Increasing the June 2026 Zcash Group Advisory Panel

The Zcash Group Advisory Panel (ZCAP) is a gaggle of neighborhood members that gives suggestions and enter on necessary matters associated to Zcash. ZCAP members elect the community-selected members of the Zcash Group Grants (ZCG) committee, assist inform Zcash priorities, and supply a strategy to gauge neighborhood sentiment on necessary selections and initiatives.

ZF is dedicated to creating the ZCAP extra impartial and consultant of the Zcash neighborhood. As a part of our ongoing enlargement course of and previous to the Zcash Group Grants (ZCG) Election and NU7 Sentiment Polling which opens June eleventh, we’re as soon as once more inviting neighborhood members who meet our eligibility standards to volunteer to affix the panel. A listing of present ZCAP members is offered right here.

Eligibility standards

The factors for ZCAP membership are designed to be goal and Sybil resistant — that’s, they don’t depend on a qualitative judgment that might introduce bias, and they’re proof against makes an attempt by a single particular person to exert disproportionate affect. You’re eligible to volunteer when you meet at the very least one of many following standards.

• Contributors to Zcash by way of grants or software program growth, together with those that have:
  • made a significant contribution to one of many Zcash node tasks — zcashd and Zebra;
  • authored or co-authored a ZIP (together with ZIPs 1001–1013); or
  • led growth of a big Zcash software program utility, library, instrument, or comparable.
• Grant recipients who’ve efficiently accomplished greater than 50% of their grant, as measured by the USD worth of grant milestones which were accomplished and paid out.
• Zcash Group Grants Committee members, each previous and current.
• Lively Zcash Group Discussion board members who’ve:

volunteer

For those who meet at the very least one of many standards above, you possibly can volunteer to serve on the ZCAP by finishing this kind. The deadline to be added to vote within the upcoming ballot is Monday, June eighth. Those who submit the shape after the deadline will likely be eligible to be added to the next ballot.

The shape asks for:

• Your e-mail tackle. This would be the official e-mail related together with your ZCAP membership, and is how we are going to attain you to take part in polls.
• Your title. Your first title would be the show title included within the public checklist of ZCAP members. A final title is non-compulsory and, if supplied, will likely be included in your public show title.
• Your affiliation. Inform us the group you’re primarily affiliated with (for instance, ZecHub). For those who wouldn’t have an organizational affiliation, please write “Group member.” There may be additionally an non-compulsory subject for a second affiliation.
• Which eligibility standards apply to you.

Increasing the ZCAP is an ongoing, open effort to make the panel extra impartial and consultant of the Zcash neighborhood. You probably have concepts for a way we will enhance the way in which members are chosen, we invite you to share them on the discussion board.