ECC units goals and planning by means of January 2024

Now and thru the top of January 2024, Electrical Coin Co. (ECC) goals middle on delivering an improved ZEC consumer expertise, primarily by means of the Zashi pockets. Throughout groups — Product; Engineering; PeopleOps; and Communications and Advocacy — ECC workers are targeted on work that both instantly contributes to the pockets or ultimately makes ZEC and Zashi adoption extra viable.

Background: ECC makes use of an OKR course of for prioritizing and delivering measurable work on four-month cycles. In October, groups met and finalized planning for T3 2023-24 (October-January).

Priorities have been developed to perform or make significant progress on the next: 

1. Launch the following model of the Zashi app together with a brand new UX and UI
2. Transition extra duties to the broader Zcash group so ECC can give attention to constructing Zashi, beginning with the Decentralizing Zcash Digital effort. 
3. Take significant steps within the effort to transition Zcash from proof of labor (PoW) to proof of stake (PoS), Zashi’s eventual consensus mechanism, by publishing a design with safety arguments, and a protocol simulator.
4. Preserve coverage efforts to make sure Zashi and Zcash are (1) accessible and usable by individuals in the USA and (2) thought-about socially useful. Proceed internet hosting notable coverage occasions and publishing episodes of the PGP for Crypto Podcast.
5. Assist choose ecosystem groups and initiatives that instantly profit Zashi customers
   1. Assist Courageous’s integration of Zcash and encrypted media/information.
   2. Assist Edge, Unstoppable, and Nighthawk’s use of the ECC cell pockets SDKs.
   3. Construct and/or enhance Zashi options (e.g., implementing ZIP-317 and Orchard).

Every ECC staff has constructed their OKRs to help these firm goals.