Why The BTCPayServer Module Review Is Important

[artkor]

@machinesunmachine

why you suddenly blocked the vote from being able to occur in 2025

I don’t feel it’s my place to reveal the details of the discussion, but that’s definitely not the correct formulation. I will simply recap the chronology of events. During the discussion on December 22, committee members raised questions that I was unable to answer on my own, so I have listed them here:

Grant Application: BTCPayServer Zcash Module Project Review

Hello @machinesunmachine! Thank you for providing additional context in this thread. We had an initial discussion of your proposal, and before moving forward, I think it would be helpful to clarify a few points. In particular, could you please clarify whether this work is intended to be a formal code audit, or whether it is not an audit at all but rather an advisory or architectural review focused on general feedback and recommendations? Additionally, could you explain how the proposed evalua…

(On the evening of December 22)

Only the final summary of this discussion was included in the minutes:

@ZCG

Artkor: I am hesitant to move forward as it is not clear whether this work constitutes a formal audit or an advisory review, nor how the proposed evaluation would meaningfully account for protocol-level and architectural constraints.

But then you independently chose an unexpected course of action. Figuratively speaking, you effectively fired your assistant due to a conflict of interest. I can assure you that I am not to blame for this situation.