# Z3 Core Collaboration Funding

**URL:** <https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/z3-core-collaboration-funding/50664>\
**Category:** Applications\
**Created:** [March 20, 2025, 4:49pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/z3-core-collaboration-funding/50664 "2025-03-20T16:49:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![zancas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/zancas/32/42011_2.png) [@zancas](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/zancas)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 4:49pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/z3-core-collaboration-funding/50664/1 "2025-03-20T16:49:03Z")

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Three core Z3 developers have paid their own way to Bulgaria.

They’re not just paying out of pocket to contribute to the Zcash Z3 effort, they’re forgoing extremely valuable development time to travel to the ZEC-DEV summit.

If you’re able to collaborate with them in Sofia, please recall that they _do not get paid_ without landing Mile Stones.

For Zingo Labs, attending a development summit is a **different level of investment** than it is for salaried teams who can simply announce on their timelines, and Kanbans that they were at this-and-such summit.

For us, we have a delicate _personal_ opportunity-cost calculation.

We decided that the benefit outweighed the cost for ZEC-DEV for three of us.

Please help us build Z-Zaino-Z (the middle Z) **Z3** , please accelerate our development if you are able to collaborate in-person at ZEC-DEV.

We’re also [asking for the community to reimburse the optimistic investment](https://github.com/ZcashCommunityGrants/zcashcommunitygrants/issues/25) individual Zingoistas have made in this meetup.

Thanks in advance!

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**Author:** ![ZCG](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/zcg/32/33712_2.png) [@ZCG](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/ZCG)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2025, 5:56pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/z3-core-collaboration-funding/50664/2 "2025-03-31T17:56:01Z")

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@zancas at the most recent meeting, the [@ZcashGrants](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/groups/zcashgrants) Committee voted to approve this proposal/reimbursement. Congratulations!

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**Author:** ![zancas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/zancas/32/42011_2.png) [@zancas](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/zancas)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2025, 8:36pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/z3-core-collaboration-funding/50664/3 "2025-03-31T20:36:44Z")

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Hey! This is great news!

There were some very productive collaborations at the summit!

It’s always worthwhile to get folks together to really connect and understand each other!

The devs will be glad to cover their travel expenses!