ZCG Election Results: June 2026

The ZCAP poll to elect two members of the Zcash Community Grants committee closed on Monday, June 29th, and the results are in: GGuy and Paul Brigner are therefore elected to the committee, joining effective July 1st. Congratulations to them both! Thank you to all 14 candidates who stood for election. The breadth and quality […]
Zcash Foundation Q4 2025 Report

The Zcash Foundation is committed to transparency and openness with the Zcash community and our other stakeholders. Today, we are releasing our Q4 2025 report, which provides an overview of the work undertaken by our engineering team, as well as an overview of other activities during this period. As with our previous quarterly reports, this […]
NU7 Polling Results: What We Heard and Where We Go From Here

Thank you to everyone who participated in the NU7 sentiment polling — ZCAP members, coinholders, the Engineering Caucus, ZecHub, Zcash Brasil, Zcash Español, and Zcash Türkiye. The breadth of participation reflects how seriously this community takes protocol governance, and we don’t take that for granted. We want to be direct: the results reveal both meaningful […]
NU7 Sentiment: ZCAP Polling Results

The Zcash Foundation recently concluded the ZCAP NU7 Sentiment Polling, which closed on Friday, February 20 at 20:00 UTC. This poll was designed to gauge community sentiment on 11 proposed protocol features and initiatives, each either completed or expected to be ready within the next year. This post summarizes the results from the ZCAP poll. […]
Zcash Foundation: 2025 Year in Review

As we look back on 2025, Zcash Foundation (ZF) celebrates a year of progress, collaboration, and strategic growth that strengthened the Zcash ecosystem and advanced financial privacy for the public good. Across technical development, governance, and community initiatives, our shared work this year reflected the Foundation’s enduring belief that privacy is essential infrastructure for human […]
The Zcash Foundation’s Q3 2025 Report

The Zcash Foundation is committed to transparency and openness with the Zcash community and our other stakeholders. Today, we are releasing our Q3 2025 report, which provides an overview of the work undertaken by our engineering team, as well as an overview of other activities during this period. As with our previous quarterly reports, this […]
The Zcash Foundation’s Q2 2025 Report

The Zcash Foundation is committed to transparency and openness with the Zcash community and our other stakeholders. Today, we are releasing our Q2 2025 report, which provides an overview of the work undertaken by our engineering team, as well as an overview of other activities during this period. As with our previous quarterly reports, this […]
The Zcash Foundation’s Q1 2025 Report

The Zcash Foundation is committed to transparency and openness with the Zcash community and our other stakeholders. Today, we are releasing our Q1 2025 report, which provides an overview of the work undertaken by our engineering team, as well as an overview of other activities during this period. As with our previous quarterly reports, this […]
Results of ZCAP Dev Fund Poll

On April 17, 2025 we opened a Dev Fund Poll of the Zcash Community Advisory Panel (ZCAP) to determine which of the funding proposals have the most support, or if the Dev Fund should end and 100% of the block rewards should go to miners. Additionally the poll surveyed community members about prioritizing an extension […]
Polling ZCAP on a New Dev Fund and Funding Model

In November 2025, the current Dev Fund established under ZIP 1015 will expire, and 100% of block rewards will be allocated to miners. If a new Dev Fund is not in place by the time ZIP 1015 expires in November 2025, 100% of block rewards will go to miners. Today we opened a ZCAP poll […]