--- title: "ZooBC Foundation ยท Open, decentralized blockchain" description: "The ZooBC Foundation stewards ZooBC, an open Proof-of-Participation blockchain built for decentralization: public grants, open governance, a live testnet." url: https://zoobc.foundation/ language: en publisher: ZooBC Foundation retrieved: 2026-10-19 --- The long horizon # Built for the moment after its founders. ZooBC is open infrastructure. The Foundation supports the network through public-good funding, accountable coordination, and stewardship designed to move responsibility outward. [Apply for a grant](https://zoobc.foundation/grants/apply.php) [Inspect the network](https://zoobc.foundation/network/) **Fund public work**Open criteria. Staged milestones. **Publish the evidence**Activity, decisions, and outcomes. **Distribute responsibility**Participants become the institution. Latest news 1 Oct 2026 ## [Vote on times and submit questions for two ZooBC AMA sessions](https://zoobc.foundation/news/?slug=vote-on-times-and-submit-questions-for-two-zoobc-ama-sessions) Two AMA sessions are open for questions and time voting: a general introduction to ZooBC and a technical deep dive. Work has also started on browser signing and a hardware wallet bridge. [Read news](https://zoobc.foundation/news/?slug=vote-on-times-and-submit-questions-for-two-zoobc-ama-sessions) [See all news](https://zoobc.foundation/news/) Latest project 8 Oct 2026 ## [ZooBC Signer Extension (not official)](https://zoobc.foundation/projects/?slug=zoobc-signer-extension) Browser extension that keeps your ZooBC keys. Apps connect and ask; the Signer decodes the bytes itself and shows the site, account, network and every field before you sign. Works with ZooBC Wallet V1.83. [Open project](https://zoobc.foundation/projects/?slug=zoobc-signer-extension) [See all projects](https://zoobc.foundation/projects/) Community giveaways ## Useful work. Publicly recorded. Contribute practical feedback, build a cumulative ZBC total, and inspect every published monthly result. **September 2026** 612 ZBC **Contributors** 7 [View September 2026 giveaways](https://zoobc.foundation/giveaways/2026-09/) [See all giveaways](https://zoobc.foundation/giveaways/) Purpose ## Steward of the network. Never its owner. The Foundation exists to support open infrastructure that no single party controls. It funds public work, coordinates programmes, and makes its actions visible. Its authority must remain bounded. It does not own the network, custody user assets, promise returns, or replace community decision-making. The destination is not institutional control. The destination is independence. [Read the mandate](https://zoobc.foundation/about/) ![Branching timber paths crossing a wetland landscape.](https://zoobc.foundation/assets/images/foundation/shared-paths.webp) ![A restrained stone observatory beneath an open horizon.](https://zoobc.foundation/assets/images/foundation/observatory.webp) Stewardship ## Open by design. Durable by structure. A credible Foundation separates the network, the institution, commercial entities, and the community. That separation protects the mission and makes accountability possible. Responsibility moves outward through transparent grants, governance, open technical access, and evidence that anyone can inspect. Independence is not a slogan. It is the handoff. [How decisions are made](https://zoobc.foundation/governance/) Proof of Participation ## See consensus. One block at a time. A three-axis model of ZooBC. Blocks, routes, and signals share one isometric projection as the network relays, produces, confirms, and recovers. Conceptual network model Public testnet available Transaction A wallet signs an instruction. Its private key stays with its owner. Public evidence ## Trust should be inspectable. These signals are read from the public ZooBC interface. Each one links back to a source that can be checked independently. Chain height [122,416](https://zoobc.network/explorer) updated 2026-10-19 08:46 UTC Registered nodes [13](https://zoobc.network/explorer#/nodes) updated 2026-10-19 08:46 UTC Gateway nodes [1](https://zoobc.network/api/v1/registry/gateways) updated 2026-10-19 08:46 UTC Archival nodes [1](https://zoobc.network/api/v1/registry/archivals) updated 2026-10-19 08:46 UTC On-chain releases [26](https://zoobc.network/verify) updated 2026-10-19 08:46 UTC Governance proposals [0](https://zoobc.foundation/governance/) updated 2026-10-19 08:46 UTC [Open the network overview](https://zoobc.foundation/network/) Ways in ## Choose the work. Follow the evidence. Every route begins with a concrete role, a public process, or technical material you can inspect before making a commitment. [### Apply for a grant Propose public-good development, tooling, education, or security research against published criteria and milestones. Review the programme](https://zoobc.foundation/grants/) [### Build on ZooBC Use the testnet, explorer, wallet, faucet, and public API to understand the network by working with it. Start building](https://zoobc.foundation/build/) [### Take a role Explore the people, contributor paths, advisory work, and stewardship responsibilities behind the Foundation. Meet the people](https://zoobc.foundation/people/) Foundation record ## Recent activity. Nothing fabricated. [All Foundation updates](https://zoobc.foundation/news/) [1 Oct 2026 ### Vote on times and submit questions for two ZooBC AMA sessions Two AMA sessions are open for questions and time voting: a general introduction to ZooBC and a technical deep dive. Work has also started on browser signing and a hardware wallet bridge.](https://zoobc.foundation/news/?slug=vote-on-times-and-submit-questions-for-two-zoobc-ama-sessions) 27 Sep 2026 ### [Node 0.5.2 and Wallet V1.78 follow a week of testing](https://zoobc.foundation/news/?slug=node-0-5-2-wallet-v1-78-and-a-week-of-forum-testing) Community reports led to specific fixes in Wallet V1.78 and node 0.5.2. Both TestNet chains were relaunched, several features are live chain-side, and work remains before MainNet. [Read update](https://zoobc.foundation/news/?slug=node-0-5-2-wallet-v1-78-and-a-week-of-forum-testing) 26 Sep 2026 ### [ZooBC testnet restarts on a fresh chain with version 0.5.1](https://zoobc.foundation/news/?slug=zoobc-testnet-restarts-on-a-fresh-chain-with-version-0-5-1) Testnet and devnet are producing blocks with community-reported fixes, automatic splitting and linked-address accounts. Previous testnet balances did not carry over, and automatic splitting is not yet available in the wallet. [Read update](https://zoobc.foundation/news/?slug=zoobc-testnet-restarts-on-a-fresh-chain-with-version-0-5-1) Build the public layer ## Useful work deserves a durable path forward. Bring a concrete public-good proposal, inspect the network, or review how the Foundation separates stewardship from ownership. [Apply for a grant](https://zoobc.foundation/grants/apply.php) [Review transparency](https://zoobc.foundation/transparency/) --- Source: https://zoobc.foundation/ All pages: https://zoobc.foundation/llms.txt Full text: https://zoobc.foundation/llms-full.txt