Vitalik is a genius; I’m not. I’m therefore on very high alert when I find myself disagreeing with him, such as here with the governance of the dev fund. Also, Ethereum is not Zcash. Many shared principles & values, also some different.
You’re onto something, but it’s not the fundamental reason. The fundamental reason is ethics. I consider stealing any transfer from the dev fund not authorized by stakeholders. Yep, that thing that has been happening for years.
Listen, as far as I am concerned, you all do whatever you want, I’m not picky. But that’s for as long as we can ~all agree that if stakeholders vote to shut the whole thing down, we shut the whole thing down. Every year, we’d now have a stakeholders vote on whether we carry on for another year.
Not me. Any reputable developer will say that the Zcash code is work of art. That should be the aim for anything we do. If our governance is complicated / complex, that’s not what I personally want. Zcash has not been designed with governance in mind, it’s not a good fit for a complex governance.
That’s perfect really. 3 years for Shielded Labs, @hanh and all stakeholders to convince the “community” that our control of the whole dev fund would be a positive change. And the alternative is perfectly fine too. Whatever is being developed during this time could be used by a private guild of generous stakeholders.
How people view Zcash is critical to our future. When Naval speaks, people listen and many of their views are inspired by his. We should be very careful about this (PR) aspect if we want to achieve our long term vision.
Shape all that any way way you want, but no more usage of the dev fund without stakeholders approval. I’ll go down with the ship if need be, but I’ll fight that one till the end. That’s literally the reason why I came on this forum in the first place.