I’m delighted to share that Robert (aka @spectre) is joining Shielded Labs part-time for the next three months, with the possibility of transitioning to a full-time role in March 2025. Robert first reached out to me last year after Shielded Labs was announced, offering to help in any way he could and noting that he is based in Germany. Since then, he has been a valuable resource, volunteering to research, translate, and complete our 2023 taxes—an effort that was particularly helpful given that Shielded Labs’ legal and tax documentation is entirely in German.
Over the next few months, Robert will focus on researching different cryptocurrency governance models and evaluating their advantages, limitations, and potential applicability to Zcash. He may also share summaries of his findings and perspectives in forum posts, contribute to community discussions, and gather feedback on governance topics.
While Shielded Labs does not intend to seek lockbox funding, our interest in these discussions is focused on ensuring that coinholders have a role in any future governance model and on improving and better defining the network upgrade process. To be clear, we are not advocating for pure coinholder governance, but are interested in exploring ways to formally integrate coinholders into the governance process. We are pleased to see that both proposals put forward so far include coinholders as stakeholders.
We’re excited to have Robert join Shielded Labs and contribute to this important initiative. Welcome to the team!