Launching the Zcash Minor Grants Program by ZFND

[decentralistdan]

Hey James, We will reach out to you directly regarding this. Thanks

[james_katz]

Thanks, and sorry for my anxiety

[nathan-at-least]

I see you tagged me about ZCAP membership policies, and I wanted to clarify that I keep an “arm’s length” from ZCAP and clarify why:

I strive to keep an “arm’s length” relationship to ZCAP and avoid trying to influence the ZCAP structure, policies, participation, or vote topics. Two exceptions: (a) I do refer folks to apply to it on occasion, and (b) for any topics related to my interest/focus at ECC I publicly share my positions, so that can overlap with ZCAP voting content sometimes. This is because since I already have an “official” way to influence Zcash community through my role at ECC, I feel it’s better to keep a cleaner separation from other governing bodies and get out of the way of other community members to express their voice through ZCAP.

That being said, I will say generally I’m heartened to see ZCAP continue to iterate and expand membership in thoughtful ways! IMO, Zcash generally needs to keep steady progress on multiple ways to expand reliable governance and decentralization to keep pace with its growing network and community.

[aarnott]

When is the next round of minor grants? I’m eager to apply again.

[Alex_ZF]

We’ll announce in the next few weeks. We’re looking forward to the next round as well!

[Dodger]

Applications for the next round are now open!

Opening Applications for the Second Round of ZF Minor Grants

[Zcash_Minor_Grant_header] Back in February, we tried out something new: a Minor Grants program for smaller grants, selected by ZCAP. The response and feedback was overwhelmingly positive, so we’re doing it again! As before, the maximum grant size is $25,000, and the total budget is $75,000. Applications are now open at the Zcash Grants Hub so if you, or someone you know, (or even someone you don’t know!) have an idea for how to make Zcash - or the general cause of financial privacy - better,…

[dismad]

Opening Applications for the Second Round of ZF Minor Grants

Congrats to all the winners, it seems lightwalletd and associated wallets are top priority to most voters. I wish more community oriented grants were funded however so I would like to propose an alternative form of counting votes. Stated simply, take the raw vote counts, and fund the top 5 – subject to fund CAP. Here is a screenshot showcasing my idea. [be] I think it looks odd that we cant even fund stuff up to the cap with the current way of voting? Thank you for your time …

[Jgx7]

@noamchom

I’d also promote a total majority participation rate, necessary to make any vote tallying to be considered valid or invalid. If fewer than 75% of all eligible ZCAP voters do not participate, I think that the entire voting instance should be invalidated.

This is a great suggestion.