Unlocking the Future of Zcash Through Participatory Grantmaking
Zcash Foundation has developed this discussion draft and an AI-generated audio companion in order to empower our community as we collectively explore various future Participatory Grantmaking (PGM) models. Its purpose is to provide an overview of potential approaches without endorsing or advocating for any specific model. The inclusion of any particular funding model in this […]
Zebra 2.2.0 Release
The Zcash Foundation is pleased to announce the release of Zebra 2.2.0. In this release, we introduced an additional consensus check on the branch ID of NU6 transactions, along with some important refactors and other improvements. In order to support the new node and wallet stack that will enable us to deprecate zcashd, this release […]
FROST 2.1.0 Release
The Zcash Foundation is pleased to announce the release of FROST v2.1.0. This release includes a number of important changes and improvements to the FROST reference implementation. This release includes the frost-secp256k1-tr crate, which allows the generation of Bitcoin Taproot (BIP340/BIP341) compatible signatures and will be useful for ZSAs also, since BIP340 signatures will be […]
The Zcash Foundation’s Q2 and Q3 2024 Reports
The Zcash Foundation is committed to transparency and openness with the Zcash community and our other stakeholders. Today, we are releasing our quarterly reports for the second and third quarters of 2024. As with our previous quarterly reports, this report describes our financial inflow and outflows, with a detailed breakdown of our expenses, and we […]
Results of the ZCG Election
The ZCAP poll to elect three members of the Zcash Community Grants committee closed early this morning, and the results are in. Jason McGee is therefore re-elected to the committee, and will be joined by new members Zerodartz and Artkor. Congratulations to them all! Thank you to all the candidates who ran for election. Thank […]
Polling ZCAP: ZCG Election & ZCG Compensation
Today, we opened a Helios poll of the Zcash Community Advisory Panel (ZCAP), which will run until December 31st. The purpose of this poll is twofold: Elections to the Zcash Community Grants Committee Members of the Zcash Community Grants (ZCG) committee are elected by the Zcash Community Advisory Panel, and serve a one year term. […]
Zebra 2.1.0 Release
The Zcash Foundation is pleased to announce the release of Zebra 2.1.0. This release includes some necessary updates post-NU6 activation. We are now verifying that V5 transactions in the mempool have the correct consensus branch ID before returning a transaction ID, which would indicate a successful insertion in the mempool, even though they would be […]
Opening Nominations for the Zcash Community Grants Committee
The Zcash Community Grants (ZCG) program funds independent teams to perform major ongoing development (or other work) that benefits the Zcash ecosystem. Grants are chosen by a five-person committee whose members are elected by the Zcash Community Advisory Panel (ZCAP). Three of the current members’ terms are expiring at the end of this year (Amber […]
Results of the ZF Board Candidates Advisory Poll
On 22nd November, we opened a poll of the Zcash Community Advisory Panel (ZCAP) to obtain their advisory input regarding who should be appointed to the Zcash Foundation (ZF) Board. The poll closed this morning, with 129 ZCAP members responding to the question “Which of the following candidates do you approve of as Zcash Foundation […]
ZconVI: Celebrating Synergy Through Decentralization
The Zcash Foundation is pleased to announce the upcoming ZconVI, a virtual gathering of Zcash enthusiasts and experts, scheduled to take place from Tuesday, March 4 to Friday, March 7, 2025. This four-day event promises to be an engaging platform for learning, collaboration, and innovation within the Zcash community. Event Overview ZconVI will be a […]