Contra the Zcash Dev Fund

[Shawn]

linking a few okder threads related to this subject:

Coinholder voting is currently not production ready and a whale oligarchy

There is currently some pushback against the ZCG election process in various places. Some examples: https://x.com/naval/status/1994519212669505952 I totally understand the concerns with the ZCG election process. As I’m currently running myself for the ZCG committee I’m wondering who I actually have to convince to vote for me. Namely, who exactly are people on the Zcash Community Advisory Panel (ZCAP) that I have to convince and where are they are mostly active (I assume it’s mostly OGs activ…

Proposal to switch ZCG elections to Token Holder Voting

As Zcash has gone down the road to full token holder based governance, offchain mechanisms have been put in place until THV (Token Holder Voting) could be securely implemented. Since then, THV tooling has been built, and while it is still rough around the edges, it has been used to securely vote on the retroactive grants process, with a ~7.5% participation rate in the last vote. Meanwhile, the ZCG (Zcash Grants Committee) consisting of 5 delegates is voted on by ZCAP (Zcash Community Advisory …