Dev Fund 2024: Community Poll & Discussion Megathread

[earthrise]

@artkor

It is very unusual that we are vote before someone outlines to us at least some horizons of what we want to see based on the results of the next 4 years of the foundation’s existence (if it is approved). Think about it, if you were buying some expensive thing, would you agree to just accept it as it is, without even realizing what it is?

We could use something like the OKR framework to define what success means for the next iteration of the dev fund. Then, we’d have an agreed-upon benchmark for evaluating the performance of the dev fund recipients. I’d start with something like this…

@earthrise

To expand on this a little more, here are some goals I’d like to see Zcash hit over the next few years:

1. Crypto-unfamiliar web developers can add code to accept Zcash payments in their websites in no more than double the time it takes them to integrate PayPal.
2. A typical person can get up-and-running with a desktop wallet and mobile wallet within 5 minutes of visiting https://z.cash/.
3. Metamask-style browser-extension wallets exist, giving websites an easy-to-use JavaScript API that lets them build novel products on top of Zcash.
4. Zcash is adopted as the de facto choice within a niche community that’s historically struggled with censorship by established payment processors or that has a need for privacy that those payment processors can’t meet.

…and I’d also add some more about points about keeping the network secure and other things of that nature.