Community Polling on Funding Model ZIPs

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I am voting for C&C, and Devfund extension

Zingo Labs are significantly less hierarchical organizations than the ECC, and as such I can’t announce an official position.

That having been said, I often convince Zingoistas, that my opinions and stances are reasonable.

With that explanation of how I relate to the Zingo Labs efforts, I am announcing that I believe that the ECC’s position is the right one with respect to funding, for a few reasons.

Why I Agree With “the ECC”:

(1) We should proceed with evidence-informed skepticism.

  • Zcash funding has been amazingly effective for it’s entire existence consistently supporting cutting edge technology that uniquely serves human autonomy and dignity, in an often remarkably hostile environment.

  • Zcash funding is among the ground-breaking innovations that have created this dynamic innovative movement. It’s been a fantastic success! Nevertheless it can and should be improved on.

  • By introducing a new funding mechanism (coin weighted voting) alongside the traditional (ZCG) model, we provide ourselves with a basis for comparison. We can ask ourselves which model serves which purposes, and use those observations to reason about future innovations.

(2) If it ain’t broken don’t fix it…

  • ZCG funding has been a success. Against a skeptical backdrop, the current funding model has repeatedly succeeded in the difficult task of cultivating essential innovations.
  • We should leverage and build on that success.

(3) There’s no need for drama.

  • Outrage and melodrama sell (our attention to parasitic demons). Things are going well, we should leverage our healthy position to innovate, in a thoughtful and responsive way.
  • A dramatic Over Reactive shift would be unwarranted and unpredictable.

(4) KISS, Keep It Simple S

  • Smaller change is easier.

So that’s it, I am all in on C&C along with @joshs

Per the extension of the dev fund, in the face of delaying NU7.

Why I support the extension, even if it delays NU7.

This is the right policy because reality doesn’t care about our self-imposed constraints, we should take the time to do things right.

Zingoista = “A self-designated identity that overlaps with Zingo Labs hacktivists at least to the degree that I consider myself to be one of each.”

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