# Zcash Foundation Update • December 14, 2019 – January 31, 2020

**URL:** <https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zcash-foundation-update-december-14-2019-january-31-2020/35907>\
**Category:** Zcash Foundation\
**Created:** [February 1, 2020, 9:45am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zcash-foundation-update-december-14-2019-january-31-2020/35907 "2020-02-01T09:45:49Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 1, 2020, 9:45am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zcash-foundation-update-december-14-2019-january-31-2020/35907/1 "2020-02-01T09:45:49Z")

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It’s been a minute! [Also sent to the newsletter](https://news.zfnd.org/archive/zcash-foundation-update-december-14-2019-january/), as usual.

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We just released our annual [“State of the Zcash Foundation” report](https://www.zfnd.org/blog/foundation-in-2020/). Executive director Josh Cincinnati reviewed 2019 and set goals for the rest of 2020, addressing the Foundation’s strategy, execution, and finances.

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Since December, vocal Zcash community members have continued defining a robust mechanism for future development funding. At this point, we’re hashing out implementation details — important ones, to be clear! News from the past week:

- [ZF statement on dev fund polling results](https://www.zfnd.org/blog/zip-1014-poll-results/)
- [ECC statement on dev fund polling results](https://electriccoin.co/blog/dev-fund-poll-shows-consensus/)

To catch up in depth, consult the recently expanded [governance page of ZF’s website](https://www.zfnd.org/governance/).

As ever, [discussion continues on the Zcash Community Forum](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/community-sentiment-polling-results-nu4-and-draft-zip-1014/35560). Join us, your voice is welcome! Or you can lurk, that’s cool too.

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Meanwhile, the Zcash Foundation’s technical team has been busy at work on…

- [FROST](https://twitter.com/chelseakomlo/status/1214575530734948352) — [Flexible Round-Optimized Schnorr Threshold Signatures](https://crysp.uwaterloo.ca/software/frost/)
- [A New Network Stack For Zcash](https://www.zfnd.org/blog/a-new-network-stack-for-zcash/)
- [Composable Futures-based Batch Verification](https://www.zfnd.org/blog/futures-batch-verification/)
- Generally speaking, all things [Zebra](https://github.com/zcashfoundation/zebra)

Technical publications are a lagging indicator of development progress. [Watch this space](https://www.zfnd.org/blog/eng-roadmap-2020/), folks 👀

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Lastly, a note on Zcash Foundation grants — [you can easily see them all in one place](https://grants.zfnd.org/proposals)! Quick highlights:

- We funded Alfredo Garcia (oxarbitrage) to [work on Zcash core development](https://grants.zfnd.org/proposals/1181218696-zcash-core-developer). Check out his [first milestone checklist](https://github.com/oxarbitrage/zf-grants/blob/master/2020/milestone1.md)!
- The Foundation is delighted to [continue supporting Zecwallet](https://grants.zfnd.org/profile/1353890556), a cornerstone of the Zcash ecosystem.
- BUIDL Labs [blogged about building the Zcash Service Status Dashboard](https://thevantageproject.github.io/buidl-labs-blog/buidling-for-zcash) and being a ZF grantee 🤗

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Okay, lastly for real this time: [ECC’s most recent weekly update is a treat](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/january-31-2020-weekly-forum-update/35905)!

That’s all for now, farewell!