The Zcash ecosystem is embarking on a brand new chapter, and with it comes each challenges and alternatives. As we navigate this transition, I need to take a second to specific gratitude, define our rapid priorities, and share my strategy to making sure the Zcash Basis (ZF) operates on the highest stage potential all through this course of.
Thank You, Jack
In the beginning, I need to prolong my honest due to Jack for his 4 years of service to ZF and numerous contributions to the Zcash ecosystem since inception. Management transitions are by no means simple, however Jack’s dedication to ZF and the broader Zcash ecosystem has left an indelible affect that may guarantee ZF’s momentum continues as we transfer ahead.
Appreciation for the ZF Workforce and Ecosystem Companions
Additionally, I’m extremely grateful for the ZF engineers who proceed to push ahead every day, fixing advanced challenges and retaining Zcash on the slicing fringe of privateness know-how. Your experience and dedication are important to the success of Zcash, and I deeply admire your work.
Past ZF, I need to acknowledge the contributions of different key engineering groups and neighborhood organizations within the ecosystem. Zcash’s success depends on collaboration, and the work taking place throughout the broader community of contributors is invaluable. Thanks ECC, Shielded Labs, ZCG, grantees, Zcash communities world wide, and particular person contributors on your efforts in making privacy-preserving monetary instruments a actuality.
My Position and Priorities as Interim Govt Director and COO
As Interim Govt Director and COO, my main focus is making certain that ZF operates easily and successfully throughout this transition interval. With the help of the ZF board, I’m dedicated to offering the sources and construction wanted for the staff to proceed their necessary work with out disruption.
One of the crucial important duties forward is co-leading a strategic planning course of with the ZF board. Earlier than we are able to recruit a brand new Govt Director, we have to clearly outline what abilities and expertise are required to steer ZF into the long run. This course of might be collaborative, considerate, and designed to make sure the absolute best end result for ZF and the Zcash neighborhood.
Moreover, the board seat vacated by Jack will stay open till the brand new Govt Director is in place, making certain that the long run management of ZF is correctly aligned with the group’s long-term imaginative and prescient.
Throughout this interim interval I’ll proceed to supply transactional help to ZCG and ZecHub by way of FPF and I’ll not maintain a management position throughout the group. As of March 1st, the FPF board of administrators is solely liable for all future-focused choice making and strategic planning to make sure there is no such thing as a battle of curiosity throughout my roles.
My Strategy: Coordination, Communication, and Execution
I strongly consider that Zcash doesn’t have the time or sources to waste on inefficiencies or misalignment. My strategy to management throughout this era is guided by three key ideas:
- Coordination – We have to maximize the affect of our efforts throughout the Zcash ecosystem. Which means avoiding duplication of labor, streamlining decision-making, and making certain that each useful resource is used as successfully as potential.
- Enhancing Communication – Each inside ZF and throughout the broader Zcash neighborhood, communication should enhance. ZF might be taking a better have a look at how we share data and coordinate efforts, making needed changes to make sure readability, timeliness, and a cooperative strategy to tackling challenges, each new and longstanding.
- Execution – Should you’ve labored with me over the previous three-plus years, you understand that I take a “get shit finished” strategy to the whole lot I do. This transition interval isn’t any exception. We’ll transfer ahead with focus, making certain that ZF stays a robust, dependable, and efficient group.
Whereas transitions like this inevitably include uncertainty, I’m dedicated to making sure that ZF not solely stays secure however continues to maneuver ahead with readability and objective. We aren’t right here to dwell on the previous—we’re right here to construct the long run.
To everybody within the Zcash neighborhood: I admire your work, your effort, and your dedication to our shared mission. Let’s transfer ahead collectively.
—Alex Bornstein, Interim Govt Director
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