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is a decentralized social network in prototype stage with over 170,000 active users and a 3.4 million user waitlist. This proposal focuses on integrating privacy-preserving payments powered by Zcash into the platform.

The goal is to enable real-world usage of private payments across social interactions, including tipping, subscriptions, streaming, and prediction markets—directly within an existing and growing user network.

This project is focused on practical adoption and real usage, not experimentation.

Project Background & Credibis operated by a registered French company, providing a formal legal and operational foundation.

The project is led with a focus on building decentralized systems that prioritize privacy, user ownership, and long-term sustainability.

The platform already demonstrates:

  • a functioning product

  • active users

  • strong organic demand (3.4M waitlist)

This significantly reduces both execution and adoption risk.

Problem

Current social platforms are centralized and rely heavily on:

  • data extraction

  • advertising-based monetization

  • limited user control

At the same time, most digital payment systems lack privacy and require intermediaries, exposing user financial activity.

There is a clear gap between:

  • decentralized social platforms

  • and usable, privacy-preserving digital payments

So will integrate Zcash as its core payment layer, enabling:

  • Private peer-to-peer payments

  • Creator monetization (tips, subscriptions)

  • Streaming micropayments (batched settlement)

  • Prediction markets with escrow and payouts

All transactions will use shielded transfers powered by zk-SNARK technology.

The system is designed to be:

  • non-custodial (users control funds)

  • privacy-first by default

  • scalable via hybrid off-chain/on-chain architecture

Why Zcash

Zcash provides:

  • strong, proven privacy guarantees

  • mature infrastructure for shielded transactions

  • alignment with Peem’s core values

This integration will demonstrate Zcash in a real consumer-scale environment, beyond simple transfers.

Why a Grant (Not Venture Capital) is intentionally not pursuing traditional venture funding.

VC-backed models often introduce:

  • pressure for ads and data monetization

  • centralization of control

  • short-term incentives

A grant-based approach allows the project to:

  • remain aligned with privacy and decentralization

  • prioritize user value and trust

  • build long-term infrastructure

This aligns directly with the mission of Zcash.

Impact on the Zcash Ecosystem

This project is designed to deliver measurable, real-world adoption:

  • Immediate exposure to 170,000+ users

  • Scalable onboarding from a 3.4 million waitlist

  • High-frequency use cases (social payments, streaming)

  • Expansion of Zcash into everyday digital interactions

Peem can act as a distribution layer for Zcash, onboarding large numbers of non-crypto-native users.

Milestones & Timeline (~8 Months)

The project will be executed in phased milestones to reduce risk and ensure delivery:

Phase 1: Foundation

  • Zcash testnet integration

  • Basic wallet (send/receive shielded transactions)

  • Initial node integration

Phase 2: Core Payments

  • Mainnet integration

  • Private tipping and payment flows

  • Secure wallet UX

Phase 3: Monetization Layer

  • Subscriptions and paid content

  • Streaming micropayments (batched settlement)

Phase 4: Prediction Markets

  • Escrow-based market system

  • Outcome resolution and payouts

Phase 5: Token Economy

  • P28 token integration within platform

  • Liquidity setup and trading enablement

  • Full rollout to user base

Each phase delivers working functionality and can be independently validated.

Success Metrics

  • Number of users adopting Zcash wallets

  • Volume of shielded transactions

  • Creator earnings through private payments

  • User satisfaction and retention

  • Growth in platform users

The focus is on real usage and user experience, not theoretical metrics.

Why This Proposal is Low Risk

  • Existing product and active user base

  • Strong organic demand (3.4M waitlist)

  • No dependency on protocol changes

  • Phased and measurable execution plan

  • Clear use cases with immediate application

Closing

Peom represents a rare opportunity to integrate Zcash into a live, growing social network with real users and real demand.

This project focuses on:

  • practical adoption

  • high-frequency usage

  • seamless user experience

It is an execution-driven initiative to bring privacy-preserving payments into everyday digital interactions at scale.

This project has the potential to significantly increase Zcash network activity, user base, and real-world usage.

Peem is not building for future users—it already has:

  • 170,000 active users

  • 3.4 million users waiting to join

By integrating Zcash directly into the platform:

  • A large number of users can be onboarded into Zcash without friction

  • Users will interact with Zcash through daily activities (social, streaming, payments)

  • The network will see increased shielded transaction volume at scale

This creates a direct pathway to migrate hundreds of thousands—and potentially millions—of users into the Zcash ecosystem over time.

Unlike speculative adoption, this is usage-driven growth, where users engage with Zcash because it is embedded into their everyday experience.

Pm can effectively act as a distribution and adoption layer for Zcash, driving:

  • higher on-chain activity

  • broader user participation

  • stronger network effects

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Zcash Community Grants Meeting Minutes 3/30/2026
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What is your biggest technical risk in completing this project ?

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The main challenge is scaling shielded transaction UX for non-technical users.

We mitigate this by:

  • abstracting complexity in the UI

  • using light clients

  • optimizing scanning and batching

We are building iteratively to ensure usability at each stage.

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Why is there a 3.4M user waitlist? Shouldn’t they be allowed to become active users of the platform?

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Yes, i am self funding the company so the capacity to handle bills is hard for me atm because my mother is going through stage 4 cancer treatment and i covering the bills
Secondly because we have messaging , live streams, echo a meeting platform and video/voice calls and a predictions market it consumes a lot keep the platform active without proper funding ready.
Providing those services costs us a lot !

(The current users are organic users we gained )

Third this waiting list was collected since we started to build the platform , our current capacity to afford bills are more than tight so once we have a funding we will be onboarding more than this.

Thank you
@Shawn

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170K active users is real distribution. If the integration lands with shielded-by-default behavior, Peer28 becomes a live reference case for Zcash as spending infrastructure. The best argument for private payments isn’t a white paper. It’s a social network where people actually use them.

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Thank you — this is exactly the direction we’re aiming for.

Our goal is to make Zcash invisible but essential within the user experience. Instead of users needing to understand the underlying technology, private payments become a natural part of everyday actions like tipping, streaming, and participation in markets.

By starting with 170K active users and scaling toward the 3.4M waitlist, the focus is on real usage from day one, not theoretical adoption. Shielded-by-default behavior is key to this, ensuring privacy is built into the system rather than being an optional feature.

We agree that the strongest case for private payments is not documentation, but consistent, real-world usage in a live environment—and m is being designed to serve exactly that role.

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Because the neural network decided that this number would impress those stupid meatbags.

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Hey @artkor
The figures referenced are based on actual platform metrics and current user onboarding data, not projections generated for presentation.

More importantly, the core of this proposal is not the numbers themselves, but the integration of Zcash into a live product with active usage.

The approach is intentionally execution-focused, with phased rollout and measurable milestones to validate both adoption and infrastructure assumptions in real conditions.

If helpful, we’re happy to provide additional context around user metrics or growth assumptions.

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I know it’s silly to talk to a neural network, but I’ll describe it for everyone else. I always try to verify things for myself. I signed up without any waitlist. Inside, the project is on the level of what they usually do in Python for beginners courses. There’s not a single chance that there are 170,000 real people there. To watch any of their non-existent streams, they ask you to pay $10 by card for some tokens they promise through a future airdrop. The site has been up for less than a year, and there are no mentions of it anywhere. Conclusion: there is absolutely no chance that I will ever approve such a grant.

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Thank you for taking the time to review and share your perspective.

A few clarifications to address the points raised:

  • The platform is currently in prototype stage, and access has been gradually expanded. The waitlist was used earlier during development, and we recently opened access more broadly, including for users exploring the Zcash integration.

  • The 170K+ users refer to registered users across onboarding phases, including creator onboarding campaigns. Access and activity are being rolled out progressively, which may explain differences in observed activity.

  • Peem itself does not require payments for access. Any paid or token-gated content is controlled by individual creators, not the platform.

  • The project is intentionally early-stage (less than a year), and development has been focused on building the core product rather than external marketing or social media presence and we decided as a team as we will not use third party networks, media to promote ourself. But we are French Govt , Economic ministry supported and approved project under DRIEETs.

  • The airdrop mentioned is optional and tied to user engagement activities within the platform and the platform does not enforce any user to purchase any plan all features are totally free until and unless they want to upgrade, even our verification system takes a user to be active 3 months and 30 on chain transactions to access the more premium and money making features and more stricter criteria for content creators.

We understand the importance of verification and are open to providing additional clarity around user metrics, onboarding processes, or platform activity if needed.

Our focus with this proposal is on integrating Zcash into a growing product and validating its usage through real user interactions over time.

Thank you again for your feedback.

Thanks
Amal Thomas

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I am one of the first users of peer28 , excited to see there grant application.
All the best , you guys deserve this to happen

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Beware that OP @amalhazza and two new accounts ( @newcasher11 and @xtericinformer ) share the same IP address.

This behavior is strictly against this forums CoC and would warrant an immediate ban of all three accounts if not for ZCG still deciding on this grant application.

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Please ban the users @Shawn if its something similar because we work at a wework location so the IP can be similar me and my team personally doesn’t know these users but we shared it with people so it can be the issue , if you feel so a ban can be issued for both accounts we state no issue in that.

Thank you

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Any admins who wish to verify the current userbase/ waiting list.
Can share an email or dm for further due diligence, We can provide a one time access with our team to validate the data.

@artkor

Thanks
Amal Thomas

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Framing the Problem: Adoption vs Capability

A recurring theme in discussions around Zcash is that the protocol has already solved the core problem of private digital payments, but adoption remains limited by:

  • lack of high-frequency consumer applications

  • low transaction density per user

  • minimal integration into everyday user behavior

Zcash currently operates efficiently as a privacy-preserving transfer system, but not yet as a default settlement layer for continuous digital activity.

The limiting factor is not cryptography or protocol design—it is distribution and usage density.

Shifting Zcash from Episodic to Continuous Usage

Most current usage patterns are:

  • sporadic transactions

  • store-of-value behavior

  • low engagement frequency

For meaningful growth, Zcash requires:

  • repeat transaction flows

  • embedded payment triggers

  • application-level abstraction of complexity

Peom introduces a system where Zcash is not used occasionally, but becomes part of continuous interaction loops.

Adoption Mechanism: Embedded Financial Activity

Instead of requiring users to consciously initiate transactions, the system generates payment events as a byproduct of user behavior:

  • tipping → micro-transactions

  • streaming → time-based value exchange

  • prediction markets → cyclical capital flow

  • Subscriptions → recurring settlement

  • Superswap - Swap tokens and cross chain

This creates:

  • high-frequency transaction demand

  • consistent on-chain settlement cycles

  • natural onboarding without explicit crypto intent

The key shift is:

Zcash transitions from a tool users learn → to infrastructure users unknowingly rely on.

User Migration as a Network Effect Multiplier

With:

  • 170,000+ existing users

  • 3.4 million user waitlist

the integration creates a pathway for direct migration of non-crypto-native users into the Zcash ecosystem.

This is fundamentally different from:

  • isolated dApps

  • speculative onboarding

  • liquidity-driven adoption

Instead, this represents:

  • behavior-driven onboarding

  • application-layer distribution

  • organic wallet creation and usage

Even partial adoption within this user base results in:

  • exponential increase in active addresses

  • higher shielded pool utilization

  • broader distribution of ZEC usage

Impact on Zcash Network Activity

The introduction of continuous-use applications has several direct effects:

1. Increased Shielded Transaction Volume

By defaulting to private transactions, all economic activity contributes to shielded pool growth, reinforcing Zcash’s privacy guarantees.

2. Higher Transaction Frequency per User

Instead of one-off transfers, users generate:

  • repeated interactions

  • batched settlement flows

  • ongoing economic participation

This increases transaction density, a key metric for real adoption.

3. Expansion of Real Use Cases

Zcash moves beyond:

  • peer-to-peer transfers

into:

  • social payments

  • streaming economies

  • decentralized market systems

This diversifies the network’s utility profile.

4. Reduced Reliance on Speculative Activity

Usage becomes driven by:

  • user interaction

  • content consumption

  • participation in platform dynamics

rather than:

  • price speculation

Scalability Through Aggregated Settlement

To support high-frequency interaction without overwhelming the network:

  • micro-events are aggregated off-chain

  • settlements are executed in batched shielded transactions

  • multi-output transactions reduce overhead

This ensures:

  • efficient use of block space

  • sustainable scaling of transaction throughput

  • preservation of privacy at the settlement layer

Zcash remains the final settlement layer, while application logic handles interaction frequency.

Why This Can Be a Major Adoption Event

Zcash adoption has historically been constrained by:

  • lack of large-scale consumer entry points

  • absence of applications generating continuous usage

Pecom introduces:

  • an existing user base - verifiable

  • a large onboarding pipeline (3.4M users) - verifiable

  • a system designed around transaction-generating behavior

This creates the conditions for:

  • rapid increase in active users

  • measurable growth in transaction volume

  • sustained engagement rather than one-time onboarding

If executed correctly, this represents:

one of the first instances where Zcash is integrated into a system capable of generating **continuous, high-frequency, real-world usage at scale.

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The long-term growth of Zcash depends not only on its privacy guarantees, but on its ability to function as a default financial layer within active digital environments.

Pecom is designed to:

  • embed Zcash into everyday interactions

  • generate consistent transaction demand

  • onboard users without requiring prior crypto knowledge

This is not incremental adoption—it is application-driven network expansion, where user activity directly translates into:

  • increased transaction volume

  • broader user distribution

  • stronger network effects

If successful, this model can significantly accelerate Zcash’s transition from a niche privacy tool to a widely used financial layer in consumer applications.

Currently we are also planning to do a rebrand to m Zero Open Communication Interface from peem which seems ideal to align more with the Zcash frame.

Any questions as well as reviews are much appreciated, Negative reviews or corrections would help us to make better changes and grow.

Grant Post : Non available project - #16 by amalhazza

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After careful consideration by ZCG and a period for community comments on the forum, the committee has decided not to advance this proposal. In addition, ZCG is disqualifying this applicant from submitting future grant requests. Further details will be available in the minutes posted later this week.

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Yes because the grants are given only for users whom are known to these grant authorizers and if someone form outside submit and have a better product they reject it , atleast I don’t see much qualified users some small Youtubers trying to get commissions from approved grants is that what this is all about ?
I think ZCG grant is for just marketing projects to attend event not actual valued projects ?
@artkor This guy didn’t even check the product or made an argument maybe because the product has more followers than his youtube channel ? is that it ?

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What credentials do these grant authorizers have ?Verified anything ? No
Meeting with team no ? Didn’t verified any data ?
So this just goes to the 5 people who actually runs this and take commissions from projects they approve ?
I am not ready to pay any commission or money upfront for the grant So that’s why maybe.

Anyways thank you for your decision

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hello. im not artkor. but i did create a test user to test out the site.

there seems to be some sort of activity, but not enough to seem real.

  • but all of the users i saw have either default profiles with 0 followers and mostly 0 activity.
  • the livestreams are token gated in a way no real social website would do to grow their initial userbase.
  • when u search google about peer28 you find close to 0 information except the site itself
  • if there were 100k+ users there would much more links or mentions of it somewhere on the internet
  • the proposal is asking for over $800k which is on the big side - the proposal should include verifiable proof of the different claims made for anyone to double check
  • ZCG members do its research before approving grants and do calls with proposals when they see potential and want to discuss more
  • twitter account of this site has 8 followers (no way a popular site has that little followers) - dat alone is a :triangular_flag:
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