Hiya @JKDC . What if the “Councilor” role obligated the holder to receive ZEC futures in the form of a Block Reward Fund? (TCBF)
If that mechanism were in place then any Councilor would automatically have an explicit quantified interest in the future success of Zcash. The Councilor could still act against the interest of ZEC, but only at a direct cost to themselves. That strategy would to some quantifiable degree, be “suicidal”.