The Zcash Foundation recently concluded the ZCAP NU7 Sentiment Polling, which closed on Friday, February 20 at 20:00 UTC. This poll was designed to gauge community sentiment on 11 proposed protocol features and initiatives, each either completed or expected to be ready within the next year.
This post summarizes the results from the ZCAP poll. This poll ran in parallel with identical polls administered to coinholders, ZecHub, Zcash Brazil, Zcash Espanol, Zcash Turkey and Zcash Engineering Caucus. Individual poll results are advisory and non-binding on their own; they are evaluated alongside all other poll results to assess whether broad consensus exists across the ecosystem.
Participation
A total of 99 ZCAP members cast ballots out of 173 eligible participants, representing a 57% response rate. Each voter was permitted to abstain from individual questions while still submitting a valid ballot.
Results at a Glance
| Question # | Proposal | Support | Oppose | Abstain | Total Votes | Support % |
| 1 | Zcash Shielded Assets (ZSAs) | 69 | 29 | 1 | 99 | 70.4% |
| 2 | Network Sustainability Mechanism (NSM) + Issuance Smoothing | 79 | 15 | 5 | 99 | 84.0% |
| 3 | Burning 60% of Transaction Fees via NSM | 71 | 20 | 8 | 99 | 78.0% |
| 4 | Memo Bundles | 73 | 22 | 4 | 99 | 76.8% |
| 5 | Explicit Fees | 79 | 16 | 4 | 99 | 83.2% |
| 6 | Disallowing v4 Transactions (Sprout Deprecation) | 73 | 21 | 5 | 99 | 77.7% |
| 7 | Project Tachyon (New Shielded Pool for Scalability) | 83 | 14 | 2 | 99 | 85.6% |
| 8 | STARK Proof Verification via TZEs (Layer-2 Support) | 50 | 38 | 11 | 99 | 56.8% |
| 9 | Comparable-Based Dynamic Fee Mechanism | 67 | 23 | 9 | 99 | 74.4% |
| 10 | Consensus Accounts | 67 | 19 | 13 | 99 | 77.9% |
| 11 | Orchard Quantum Recoverability | 86 | 9 | 4 | 99 | 90.5% |
What Comes Next
These ZCAP results will now be compared with other community polling results. If there is clear, broad consensus across all groups, that signal will inform decisions about which features are prioritized for NU7.
We want to thank every ZCAP member who took the time to review the proposals, engage in discussion, and cast their ballot. Additionally, we appreciate those who organized alternative community polls and are grateful to everyone who took the time to vote.