LOL, actually most of the cheap coders are from india. And it would cost probably 7k or less for that.


Everything is possible in a universal perspective.

I'd rather have someone who has been around and understands Monero do the work than some random person who doesn't care.  People have to make a living and a project like this will take some time.  This project will just add to the foundation of Monero as the leading privacy coin.  I'll donate some to this fund as I have many others.  Over 2 years I have donated to bounties and have been satisfied by the results.  Monero as a whole is much further along now than it was back then.  Now if we can just get the GUI beta going... LOL

I guess it depends where you are and the cost of living.  From where I am, it sounds very reasonable (dirt cheap).  Especially when you factor all of the volunteer time in.  Not exactly a get rich quick scheme for a contributor of his caliber.   

Correct, thx for the additional info.

PM ocminer and see what's up. He should fix you up for that.

Have you updated your wallet to 0.10  as well? Or only the daemon (monerod)?

Also i would prefer someone who is with his heart at the project, like anonimal, before any free lancer. Imagine if Ilya was a "fanboy" or supporter and not a contracted programmer ... bet we would have had a GUI for quite some time now

https://forum.getmonero.org/contribute/86967

what happens to my donation if the project fails to get funded?

It looks unlikely at this point that the project will not be fully funded. I plan to make a donation soon as well.

There doesn't seem to be a deadline for the time to receive donation funds, so I imagine Anonimal would continue working as they do now and eventually it would become fully funded.

I think if the project is abandoned by the developer, then the donated funds are reappropriated at the discretion of the core team. Probably they would remain set aside for work on Kovri. This happened for example with Trezor (roosmaa started working but quit, then NoodleDoodle took up the project and got the funds, hyc also got the solo miner working after someone else dropped out and got funds, etc).

I'm of the opinion that the GUI is being intentionally withheld so I don't think it would make a difference. Once it gets released the market manipulations will be much more difficult.