# DEVxDAO: future work that funding would enable

Core protocol and software that has been financed so far is atomic swaps between Bitcoin and Monero (using Taproot and on-chain scripts, unless not activated by Speedy Trial in November '21, in which case we fall back to ECDSA).

Our end product is a peer-to-peer swap engine implementing Bitcoin and Monero as swap pairings, without a centralized market maker.

With more funding, we can _hire_ other highly qualified profiles and extend the scope of our R&D as follows:

## Research
- Integration with Lightning, i.e. `Lightning Bitcoin`⇆`Monero` (we believe it is a necessary step for swap inclusion on mobile environments)
- Off-chain multisig in Taproot with `MuSig2` protocol
- Monero transaction chaining, necessary to enable Monero Payment Channels and new swap protocols

## Development
- After researching Lightning: integrating it in the software stack
- Other swap pairs: `Bitcoin`⇆`shielded ZCash` atomic swap was achieved (prototype) last week by a member of the Farcaster team. Next to Monero, this is arguably the most useful swap pair.
- Extending our Monero Rust codebase: this is a core library of the Monero Rust stack and thus helpful to the entire Monero community, irrespective of atomic swaps