# Improvement proposals for Minor Grants and the ZCAP

**URL:** <https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/improvement-proposals-for-minor-grants-and-the-zcap/45848>\
**Category:** Minor Grants\
**Created:** [October 19, 2023, 2:25am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/improvement-proposals-for-minor-grants-and-the-zcap/45848 "2023-10-19T02:25:53Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 19, 2023, 5:34pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/improvement-proposals-for-minor-grants-and-the-zcap/45848/12 "2023-10-19T17:34:25Z")

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> [@gordonesTV](#):
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> Imagine that Colombia, Argentina, Peru, Uruguay and Paraguay become active with Zcash, that they start holding events, meetups, that there are a couple more ambassadors and that proposals are made there. That would increase the use of Zcash And that would slowly raise its market capitalization,

Not necessarily.

> [@gordonesTV](#):
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> You can’t nip marketing in the bud, you can minimize it, yes, but you can’t eliminate it because “it’s not in season”. That is precisely the mistake of companies and brands! And I say this with experience in the area in which I work.

You don’t market things in the bear market, because no one is listening. The trend is your friend.

> [@gordonesTV](#):
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> The recent Minor Grants results were just that: we bet on development, but not on marketing/education. Not a single educational proposal was approved!

That’s because development for a development based protocol is/has/will be underwhelming under the current leadership.

You are falling for the proverb of putting the cart before the horse. The same reason why the Zcash media grant was (and still is) totally nonsensical. How can you promote something that has people every other week wondering where their funds went?

Zashi is a political move by ECC to justify their dev fund slice.

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