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Monero CCS

Community-funded proposals paid in XMR for Monero development, research and ecosystem work, released per milestone.

Time left to apply

UTC
ANY
RollingNo deadline

Applications are reviewed as they arrive. There is no deadline to plan around.

Grant size
Up to $65K
Largest grant $65,000
Paid in
XMR
In milestone tranches
Funding model
Rolling
Apply any time. Reviewed as applications arrive.
Typical decision
4 weeks
From submission to an answer

Checked Oct 1 against 6 sources. Confirm amounts and dates on ccs.getmonero.org before you apply.

01

About the program

The CCS is how the Monero community funds work on Monero. You publish a proposal, the community discusses it, and once the Core Team sees rough consensus the proposal opens for donations in XMR. The Core Team holds the funds in escrow and releases them as milestones are completed.

Most recent proposals pay developers for three months of full-time or part-time work on the Monero codebase, on Cuprate (a Rust Monero node) and on related tools. Past proposals have also covered research, third-party resources and conference travel.

Funding is not guaranteed: you have to build support for your own proposal, and a proposal can sit in Funding Required for months. All work must be permissively licensed from the start.

02

What they fund

  • Core Monero development and FCMP++ work
  • Alternative node implementations such as Cuprate
  • Research and cryptography for Monero
  • Wallets, tools and community resources
  • Supply chain security and reproducible builds

03

Who can apply

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04

How applying works

  1. Open a merge request

    Write your proposal with milestones and payouts and submit it to the CCS proposals repo on Monero's GitLab.

  2. Community discussion

    The community gives feedback and you revise until the Core Team sees loose consensus.

  3. Crowdfunding

    The merged proposal moves to Funding Required and collects XMR donations until it is fully funded.

  4. Milestone payouts

    You post a report per milestone and the Core Team releases escrowed XMR when it is accepted.

05

Sources

Checked on Oct 1 against these pages. Programs change often, so confirm the details on ccs.getmonero.org before you apply.

  1. ccs.getmonero.org
  2. ccs.getmonero.org/what-is-ccs
  3. ccs.getmonero.org/how-to-ccs
  4. ccs.getmonero.org/funding-required
  5. ccs.getmonero.org/work-in-progress
  6. ccs.getmonero.org/completed-proposals

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