The Zcash ecosystem is embarking on a brand new chapter, and with it comes each challenges and alternatives. As we navigate this transition, I wish to take a second to precise gratitude, define our fast priorities, and share my strategy to making sure the Zcash Basis (ZF) operates on the highest stage potential all through this course of.
Thank You, Jack
At first, I wish to lengthen my honest because of Jack for his 4 years of service to ZF and numerous contributions to the Zcash ecosystem since inception. Management transitions are by no means simple, however Jack’s dedication to ZF and the broader Zcash ecosystem has left an indelible affect that can guarantee ZF’s momentum continues as we transfer ahead.
Appreciation for the ZF Crew and Ecosystem Companions
Additionally, I’m extremely grateful for the ZF engineers who proceed to push ahead every day, fixing advanced challenges and retaining Zcash on the slicing fringe of privateness expertise. Your experience and dedication are vital to the success of Zcash, and I deeply recognize your work.
Past ZF, I wish to acknowledge the contributions of different key engineering groups and neighborhood organizations within the ecosystem. Zcash’s success depends on collaboration, and the work occurring throughout the broader community of contributors is invaluable. Thanks ECC, Shielded Labs, ZCG, grantees, Zcash communities all over the world, and particular person contributors to your efforts in making privacy-preserving monetary instruments a actuality.
My Position and Priorities as Interim Govt Director and COO
As Interim Govt Director and COO, my main focus is making certain that ZF operates easily and successfully throughout this transition interval. With the help of the ZF board, I’m dedicated to offering the sources and construction wanted for the crew to proceed their necessary work with out disruption.
Probably the most vital duties forward is co-leading a strategic planning course of with the ZF board. Earlier than we are able to recruit a brand new Govt Director, we have to clearly outline what abilities and expertise are required to steer ZF into the longer term. This course of will probably be collaborative, considerate, and designed to make sure the absolute best end result for ZF and the Zcash neighborhood.
Moreover, the board seat vacated by Jack will stay open till the brand new Govt Director is in place, making certain that the longer term management of ZF is correctly aligned with the group’s long-term imaginative and prescient.
Throughout this interim interval I’ll proceed to supply transactional help to ZCG and ZecHub through FPF and I’ll not maintain a management function throughout the group. As of March 1st, the FPF board of administrators is solely chargeable for all future-focused choice making and strategic planning to make sure there isn’t any battle of curiosity throughout my roles.
My Method: Coordination, Communication, and Execution
I strongly imagine that Zcash doesn’t have the time or sources to waste on inefficiencies or misalignment. My strategy to management throughout this era is guided by three key rules:
- Coordination – We have to maximize the affect of our efforts throughout the Zcash ecosystem. Meaning avoiding duplication of labor, streamlining decision-making, and making certain that each useful resource is used as successfully as potential.
- Bettering Communication – Each inside ZF and throughout the broader Zcash neighborhood, communication should enhance. ZF will probably be taking a better take a look at how we share data and coordinate efforts, making vital changes to make sure readability, timeliness, and a cooperative strategy to tackling challenges, each new and longstanding.
- Execution – When you’ve labored with me over the previous three-plus years, that I take a “get shit performed” strategy to every thing I do. This transition interval is not any exception. We’ll transfer ahead with focus, making certain that ZF stays a robust, dependable, and efficient group.
Whereas transitions like this inevitably include uncertainty, I’m dedicated to making sure that ZF not solely stays secure however continues to maneuver ahead with readability and function. We’re not right here to dwell on the previous—we’re right here to construct the longer term.
To everybody within the Zcash neighborhood: I recognize your work, your effort, and your dedication to our shared mission. Let’s transfer ahead collectively.
—Alex Bornstein, Interim Govt Director
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