01 / ONE_ZIP_PER_ARTICLE
One ZIP, start to finish
Every article opens with a plain-language summary, then covers the background, the mechanism, the case for the ZIP and the strongest case against it.
Read the ZIP without reading the ZIP.
ZIPs For Nerds is an independent research series on Zcash Improvement Proposals. Each article takes one ZIP, explains what it says in plain language, walks through how it works, and gives the case for it and the best case against it.
Recent publications
All research →The first article, on ZIP 318 and the Orchard to Ironwood migration, is with reviewers. It will appear here once it has been checked.
Scheduled coverage
ZIP 318Orchard to Ironwood MigrationDraft · NU6.3
ZIP 2005Ironwood Quantum RecoverabilityProposed · NU6.3
ZIP 258Deployment of the NU6.3 Network UpgradeDraft · NU6.3
ZIP 326NU6.3 Consequences for WalletsDraft · NU6.3
ZIP 21825-second Block Target SpacingDraft · NU7 candidate
ZIP 233Network Sustainability Mechanism: Removing Funds From CirculationDraft · NU7 candidate
ZIP 234Network Sustainability Mechanism: Issuance SmoothingDraft · NU7 candidate
ZIP 235Remove 60% of Transaction Fees From CirculationDraft · NU7 candidate
ZIP 231Memo BundlesDraft · NU7 candidate
ZIP 2002Explicit FeesDraft · NU7 candidate
ZIP 229Version 6 Transaction FormatDraft · NU6.3
How we work
02 / CHECKED_AGAINST_THE_SPEC
Every claim checked against the ZIP text
Numbers, quotations and mechanisms are checked against the specification and the linked sources before publication. Every article lists its sources.
03 / PUBLIC_CORRECTIONS
Corrections at the top, with dates
ZIPs change after an explainer is written. When an article is fixed or updated, the change is logged where readers will see it.
04 / PROTOCOL_ONLY
No price talk, no advocacy
If a ZIP has a serious objection on the record, the article carries it. Every article says how AI tools were used in making it.