zips/README.rst

zips
====

.. Title: Specifications and Zcash Improvement Proposals

Specifications and Zcash Improvement Proposals for the `Zcash
cryptocurrency <https://z.cash/>`__.


Contributing
------------

Participation in the Zcash project is subject to a `Code of
Conduct <https://github.com/zcash/zcash/blob/master/code_of_conduct.md>`__.

The Zcash protocol is documented in its `Protocol Specification <protocol/protocol.pdf>`__.

To start contributing, first read `ZIP 0 <zip-0000.rst>`__ which documents the ZIP process.
Then clone `this repo <https://github.com/zcash/zips>`__ from GitHub, and start adding
your draft ZIP with a filename matching ``draft-*.rst``. Use ``make`` to check that you
are using correct `reStructuredText <https://docutils.sourceforge.io/rst.html>`__ syntax,
and double-check the generated ``draft-*.html`` file before filing a Pull Request.


NU3 ZIPs
--------

This is the list of ZIPs planned to be included in the NU3
upgrade (around Q2 2020).

- `ZIP 213: Shielded Coinbase <zip-0213.rst>`__
- `ZIP 221: FlyClient - Consensus-Layer Changes <zip-0221.rst>`__


License
-------

Unless otherwise stated in this repository’s individual files, the
contents of this repository are released under the terms of the MIT
license. See `COPYING <COPYING>`__ for more information or see
https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT .

Index of ZIPs
-------------

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  <embed><table>
    <tr> <th>ZIP</th> <th>Title</th> <th>Status</th> </tr>
    <tr> <td>0</td> <td class="left"><a href="zip-0000.rst">ZIP Process</a></td> <td>Active</td>
    <tr> <td>32</td> <td class="left"><a href="zip-0032.rst">Shielded Hierarchical Deterministic Wallets</a></td> <td>Final</td>
    <tr> <td>143</td> <td class="left"><a href="zip-0143.rst">Transaction Signature Verification for Overwinter</a></td> <td>Final</td>
    <tr> <td>173</td> <td class="left"><a href="zip-0173.rst">Bech32 Format</a></td> <td>Final</td>
    <tr> <td>200</td> <td class="left"><a href="zip-0200.rst">Network Upgrade Mechanism</a></td> <td>Final</td>
    <tr> <td>201</td> <td class="left"><a href="zip-0201.rst">Network Peer Management for Overwinter</a></td> <td>Final</td>
    <tr> <td>202</td> <td class="left"><a href="zip-0202.rst">Version 3 Transaction Format for Overwinter</a></td> <td>Final</td>
    <tr> <td>203</td> <td class="left"><a href="zip-0203.rst">Transaction Expiry</a></td> <td>Final</td>
    <tr> <td>205</td> <td class="left"><a href="zip-0205.rst">Deployment of the Sapling Network Upgrade</a></td> <td>Final</td>
    <tr> <td>206</td> <td class="left"><a href="zip-0206.rst">Deployment of the Blossom Network Upgrade</a></td> <td>Final</td>
    <tr> <td><strike>207</strike></td> <td class="left"><strike><a href="zip-0207.rst">Split Founders' Reward</a></strike></td> <td>Withdrawn</td>
    <tr> <td>208</td> <td class="left"><a href="zip-0208.rst">Shorter Block Target Spacing</a></td> <td>Final</td>
    <tr> <td>209</td> <td class="left"><a href="zip-0209.rst">Prohibit Negative Shielded Value Pool</a></td> <td>Final</td>
    <tr> <td>210</td> <td class="left"><a href="zip-0210.rst">Sapling Anchor Deduplication within Transactions</a></td> <td>Draft</td>
    <tr> <td>213</td> <td class="left"><a href="zip-0213.rst">Shielded Coinbase</a></td> <td>Implemented (zcashd)</td>
    <tr> <td>221</td> <td class="left"><a href="zip-0221.rst">FlyClient - Consensus-Layer Changes</a></td> <td>Proposed</td>
    <tr> <td>243</td> <td class="left"><a href="zip-0243.rst">Transaction Signature Verification for Sapling</a></td> <td>Final</td>
    <tr> <td>250</td> <td class="left"><a href="zip-0250.rst">Deployment of the Heartwood Network Upgrade</a></td> <td>Draft</td>
    <tr> <td>308</td> <td class="left"><a href="zip-0308.rst">Sprout to Sapling Migration</a></td> <td>Final</td>
    <tr> <td>401</td> <td class="left"><a href="zip-0401.rst">Addressing mempool denial-of-service</a></td> <td>Final</td>
    <tr> <td><strike>1001</strike></td> <td class="left"><strike><a href="zip-1001.rst">Keep the Block Distribution as Initially Defined — 90% to Miners</a></strike></td> <td>Obsolete</td>
    <tr> <td><strike>1002</strike></td> <td class="left"><strike><a href="zip-1002.rst">Opt-in Donation Feature</a></strike></td> <td>Obsolete</td>
    <tr> <td><strike>1003</strike></td> <td class="left"><strike><a href="zip-1003.rst">20% Split Evenly Between the ECC and the Zcash Foundation, and a Voting System Mandate</a></strike></td> <td>Obsolete</td>
    <tr> <td><strike>1004</strike></td> <td class="left"><strike><a href="zip-1004.rst">Miner-Directed Dev Fund</a></strike></td> <td>Obsolete</td>
    <tr> <td><strike>1005</strike></td> <td class="left"><strike><a href="zip-1005.rst">Zcash Community Funding System</a></strike></td> <td>Obsolete</td>
    <tr> <td><strike>1006</strike></td> <td class="left"><strike><a href="zip-1006.rst">Development Fund of 10% to a 2-of-3 Multisig with Community-Involved Third Entity</a></strike></td> <td>Obsolete</td>
    <tr> <td><strike>1007</strike></td> <td class="left"><strike><a href="zip-1007.rst">Enforce Development Fund Commitments with a Legal Charter</a></strike></td> <td>Obsolete</td>
    <tr> <td><strike>1008</strike></td> <td class="left"><strike><a href="zip-1008.rst">Fund ECC for Two More Years</a></strike></td> <td>Obsolete</td>
    <tr> <td><strike>1009</strike></td> <td class="left"><strike><a href="zip-1009.rst">Five-Entity Strategic Council</a></strike></td> <td>Obsolete</td>
    <tr> <td><strike>1010</strike></td> <td class="left"><strike><a href="zip-1010.rst">Compromise Dev Fund Proposal With Diverse Funding Streams</a></strike></td> <td>Obsolete</td>
    <tr> <td><strike>1011</strike></td> <td class="left"><strike><a href="zip-1011.rst">Decentralize the Dev Fee</a></strike></td> <td>Obsolete</td>
    <tr> <td><strike>1012</strike></td> <td class="left"><strike><a href="zip-1012.rst">Dev Fund to ECC + ZF + Major Grants</a></strike></td> <td>Obsolete</td>
    <tr> <td><strike>1013</strike></td> <td class="left"><strike><a href="zip-1013.rst">Keep It Simple, Zcashers: 10% to ECC, 10% to ZF</a></strike></td> <td>Obsolete</td>
    <tr> <td>1014</td> <td class="left"><a href="zip-1014.rst">Establishing a Dev Fund for ECC, ZF, and Major Grants</a></td> <td>Proposed</td>
    <tr> <td>guide</td> <td class="left"><a href="zip-guide.rst">{Something Short and To the Point}</a></td> <td>Draft</td>
  </table></embed>