What is the Mina Foundation? The Mina Foundation is a non-profit organization established in 2021. Its core mission is to support the Mina Protocol ecosystem, the world's lightest blockchain, and to drive innovation in Web3 privacy protection and accessibility through zero-knowledge proof technology. Its core support system revolves around developers and the ecosystem: 1. Funding Programs: After shutting down zkIgnite, the focus is on two core programs—the Navigators program (divided into entry-level and growth tracks, providing technical guidance and rapid deployment support) and the Core Grants program (covering ecosystem advancement and public goods, distributing grants through the RFC proposal to RFP process); 2. Ecosystem Empowerment: Tokens are distributed to community validators through a token delegation program, allowing validators to retain 8% of their staking rewards. Simultaneously, cross-chain and oracle collaborations with Polygon, Chainlink, and others are promoted to lower the barrier to entry for developers; 3. Governance Core: Community governance is achieved through the MINA token, supporting developers in building privacy-first Snapps applications, adapting to sensitive scenarios such as identity authentication and DeFi.