To move ZERO forward I think we all need to realize that we are in it together. We may be selfish in our own ways: developers/miners etc. but if the currency dies off, due to not being pushed forward we will all suffer. If more community members become more active I think we can push it forward together
The main problem to tackle at this stage is indeed the lack of further code base development. Like many I hope the ZERO creator will return to active development. But even if he does not, this is no reason to close shop. Bitcoin did not die when Satoshi disappeared, ZERO can also live on supported by a community. Perhaps one or two developers like @tearodactyl could undertake to continue to develop the code-base and the miners could support them in some way
e.g. developer bounties.
At this difficult time (security issue) I wish to offer my own contribution to ZERO development: I have back-ported the Zcash 1.0.8-1 security fix to the codebase of ZERO (which is based on Zcash 1.0.6). The code is now available on the following alternative ZERO GitHub site:
https://github.com/zerodev2/zeroI wish to ask for help by 2-3 community members who understand code, to review the change and confirm it is OK with them (and write on this forum thread). The security fix is the only change. Then a few other volunteers may run it on their ZERO nodes for a few days to make sure it works for them (works for me locally). After that I will send a pull request to the ZERO creator to incorporate the change
but even if he does not, this will not stop us
if an attack is started by malicious actors we will have a fix to deploy.
For now the question of long term development remains...
Regards to all,
zerodev2 ;-)