The Zcash Basis is happy to share our roadmap of occasions for the subsequent three years. This tentative plan is designed to help studying, collaboration, and innovation throughout the worldwide Zcash neighborhood.
Whereas the general imaginative and prescient is represented under, specifics might shift over time in response to components like out there assets, neighborhood wants, and partnership alternatives. Our hope is that by sharing this plan early, we are able to spark concepts, foster alignment, and invite suggestions.
Funding
Our deliberate strategy is to self-fund most of those occasions, relying on the standing of our treasury and runway on the time. For Zcon particularly, we might discover co-funding choices with Zcash Neighborhood Grants (ZCG) or the Zcash coinholder neighborhood, relying on the scope, timing, and alignment of it with broader ecosystem targets. Any funding requests shall be made transparently and with a robust justification, making certain alignment with the Zcash Basis’s mission and useful resource stewardship.
2026 Plans
Q1
- Zcomm: A one-day digital gathering for community-led studying and inspiration. Members from all over the world will share concepts and experiences, with potential session subjects together with the right way to set up a hackathon, host an in-person occasion, develop and handle a web-based neighborhood, or construct native momentum.
The aim: assist others flip nice concepts into motion.
Fairly than specializing in particular Zcash-related content material, Zcomm is centered on the “how”- the right way to educate, the right way to set up, the right way to interact. Consider it as a toolkit for neighborhood builders. For instance, as an alternative of a session on the right way to use a pockets, Zcomm may function a session on the right way to create a tutorial.
- Zcash Dev Summit (Q1 or Q2): A gathering for builders, co-located with one other related occasion the place we anticipate sturdy Zcash dev presence. Actual location TBD.
Late Q3 or Early This fall
- Zcon7: Our flagship annual convention—location TBD. Zcon7 shall be a completely in-person occasion, designed to foster deeper collaboration, connection, and focus amongst attendees. To prioritize engagement and profit from out there assets, we won’t be livestreaming the periods. As an alternative, we’re partnering with podcasters and content material creators to share highlights, interviews, and takeaways with the broader neighborhood. Whether or not you’re becoming a member of us in individual or following alongside from afar, we’re dedicated to creating Zcon7 impactful and accessible in new methods.
2027 Plans
- Zcash Dev Summit (+ Hackathon – if there’s sturdy demand for one): A centered gathering for builders to collaborate on Zcash infrastructure, align on technical priorities, and change insights. If there’s a transparent want to unravel an issue or construct a particular software or function, the summit will embrace a hands-on hackathon to drive that work ahead.
- Zcon8 (Digital): A web based version of our annual convention, providing talks, panels, and neighborhood discussions centered on Zcash, privateness, and the neighborhood—accessible to a world viewers from wherever on the planet.
- Zcon Voices: Domestically organized, regionally related. Zcon Voices is a community-led occasion sequence designed to spark dialog and training round Zcash and monetary privateness inside particular cultural and geographic contexts. Occasions shall be introduced within the native language and tailor-made to deal with native alternatives and challenges.
Neighborhood members will submit funding proposals, with ZCAP voting on picks utilizing the identical course of as minor grants.
2028 Plans
- Zcash Dev Summit (+ Hackathon – once more, if there’s sturdy demand for one)
- Zcon Voices and/or Zcomm (relying on suggestions from earlier years and wish)
- Zcon9 (Digital)
We’re sharing this roadmap early to assist neighborhood members plan forward and discover how they may get entangled. Keep tuned for extra particulars—and when you have concepts or questions, we’d love to listen to them!
