Temporary re-allocation of funding among Zcash entities

[covfefe]

Just adding some historical context that I remember from the original discussions around percentage allocations.

I and many others thought ECC would have access to funding via MGRC/ZCG if needed, and we based our votes on the percentage allocation on that belief. But after the vote Zooko announced (see below) that ECC and ZF had agreed that they would not be allowed to receive funding via that route.

@zooko

ECC and ZF will both be ineligible for receiving funds from the “Major Grants” slice — the largest slice of dev funds, at 8%, and the one ear-marked for supporting independent third parties. This exclusion could potentially introduce a funding shortfall for ECC after Network Upgrade 4 kicks in at the end of this year, unless the price of ZEC has risen substantially by then. Nonetheless, ECC believes that it is important for the success of the greater Zcash ecosystem to send a clear message to the world that Zcash is an open and decentralized system, and that it is supported by multiple independent organizations, and therefore we’ve agreed that ECC and ZF will both be ineligible to receive funds from the Major Grants slice.

I understand the rationale for that decision, but it has irked me a bit since as if this has been disclosed prior to voting I believe the slice allocations would have been different. I and others in that thread mentioned this back then.

@covfefe

Like others, if I knew ECC would not have access to major grants I would have voted for them to have a larger slice.

Anyway, this info doesn’t move this particular discussion forward but I thought the context might be helpful.