Zcash Foundation’s Operational Support to the MGRC
Here is a description of the operational support that ZF will provide to the MGRC in accordance to ZIP 1014 and the Foundation’s obligations. Target Metrics and Key Performance Indicators According to ZIP 1014: ZF SHALL strive to define target metrics and key performance indicators, and the Major Grant Review Committee SHOULD utilize these in its funding decisions. […]
Target Metrics and Key Performance Indicators for the MGRC
This post aims to set out some initial ideas and guiding thoughts for KPIs that both the MGRC and ZF could broadly use. ZIP 1014 requires us (the Zcash Foundation) to develop key performance indicators (KPIs) to support the MGRC and help focus its priorities and expectations of it. (This is written as “SHALL strive to” in […]
Bylaws Amendment 3
Adds new Article VIII, renumbers subsequent articles accordingly. Article VIII: Major Grant Review Committee 1. There shall be a Technology Advisory Board called the Major Grant Review Committee (MGRC) that constitutes a committee of the Corporation, which shall consist of five persons to be selected by the Community Advisory Panel (CAP), a panel of members […]
What is Preventing Zcash Adoption?
Zcash, as it exists today, is not being used as globally-accepted, private, digital cash. It should be. Everyone working on Zcash remains optimistic about achieving the promise of private, digital cash — but we do ourselves a disservice if we don’t explicitly discuss the gaps in the ecosystem that prevent this. The Zcash Foundation wants […]
The Zcash Foundation Welcomes A New Engineering Project Manager
The Zcash Foundation is very excited to welcome Pili Guerra as our Engineering Project Manager. Pili has 15 years of experience working in the tech industry as a software developer, solutions engineer, consultant and project manager. She has previously worked at the Tor Project as a Project Manager for the Tor Browser, Community and UX […]
FROST at SAC and Updates
We are pleased to say that FROST has been accepted into the Selected Areas in Cryptography (SAC) 2020 Conference, which took place last week. We thank our reviewers for their helpful feedback and we will be publishing the updated and final version of our paper in the next week. The full video from our presentation of […]
Board Minutes: October 20, 2020
Started at 4:00 P.M ET. Directors present: Andrew Miller, Matthew Green, Peter Van Valkenburgh, Ian Miers. Foundation employees also present: Antonie Hodge, Chelsea Komlo, Danika Delano Topics discussed: Discussed MGRC: administrative support offered, D&O Insurance, and KPIs. Bylaws amendment approved via email on December 1. Discussed Zebra Discussed 2021 Budget. Approved via email on December […]
Farewell to George
It is on a bittersweet note that we announce that George Tankersley is leaving the Foundation. George has been a part of the Zcash community for nearly three years. Prior to working at the Foundation, George assisted in the final stages of Sapling development and designed the shielded light wallet protocol as a cryptographic engineer at the […]
The Zcash Foundation Welcomes A New Operations Manager
We are delighted to announce Danika Delano has joined our team as the Foundation’s operations manager. Danika is eager to bring her commitment to operational excellence, love of Excel spreadsheets, and non-profit experience to the role. Working closely with Antonie Hodge, she will help keep the Foundation running smoothly. Danika has worked in the field […]
September 4 Community Call, MGRC Candidates
On September 4 we had a community call. The purpose was to ask the Candidates for the Major Grant Review Committee questions. The call was moderated by Andrew Miller. Part 1 Part 2 All written commentary from part 1, the break, and part 2