I am sure you and the leadership team of the Zcash community are giving ASIC mining serious thought and discussion. Decentralizing hash power is important to maintaining censorship resistance.
As Zcash holder (tiny) I certainly believe in the mission of free expression in the digital realm. A key element of why we started ePIC Blockchain is to work directly with protocols like Zcash to make them inclusive partners to the design and deployment of the hardware that will run blockchains. We see the vision of Trustware that Andreas Antonopoulos explained just over a year ago; a blockchain is where hardware and software design merge into Trustware.
Too many protocols are making a passive decision on hardware design, essentially letting Bitmain make an ASIC or using AMD/Nvidia GPUs, this is leaving immense value un-examined. It is also creating moments like now when the community’s energy is sucked into an infrastructure debate and potentially held hostage by miners who have no interest other than profits.
ePIC is the leading Trustware hardware developer, our mission is to work with protocols like Zcash to design, develop, and deploy best-in-class hardware to produce secure, decentralized, and scalable protocols. How do we best engage with you, the team and Zcash community to determine how to collaborate?
ePIC submitted a Zcash Foundation grant proposal today, we would love any and all feedback.