# Grant Application - Counzil DAO Manager

**URL:** <https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/grant-application-counzil-dao-manager/58617>\
**Category:** Applications\
**Created:** [October 30, 2026, 5:48pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/grant-application-counzil-dao-manager/58617 "2026-10-30T17:48:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![pitmutt](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/pitmutt/32/20544_2.png) [@pitmutt](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/pitmutt)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2026, 5:48pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/grant-application-counzil-dao-manager/58617/1 "2026-10-30T17:48:47Z")

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Hello Zcash nation,

We are presenting our application for Counzil, a DAO manager application based on the method proposed [here](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/a-proposal-for-a-zcash-dao-mechanism/50754/8).

The proposal is on Github [here](https://github.com/ZcashCommunityGrants/zcashcommunitygrants/issues/524), and you can also see our [complete proposal](https://hedgedoc.vergara.tech/s/JytTCBLeB).

As always, happy to hear your feedback.

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**Author:** ![strahncryptography](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/strahncryptography/32/46464_2.png) [@strahncryptography](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/strahncryptography)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2026, 6:02pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/grant-application-counzil-dao-manager/58617/2 "2026-10-30T18:02:31Z")

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How do you plan to prevent censorship?

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**Author:** ![pitmutt](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/pitmutt/32/20544_2.png) [@pitmutt](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/pitmutt)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2026, 9:33pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/grant-application-counzil-dao-manager/58617/3 "2026-10-30T21:33:43Z")

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Most activities (creating a DAO, creating a proposal, voting) share the same censorship resistance that a Zcash light client wallet has. We will offer our own `zaino` server to increase the ecosystem’s availability.

For the supplemental information, Counzil shall allow the user to use a local IPFS node or alternatively use the server we plan to implement if approved. As long as one node is sharing the files on IPFS, Counzil can reach them.

Do you have a particular scenario in mind?