# RFI -- Zapa **URL:** \ **Category:** RFI - RFP Grants\ **Created:** [July 1, 2022, 7:40pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/rfi-zapa/42412 "2022-07-01T19:40:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rkasszapa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a6a055/32.png) [@rkasszapa](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/rkasszapa)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2022, 7:40pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/rfi-zapa/42412/1 "2022-07-01T19:40:57Z")
_Goal: Provide a POS implementation of Zcash which runs on Snowball Consensus_ Git: [https://github.com/zapalabs](https://github.com/zapalabs) Simply, Zapa forks Zcash and deploys a forked Zcash VM to an Avalanche Subnet. With little modifications to the Zcash code, we are able to achieve a Zcash blockchain fully powered by proof of stake. In addition to POS, Snowball Consensus provides transaction finality as well as high throughput. I’m writing on this forum because I want to seek the best way to involve the Zcash community in this project. Currently this project is live on a testnet, and I am working on a wallet and bridging mechanism before launching in production. _Why does this project want/need a grant?_ - Developers for the initiatives mentioned above. Currently I do most of the dev, and I also hire developers for one-off bounty tasks. See [this tweet for example](https://twitter.com/kassr30/status/1530690810911641601). We are looking to onboard one or two devs in a full-time capacity to bring this project to production. _How would this contribute value to ZEC holders?_ This is what I’d like most input on. Some ideas: - In exchange for a grant, existing ZEC holders will receive Genesis ZAPA tokens - ZEC users can, in perpetuity exchange ZEC for ZAPA (hard to enforce) - Open to any other ideas the community has ---
**Author:** ![aquietinvestor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/aquietinvestor/32/34528_2.png) [@aquietinvestor](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/aquietinvestor)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2022, 7:58pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/rfi-zapa/42412/2 "2022-07-01T19:58:57Z")
Welcome to the forum @rkasszapa. Community members who want to learn more about Zapa and weigh in on Ryan’s RFI can visit the following links for additional information: > **[Introducing Zapa](https://medium.com/@ryan.kass/introducing-zapa-33729e35cc24)** > > A Better Privacy Cryptocurrency > ---
**Author:** ![JoakimEQ](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/joakimeq/32/27704_2.png) [@JoakimEQ](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/JoakimEQ)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2023, 11:45am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/rfi-zapa/42412/3 "2023-05-09T11:45:09Z")
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