Grant Application - Zcash Arabia (August to December 2026)

[ZArabia]

Hello,

Following the feedback from ZCG on 7/20/2026:

@ZCG

• Artkor: Sometimes a small event with genuine discussions and meaningful engagement can be more valuable than much larger social media metrics

• Gguy: Agreed

• Zerodartz: My main problem with this proposal is that they’re focusing only online so far. They mention now that they plan to organize real life events, but I’d like to see like a pilot from them before, could be a small local gathering by like 10-20 community members, which doesn’t need big funding. Once they can manage that, I’m ready to change my view on this team’s work and give them a new chance.

• Paul: I like the idea of a pilot very much too.

Despite the fact that the committee has largely overlooked the positive results we have achieved online, when looking at other community initiatives funded by ZCG, you will find that roughly 80% of their work is conducted online, while only around 20% consists of IRL events. This alone demonstrates that online community building is meaningful work and is already recognized and funded by ZCG.

Nevertheless, we successfully organized our first pilot community meetup in Algeria, entirely self-funded. We then applied for a grant, but were surprised when ZCG rejected our proposal for entirely new reasons, as you can see in the Meeting Minutes 8/17/2026:

@ZCG

• Gguy: ZCG is funding many community groups right now and unfortunately we can’t fund all community groups and this one is a reject from me.

• Artkor: I appreciate that the team has continued trying to build activity around Zcash in the region, and I do not want to dismiss that effort. But I want to be honest. This has become a difficult case for me, and I am not sure where I stand today. On the one hand, addressing individual concerns raised in our previous reviews does not by itself give me confidence that the community activity is sustainable and organic. On the other hand, I also do not want our previous rejections to become, in themselves, a reason to reject the proposal again. At this point, I think broader community feedback would be especially useful. If people believe this team should receive continued support, I would encourage them to express their support publicly.

• Zerodartz: I agree. The team has shown they can make stuff happen but its efforts have been quite uneven over time. This team’s work has not gone unnoticed. But there has been very little overall support shown from other Zcash communities for this community project until now. Building a strong and active community is very hard.

So, as everyone can see, ZCG has acknowledged our efforts and recognized that we have done everything required. At the same time, they rejected the proposal and asked us to obtain community support. Here is the community support that ZCG requested:

• ZecHub — They regularly support us on X, and in the Telegram group shared with ZCG, they have acknowledged our efforts and confirmed that we completed the work we were asked to do.

• Zooko — He regularly supports us on X through likes and retweets - you can check.

• Josh — He published a list of active Zcash communities, and ZcashArabia was included:
  Josh Swihart 🛡 on X: "https://t.co/ZZmwFcGCgW" / X

Palmar - Zcash Community Grants Meeting Minutes 8/17/2026 - #18 by palmar

• Web3Privacy — They also published a list and included us:
  Web3Privacy Now on X: "Zcash also lives through regional communities: @zcashbrazil @ZcashArabia @ZcashNigeria @ZcashGH @ZcashTurkiye @zcashesp" / X

• Zcast (Zcash Español) — They have also recognized and highlighted our work:
  Zcast on X: "¡Qué bien! ¡Más Zcashers activos!" / X
  Zcast on X: "¡La comunidad Arabia también se activó en abril! Y te lo contamos en este episodio: https://t.co/3xoV5zFYeU #Zcast #Zcash" / X

• ZcashNames — They have recognized our efforts:
  Zcash Names on X: "@ZcashArabia has led referrals for 3 days in a row. They have the biggest weekly projected payout gain at +0.5 $ZEC . cam added 0.1000 $ZEC in projected payout this week, @BarrySilbert added 0.0500 ZEC hgytfyyh stood out as a new referrer with 5 referrals in 7 days. Doing" / X
  Zcash Names on X: "arabia took the monthly lead from barrysilbert with 39 direct referrals and 4.33 $ZEC in projected rewards. zechariah took the weekly lead from akaza, finishing with 1 direct referrals and 0.05 ZEC in projected rewards." / X

• CipherPay — They have also recognized our efforts and the help we provided:
  Cipherpay on X: "To celebrate our AMA tonight at 20:00 UTC with @ZcashArabia, we added Arabic support to CipherPay. Shukran to the Zcash Arabia team for helping with the translations. English, Spanish, Portuguese, and now Arabic, that's 2.5 billion people who can accept private payments in" / X
  Additionally, there has also been some support from members of the Zcash Brazil community and other known community members, whether through likes on the forum or engagement on X.

We are not claiming that these people or organizations are saying, “Fund ZcashArabia.” That is not their role, and no other local community grant proposal, as far as we have found, was ever required to first obtain support from other communities.
Rather, these are clear indications that our work is reaching other people within the Zcash ecosystem and that our efforts are being recognized and appreciated by others.

If anyone is interested, here is some of the work we have done from mid-February 2026 to July 2026. (Please refer to our monthly reports below for full details.) We only received funding from February to May.

These are not just social media metrics; they represent real onboarding, education, ecosystem collaboration, and active participation in the Zcash ecosystem.

• ~225 ZODL wallet downloads through our campaigns and community initiatives during May and June.
• Educated more than 230 Arabic-speaking users about Zcash, privacy, and self-custody through our Academy, educational content, webinars, and community activities.
• Hosted 10+ online community events, webinars, contests, and campaigns, with ~500 total participants.
• Produced and localized more than 60 educational resources, including articles, guides, lessons, and translations, in addition to videos, infographics, and threads.
• Grew our community from:
  • 200 → 425 Telegram members (+112.5%)
  • 400 → 920 X followers (+130%)
  • 100 → 230 Academy participants (+130%)
• Onboarded 90+ users to ZcashNames.
• Launched new Academy tracks, including Rust Development and Security & Privacy, with gamification.
• Collaborated with multiple Zcash ecosystem projects, including ZecHub, ZcashNames, CipherPay, Red·Bridge, and Noir Wallet, with plans for more collaborations.
• Launched community activities such as the Eidiya Merch Campaign, World Cup Prediction web app, and Draw Your Country Flag with the Zcash Logo Contest.
• Held 1 IRL event.

In front of the entire community - we have done everything that was asked of us. Now we are waiting for the committee’s decision, so that the entire community can see it.

Grant Application - Zcash Arabia (August to December 2026

[gordonesTV]

I am a firm believer that community work pays off. I would love to see more of you: meetups, workshops, etc., so I support this proposal.

[dismad]

I think you guys can improve your communication on the work that is done but I support the grant. Make it a priority to communicate in as many channels as possible, so it can get more visibility. Thanks for supporting Zcash.