Moving the Dev Fund discussion forward

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Verbose, quantifiable, and specific. I think a person’s perspective on the November Dev Fund can be ascertained with ~10-20 very specific, independent questions. Below might be a few. I tried to word them as neutrally as possible, let me know what you think. Do you think the dry facts bring in bias?

Background

The ECC, ZF, and Major Grants have addresses encoded into the Zcash protocol. Currently miners receive 80% of the block reward, ZCG 8%, ECC 7%, and ZF 5%.

Each currently receives ZEC in each block:

  • Miners: 2.5 ZEC (80%)
  • ZCG: 0.25 ZEC (8%)
  • ECC: 0.21875 ZEC (7%)
  • ZF: 0.15625 ZEC (5%)

The approximate distribution since the CANOPY network upgrade has been as follows:

The portion that goes to ZCG, ECC, and ZF is known as the Zcash Dev Fund.

Without action, these organizations will stop receiving ZEC from the block reward in November 2024 (NU6 Upgrade).

Opinion Survey

If no action is taken, the Dev Fund will end and ZCG, ECC, and ZF will no longer receive block reward funding. 100% of the block reward will go to miners. Likewise, without action, no new organizations will receive funding from the block reward. The following survey is meant to gauge the community’s desire to continue block reward funding for ZCG, ECC and ZF, to begin block reward funding for Qedit and Shielded Labs, and/or to commit to a new, decentralized Dev Fund mechanism.

ZCG should continue to receive funds from the block reward after NU6
  • Strongly Agree
  • Agree
  • Neutral
  • Disagree
  • Strongly Disagree
0 voters
ECC should continue to receive funds from the block reward after NU6
  • Strongly Agree
  • Agree
  • Neutral
  • Disagree
  • Strongly Disagree
0 voters
ZF should continue to receive funds from the block reward after NU6
  • Strongly Agree
  • Agree
  • Neutral
  • Disagree
  • Strongly Disagree
0 voters
Qedit should begin to receive funds from the block reward after NU6
  • Strongly Agree
  • Agree
  • Neutral
  • Disagree
  • Strongly Disagree
0 voters
Shielded Labs should begin to receive funds from the block reward after NU6
  • Strongly Agree
  • Agree
  • Neutral
  • Disagree
  • Strongly Disagree
0 voters
No entity or corporation should receive direct funding from the block reward. If there is a new Dev Fund, funds should be controlled by a decentralized voting mechanism.
  • Strongly Agree
  • Agree
  • Neutral
  • Disagree
  • Strongly Disagree
0 voters