Whereas the outdated DFM ensured ongoing growth throughout the Zcash ecosystem, it additionally launched poor incentives, making it troublesome to carry Dev Fund recipients accountable to the neighborhood that was funding them. In July of 2024 the neighborhood voted to maneuver to grants-based funding, a non-direct funding mannequin (NDFM) that requires Dev Fund recipients, no matter their measurement and standing, to submit concrete proposals, compete for funding, report on their progress, and ship on their guarantees with a purpose to proceed to obtain neighborhood assist. The transition to NDFM started with the addition of the Lockbox underneath NU6, from which all funds will ultimately be launched by way of neighborhood consensus. The following step is to resolve on and construct out the fund disbursement mechanism for the Lockbox.
Hybrid Deferred Dev Fund
The neighborhood additionally voted to increase direct funding for ZCG by one 12 months. Beneath the short-term Hybrid Deferred funding mannequin 12% of the block subsidy will go to the Lockbox and eight% shall be distributed to the Monetary Privateness Basis (FPF), for the categorical use by ZCG for neighborhood grants. This interim answer ensures that impartial groups throughout the Zcash ecosystem proceed to obtain needed funding whereas the Lockbox’s disbursement mechanism is finalized.
