Here are the updates from this week:
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MGRC deadline extended until Sept 1st. Read more in the MGRC megathread.
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Check out the Gitcoin crowdfunding campaign. There’s four weeks left until the June 15th deadline. So far $3K out of the $15K goal has been raised.
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ECC announced the Zcash Developer Alliance this week. The announcement was covered in Coindesk.
Mark your calendars,
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Tues, 5/19, ECC Livestream: Highlights include our R&D, Engineering, and Growth flight plan, overview of flyclient, viewing keys for 2.1.2, a preview of our upcoming Gitcoin hackathon & an update on community efforts.
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Tues, 5/26, May Zeal call: We’ll be joined by Kevin Owocki to discuss quadratic funding and other exciting projects on Gitcoin. More details here.
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Mon, 6/1, Zooko speaking at Messari Mainnet. More details here.
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Tues, 6/2, June Gardening Club: More details here.
This week in privacy, Colombian government drops contact tracing from its official app due to tech glitches. CNN reports on surveillance in the time of COVID-19. Facial recognition company Clear has plans to expand into health monitoring.
In crypto news, Ariel Gabizon writes about Halo. Zcash Foundations gives a grant to the Zboard project. Zcash got a shout-out from Tyler Winklevoss and in this crypto/privacy article from Decrypt.