# Future of Zcash dev funding — megathread / everything in one place **URL:** \ **Category:** protocol\ **Created:** [July 11, 2019, 11:28pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/future-of-zcash-dev-funding-megathread-everything-in-one-place/34063 "2019-07-11T23:28:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 10
**Author:** ![Shawn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/shawn/32/187_2.png) [@Shawn](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/Shawn)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2019, 9:45pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/future-of-zcash-dev-funding-megathread-everything-in-one-place/34063/10 "2019-07-11T21:45:36Z")
> [@ZIP Proposal - 8-15% Opt-in or 4-7.5% Mandatory Dev Free |75% Zcash Foundation 25% ECC|](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zip-proposal-8-15-opt-in-or-4-7-5-mandatory-dev-free-75-zcash-foundation-25-ecc/33883/28): > > Maybe due my bad English i can’t read “we won’t be recepients of a potentially new dev fee” into it… I think you may be thinking of a post by @acityinohio Josh where he said the Foundation does not want to be _only_ receiver of a potential developers fund. I don’t think that means they would refuse partial custody/responsibility for distribution of a fund. Perhaps @amiller could clarify Edit: here is the post from Josh I was thinking of: > [@The future of Zcash in the year 2020](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/the-future-of-zcash-in-the-year-2020/32372/193): > > yes, I think any proposal that has the Foundation receiving all funds (even if there are contracts in place for development) could jeopardize broader decentralization, and as you suggested I wouldn’t want the Foundation to be a single gatekeeper. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/future-of-zcash-dev-funding-megathread-everything-in-one-place/34063)._