Focus on external outreach

Yeah, I’m in both ecosystems, Polkadot (/Kusama) & Zcash, so when I see something good here, I try to bring it there. And when I see something good there, I try to bring it here. I don’t care too much about the price of either, so please don’t imagine I try to push either token, thanks. I want to see Privacy win, and I want to see decentralized Governance win; regardless of the token, that’s what I push for in both ecosystems.

Okay, so an issue that has been happening on Polkadot for a while, but getting better, is that outreach and communication was, seemingly, mostly directed inwards. It’s the same that seems to be happening in Zcash.

I love that @aquietinvestor is doing a podcast and I am very much looking forward to the next episode. But, imho, ZEC-to-ZEC interactions (ZEC host and ZEC guest), should at most represent 50% of the episodes.

Perfect example: https://x.com/KevinWSHPod/status/1930632829022642395

Observe how this episode, while it brings attention to the values and ethos behind Polkadot, it does so to an audience that can be assumed to be not particularly familiar with that network (and therefore substantially increasing awareness), and it does so while not pushing for a token.

I’ll tell you this to me is a great success that I wish could be replicated here, and I am sorry to say that in my humble opinion, at the extreme opposite of that, is this: https://x.com/mytechceoo/status/1926002637318635977 - hopefully I’m wrong, but this looks net-negative for our outreach.

Anyway, for now I’m rooting for @gordonesTV !

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I agree that it’s a bit over the top and obviously staged, but it got 30k views which is more than I can say for many of the Zcash related X tweets I come across.

Not to mention I don’t think (ZCG, ECC, ZF) are directly funding these videos so it shouldn’t be considered as “official” community outreach efforts.

imho, free press is free press even if its hit-and miss on the cheese scale.GenZcash Posts

How many of those 30k viewers believe one of the founders of Zcash is actually as lame as portrayed in the video I have shared above?

I suppose you’re thinking it’s just few, I just happen to think it’s many. Hopefully I’m wrong.

By the same token how many of those viewers also just learned that Zooko interacted with Satoshi him/herself and wrote the first ever blog post about Bitcoin?

How many had no idea if that was the joke or if the funny part was supposed to be before or after. The bottom line is that @zooko, @aquietinvestor & @paulbrigner lose credibility in my eyes by participating in those clown videos.

Again, hopefully it’s just me.

5 Zcashers of Zk Av Club are volunteering at events throughout Berlin Blockchain Week by setting up a popup studio to record interviews and stories with the communities who attend the events. There will be much talk about privacy, tech and more …

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Oh!, thanks a lot!

I think we can all contribute a little more to boost Zcash and other projects we create and make a living.

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