The Zcash Basis is happy to share our roadmap of occasions for the following three years. This tentative plan is designed to help studying, collaboration, and innovation throughout the worldwide Zcash neighborhood.
Whereas the general imaginative and prescient is represented under, specifics might shift over time in response to elements like obtainable assets, neighborhood wants, and partnership alternatives. Our hope is that by sharing this plan early, we are able to spark concepts, foster alignment, and invite suggestions.
Funding
Our deliberate method is to self-fund most of those occasions, relying on the standing of our treasury and runway on the time. For Zcon particularly, we might discover co-funding choices with Zcash Group Grants (ZCG) or the Zcash coinholder neighborhood, relying on the scope, timing, and alignment of it with broader ecosystem targets. Any funding requests can be made transparently and with a powerful justification, making certain alignment with the Zcash Basis’s mission and useful resource stewardship.
2026 Plans
Q1
- Zcomm: A one-day digital gathering for community-led studying and inspiration. Members from all over the world will share concepts and experiences, with potential session subjects together with learn how to arrange a hackathon, host an in-person occasion, develop and handle a web based neighborhood, or construct native momentum.
The aim: assist others flip nice concepts into motion.
Relatively than specializing in particular Zcash-related content material, Zcomm is centered on the “how”- learn how to educate, learn how to arrange, learn how to interact. Consider it as a toolkit for neighborhood builders. For instance, as a substitute of a session on learn how to use a pockets, Zcomm may characteristic a session on learn how to create a tutorial.
- Zcash Dev Summit (Q1 or Q2): A gathering for builders, co-located with one other related occasion the place we anticipate sturdy Zcash dev presence. Precise location TBD.
Late Q3 or Early This autumn
- Zcon7: Our flagship annual convention—location TBD. Zcon7 can be a completely in-person occasion, designed to foster deeper collaboration, connection, and focus amongst attendees. To prioritize engagement and benefit from obtainable assets, we is not going to be livestreaming the classes. As a substitute, we’re partnering with podcasters and content material creators to share highlights, interviews, and takeaways with the broader neighborhood. Whether or not you’re becoming a member of us in individual or following alongside from afar, we’re dedicated to creating Zcon7 impactful and accessible in new methods.
2027 Plans
- Zcash Dev Summit (+ Hackathon – if there’s sturdy demand for one): A targeted gathering for builders to collaborate on Zcash infrastructure, align on technical priorities, and trade insights. If there’s a transparent want to resolve an issue or construct a selected instrument or characteristic, the summit will embody a hands-on hackathon to drive that work ahead.
- Zcon8 (Digital): An internet version of our annual convention, providing talks, panels, and neighborhood discussions targeted on Zcash, privateness, and the neighborhood—accessible to a world viewers from anyplace on the earth.
- Zcon Voices: Regionally organized, regionally related. Zcon Voices is a community-led occasion sequence designed to spark dialog and schooling round Zcash and monetary privateness inside particular cultural and geographic contexts. Occasions can be introduced within the native language and tailor-made to handle native alternatives and challenges.
Group members will submit funding proposals, with ZCAP voting on choices utilizing the identical course of as minor grants.
2028 Plans
- Zcash Dev Summit (+ Hackathon – once more, if there’s sturdy demand for one)
- Zcon Voices and/or Zcomm (relying on suggestions from earlier years and wish)
- Zcon9 (Digital)
We’re sharing this roadmap early to assist neighborhood members plan forward and discover how they may become involved. Keep tuned for extra particulars—and when you have concepts or questions, we’d love to listen to them!
