Dodger, can you explain why your survey omits ECC’s proposal to modify ZIP 1014 and extend the Dev Fund by one year in order to give the community time to reach clear consensus? ECC’s position has significant community support, and if you continue to blatantly ignore it, you show disregard for the community. You also signal an intent to manipulate outcomes through your use of ZCAP.
I am truly puzzled by this. You ask for feedback, and then you flat out ignore it. Let me just say it plainly then: the questions of your survey do not reflect real options and are chosen and worded poorly; so are the multiple choice answers that accompany them. But what’s really bad is that this survey does nothing to move us closer to clear, well-informed community consensus. In fact, it seems to aim to do the opposite. It’s starting to look like despite claiming to have no position on the Dev Fund, ZF indeed has one and is willing to omit important information to misuse ZCAP and mislead its members.
ZCAP is a community resource, not a Dodger resource. This survey should represent all options available to the community, not just a few chunks representing a narrow view of a single individual.
It’s not that complicated. Given ECC’s proposal to extend the Dev Fun by up to a year, there are two things that need to be decided on urgently:
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Does the Dev Fund continue in some shape or form: Yes or No?
a. If the community expresses a clear “No,” that’s the end of the Dev Fund discussion.
b. If the community expresses a clear “Yes,” the community will need to decide on the percentage, duration, and how those funds are allocated. As we can see from this thread alone, it can be a time-consuming process, which brings us to the next decision we have to make: -
Does the community want an additional year to explore all of the options available in order to make a well-informed decision?
a. If the community expresses a clear “Yes,” the Dev Fund, in its current form, gets extended by up to a year (if the community reaches consensus sooner, further changes can be implemented before the year is up). ECC and ZF will begin the work to implement the 1-year extension. Meanwhile, we continue to explore the proposed Dev Fund models and clarify all the pros and cons, all with the goal of making Zcash as competitive and resilient as it can be.
b. If the community expresses a clear “No,” a consensus on the next steps will have to be reached by this July, so that ECC and ZF could have enough time to implement the changes. This is not a lot of time, so this option comes with many challenges. It is important to understand the downside and risks of this option, which is why we cannot ignore the conversation about the proposal to extend the Dev Fund by a year.
This is not a game. We are talking about the future of Zcash here.