Ian Miers: Board elections, the foundation's mission, and making usable privacy a reality

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@secparam

I think some clear goals for the Foundation should be to build and package cross platform GUI clients:

On Windows, OSX, and Linux (in that priority order)
On mobile platforms
On the web (for example, post-Sapling it should be possible to generate shielded TXs efficiently in WebAssembly)

@secparam

The main role of the Foundation board, in my opinion, is to assemble a team that can address these key technical challenges in the short term. While this doesn’t preclude additional (future) missions for the Zcash foundation, building this team – with the buy-in of the Zcash community – is what I plan to do if I’m elected to the Foundation.

@secparam I know that it is often hard to predict software development timeframes, but what are your thoughts regarding a rough timeframe for the above goals (“build and package cross platform GUI clients”)? I ask so that the community can hold the board accountable regarding how effective the board has been at executing the goals. I’m talking really rough timeframe here: 1 year, or 2 years, or 3 years? Basically some number that you think the community can use down the road to reasonably measure the effectiveness of the board.