# The State of Zcash Governance **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [July 21, 2023, 3:28pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/the-state-of-zcash-governance/45139 "2023-07-21T15:28:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 31
**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 22, 2023, 2:21pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/the-state-of-zcash-governance/45139/31 "2023-07-22T14:21:57Z")
Shielded Labs would be a Zcash support organization similar to ECC and ZF, with employees doing Zcash related work. I never said anything about redistributing block rewards as grants. That’s what ZCG is for. Please read this post for additional information: > [@Shielded Labs: An Independent, Non-US Organization](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/shielded-labs-an-independent-non-us-organization/43855): > > I am starting an independent, Swiss-based organization called [Shielded Labs](https://shieldedlabs.net) to help Zcash decentralize and become more resilient. Shielded Labs was founded as a Swiss Association in December, and I’m currently working to secure funding and recruit knowledgeable and experienced individuals to join me as board members. Shielded Labs has no affiliation with Zcash Community Grants (ZCG) and has no plans to apply for ZCG funding. There are two reasons I’ve decided to start a new organization. Fir… For the [Zcash Sustainability Fund](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/the-zcash-posterity-fund/42703/58), we hired two engineers from the Equilibrium Group as contractors to do the development work. We structured the independent contractor agreement in milestones similar to how ZCG structures its grant agreements. Is that why you think Shielded Labs issues grants? We did it that way because we don’t currently have full-time employees. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/the-state-of-zcash-governance/45139)._