New Proposals
Brand-new documents introduced by open PRs — additions to zcash/zips, not modifications · 41 proposals
New ZIPs
6 numbered ZIPs added in open PRs.
- Add support for zk-Channels protocolZIP 309jakinyele · 2026-05-19
- Coin Voting ZIPZIP 340hhanh00 · 2026-05-17
- Zcash Consensus AccountsZIP 272str4d · 2026-03-24
- Network Upgrade Policy and SchedulingZIP 1daira · 2026-03-24
- Change the fundamental wallet database from BerkeleyDB to SQLiteZIP 402oxarbitrage · 2022-04-18
- Privacy upgrades to the Zcash light client protocolZIP 314defuse · 2022-04-18
New drafts
35 drafts added in open PRs.
- Zcash Stablecoin Vaultsdraft-ijaack-zsviJaack · 2026-11-05
- Coinholder Grants for Ecosystem Workdraft-ijaack-coinholder-ecosystem-grantsiJaack · 2026-11-05
- Reduce Block Target Spacing from 25 to 20 Secondsdraft-valargroup-20-second-block-target-spacingevan-forbes · 2026-11-05
- Compact Block Relaydraft-marek-compact-block-relayupbqdn · 2026-11-05
- Limited Block Serving Service Flagdraft-marek-node-network-limitedupbqdn · 2026-11-05
- FROST Member Backup Strings for Shielded Zcashdraft-khadim-aryaethn-frost-member-backupKHADEVS · 2026-11-04
- Miner Sentiment Pollingdraft-marek-miner-sentiment-pollingupbqdn · 2026-11-04
- Block Chain Synchronizationdraft-arya-block-chain-syncarya2 · 2026-11-04
- Zcash Adoption Pool (ZAP)draft-dairaemma-governance-zapdaira · 2026-11-04
- Winding Down Zcash Community Grantsdraft-howard-wind-down-zcgthowar2 · 2026-11-03
- Future Dev and Legal Defense Fund Lockbox, and a ZCG Donation to the Network Sustainability Mechanismdraft-mcgee-future-dev-legal-defense-fundaquietinvestor · 2026-11-03
- Wallet-to-Wallet Messagingdraft-arya-wallet-to-wallet-messagingarya2 · 2026-11-03
- Lock-weighted Coinholder Pollingdraft-arya-lock-weighted-votingarya2 · 2026-11-03
- 10-second Block Target Spacingdraft-marek-10s-block-target-spacingupbqdn · 2026-10-31
- Dandelion++ Transaction Propagation for Zcash P2P Nodesdraft-zodl-dandeliony4ssi · 2026-10-31
- Disabling Sapling Pool Depositsdraft-valargroup-sapling-disable-depositsValarDragon · 2026-10-28
- Direct Wallet Transaction Submission via Dandelion++ P2P Relaydraft-zodl-dandelion-wallety4ssi · 2026-09-29
- [ZIP TBD] Define a standard Zcash wallet export format.draft-nuttycom-zewifnuttycom · 2026-09-01
- Shielded Voting Protocoldraft-valargroup-shielded-votingp0mvn · 2026-08-18
- ZIP: Structured Attestation Protocol for Application-Layer Lifecycle Events (ZAP1)draft-frontiercompute-zap1Zk-nd3r · 2026-07-29
- CCC-SL: Crosslink Consensus Construction from Shielded Labsdraft-shieldedlabs-crosslink-constructionshielded-nate · 2026-06-03
- CCC-SL: Crosslink Consensus Construction from Shielded Labsdraft-shieldedlabs-crosslink-ledger-stateshielded-nate · 2026-06-03
- CCC-SL: Crosslink Consensus Construction from Shielded Labsdraft-shieldedlabs-crosslink-overviewshielded-nate · 2026-06-03
- [ZIP TBD] Shielded Voting Wallet APIdraft-valargroup-shielded-voting-wallet-apiczarcas7ic · 2026-04-22
- Zcash Shielded Coinholder Votingdraft-valargroup-shielded-voting-setupgreg0x · 2026-04-10
- Vote Share Submission Serverdraft-valargroup-submission-serverp0mvn · 2026-04-02
- Orchard Proof-of-Balancedraft-valargroup-orchard-balance-proofczarcas7ic · 2026-03-31
- [ZIP TBD]: Draft for historical wallet key gen/derivation schemesdraft-key-derivation-schemesdorianvp · 2026-03-30
- Circle STARK Verification as a Transparent Zcash Extensiondraft-stark-verify-nuAbdelStark · 2026-03-24
- [#985] Create a ZIP Draft to document Regtest modedraft-pacu-regtest-local-consensus-definitionpacu · 2026-02-23
- Coinholder-Directed Retroactive Grants Programdraft-aquietinvestor-coinholder-directed-grantsaquietinvestor · 2026-01-23
- Zcash Wallet Application End of Life / End Of Service Best practicesdraft-zip-xxx-wallet-eos-eolpacu · 2025-11-17
- Transaction User Controlsdraft-qedit-tx-user-controlsPaulLaux · 2025-07-08
- Zcash DAO Mechanismdraft-pitmutt-zcash-daokhazaddum · 2025-04-01
- Complete Diversifier Hashing for Saplingdraft-ecc-complete-diversifier-map-for-saplingdaira · 2025-02-20