• https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/504
• https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/540
• https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/578
• https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/602
• https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/625

Payment

I propose to work for 3 months at a rate of 37 XMR per month.