Zooko Wilcox, co-founder of Zcash, announced that the community has approved over $8 million in retroactive grants. Millions of these funds will be allocated to developers and security researchers who discovered and fixed critical Orchard vulnerabilities, audited code, and delivered the Ironwood upgrade. Community data shows that a total of 17 proposals were approved, totaling approximately $8.39 million, with about 2.18 million ZEC participating in the vote.