Zcash Dev Fund Proposals (ZecHub)

public election created by Jason McGee [archived]

Starting at Zcash's second halving in November 2024, the first Development Fund (Dev Fund) will expire and 100% of block rewards will be allocated to miners. The purpose of this poll is to determine if there is enough community consensus to create a new Dev Fund in November, and if so, which proposal is preferred. There are nine questions in total. The first three ask you to rate your support for whether or not there should be a new Dev Fund and, if so, should a Dev Fund be paid out through a direct or non-direct funding. The final six questions, cover individual Dev Fund proposals and include links to the relevant ZIPs, which we strongly encourage you to review in detail. Without clear consensus for a particular proposal, the Dev Fund will expire in November as planned. The outcome of the poll will be determined using the MCA-M (Modified Bucklin) voting method with a 5-point scale (Strongly Approve, Approve, Neutral, Disapprove, Strongly Disapprove), which works as follows: Respondents rate each proposal on the 5-point scale. First, only the "Strongly Approve" ratings are counted. If one or more proposals is rated “Strongly Approve” by more than 50% of respondents, the proposal with the highest number is the preferred proposal. If not, the number of "Approve" ratings is added to the "Strongly Approve" counts. If a proposal now is approved of by more than 50% of respondents, it is regarded as the preferred proposal. If there is still no clear consensus, "Neutral" ratings are added, then "Disapprove" if necessary, and finally "Strongly Disapprove." The proposal with the highest combined total in each step is regarded as the preferred proposal if it reaches more than 50%. In the event where two or more polls garner majority support, but there is no clear community consensus, there will be a runoff poll. Follow this link for a summary of the proposals: https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/important-deadline-for-zips-likely-dev-fund-related-that-want-to-be-activated-next-halvening/48004/17