Zcash Pool Proposal Would Rename ZCG Fund
A draft would rebrand the Zcash Community Grants pool as the Zcash Adoption Pool while a separate outline explores moving about 36,200 ZEC to a network reserve.
Updated on Nov. 3, 2026 in Philanthropy
Daira-Emma Hopwood posted a draft on the Zcash community forum October 31 proposing to rename the Zcash Community Grants pool the Zcash Adoption Pool, with grants run as ZAP Grants under a ZAP Committee. ZCG separately posted a preliminary funding outline on October 29 exploring the transfer of about 36,200 ZEC to the Network Sustainability Mechanism.
Why it matters
Both proposals concern how Zcash directs its community funding and holdings, touching on whether ZCG-held ZEC should be spent on adoption efforts or moved toward future miner rewards. The Adoption Pool draft's authors framed the proposal around broader calls to abolish or restrict ZCG.
The preliminary outline would move about 36,200 ZEC of ZCG's roughly 91,500 ZEC holdings, leaving about 55,200 ZEC, against an 8% block reward share under ZIP 1016. Whether the transfer proceeds has not been decided, and the draft carries no ZIP number.
The players
Daira-Emma Hopwood
Daira-Emma Hopwood is the author of the draft proposal to rename the Zcash Community Grants pool as the Zcash Adoption Pool.
Zcash Community Grants
Zcash Community Grants is the grant pool whose holdings and funding structure are at the center of both the rename draft and the transfer outline.
The details
The Adoption Pool draft would carry over existing ZCG assets and preserve current funding levels and duration, shifting grant focus toward expanding direct ZEC ownership and transactions. The preliminary outline pairs the proposed transfer to the Network Sustainability Mechanism, a reserve for future miner rewards that is part of the NU7 upgrade.
Timeline
October 29: ZCG posts its preliminary funding outline.
October 30: The Adoption Pool draft is created.
October 31: The Adoption Pool draft is posted to the community forum.
November 5: NU7 is targeted for mainnet activation.
Market Landscape
The proposals build on the block reward split set by ZIP 1016, which assigns ZCG 8% of block rewards alongside a separate 12% share for the Coinholder-Controlled Fund. The outline's transfer would effectively redirect a larger share of ZCG-held ZEC toward future miner rewards.
For Zcash holders, the outcome of these proposals affects how much ZEC flows toward miner rewards versus community grants and adoption efforts. The preliminary outline's estimate of about 98,000 ZEC directed toward future block rewards is a projection, not a settled allocation.
The takeaway
Watch whether the Adoption Pool draft receives a ZIP number and whether the ZCG transfer moves forward before NU7 activation. Both steps would determine how Zcash's community funding is allocated going forward.
What happens next
NU7 is targeted for mainnet activation on November 5, the date by which the Network Sustainability Mechanism that the outline references is expected to become part of the network.
Further reading
For more on how grant pools like this one are structured, see our Philanthropy coverage.
