After a little bit of encouragement last week (you know who you are), I’ve decided to nominate myself to serve on the ZCG Committee.
My given name is Thurstan, but you can call me T. S. My handle here is @vaspholdings. I haven’t posted on the forums before. But I read here a lot.
I’m a member of ZCAP and ECC’s ZAC, and turn up for online community events when I can.
Like many here, I value my privacy (and anonymity), but this technology and project is important to me so I’m stepping forward. In relation to Zcash I’m tending towards being a champion more than a mercenary - and certainly not just a passer-by.
I’m a decentralisation maximalist, a builder, and a bug magnet.
As a generalist who likes to dig deeply into things, sometimes for years at a time, I’ve got experience and skills that will be helpful to this project.
Vetting and supporting grants and grantees, for major ongoing team efforts that is ZCG’s purpose, that’s very much in my wheelhouse. For one of my previous roles, over a 15 year period, I personally vetted thousands of merchant and supplier applications from 80+ countries worldwide, and was not shy to give needed feedback.
I favour a globally distributed committee (which is what we have now more than ever). And that grantees be paid by staged and clearly defined deliverables, with a bias towards retroactive grants. Pay 'em up front unicorns do exist. But I’m a born skeptic when people are asking for large sums of free money up-front.
More later. Thanks for reading.