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Zcash Foundation is a 501(c)(3) public charity that builds financial-privacy infrastructure for the public good, primarily serving users of the Zcash protocol and blockchain. It develops Zcash node and cryptography software, supports privacy technologies, and facilitates community events and grants.
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12 current maintainers9 active leads6 new active leads5 lead step-downs1 lead movement4 early lead departures

Maintainer signals as of Aug 10, 2026

Maintainer Intelligence

This view starts from the canonical internal-employee model. A maintainer is an internal employee who merged at least one pull request in a non-fork repository; external contributors, bots, and PR authors are not treated as causal. Active leads have merged within the last three months.

12

Current maintainers

9

Active leads

6

New active leads

5

Lead step-downs

1

Lead movements

4

Early lead departures

Signals as of Aug 10, 2026github.com/zcashfoundation

Maintainers (35)

@alchemydcCurrent employee
PRs merged
2
Internal authors supported
2
Currently active authors
2
First merge
Jan 16, 2026
Last merge
Aug 7, 2026
Active leadEarly maintainer

Internal authors whose PRs they merged

@upbqdn@arya2
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@natalieeskCurrent employee
PRs merged
68
Internal authors supported
1
Currently active authors
1
First merge
Apr 28, 2023
Last merge
Jul 6, 2026
Active leadEarly maintainer

Internal authors whose PRs they merged

@conradoplg
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@str4dCurrent employee
PRs merged
0
Internal authors supported
0
Currently active authors
0
First merge
Sep 19, 2025
Last merge
Oct 24, 2025
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@adityapk00Former employee
PRs merged
0
Internal authors supported
0
Currently active authors
0
First merge
Oct 16, 2018
Last merge
Apr 1, 2021
Early maintainer
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Maintainer Movements (10)

@adityapk00 moved lead merge authority to Tempo.

Confirmed Jun 29, 2026 · Active · Early maintainer

Last source merge Apr 1, 2021 · First destination merge Jun 29, 2026

@jasondavies moved lead merge authority to Block, Inc..

Confirmed Mar 4, 2026 · Observed

Last source merge Mar 27, 2018 · First destination merge Mar 4, 2026

@nuttycom moved lead merge authority to Zodl.

Confirmed Feb 17, 2026 · Observed

Last source merge Sep 15, 2025 · First destination merge Feb 17, 2026

@teor2345 moved lead merge authority to Autonomys Network.

Confirmed Aug 23, 2024 · Observed

Last source merge Oct 11, 2023 · First destination merge Aug 23, 2024

@arya2 moved lead merge authority to Zcash.

Confirmed Feb 13, 2024 · Observed · Early maintainer

Last source merge Aug 14, 2023 · First destination merge Feb 13, 2024

@hdevalence moved lead merge authority to Penumbra.

Confirmed Sep 1, 2021 · Observed · Early maintainer

Last source merge Dec 3, 2020 · First destination merge Sep 1, 2021

@jakinyele moved lead merge authority to Bolt Labs.

Confirmed Mar 10, 2020 · Observed · Early maintainer

Last source merge Dec 10, 2019 · First destination merge Dec 17, 2019

@ebfull moved lead merge authority to Zcash.

Confirmed Aug 17, 2019 · Observed · Early maintainer

Last source merge Mar 9, 2018 · First destination merge Aug 17, 2019

@RichardLitt moved lead merge authority to Storj Labs Inc.

Confirmed Oct 24, 2018 · Observed · Early maintainer

Last source merge Jul 24, 2018 · First destination merge Oct 24, 2018