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Morning Edition · Wednesday, October 28, 2026Published at 1:45 AM EDT · New York
Zcash Co-Founder Sean Bowe Proposes Ending the 8% Block-Reward Stream to Community Grants
Bowe argues that the grants committee's roughly $125 million treasury can fund it without new issuance, while Tyler Winklevoss and developer Josh Swihart push for deeper cuts, and ZEC rose 8%.
Sean Bowe, a Zcash co-founder and one of the cryptographers behind its proving systems, has filed a draft Zcash Improvement Proposal (ZIP). It would end the 8% share of each block's new ZEC that goes to Zcash Community Grants (ZCG), Cointel…
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Block-Reward Developer Funds Come Under Holder Pressure
As token prices rise and grant treasuries grow, holders of proof-of-work and protocol tokens will keep challenging issuance-funded developer subsidies, turning funding rules into recurring governance fights that affect supply.
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