فريق تطوير زيكاش الرئيسي ECC يعلن عن استقالته وسيقوم بتأسيس شركة جديدة لتطوير بروتوكول العملة المشفرة الخاصة بشكل مستقل

【Block Rhythm】Zcash Privacy Coin Ecosystem Experiences Internal Upheaval. On January 8, Josh Swihart, CEO of ECC (Electric Coin Company), publicly announced that the ECC team has collectively resigned from the original organizational structure and plans to establish an independent new company to continue development. What is the reason behind this? Bootstrap, the non-profit organization responsible for governing ECC and supporting Zcash, has “evidently and continuously deviated” from Zcash’s core mission.

The point of contention is clear. In recent weeks, the majority of Bootstrap’s board members—including Zaki Manian, Christina Garman, Alan Fairless, and Michelle Lai of ZCAM—have been significantly misaligned with decision-making and Zcash’s original intent. Josh stated bluntly that the ECC team faced a so-called “constructive dismissal” situation: modifying employment terms and working conditions unilaterally without directly firing employees, making it impossible for the team to continue working while maintaining professional integrity and technical completeness.

Under these circumstances, all ECC members made the decision to resign. However, it needs to be clarified that this is not a technical split or protocol-level conflict. The Zcash protocol itself is completely unaffected. The core purpose of the ECC team’s new initiative is to protect years of work achievements and prevent them from being eroded by malicious governance.

Josh stated that ECC will establish a new company with the same team and mission, continuing to build an “unstoppable privacy currency.” Simply put, the technical development of privacy coins continues, only the organizational form has changed.