As Zcash improvement has converged round Zebra and the broader infrastructure Zcash Basis (ZF) maintains, we now have formally assumed stewardship of three core community-facing Zcash belongings:
- The Zcash GitHub group, canonical residence of key repositories together with librustzcash, zips, lightwalletd, and the zcashd codebase
- The z.money web site and area
- The @Zcash deal with on X
Since ZF already maintains Zebra and core protocol infrastructure, bringing these community-facing belongings underneath the identical roof simplifies coordination and ensures clear, long-term accountability. ZODL stewarded these assets nicely and this transition builds on that work.
ZF now manages entry permissions and repository governance for the Zcash GitHub group. This aligns with ZF’s present position as stewards of the Zcash protocol, offering management and supporting its continued upkeep and enchancment.
The framework stays the identical:
- Open Entry. Present GitHub contributors retain their entry. The repositories stay open supply, and pull requests, points, and discussions stay open to everybody.
- Licensing. All repositories keep their present open-source licenses.
- Collaborative Improvement. ZODL, Shielded Labs, ZF, different organizations and impartial contributors proceed their work.
For administration of z.money and @Zcash, ZF is partnering with ZecHub underneath a multi-year grant. ZecHub has been probably the most constant group contributors within the ecosystem — producing academic content material, documentation, and onboarding assets that serve customers throughout each nook of the Zcash world. Entrusting ZecHub with day-to-day administration of those properties means Zcash’s most seen belongings are maintained by people who find themselves deeply embedded in the neighborhood.
The now-deprecated z.money web site will ahead to zechub.wiki – consolidating key group assets right into a single well-maintained reference. Zechub is now actively folding in probably the most related z.money content material to its web site. Moreover, ZecHub has moved shortly to tackle the day by day work of managing @Zcash, reflecting their depth of expertise and functionality.
Each ZF and Zechub are dedicated to revisiting this method commonly and refining it over time to make sure Zcash’s engagement and illustration continues to strengthen and enhance over time.
This construction additionally displays a broader precept: ZF holds administrative accountability, however stewardship of Zcash’s public voice belongs to the group.
Zcash belongs to its customers and ZF is dedicated to protecting these belongings open, maintained, and accessible for the long run. We worth suggestions from the group, and anticipate this enter to form how these belongings are stewarded over time. Please attain out to share your concepts and suggestions with us through [email protected].