December 16, 2019
695 XMR
139 contributors
Hello! Dr. Sarang Noether here, ready to continue full-time research, development, and analysis in privacy-focused cryptography and applications. You can read my previous monthly reports for October and November to see what I've been up to recently.
This funding request covers the period from January through March 2020. There's plenty to do.
There is always plenty to do that arises unexpectedly. Expect code review, the usual updates and changes, outreach, literature review, proof-of-concept code and testing, documentation, and more.
I work hard to provide value in my research for the value provided here. As before, this request is for the equivalent of 10415 USD monthly, my assessment of fair market compensation for an independent Ph.D. researcher in the United States. Therefore, using a 14-day EMA of 49.46 USD/XMR from Kraken with a 10% buffer to account for large recent volatility, the request total is 695 XMR. Further, note that this request will be paid in full as soon as it is funded, in order to reduce the effects of price fluctuations and ensure that contributed value is the value that reaches me.
Questions, comments, and feedback about this request are welcome.
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To be paid: 100% (695 XMR)
Completion date: 9 January 2020
To be paid: 0% (0 XMR)
Completion date: 31 March 2020
Funds Awarded: 695
Date: 9 January 2020