2026-01-09 16:27:03

There have been some interesting changes in the ZEC ecosystem recently. The development team, due to disagreements over governance philosophy, collectively decided to create a project called CashZ. At first glance, it seems quite chaotic, but upon closer inspection, it’s actually quite interesting—CashZ still focuses on the development of the ZEC protocol itself, built based on the Zashi codebase, and positioned as a privacy wallet solution within the ZEC ecosystem.

This makes people a bit confused. Is CashZ competing with ZEC, or is it just another way of continuing to serve the ZEC ecosystem?

Actually, this is the beauty of the open-source ecosystem. The code is available, and anyone capable can take over maintenance, free from the constraints of any single organization. If there are disagreements within the team, they can go their separate ways. Have better ideas? Fork a new branch. This level of freedom is something centralized structures simply cannot provide. Ultimately, whether a route is successful or not will be decided by the market and users through their support.

ZEC-13.81%

View Original

This page may contain third-party content, which is provided for information purposes only (not representations/warranties) and should not be considered as an endorsement of its views by Gate, nor as financial or professional advice. See Disclaimer for details.

10 Likes

Reward
10
6
Repost
Share

Comment

0/400

HashRatePhilosopher

· 14h ago

Basically, that's the charm of open source—team disagreements can actually lead to two good projects.

View OriginalReply0

GateUser-6bc33122

· 14h ago

To be honest, I've seen a lot of internal conflicts like this, but ZEC is really different this time — it's not a tearing apart and splitting, but rather each side playing to their strengths.

View OriginalReply0

MemeEchoer

· 14h ago

Haha, this is the charm of open source. When disagreements arise, we part ways and each prove ourselves.

View OriginalReply0

LucidSleepwalker

· 14h ago

Hey, I've seen this routine too many times: division → each going their own way → in the end, whoever survives better wins

View OriginalReply0

PumpDetector

· 14h ago

fork wars never end well... or do they? 👀 watched this play out since mt gox days, always the same pattern—ideological split, code divergence, then market decides. zec holders caught in the crossfire tho, ngl. who's actually maintaining what anymore?

Reply0

DataChief