ZIP: Unassigned {numbers are assigned by ZIP editors}
Title: {Something Short and To the Point}
Owners: First Owner <email>
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Credits: First Credited
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Status: Draft
Category: {Consensus | Standards Track | Network | RPC | Wallet | Informational | Process}
Created: yyyy-mm-dd
License: {usually MIT}
Pull-Request: <https://github.com/zcash/zips/pull/???>
{Edit this to reflect the key words that are actually used.} The key words “MUST”, “REQUIRED”, “MUST NOT”, “SHOULD”, and “MAY” in this document are to be interpreted as described in BCP 14 1 when, and only when, they appear in all capitals.
The character § is used when referring to sections of the Zcash Protocol Specification. 2
The terms “Mainnet” and “Testnet” are to be interpreted as described in § 3.12 ‘Mainnet and Testnet’. 3
The term “full validator” in this document is to be interpreted as defined in § 3.3 ‘The Block Chain’. 4.
The terms below are to be interpreted as follows:
{Term to be defined}
:{Definition.}
{Another term}
:{Definition.}
{ details body }
Information on BCP 14 — “RFC 2119: Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels” and “RFC 8174: Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC 2119 Key Words” ↩︎
Zcash Protocol Specification, Version 2025.6.3 [NU6.1] or later ↩︎
protocol-networks ↩︎
Zcash Protocol Specification, Version 2025.6.3 [NU6.1]. Section 3.3: The Block Chain ↩︎