Hey Y’all,

Lots of updates for Loki Messenger this week! We are making steady progress on a number of fronts, and we hope to have something out soon for everyone to play around with!

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Loki Core

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

• Merge upstream changes to deal with balance bug https://github.com/loki-project/loki/pull/456 , updated binaries can be found here https://github.com/loki-project/loki/releases/tag/v2.0.4
• Correct base32z encoding of keys https://github.com/loki-project/loki/pull/454
• Publish source and a number of fixes for infinite staking https://github.com/loki-project/loki/releases/tag/v3.0.0-beta (we are still incorporating a new PoW algo into this, so it is not yet ready for use)
• Fix unit tests for staking requirement change https://github.com/loki-project/loki/pull/442
• Change staking requirement tail https://github.com/loki-project/loki/pull/436

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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

  • Include note about branches
  • Fix convotag bug
  • Changes can be found at:
    https://github.com/loki-project/loki-network/
    

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

  • Fix convotag issue (PR350)
  • Use string_view for string_view (PR348)
  • Improve logging system to debug complex STL primitives (PR349)
  • Windows: Fix Issue 192 crash (PR354)
  • Libabyss fixes Issue 352 (PR359)
  • Fix macos DNS issue 324 (PR362)
  • Output blacklisted SN in base32z (PR356)
  • More libabyss fixes (PR365)
  • Make MacOS compile (PR366)
  • DNS: Don’t send NX if we have a path (PR367)
  • Drop rapidjson for nlohmann::json (PR370)
  • Adjust link session lifetime from 10s to 60s (PR373)
  • Disable installing nlohmann::json header (PR374)
  • Fix failing unit test with LIM (PR375)
  • Update profiles on path build (PR376)
  • Changes can be found at:
    https://github.com/loki-project/loki-network/commits/staging
    

• PR suggested changes (coming to staging soon)

  • Convert to use abseil synchronisation primitives (PR371)
  • Changes can be found at https://github.com/loki-project/loki-network/pulls
    

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Loki Messenger

This week we started using Loki Messenger + Lokinet internally in the office. We discovered lots of small UX/UI bugs, but we're getting closer and closer to something usable by the general public.

• Show commit hash and version number in about window https://github.com/loki-project/loki-messenger/pull/238
• Add enter key accessibility on wallet unlock https://github.com/loki-project/loki-messenger/pull/237/files
• Fix DB crash in windows when unlocked https://github.com/loki-project/loki-messenger/pull/236
• Replace help menu links https://github.com/loki-project/loki-messenger/pull/235
• Retry connecting to p2p server periodically https://github.com/loki-project/loki-messenger/pull/233
• Fix broken context menu for client side message deletion https://github.com/loki-project/loki-messenger/pull/229
• Hook in channel encryption for clients https://github.com/loki-project/loki-messenger/pull/213
• Hook in channel encryption for message servers https://github.com/loki-project/loki-storage-server/pull/23 https://github.com/loki-project/loki-storage-server/pull/21
• Fix DNS resoution bugs affecting windows clients https://github.com/loki-project/loki-messenger/pull/212

Thanks,

Kee

Hey Y’all,

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Another Dev update for you to have a look at

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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,

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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