CALL NOTES & RECORDING
Thanks to everyone who joined the Weekly Proposal Review Call! We discussed the new TPP draft on the forum, reviewed the Prividium Roadshow H1 2026 report, expected ZIP-16 onchain submission timeline, review the Staking Pilot Program S1 report, and had a presentation from ScopeLift on the protocol fee research they have been working on the past weeks!
Below is a collection of summarized notes and links shared in the call.
Check out the video description for timestamps on different discussion topics. Given we have the recording, notes will be kept very brief. Please watch the recording for full context!
Proposal Updates
- New Forum Draft: [TPP-Draft] 2026 ZKsync Protocol & Network Development Allocation - This proposal seeks funding for Matter Labs to execute the 2026 Prividium roadmap and convert the active institutional pipeline into deployed chains and a growing institutional network. Alex Gluckowski & a few other Matter Labs team members joined the call to present and discuss the proposal draft. The proposal is expected to go onchain within the coming days.
- Proposal Questions:
- Why not have more regular (e.g. monthly) reporting than a quarterly cadence? In institutional BD, sharing frequent details-even without names-risks leaking valuable intel to competitors and puts deals at jeopardy before they are signed. As noted in the Accountability section of the proposal, team is committing to quarterly reporting, which will include both technical milestones and business-centric updates (similar to the Providium roadshow reports).
- What impact might this program have on governance? As noted in the proposal, Matter Labs has committed to not using any tokens received through this proposal for governance. The total ask of the proposal is ~3.8% of total supply. These tokens will eventually enter the circulting supply. Because ZKsync governance is decentralized, the ultimate impact depends on what buyers choose to do with them.
- See response to other questions from the forum so far here.
- Proposal Questions:
- Forum Draft: [ZIP-16] V31 Interop Bundles Upgrade - Onchain submission currently expected week of June 1 pending audit finalization & successful testing. **This ZIP proposes the v31 protocol upgrade for ZKsync. The release introduces Interop Calls and Bundles, Interop Fees, support of Stage 1 for ZKsync OS L1-settling chain, and broad ZKsync OS compatibility work across the protocol’s contract layer.
- Executed on L1 May 22: [ZIP-15] Update ZKsync Security Council Parameters
Live Token Program Updates
Prividium Prize Program H1 2026 Report:
Vassilis from the Matter Labs team was on the call and outlined some key successes of the Prividium Roadshow program the first half of 2026. He also explained how this will be continued through the [TPP-Draft] 2026 ZKsync Protocol & Network Development Allocation proposal if passed. See minute (08:52) of the recording for the more info.
ZKnomics Staking Pilot Program S1 Report & S2 Pause:
Shelby presented the Staking Pilot S1 report on behalf of the Staking Pilot Program Admins. The Program Admin team published a report mid-May providing an overview of key metrics, takeaways and suggestions for improvement for future seasons. It also announces a pause on S2 until decentralized sequencer roadmap is clearer and improvements can be implemented.
Governance Mechanics & Updates
ScopeLift Protocol Fee Research
@keating from ScopeLift joined the call to present his recent forum post - Beyond Interop Fees: Potential New Protocol Fee Mechanics. He explains the different phases at which fees could be added (commit stage, the prove stage, and the execute stage) and outlined 3 additional fee options that could be considered to be explored for ZKsync. This post is meant to be a starting point for a bigger discussion and research effort on additional protocol fees that could be explored for ZKsync. Ideas, examples of other models and questions are all welcome in the forum thread!
We will cover the New: ZKsync Token Program Minter Overview & Deployment Interfaces post in next weeks call as we didn’t have time to get to it this week!