# 🌟 James Joseph 4 MGRC

**URL:** <https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/james-joseph-4-mgrc/37226>\
**Category:** Governance\
**Created:** [September 2, 2020, 2:54am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/james-joseph-4-mgrc/37226 "2020-09-02T02:54:04Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 7, 2020, 1:40am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/james-joseph-4-mgrc/37226/5 "2020-09-07T01:40:57Z")

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> [@September 4th ZFND MGRC candidates call QUESTIONS](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/september-4th-zfnd-mgrc-candidates-call-questions/37234/6):
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> # Q: Tell me a science fiction story involving Zcash in 90 seconds

[https://z2z.to/board/post/244](https://z2z.to/board/post/244)  
[https://z2z.to/board/post/245](https://z2z.to/board/post/245)  
[https://z2z.to/board/post/246](https://z2z.to/board/post/246)…

May grant funding for a [Next] button…

> [@September 4th ZFND MGRC candidates call QUESTIONS](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/september-4th-zfnd-mgrc-candidates-call-questions/37234/5):
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> ## Have you used Zcash to buy anything? And from your perspective, what infrastructure could have made the user experience \*easier?

- I used Zcash to purchase a custom piece from an artist online:  
[https://twitter.com/AGNFAB1/status/1298449604657152000?s=20](https://twitter.com/AGNFAB1/status/1298449604657152000?s=20)  

- In VR, avatars have Zcash business cards, thanks to DankVR:  
[https://twitter.com/dankvr/status/1294171012787916800?s=20](https://twitter.com/dankvr/status/1294171012787916800?s=20)

- I, myself, have paid for virtual services through my “Minor Grant Review Committee”: [https://twitter.com/zcashvr/status/1224348913311928320?s=20](https://twitter.com/zcashvr/status/1224348913311928320?s=20)

- Similarly, I used Zcash to send newsletters to zaddrs listed on zecpages

- I donated to various non-profits [https://twitter.com/michaelharms70/status/1225434155812622346?s=20](https://twitter.com/michaelharms70/status/1225434155812622346?s=20)

I offered and awarded Zcash as a Prize to winners of a

- Online Hackathon [https://twitter.com/zecpages/status/1231043516161236994?s=20](https://twitter.com/zecpages/status/1231043516161236994?s=20)
- Data Science Fair  
[https://hackmd.io/LQW7nCctQUeLsykyH6U3dA#Zcash-Grand-Prize--Data-Science-Fair](https://hackmd.io/LQW7nCctQUeLsykyH6U3dA#Zcash-Grand-Prize--Data-Science-Fair)

## And from your perspective, what infrastructure could have made the user experience \*easier?

- A GUI to distribute z2z money messages to members on a z-address directory may enable others to create their own newzletters. Call it zmail [https://twitter.com/decentralistdan/status/1258495671042289665?s=20](https://twitter.com/decentralistdan/status/1258495671042289665?s=20)

- An open source z-address directory that is integrated across decentralized apps  
Like z2z.to or cointr.ee (or both)

- Simple, private periodic payment systems so that I could blindly donate to OpenPrivacy, Rust, Jordan Petersen (see how embarrasing that is to admit in public), etc.  
[https://twitter.com/zcashvr/status/1088467050165612544?s=20](https://twitter.com/zcashvr/status/1088467050165612544?s=20)

- An easy way to generate Zcash Petitions in case the Zcash Community Advisory Panel has not grown fast enough to represent userbase  
[Staked Poll on Zcash Dev Fund Debate - #113 by ChileBob](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/staked-poll-on-zcash-dev-fund-debate/34846/113)

- zUSD, but without adding the complexity of digital assets or by leveraging the shielded memo field  
[https://twitter.com/zcashvr/status/1294222744633171968?s=20](https://twitter.com/zcashvr/status/1294222744633171968?s=20)

- A ‘slow-money i-got-robbed button’  
[Slow money & I-got-robbed button](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/slow-money-i-got-robbed-button/13428)

> [@September 4th ZFND MGRC candidates call QUESTIONS](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/september-4th-zfnd-mgrc-candidates-call-questions/37234/4):
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> # Question: What attracts you to Zcash?

I think I was a cypherpunk in an earlier life

In first grade, I was nearly suspended for compiling and distributing evidence suggesting that Santa Claus is NOT real

Now I manage money and messages for an investment club

I think patient data privacy is extremely important to advance the healthcare of humanity, specifically via real world evidence and preventative measures.

The Zcash community is exceedingly welcoming and inclusive

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