![]() IMHO the answer to the above question will provide a big hint about whether the ECC is a net positive or net negative to the size of the sustainable developer community over the long term. Volunteers can however easily be dissuaded when they see those in control (with trademarks or otherwise) that are earning lots of money already, discussing future funding for themselves 1+ year in advance.Īsk yourself: If the ECC would willingly hand over full control of the Zcash trademark to the Zcash foundation, if the community wished to defund the ECC and fund a Community Crowdfunding System starting in 2020? These volunteers are less likely to quit when market prices decline, because money is not their primary motivation. People that volunteer their time like to work on innovative projects that improve the world. People that work primarily for money are more likely to maintain that motivation. How much corporate control would you like to see in the development of a global decentralized cryptocurrency network? The direction we move from here as a community is important. Zcash is currently in the middle of these options (FOSS principles but with some level corporate control and financial incentives). Its the same reason I would gladly pay a premium for Librem 5 or PinePhone hardware and help in any way I can to grow those ecosystems. Would you rather spend time volunteering to improve Android, Windows, iOS or Linux software? For me that answer is easy. Whenever I have a developer friend ask for for an interesting FOSS project to work on, I will recommend a FOSS project with as little as possible corporate influence and as high as a % of volunteer development as possible. functionally, isn't the result the exact same as having an ICO and having it Press J to jump to the feed. That will require the Zcash community to stand up to the ECC more so than what we have seen so far.īut to make this happen will require that the reward expire without renewal, is that what you are pushing for? For the first 4 years, ZCash's founders get 20 of the block rewards. If Zcash ever hopes to have as many volunteer devs as Bitcoin or Monero the culture will need to change. However a far larger developer community might be interested in working for free if the above 2 issues are resolved. I don't doubt that some current ECC employees will continue to work on a volunteer basis (perhaps as volunteers in the case on thos not already rich) after the founders reward expires. Ive personally met multiple developers with code contributions to Bitcoin, Monero (among other FOSS work of technical merit) that seem technically interested in Zcash development but so far have chosen not to contribute for philosophical reasons.ĮCC greed and centralized control has so far had a severe negative impact on the size of the Zcash volunteer development community. ECC hands over (at least partial, but preferably fulll) control of the Zcash Trademark to the Zcash Foundation, development will SPEED up. The founders reward expires in 2020 AND 2. Perhaps I am a contrarian with my view but assuming 1.
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