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<H1>[ZcF-general] Zcash Foundation Update — June, 2018</H1>
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<B>Sonya Mann</B>
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TITLE="[ZcF-general] Zcash Foundation Update — June, 2018">sonya at z.cash.foundation
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<I>Mon Jul 2 21:50:07 EDT 2018</I>
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<PRE>Hello everyone! June was a hectic month for the Foundation. In the best
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possible way — but I think we're all looking forward to a calmer July.
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Anyway, here's everything we did in June:
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ASICs
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As background, hopefully you've read the official statement on ASIC
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resistance that we published in May:
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<A HREF="https://z.cash.foundation//blog/statement-on-asics/">https://z.cash.foundation//blog/statement-on-asics/</A>
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Making good on our promises, in June the Foundation co-released a study
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conducted by University of Luxembourg researchers Alex Biryukov and Daniel
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Feher, which examined the presence of Equihash ASIC miners:
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<A HREF="https://z.cash.foundation//blog/asic-equihash-study/">https://z.cash.foundation//blog/asic-equihash-study/</A>
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Not long after that, the Foundation issued an open request to miner
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manufacturers, outlining the transparency we'd like to see from them:
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<A HREF="https://z.cash.foundation//blog/hardware-transparency/">https://z.cash.foundation//blog/hardware-transparency/</A>
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We plan to circle back on the results of that request sometime in the
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coming months. Exact date TBD.
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Grants
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The Grant Review Committee invited 23 candidates to submit full proposals:
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<A HREF="https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/GrantProposals-2018Q2/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3Ainvited-full">https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/GrantProposals-2018Q2/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3Ainvited-full</A>
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All but two have done so. Stay tuned for further decisions from the
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Committee!
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Updates from the previous round of grantees will be shared in July. The
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format is TBD; this may be a Foundation blog post or it may be part of Eran
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Tromer's program report. Perhaps both. Either way, we'll let you know on
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Twitter and in the next edition of this email.
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Governance
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Our experimental community governance process went forward in June, thanks
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to heroic effort from Executive Director Josh Cincinnati. Here's how the
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process worked, and the spirit in which we conducted it:
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<A HREF="https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/Elections">https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/Elections</A>
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The list of people who voted:
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<A HREF="https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/Elections/blob/master/2018-Q2/governance_panel.md">https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/Elections/blob/master/2018-Q2/governance_panel.md</A>
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And what they were voting on:
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<A HREF="https://z.cash.foundation//blog/governance-voting/">https://z.cash.foundation//blog/governance-voting/</A>
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Many participants told us that the governance process was confusing. (The
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fact that I had to list three separate links above is indicative of our UX
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problems.) A handful of would-be participants said that it was not
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announced widely enough.
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On the bright side, one person noted that they were impressed by how many
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people voted despite these issues! The 88.88% turnout is mostly thanks to
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Josh "getting out the vote," so to speak, by repeatedly emailing Panel
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members.
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On the even brighter side, we've already conducted detailed postmortems,
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both with the Zcash Foundation Board and a larger group. We have a good
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idea of what ought to be changed next time (although more feedback is still
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welcome). Expect much greater clarity and streamlining during our next
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round of governance!
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The actual results were announced at Zcon0. You can review the full details
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here:
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<A HREF="https://vote.heliosvoting.org/helios/elections/cdc15aa6-6f75-11e8-b5e0-0e48ec97cebb/view">https://vote.heliosvoting.org/helios/elections/cdc15aa6-6f75-11e8-b5e0-0e48ec97cebb/view</A>
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Foundation Chairman Andrew Miller got on stage to walk Zcon0 attendees
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through the proposals and results: <A HREF="https://youtu.be/m8gv8rvcV08">https://youtu.be/m8gv8rvcV08</A>
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In a concurrent meeting, Naval Ravikant and Yan Zhu stepped down from the
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Board, while new members Ian Miers and Amber Baldet were unanimously
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approved to join. We are thrilled to have them on board (pun intended), and
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we are grateful to Naval and Yan for their service.
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As for the other ballot proposals, the Foundation plans to release a
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detailed statement outlining our response(s) to the Panel's decisions on
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Tuesday the 3rd (tomorrow). You'll find it on our blog:
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<A HREF="https://z.cash.foundation//blog/hardware-transparency/">https://z.cash.foundation//blog/hardware-transparency/</A>
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Our direction will be influenced by the Board discussion that took place on
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June 28th:
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<A HREF="https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/ZcashFoundation/blob/master/board-documents/minutes/2018-06-28.md">https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/ZcashFoundation/blob/master/board-documents/minutes/2018-06-28.md</A>
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Zcon0
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The conference was a triumph (and it's not bragging for me to say that,
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because personally I did close-to-zero planning). The whole Zcash community
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has taken the #BUIDL meme to heart, and we could not be more appreciative.
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If you attended, hopefully you heard Operations Director Antonie Hodge
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congratulated several times, but she deserves at least one more shoutout.
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Thank you also to Paige Peterson from the Zcash Company, and of course our
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Executive Director Josh Cincinnati, for doing substantial work alongside
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Antonie. And on top of that, much love to the many speakers and workshop
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leaders who shared their expertise and wisdom!
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Check out a few of the highlights on Twitter:
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<A HREF="https://twitter.com/search?q=zcon0&src=typd">https://twitter.com/search?q=zcon0&src=typd</A>
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All of the talks were livestreamed, and can be watched on our YouTube page:
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<A HREF="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL40dyJ0UYTLK507afWUMgzUYeh-i4qQWS">https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL40dyJ0UYTLK507afWUMgzUYeh-i4qQWS</A>
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HD versions are coming soon. Ryan Taylor from the Zcash Company took
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ownership of handling the live video and he did a fantastic job!
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Workshop notes are available on GitHub:
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<A HREF="https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zcon0-workshop-notes">https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zcon0-workshop-notes</A>
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Final Tidbits
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The Freedom of the Press Foundation now accepts donations in $ZEC, and
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plans to support shielded transactions soon!
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<A HREF="https://z.cash.foundation//blog/freedom-of-the-press/">https://z.cash.foundation//blog/freedom-of-the-press/</A>
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Check out the Zcash Community merch store: <A HREF="https://shop.zcashcommunity.com/">https://shop.zcashcommunity.com/</A>
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That's all. Thanks for getting to the end of this extensive email. As
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usual, please ping me if you have any questions or comments!
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Sonya Mann
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Communications Manager
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Zcash Foundation
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@sonyaellenmann <<A HREF="https://twitter.com/sonyaellenmann">https://twitter.com/sonyaellenmann</A>>
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