A timeline on the deal so far weareallzashi.org/timeline

The goal of the Bootstrap board is to protect and support Zcash. More concretely, while the job of the core team is to minimize the software attack surface of Zcash, the job of the Board of Bootstrap is to minimize the legal and regulatory attack surface of Zcash. Since the idea of a privatized Zashi was floated, the Board has agreed that there are enormous advantages of transitioning Zashi to new ownership. But these advantages can only be realized if the transaction follows the legally defined path for a related party transaction between a private company and a public charity. Failing to follow that path opens up Zcash to a new legal attack surface area. Learn more at the updated: weareallzashi.org