Thanks @artkor - you always have reasoned perspectives and use words well even when things are heated..
..based on my current knowledge…I cannot agree! Do you have a reason to think this?
I want to compare to other projects, the vast majority of which did not get the feared outcomes you’re projecting, but for now let’s keep it to ZEC.
ZF (ofc making Zebra, the soon to be only Zcash protocol full node) is fairly distributed. Some members of the teams mentioned above that are taking funding from these politically engaged forces, are also distributed across countries. Much of the ‘independent’ work done around Zcash is distributed.
The internet itself is distributed - that’s the main point. The Cypherpunk point.
Why does Zcash need a regulatory haven? Some companies or non-profits (… companies longing to be non-profits, and non-profits longing to be companies… the tax-concerned… billionaire political action committees…) need the permission of regulation… I don’t think Cypherpunks do. That’s one point.
Beyond that: what looks like a safe haven now could be a target and a lever to be used later. It seems so obvious to me… This is not a good long term idea. How stable and reliable does anyone actually think USA is? What is their promise of protection worth? Once making a deal, do you think the arrangement will remain unaltered? What if things change? What would that mean? If Zcash aligns strongly with one USA faction, what happens because of that later?
Like I said, in many important ways, the ship has already sailed. But we still have the name of the community itself which has not been offered as a tribute, yet.
Let the companies and their patrons worry about this! The protocol, and more, the community isn’t the organized, legal, regulated commercial interest*, is it?
A community (ZCG) endorsement of this event will say that the political, regulatory approach (in one influential nation) is not only valid, but important for the whole community, it will give the appearance of unanimous consent.
It’s bad public relations: the event type and location is gross, the title is wrong, and the reasoning behind it is questionable.** But also importantly this might be bad long term strategy.
I just don’t see it - is there a chain reaction you’re talking about @paulbrigner prevented after “not many people watched these videos”?
If there’s something I need to learn, please educate me. Why does the protocol the community relies on need or want the blessing of one country to operate?
I doubt you’ll change your mind, artkor, but I hope you do.
*Currently, ZODL is measuring out this distinction - how they make money vs how the whole chain operates. They’re asking for more money. But, notably, the linked proposal is not for ZCG but for coinholders, who can vote with their money… also without needing USA approval…
**If you need education, offer educational content with no food, no gifts, and no guest list. Offer the same thing to the VIPs as is offered to the rest of the world. How this proposal differs from that is the whole idea.