Zcash Draft Proposal Would Move 50,000 ZEC Into Sustainability Mechanism

A draft Zcash Improvement Proposal (ZIP) outlining a 50,000 ZEC transfer into the Network Sustainability Mechanism was merged into the project’s specifications repository Nov. 11. The proposal also sets out a separate change to funding for future development and legal defense.

Sean Bowe, Zooko Wilcox and Jason McGee authored the draft. It would move 50,000 ZEC out of circulation and credit the funds to the Network Sustainability Mechanism.

If activated, the proposal would end Zcash Community Grants’ 8% funding stream and direct the same share to a new lockbox. The lockbox is intended to hold funds for future Zcash development and legal defense.

The draft does not define how money in the lockbox would be disbursed. Its merge into the specifications repository did not mean the proposal had been approved or activated.