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.. Title: Specifications and Zcash Improvement Proposals


What are ZIPs?
--------------

Zcash Improvement Proposals (ZIPs) are the way to:

* propose new features for the the `Zcash cryptocurrency <https://z.cash/>`__ and their rationale,
* specify the implementation details of the feature,
* collect community input on the proposal, and
* document design decisions.


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

The authors of a ZIP are responsible for building consensus within the community
and documenting / addressing dissenting opinions.

Anyone can write a ZIP! We encourage community contributions and decentralization
of work on the Zcash protocol. If youd like to bounce ideas off people before formally
writing a ZIP, we encourage it! Visit the `ZcashCommunity Discord chat <https://discord.gg/kdjfvps>`__
to talk about your idea.

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, formatted either as reStructuredText or as Markdown.

For example, if using reStructuredText, use a filename matching ``draft-*.rst``.
Use ``make`` to check that you are using correct
`reStructuredText <https://docutils.sourceforge.io/rst.html>`__ or
`Markdown <https://pandoc.org/MANUAL.html#pandocs-markdown>`__ syntax,
and double-check the generated ``draft-*.html`` file before filing a Pull Request.


Canopy ZIPs
-----------

This is the list of ZIPs included in Canopy (Network Upgrade 4), due to activate on
mainnet in mid-November 2020:

- `ZIP 207: Funding Streams <zip-0207.rst>`__
- `ZIP 211: Disabling Addition of New Value to the Sprout Value Pool <zip-0211.rst>`__
- `ZIP 212: Allow Recipient to Derive Sapling Ephemeral Secret from Note Plaintext <zip-0212.rst>`__
- `ZIP 214: Consensus rules for a Zcash Development Fund <zip-0214.rst>`__
- `ZIP 215: Explicitly Defining and Modifying Ed25519 Validation Rules <zip-0215.rst>`__
- `ZIP 251: Deployment of the Canopy Network Upgrade <zip-0251.rst>`__


License
-------

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