As far as I can see we have have currently no evidence for ZFND’s efficiency to carry out the tasks entrusted to it. However there is some evidence for it’s inefficiency.
One of ZFND’s first larger technical projects is Zebra, an important project for many reasons - however it’s a relatively simple task in comparison to the tasks that the ECC is carrying out today.
The following question was posted by rex4539 after the ZFND presented its Engineering Roadmap for 2020 and remained unanswered.
Perhaps I’m alone here but I have to admit that I was kind of disappointed after reading it.
Parity-Zcash client is already syncing the Zcash blockchain and while I do hear the reason to (kind of) start from scratch, I can’t help to think that the Parity client was built for (sort of) nothing. All these months of development and money spent to finally decide it’s not good enough because it carries the Bitcoin baggage?
Based on the fact that the ZFND is aiming to play a major role in future Zcash development and by applying Josh Cincinnati’s personal standards:
I’m asking the ZFND to comment on this.