Registration Period: Coinholder-Directed Retroactive Grants Program (Q4 Round)

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I’m opening the registration period for ZEC holders to participate in the upcoming Coinholder-Directed Retroactive Grants Program for Q4 2025. Coinholders will need to move their ZEC into the Orchard pool or refresh their notes during the registration window, which runs from Block 2,908,100 (April 30, 2025) through Monday, November 10 at 11:59 PM UTC.

I’ll share detailed instructions on how to vote before polling opens on Thursday, November 13, when coinholders will be able to vote for the proposals they believe should receive funding.

Please note that the safest way to participate in the poll is to wait until the registration window has ended, then move your ZEC out of the wallet you plan to use for voting before you complete the poll. That way, when you enter your seed phrase to vote, the wallet will be empty, minimizing any risk of losing funds.

I’m also looking for community members to help run voting servers. The Coin Voting 2.0 system relies on a dedicated blockchain secured by CometBFT and maintained by a group of validators, known as voting authorities. If there’s only one authority, there’s a risk that votes could be selectively included or excluded. However, with at least four independent validators, the system becomes resistant to manipulation, as long as two-thirds are honest. This ensures the results are finalized through consensus, rather than by a single centralized operator.

If you’re interested in running a voting authority or have questions about what’s involved, please respond below or send me a DM.

Lastly, transparent ZEC holders can also participate in the poll by signing a transaction, following the same process used in previous polls.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

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Here are some resources for running a server as a voting authority:

A demo from @hanh:

GitHub Docs:

Also, here’s a link to the Voting Authority Coordination thread from the governance poll held earlier this year:

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Iqlusion can run a vote server node

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Hola!

vote@vmi2547085:~/zcash-vote-server$ tail -f ~/zcash-vote-server.log
nohup: ignoring input
2025-11-05T18:48:19.983913Z INFO zcash_vote_server: # elections = 0
2025-11-05T18:48:19.984599Z INFO tendermint_abci::server: ABCI server running at 127.0.0.1:26657
Rocket has launched from http://0.0.0.0:8080

Node is running. Do I need to register now? Thanks.

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Adjunto imagen correspondiente en mi participación para ser validador, estoy atento para las próximas instrucciones que se debe tomar.

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Reminder: Today is the last day to register your coins for the upcomming poll.

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I am curious about what’s involved

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To register your coins, you will need to move your ZEC into the Orchard pool or refresh your notes (by sending an Orchard-to-Orchard transaction) during the registration window, which runs from Block 2,908,100 (April 30, 2025) through Monday, November 10 at 11:59 PM UTC.

Here is a demo from ZecHub on how to transfer ZEC from one pool to another:

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One way to verify transparent coin voters:

Another way is to use zcashd

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The registration period is now closed. The eligibility window covers Orchard notes created or refreshed between Block 2,908,100 (Apr 30, 2025) and Block 3,130,539 (Nov 10, 2025, 11:59pm UTC). You may now move your funds.

The poll will open on Thursday, November 13th. I’ll share detailed instructions on how to participate in the coming days.

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Was my Taddy in Bio?

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Quick Update: The Voting Authorities are working to have the poll set up for tomorrow, but have encountered a few technical issues that could delay the start. We’re hoping the issues are resolved in time, though it may take a bit more work to get everything running smoothly. I’ll share updates as things progress.

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I keep missing this is there an email list i cant check all my forums every day