Minor Grants Applications (April 2023)
In February, we announced a new, experimental Zcash Foundation (ZF) grants program, nicknamed “Minor Grants”, for smaller grants of up to $25,000. We’re pleased to present ten applications that were submitted to this program, and which passed our internal suitability review. Here are links to the grant applications (in PDF format), listed in alphabetical order: […]
Launching the Zcash Minor Grants Program
Today, we are announcing a new, experimental Zcash Foundation (ZF) grants program, which we have nicknamed “Minor Grants”. This is intended to complement the Major Grants program (aka Zcash Community Grants) by providing a source of funding for smaller grants. We hope that this will reduce the number of smaller grant applications that are submitted […]
Results of the ZCG Election (December 2022)
The ZCAP poll to elect four members of the Zcash Community Grants committee closed early this morning, and the results are in. Jason McGee, Wobbzz, and Michael Harms are therefore re-elected to the committee, and they will be joined by new member Amber O’Hearn. Congratulations to them all! Thank you to all the candidates who […]
Opening Nominations for the Zcash Community Grants Committee (December 2022)
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). Four of the current ZCG committee members’ terms expire at the end of December, so […]
Scaling Tor with Walking Onions
Recently, the Zcash Foundation announced a grant to The Tor Project to fund the specification of the Walking Onions protocol. In this post, we’ll talk about why Walking Onions is an exciting project for scaling anonymity networks and user privacy in general. We will also give more detail about the Zcash Foundation’s decision to fund The Tor Project to […]
ZF Grants 2.0
We last updated you on Zcash Foundation grants in June. At the time, we had just debuted ZF Grants, the community funding platform that Grant.io built for us. It’s been six months, so we have a lot to show you, including a refined and streamlined user experience. Since June, Foundation staff have been working on three grant-related efforts in […]
Two Bounties Awarded and a ZF Grants Update
Since our mainnet grants platform was released two weeks ago, community members have submitted seven intriguing proposals and numerous feature requests. The Foundation is excited to see the burgeoning interest in our nascent funding platform, and we’re pleased to award two bounties that helped two proposals meet their goals: Paper wallet generator for Zcash — 299.49 ZEC contributed by the Foundation […]
ZF Grants Is Ready for Your Proposal
ZF Grants now supports the Zcash mainnet! The Grant.io team made the switch last Friday, and today it’s official. You can transact with real $ZEC on the platform. A quick refresher from our initial announcement: ZF Grants is similar to Kickstarter. But instead of using fiat money, users can pledge $ZEC to projects that grow or strengthen the Zcash […]
Announcing ZF Grants
The Zcash Foundation’s new platform for grants and community funding, ZF Grants, is in open beta on the Zcash testnet! The full launch will come in April. The Foundation plans to dispense the Zcash equivalent of $500,000 through ZF Grants in 2019. Grant.io created the web app, which was inspired by the Monero Forum Funding System. ZF Grants […]
Announcement of the 2018Q2 Grant Winners
The Zcash Foundation is delighted to announce the winners of our 2018Q2 Grants Program — 12 projects that will benefit the Zcash ecosystem and community. The Foundation’s Board of Directors has unaminously ratified the recommendations of the Grant Review Committee. (The Foundation originally accepted 13 projects, but one has effectively dropped out. See the update at the end for more […]