.. Title: Specifications and Zcash Improvement Proposals
What are ZIPs?
Zcash Improvement Proposals (ZIPs) are the way to:
- propose new features for the
Zcash cryptocurrency <https://z.cash/>
__ and their rationale,
- specify the implementation details of the feature,
- collect community input on the proposal, and
- document design decisions.
Contributing
The authors of a ZIP are responsible for building consensus within the community
and documenting / addressing dissenting opinions.
Anyone can write a ZIP! We encourage community contributions and decentralization
of work on the Zcash protocol. If you’d like to bounce ideas off people before formally
writing a ZIP, we encourage it! Visit the ZcashCommunity Discord chat <https://discord.gg/kdjfvps>
__
to talk about your idea.
Participation in the Zcash project is subject to a Code of Conduct <https://github.com/zcash/zcash/blob/master/code_of_conduct.md>
__.
The Zcash protocol is documented in its Protocol Specification <protocol/protocol.pdf>
__.
To start contributing, first read ZIP 0 <zip-0000.rst>
which documents the ZIP process.
Then clone this repo <https://github.com/zcash/zips>
from GitHub, and start adding
your draft ZIP, formatted either as reStructuredText or as Markdown.
For example, if using reStructuredText, use a filename matching draft-*.rst
.
Use make
to check that you are using correct
reStructuredText <https://docutils.sourceforge.io/rst.html>
or
Markdown <https://pandoc.org/MANUAL.html#pandocs-markdown>
syntax,
and double-check the generated draft-*.html
file before filing a Pull Request.
See here <protocol/README.rst>
__ for the project dependencies.
License
Unless otherwise stated in this repository’s individual files, the
contents of this repository are released under the terms of the MIT
license. See COPYING <COPYING.rst>
__ for more information or see
https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT .
Index of ZIPs
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Drafts without assigned ZIP numbers
These are works-in-progress, and may never be assigned ZIP numbers if their
ideas become obsoleted or abandoned. Do not assume that these drafts will exist
in perpetuity; instead assume that they will either move to a numbered ZIP, or
be deleted.
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