# Horizen Special Council Elections - 4 Seats Open on September 25th

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**Created:** [September 4, 2025, 9:37pm UTC](https://horizen.discourse.group/t/horizen-special-council-elections-4-seats-open-on-september-25th/1045 "2025-09-04T21:37:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lukas](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/horizen.discourse.group/lukas/32/546_2.png) [@Lukas](https://horizen.discourse.group/u/Lukas)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2025, 8:09pm UTC](https://horizen.discourse.group/t/horizen-special-council-elections-4-seats-open-on-september-25th/1045/5 "2025-09-12T20:09:32Z")

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I’ve officially applied for the Horizen Special Council. Excited for the opportunity to contribute and help strengthen ZEN’s future!

> [@Announcing My Candidacy For Horizen DAO Special Council - Lukas Bures, PhD](https://horizen.discourse.group/t/announcing-my-candidacy-for-horizen-dao-special-council-lukas-bures-phd/1052):
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> Hi everyone, I’m [Lukas Bures, Ph.D.](https://www.linkedin.com/in/bureslukas/), and I’m running for the Special Council. I’ve been with Horizen since the ZenCash days, mining, building, and advocating - and I’m ready to serve at the governance level. How long have you been a community member? I’ve been here since the very beginning in 2017 - even before the ZEN chain launched. I remember the earliest engineering days (including Joshua’s work) and actively supported the project through those critical first phases, from mining to coding …

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