Coinholder Vote Results
Final ZEC-weighted results for every Zcash coinholder vote, question by question, with live share counts while a vote is open.
Final tally Coinholder Retroactive Grants Q3
- Closed
- Snapshot
- Block 3,485,940
- Questions
- 37
- Discussion
- Forum thread
- ZEC voted
- 2,181,453
Accept 3.6% 79,508 ZEC Reject 63.8% 1,391,628 ZEC Reject - Would Reconsider Lower Amount 0.0% 33 ZEC Abstain 32.6% 710,283 ZECZcash Grants Hub — $3,050 USD
Reject 63.8% 1,391,628 ZEC All 4 answersBuilt and shipped an open-source unified grants platform aggregating ZCG, Coinholder Grants, and ZecHub DAO proposals into a single interface, with filtering/sorting, grant detail pages, analytics views, GitHub-based submission UX improvements, and ZecHub DAO participation guidance — completed April 2026.
Accept 24.1% 524,770 ZEC Reject 75.7% 1,650,918 ZEC Reject - Would Reconsider Lower Amount 0.0% 440 ZEC Abstain 0.2% 5,325 ZECShieldedScan — $4,060 USD
Reject 75.7% 1,650,918 ZEC All 4 answersA free, no-tracker, cypherpunk-styled Zcash block explorer for blocks, transactions, cross-chain transfers, shielded pools, and network analytics (charts, tables, Sankey diagrams), plus a free keyless API.
Accept 18.2% 396,820 ZEC Reject 76.6% 1,671,152 ZEC Reject - Would Reconsider Lower Amount 0.0% 0 ZEC Abstain 5.2% 113,478 ZECZecKit Post-M3 Stabilization and Developer Adoption — $5,000 USD
Reject 76.6% 1,671,152 ZEC All 4 answersOpen-source Zcash developer toolkit for a local Zebra regtest environment and reusable CI workflow. This retroactive request covers post-M3 work improving documentation, installability, reliability, and maintainability.
Accept 71.9% 1,566,864 ZEC Reject 0.1% 1,846 ZEC Reject - Would Reconsider Lower Amount 0.0% 290 ZEC Abstain 28.0% 610,683 ZECzcashtocash via ZcashLabs — $6,000 USD
Accept 71.9% 1,566,864 ZEC All 4 answerszcashto.cash lets anyone exchange ZEC for fiat via 100+ geographies and 6 fiat apps (Cash App, Chime, Monzo, Revolut, Venmo, Zelle), non-custodial via the Peer protocol. Funded by the new ZcashLabs program managing Coinholder Retroactive Grants.
Accept 18.8% 408,984 ZEC Reject 75.7% 1,649,423 ZEC Reject - Would Reconsider Lower Amount 0.5% 11,430 ZEC Abstain 5.0% 109,338 ZECzec-ironwood-reconcile — $8,250 USD
Reject 75.7% 1,649,423 ZEC All 4 answersCompleted open-source Rust CLI that reconstructs Orchard and Ironwood value-pool changes from raw public Zcash block data and compares calculated balances with Zebra's reported balances. v1.0.0 release includes offline-verifiable evidence archives, deterministic reports, and reproduction instructions.
Accept 2.9% 63,860 ZEC Reject 92.0% 2,005,000 ZEC Reject - Would Reconsider Lower Amount 0.1% 1,188 ZEC Abstain 5.0% 109,139 ZECGleyo — $9,081.20 USD
Reject 92.0% 2,005,000 ZEC All 4 answersA Zcash-native community quest platform where members earn shielded ZEC rewards without upfront wallet setup — live in closed beta with 38 weekly active users, 33 mainnet transactions spanning the Ironwood upgrade, and upstream contributions to Nozy Wallet.
Accept 4.9% 106,078 ZEC Reject 89.6% 1,952,788 ZEC Reject - Would Reconsider Lower Amount 0.6% 12,897 ZEC Abstain 4.9% 107,461 ZECSelf-Sovereign Zcash Testnet Faucet — $9,280 USD
Reject 89.6% 1,952,788 ZEC All 4 answersA complete, self-hosted, self-sovereign Zcash testnet faucet (own Zebra node, Zallet wallet, Zaino indexer, solo miner) with shielded z-to-z payouts, an honest control plane, two upstream Crosslink bug-fix PRs, and the zsnap snapshot tool.
Accept 2.8% 60,769 ZEC Reject 92.3% 2,012,175 ZEC Reject - Would Reconsider Lower Amount 0.1% 1,834 ZEC Abstain 4.8% 104,432 ZECCyphZec.com — $10,000 USD
Reject 92.3% 2,012,175 ZEC All 4 answersA free, no-account site for watching ZEC and CYPH: live prices, shielding and Ironwood stats, treasury, network stats, and an on-device portfolio.
Accept 18.6% 404,349 ZEC Reject 76.3% 1,663,780 ZEC Reject - Would Reconsider Lower Amount 0.0% 846 ZEC Abstain 5.1% 110,234 ZECZecLedger — $10,000 USD
Reject 76.3% 1,663,780 ZEC All 4 answersA read-only shielded wallet accounting CLI (Unified Full Viewing Key, key never leaves device) producing cost-basis/gain-loss reports, payment reconciliation, privacy checks, and ZIP-321 payment request generation — verified against a real 108-transaction mainnet wallet — plus ZecLedger Web, a public network dashboard.
Accept 4.8% 104,753 ZEC Reject 81.6% 1,777,440 ZEC Reject - Would Reconsider Lower Amount 0.7% 15,713 ZEC Abstain 12.9% 281,304 ZEClightwalletd-rs — $10,720 USD
Reject 81.6% 1,777,440 ZEC All 4 answersAn independent Rust implementation of the Zcash light-client server (caching proxy between zebrad and shielded wallets), built June–August 2026, implementing all 20 CompactTxStreamer gRPC methods, public under MIT, CI-tested, and benchmarked against the Go reference implementation.
Accept 4.1% 88,977 ZEC Reject 82.9% 1,806,783 ZEC Reject - Would Reconsider Lower Amount 8.1% 176,933 ZEC Abstain 4.9% 106,545 ZECBlindvault — $17,000 USD
Reject 82.9% 1,806,783 ZEC All 4 answersA privacy-preserving credential issuance service allowing applications to issue and verify one-time anonymous credentials without tracking users, using BLS12-381 blind signatures and DLEQ proofs. Serves as middleware for private airdrops, access controls, community votes, and similar apps.
Accept 4.0% 86,931 ZEC Reject 82.9% 1,807,452 ZEC Reject - Would Reconsider Lower Amount 0.2% 3,497 ZEC Abstain 12.9% 281,366 ZECZallet RPC Parity Harness — $20,000 USD
Reject 82.9% 1,807,452 ZEC All 4 answersA completed standalone Rust CLI that compares results from operator-supplied zcashd and Zallet JSON-RPC endpoints and generates normalized JSON/Markdown reports. Includes a 24-entry comparison manifest, six result classifications, automated tests, mock-node E2E validation, CI, and an operator runbook.
Accept 8.2% 178,399 ZEC Reject 63.5% 1,383,932 ZEC Reject - Would Reconsider Lower Amount 0.5% 11,255 ZEC Abstain 27.8% 605,677 ZECZecmap — $21,300 USD
Reject 63.5% 1,383,932 ZEC All 4 answersA discovery platform (zecmap.com, Android, iOS) that lists Zcash-accepting businesses on an interactive map to drive real-world adoption of privacy-focused crypto payments.
Accept 34.7% 757,044 ZEC Reject 8.6% 187,237 ZEC Reject - Would Reconsider Lower Amount 9.0% 196,044 ZEC Abstain 47.7% 1,038,923 ZECConnaugh Zcash Videos — $22,000 USD
Accept 34.7% 757,044 ZEC All 4 answersEditing and re-architecting Zcash ecosystem video footage into short, single-argument films for audiences unlikely to watch long-form content — five films published 28 July–12 August 2026, reaching 45,811 impressions and 9,931 views.
Accept 4.0% 87,144 ZEC Reject 82.3% 1,792,546 ZEC Reject - Would Reconsider Lower Amount 0.6% 13,823 ZEC Abstain 13.1% 285,716 ZECZAP1 — $28,000 USD
Reject 82.3% 1,792,546 ZEC All 4 answersA Zcash application-layer attestation protocol built March–May 2026 using BLAKE2b Merkle commitments anchored to mainnet via Orchard shielded memos, with a Rust reference implementation, verification crate, JS/NPM package, and live public API.
Accept 4.6% 101,026 ZEC Reject 81.7% 1,779,666 ZEC Reject - Would Reconsider Lower Amount 8.7% 190,132 ZEC Abstain 5.0% 108,416 ZECZecBooks — $32,000 USD
Reject 81.7% 1,779,666 ZEC All 4 answersA Mac-native, local-first bookkeeping layer for shielded Zcash: import a viewing key, classify income/change/expense, and export a scoped, expiring proof pack for an accountant. Cannot spend ZEC; not a merchant checkout product.
Accept 91.2% 1,988,112 ZEC Reject 3.8% 83,142 ZEC Reject - Would Reconsider Lower Amount 0.1% 1,753 ZEC Abstain 4.9% 106,221 ZECCipherPay — $35,000 USD
Accept 91.2% 1,988,112 ZEC All 4 answersA non-custodial Zcash commerce platform built February–May 2026, shipping six MIT-licensed repositories covering payment processing, subscriptions, e-commerce plugins (Shopify, WooCommerce), event ticketing, AI agent payments (x402, MCP), and a point-of-sale interface — live with real merchants.
Accept 4.3% 92,629 ZEC Reject 82.1% 1,788,096 ZEC Reject - Would Reconsider Lower Amount 0.6% 12,739 ZEC Abstain 13.1% 285,740 ZECZafu Browser Extension — $38,000 USD
Reject 82.1% 1,788,096 ZEC All 4 answersA privacy-centric Chrome MV3 browser wallet built around Zcash (with Penumbra as a second chain), delivering sub-12-second client-side Halo2 proving via parallelized WASM, FROST t-of-n Orchard multisig, an air-gapped signer (Zigner), and a per-site identity SDK (ZID) — published as an open-source beta on the Chrome Web Store.
Accept 4.2% 92,218 ZEC Reject 90.7% 1,976,692 ZEC Reject - Would Reconsider Lower Amount 0.1% 2,824 ZEC Abstain 4.9% 107,506 ZECZapp — $40,000 USD
Reject 90.7% 1,976,692 ZEC All 4 answersA serverless, end-to-end encrypted P2P messenger fusing chat with shielded Zcash payments, enabling in-thread transactions and scan-and-pay. Live on Google Play, supporting fiat offramps across seven emerging-market rails without a phone number or central server.
Accept 5.7% 123,820 ZEC Reject 81.1% 1,767,284 ZEC Reject - Would Reconsider Lower Amount 8.2% 179,655 ZEC Abstain 5.0% 108,481 ZECOpen-Source Zcash Hardware-Wallet SDK — $40,000 USD
Reject 81.1% 1,767,284 ZEC All 4 answersThe first portable, vendor-neutral, plain-C Orchard hardware wallet stack (~20,300 LOC across four MIT-licensed repos): a C11 crypto library, a Rust signing SDK, a Flipper Zero app, and an ESP32-S2 port — culminating in the first Orchard-shielded spend signed offline by a Flipper Zero, broadcast on mainnet 2026-03-30.
Accept 23.9% 521,244 ZEC Reject 75.6% 1,648,339 ZEC Reject - Would Reconsider Lower Amount 0.2% 3,818 ZEC Abstain 0.3% 5,802 ZECNozy Wallet — $60,000 USD
Reject 75.6% 1,648,339 ZEC All 4 answersA self-hosted, shielded-first Zcash wallet running on the user's own Zebrad/Zakura + lightwalletd, with local witnesses rather than a hosted light wallet — CLI, Desktop, and companion API on the same core.
Accept 67.3% 1,467,037 ZEC Reject 0.4% 8,473 ZEC Reject - Would Reconsider Lower Amount 0.0% 640 ZEC Abstain 32.3% 703,091 ZECTHORSwap/Metro — $60,000 USD
Accept 67.3% 1,467,037 ZEC All 4 answersIntegration of native ZEC cross-chain swaps into THORSwap and Metro wallet (launched October 2025), reporting $50M+ in ZEC volume, a $520K largest single swap, 24+ supported chains, and dual routing via Maya Protocol and NEAR Intents — no KYC, no custody, hardware wallet support.
Accept 65.9% 1,436,595 ZEC Reject 6.4% 139,621 ZEC Reject - Would Reconsider Lower Amount 0.1% 1,384 ZEC Abstain 27.6% 601,604 ZECExpanding Zcash In Unstoppable Wallet — $80,000 USD
Accept 65.9% 1,436,595 ZEC All 4 answersQ1–Q3 2026 work covering expanded swap aggregation, Zcash wallet reliability improvements (server selection, transaction resend, address rotation, SDK migration), and full NU6.3/Ironwood migration support.
Accept 2.0% 44,642 ZEC Reject 65.1% 1,419,201 ZEC Reject - Would Reconsider Lower Amount 0.3% 7,310 ZEC Abstain 32.5% 707,876 ZECZcashNames — $122,400 USD
Reject 65.1% 1,419,201 ZEC All 4 answersAn on-chain Zcash naming system (ZNS) mapping human-readable names like alice.zcash to shielded addresses, delivered as a live beta web app, public explorer, docs portal, and developer SDK — framed as the trust-minimized successor to ZcashMe.
Accept 7.9% 171,960 ZEC Reject 86.5% 1,884,711 ZEC Reject - Would Reconsider Lower Amount 0.6% 13,473 ZEC Abstain 5.0% 109,034 ZECFrontier Compute Zcash Security Research and Remediation Pack — $136,250 USD
Reject 86.5% 1,884,711 ZEC All 4 answersA completed security-research and remediation pack covering concrete security failures found in Zcash infrastructure and wallet code, responsibly disclosed and verified through to shipped remediation.
Accept 63.9% 1,392,929 ZEC Reject 0.2% 4,122 ZEC Reject - Would Reconsider Lower Amount 28.6% 622,261 ZEC Abstain 7.3% 159,927 ZECZebra Critical Vulnerability Bug Bounty (CVE-2026-34202) — $150,000 USD
Accept 63.9% 1,392,929 ZEC All 4 answersBug bounty request for CVE-2026-34202, a Critical (CVSS 9.2) vulnerability allowing any unauthenticated peer to crash any Zebra node with a single P2P message, found via coverage-guided fuzzing, reported privately, and fixed in Zebra 4.3.0. No bounty was previously paid; ZCG's bounty program launched after this report and does not apply retroactively.
Accept 99.6% 2,170,803 ZEC Reject 0.2% 3,737 ZEC Reject - Would Reconsider Lower Amount 0.1% 1,358 ZEC Abstain 0.2% 3,306 ZECBonus Grant for Ironwood zk-SNARK Formal Verification — $261,058 USD
Accept 99.6% 2,170,803 ZEC All 4 answersA bonus grant nomination (not a standard application) arguing Tachyon Foundation's $738,942 application for leading Ironwood zk-SNARK formal verification underprices real absorbed costs and emergency-rate work; this adds $261,058 to bring total recognition to $1,000,000.
Accept 99.5% 2,169,041 ZEC Reject 0.0% 19 ZEC Reject - Would Reconsider Lower Amount 0.3% 5,961 ZEC Abstain 0.2% 4,124 ZECCipherScan — $375,000 USD
Accept 99.5% 2,169,041 ZEC All 4 answersA production Zcash block explorer and privacy-intelligence platform (cipherscan.app) covering completed, previously unfunded work: a custom Rust chain indexer, privacy-linkage analysis, wallet-fingerprint research, mining intelligence, an automated public data bot, and analytics tools.
Accept 98.4% 2,145,017 ZEC Reject 0.1% 3,138 ZEC Reject - Would Reconsider Lower Amount 1.2% 25,940 ZEC Abstain 0.2% 5,097 ZECTemporary Detectable Unlimited mint and sell Exploit — $400,000 USD
Accept 98.4% 2,145,017 ZEC All 4 answersRetroactive bounty request for multiple responsibly disclosed vulnerabilities across zcashd and Zebra, including a Sprout proof-verification bypass, a ZIP 209 turnstile-disabling duplicate-header bug, and consensus-divergence/node-crash findings composing into a temporary undetectable mint-and-sell exploit of counterfeit ZEC.
Accept 96.2% 2,095,861 ZEC Reject 0.2% 4,229 ZEC Reject - Would Reconsider Lower Amount 3.5% 75,624 ZEC Abstain 0.2% 3,465 ZECFive Critical Zebra Consensus Divergence Vulnerabilities — $425,000 USD
Accept 96.2% 2,095,861 ZEC All 4 answersNet retroactive security award request for five responsibly disclosed Zebra vulnerabilities (each published by ZF as Critical) found via LLM-assisted differential review, validated, reported privately, and remediated; a separate $100,000 third-party payment is disclosed and deducted from the request.
Accept 90.4% 1,970,715 ZEC Reject 0.0% 30 ZEC Reject - Would Reconsider Lower Amount 4.8% 103,761 ZEC Abstain 4.8% 104,709 ZECZec.rocks (16 months of uptime for Zcash wallets) — $584,992 USD
Accept 90.4% 1,970,715 ZEC All 4 answersInfrastructure powering 16 months of uptime for every major Zcash wallet: global edge monitoring, on-call support, testing new software at scale, and deploying critical updates including the Orchard security response before it was published.
Accept 99.8% 2,175,934 ZEC Reject 0.0% 61 ZEC Reject - Would Reconsider Lower Amount 0.0% 316 ZEC Abstain 0.1% 2,951 ZECIronwood external audit reimbursement — $599,000 USD
Accept 99.8% 2,175,934 ZEC All 4 answersRetroactive reimbursement for $599,000 of external security review costs incurred during the Ironwood incident response, engaging cryptography/blockchain auditors and AI tools to confirm no second soundness bug existed. Excludes any margin to Valargroup or costs to Valargroup team members.
Accept 99.9% 2,177,498 ZEC Reject 0.0% <1 ZEC Reject - Would Reconsider Lower Amount 0.0% 7 ZEC Abstain 0.1% 1,724 ZECIronwood zk-SNARK Formal Verification (Project Tachyon) — $738,942 USD
Accept 99.9% 2,177,498 ZEC All 4 answersAfter the Orchard counterfeiting vulnerability disclosure, Project Tachyon paused its roadmap to lead formal verification of Ironwood (NU6.3), implementing the new circuit, funding two independent verification firms, and producing machine-checked Lean proofs demonstrating no undetectable-counterfeiting vulnerabilities in the Ironwood zk-SNARK.
Accept 100.0% 2,179,063 ZEC Reject 0.0% 19 ZEC Reject - Would Reconsider Lower Amount 0.0% 98 ZEC Abstain 0.0% <1 ZECOrchard Counterfeiting Vulnerability Bug Bounty — $750,000 USD
Accept 100.0% 2,179,063 ZEC All 4 answersBug bounty request for responsibly disclosing the Orchard counterfeiting vulnerability, which likely prevented the loss of $2.3B USD worth of ZEC. Intended to incentivize future responsible disclosure of devastating counterfeiting vulnerabilities.
Accept 99.8% 2,174,541 ZEC Reject 0.1% 2,824 ZEC Reject - Would Reconsider Lower Amount 0.0% 97 ZEC Abstain 0.1% 1,763 ZECTaylor Hornby - Bonus Grant for Orchard Counterfeiting Vulnerability Bug Bounty — $750,000 USD
Accept 99.8% 2,174,541 ZEC All 4 answersA bonus grant nomination (not a standard application) arguing Taylor Hornby's $750,000 bounty ask for the Orchard counterfeiting vulnerability (application #51) is far below industry norms for a finding of this severity; adds $750,000 to bring the total to $1,000,000.
Accept 99.8% 2,174,892 ZEC Reject 0.0% 47 ZEC Reject - Would Reconsider Lower Amount 0.1% 3,122 ZEC Abstain 0.1% 1,215 ZECValarGroup Ironwood Work — $1,203,000 USD
Accept 99.8% 2,174,892 ZEC All 4 answersRetroactive compensation for Valargroup's emergency development, integration, testing, infrastructure, and activation work for Ironwood (NU6.3): consensus rules, production full node, wallet/migration tooling, transaction hashing, hardware signing, miner compatibility, public test infrastructure, and mainnet operations on an under-two-month emergency schedule.
Accept 80.5% 1,755,093 ZEC Reject 13.2% 286,655 ZEC Reject - Would Reconsider Lower Amount 6.3% 137,082 ZEC Abstain 0.0% 474 ZECZODL Q1 2026 Core Protocol Development — $1,950,000 USD
Accept 80.5% 1,755,093 ZEC All 4 answersAmended retroactive grant covering January–June 2026, narrowed to three workstreams: remediation of 10 major vulnerabilities (including 4 critical), Zallet v0.1.0-alpha.4 delivery with integration test suite, and ZIP 2005 (Quantum Recoverability) reaching Proposed / ZIP 256 reaching Final.
Final tally NU7 Scope
This vote concerns the scope of NU7. It is one component of governance, but it represents the coinholders’ view about NSM, supply schedule, block times, and Sprout deprecation.
- Closed
- Snapshot
- Block 3,459,350
- Questions
- 5
- Discussion
- Forum thread
- ZEC voted
- 2,403,537
Smooth issuance curve. 0.9% 22,385 ZEC Preserve halvings. 98.9% 2,375,932 ZEC Do not include issuance smoothing in NU7. 0.2% 4,148 ZEC Abstain. 0.0% 1,072 ZECNSM Issuance Smoothing
Preserve halvings. 98.9% 2,375,932 ZEC All 4 answersThe component of the Network Sustainability Mechanism that removes ZEC from circulation is already approved. How that ZEC is recycled into future block rewards remains unresolved. In no case will the total supply of ZEC be affected.
Which approach do you support?
As soon as possible. 2.9% 70,240 ZEC February 2027, regardless of the outcome of Q1. 0.3% 6,283 ZEC February 2031, regardless of the outcome of Q1. 96.6% 2,319,644 ZEC Abstain. 0.2% 4,986 ZECNSM Reissuance Start Date
February 2031, regardless of the outcome of Q1. 96.6% 2,319,644 ZEC All 4 answersNSM has prior coinholder approval. This question concerns the start of reissuance of funds removed from circulation (which includes at least 60% of total fees).
When should NSM reissuance of funds removed from circulation begin?
Immediately at NU7 activation. 97.3% 2,333,855 ZEC One year after this poll concludes. 0.6% 13,787 ZEC Do not set a date to disable v4 transactions. 2.1% 49,821 ZEC Abstain. 0.1% 1,684 ZECSprout Deprecation
Immediately at NU7 activation. 97.3% 2,333,855 ZEC All 4 answersThe Sprout pool was deprecated in 2018. Deposits are disabled, it holds less than 23,000 ZEC, and it accounts for under 0.1% of transaction volume. Disabling v4 transactions is now broadly accepted; only timing is open.
The disposition of the affected funds is out of scope for this poll and is not specified here.
When should v4 transactions be disabled?
Yes. 99.9% 2,397,669 ZEC No. 0.0% 142 ZEC Abstain. 0.1% 1,652 ZECFaster Block Times
Yes. 99.9% 2,397,669 ZEC All 3 answersShould we reduce the block target spacing from 75s to 25s, and introduce per-pool action limits, per ZIP-218?
Ship NU7 as soon as possible, removing any feature that is not implemented by the September 30th deadline. 99.3% 2,382,602 ZEC Delay NU7 until every applicable feature approved in this poll is deemed complete. 0.5% 12,708 ZEC I do not support this NU7 plan. 0.0% 4 ZEC Abstain. 0.2% 4,161 ZECNU7 Scope and Readiness
Ship NU7 as soon as possible, removing any feature that is not implemented by the September 30th deadline. 99.3% 2,382,602 ZEC All 4 answersNU7 will be consistent with the results of this poll, assuming each applicable feature is implemented by September 30th.
How should features that are not ready by the deadline be handled?
No coinholder votes have opened yet.