Zcash Foundation Update
summary
Zcash Foundation reports it builds the Rust implementation Zebra (now in active use by developers) and implements a Rust version of the threshold-signature scheme FROST for shielded multisig and bridges. Grants programs have approved $12.7M and paid over $10M; the foundation holds about $10M in assets, plans to spend roughly $4M this year and projects a two‑year runway at current burn. Dev fund ends in ~200 days and community polling shows ~80% support for a new funding mechanism.
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chapters (17)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:42What is the Zcash Foundation (ZF)?
- 2:12What does the Zcash Foundation do?
- 4:41Financial Privacy Foundation (FPF)
- 7:42ZF Quarterly Expenditure
- 9:12Current Finances
- 9:50Zcash Community Grants (ZCG)
- 10:32Runway of Dev Fund Recipients
- 11:24Dev Fund 2.0 Proposal Comparison
- 14:00How to Get Involved
- 15:15Original Dev Fund Process
- 15:54ZF's goal is to serve and support the Zcash Community
- 17:30What is Dodger most excited about for ZconV week?
- 19:33If the runway is extended, what are the next projects coming up?
- 24:34Are you thinking of doing Zcon Voices (like in Brazil) anywhere else?
- 28:15Is ZF planning anything to foster a larger developer community?
- 31:27Closing
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