# On Conflicts of Interest & When to Recuse

**URL:** <https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/on-conflicts-of-interest-when-to-recuse/54037>\
**Category:** Governance\
**Created:** [December 29, 2025, 10:34pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/on-conflicts-of-interest-when-to-recuse/54037 "2025-12-29T22:34:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![machinesunmachine](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/machinesunmachine/32/27149_2.png) [@machinesunmachine](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/machinesunmachine)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2026, 11:23pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/on-conflicts-of-interest-when-to-recuse/54037/15 "2026-01-02T23:23:16Z")

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@1337bytes roping in your contribution to this discussion:

> [@Grant Application: BTCPayServer Zcash Module Project Review](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/grant-application-btcpayserver-zcash-module-project-review/53804/9):
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> Could you explain what the conflict of interest is? Only me and @hanh have contributed code to the BTCPayServer Zcash plugin. In any case, I don’t feel that simply contributing code to a project would constitute a conflict of interest if it is unpaid and there isn’t some commercial motive. I feel that @hanh’s input into the discussion would be valuable (at least when it comes to technical expertise, this could be a separate comment in the form of a forum post though); however yes, there would…

I think I’ve explained my opinion on the conflict of interest in my comment above.

I absolutely agree with you that people who have worked on a project should still contribute to the discussion around future grant proposals regarding that project. I do think that the right place for that is in the public forum.

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