# Privacy services from Zcash to Status usage within the Ukrainian-Russian war (research)
**URL:** https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/privacy-services-from-zcash-to-status-usage-within-the-ukrainian-russian-war-research/43940
**Category:** Applications
**Created:** [February 6, 2023, 7:41pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/privacy-services-from-zcash-to-status-usage-within-the-ukrainian-russian-war-research/43940 "2023-02-06T19:41:19Z")
**Posts on this page:** 13
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### Author:  [@Siusko](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/Siusko)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2023, 7:41pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/privacy-services-from-zcash-to-status-usage-within-the-ukrainian-russian-war-research/43940/1 "2023-02-06T19:41:19Z")
**Grant idea** : A research on how privacy web3-solutions are used within the Ukrainian-Russian war (with a focus on private currencies like Zcash).
**Specs** :
- research based on the interviews with the different parties in need of external privacy protection (from NGOs receiving funds from abroad to volunteers on the Russian-controlled territories).
- it will highlight existing use-cases (like funding SUV for territorial defence forces) & potential (to be explored use-cases)
- it will be maximum practical, so use cases could be shared within Zcash community, partners & the media
**Format** :
- 100%-GitHub friendly
- PDF report
- UX/UI alike personas (PDF + PPTX)
**Reference** : AccessNow’ [digital safety tips](https://infogram.com/ukraine-safety-tips-for-civil-society-en-1h8n6m3kmkp1z4x?live)
**Category** : education & community
Moreover, I want to take a step further:
- Collaborate with Ukrainian DAO ([https://twitter.com/Ukraine\_DAO](https://twitter.com/Ukraine_DAO))
- present results publicly via Ukraine DAO events similar to Kyiv Tech Summit
- expand the partner’s network via (example: Digital security lab)
- collab with Ukraine DAO to PR globally how Ukrainians are using privacy-enhancing solutions (also Zcash)
**Recommendation** :
- Jason McGee from Zcash Community Grants.
- Josh Swihart from ECC is interested in the results (to share with the human rights events)
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### Author:  [@Siusko](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/Siusko)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2023, 7:42pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/privacy-services-from-zcash-to-status-usage-within-the-ukrainian-russian-war-research/43940/2 "2023-02-06T19:42:48Z")
Here’s a grant [application](https://zcashgrants.org/gallery/25215916-53ea-4041-a3b2-6d00c487917d/35340408/).
Feel free to visit the Web3privacy now project I’m maintaining now on [GitHub](https://github.com/Msiusko/web3privacy/blob/main/README.md).
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### Author:  [@januszgrze](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/januszgrze)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2023, 9:24pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/privacy-services-from-zcash-to-status-usage-within-the-ukrainian-russian-war-research/43940/3 "2023-02-06T21:24:13Z")
My opinion. Not ECC’s.
I’d like to voice my support for this. My inclination is that Zcash’s neutrality and privacy features make it a great option for monetary transfer in these types of situations, and I’d love to see more research on it.
I believe this grant should be funded.
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### Author:  [@Siusko](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/Siusko)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2023, 2:39pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/privacy-services-from-zcash-to-status-usage-within-the-ukrainian-russian-war-research/43940/4 "2023-02-07T14:39:49Z")
Thanks for your support.
I think we are in the moment when privacy-enhancing solutions are seeing wrong, so scaling up use-cases (especially within the human-rights direction) would help everyone from journalists to activists have practical examples how Zcash literally saves human lives.
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### Author:  [@Siusko](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/Siusko)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2023, 11:18am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/privacy-services-from-zcash-to-status-usage-within-the-ukrainian-russian-war-research/43940/5 "2023-02-08T11:18:44Z")
Also, I want to highlight to everyone a fact that: the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine is highly active within crypto regulation (positive for us). They even have dedicated people that are responsible for facilitating an image of a crypto-native nation. I’m in touch with those people.
So the next step after the report is to share findings at the next level → from the media to official sources (like that Ministry). So they would support us within PR because they are interested in showing an innovation-centric image of the country within so complex context.
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### Author:  [@gottabeJay](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/gottabeJay)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2023, 8:56pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/privacy-services-from-zcash-to-status-usage-within-the-ukrainian-russian-war-research/43940/6 "2023-02-08T20:56:25Z")
This is a really interesting project. Zcash is a very powerful tool for those that need it most. I am broadly supportive.
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### Author:  [@Siusko](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/Siusko)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2023, 4:45pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/privacy-services-from-zcash-to-status-usage-within-the-ukrainian-russian-war-research/43940/7 "2023-02-16T16:45:24Z")
Some good news from my side: we are doing 2 pro-privacy events in [Prague](https://prague.web3privacy.info) & [Brno](https://ethbrno.cz).
So results will be presented there to wider community.
Czech team was behind cool hackathon in 2022 with NYM, Manta Network, Devfolio, EEF contributing with either sponsorships, speeches & so on.
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### Author:  [@decentralistdan](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/decentralistdan)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2023, 8:48pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/privacy-services-from-zcash-to-status-usage-within-the-ukrainian-russian-war-research/43940/8 "2023-02-23T20:48:32Z")
@Siusko, & Zcash Community, I am happy to announce that the [@ZcashGrants](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/groups/zcashgrants) Committee unanimously voted to approve this Grant Proposal at the most recent meeting.
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### Author:  [@Siusko](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/Siusko)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2023, 11:58pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/privacy-services-from-zcash-to-status-usage-within-the-ukrainian-russian-war-research/43940/9 "2023-02-23T23:58:44Z")
Thanks to everyone from [@ZcashGrants](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/groups/zcashgrants) Committee & community for great support.
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### Author:  [@Siusko](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/Siusko)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2023, 8:57am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/privacy-services-from-zcash-to-status-usage-within-the-ukrainian-russian-war-research/43940/10 "2023-03-24T08:57:34Z")
**Milestone 1 - done:**
- I found more than 50+ specific use cases in need of extended privacy protection
- They cover wast audiences from teenagers to journalists
- Privacy coins like Zcash could play a pivotal role in saving people’s lives, providing additional means for survival & organizational sustainability (one example: domestic violence centre).
**Everything is on GitHub** : [Grants/w3p-01.md at main · web3privacy/Grants · GitHub](https://github.com/web3privacy/Grants/blob/main/w3p-01.md)
Example of the explicit case:
[Case: Ukrainian teenagers deported to Russia (example)](https://github.com/web3privacy/Grants/raw/main/staticobjects/cases/Ukrainian%20teenagers%20deported%20to%20Russian%20territories%20(case).png?raw=true)
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### Author:  [@Siusko](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/Siusko)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2023, 12:22pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/privacy-services-from-zcash-to-status-usage-within-the-ukrainian-russian-war-research/43940/11 "2023-03-25T12:22:35Z")
**One more good news here** : Zcash applicability is just massive within so many “modalities” of how the currency could be applied. Here’s a tip I assembled: [link](https://twitter.com/nicksvyaznoy/status/1639588074521870344)
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### Author:  [@1337bytes](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/1337bytes)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2023, 11:53pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/privacy-services-from-zcash-to-status-usage-within-the-ukrainian-russian-war-research/43940/12 "2023-03-25T23:53:23Z")
Це чудовий проект 🙂 Am super interested in following use cases of Zcash in Ukraine and Russia.
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### Author:  [@Siusko](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/Siusko)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2023, 8:51pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/privacy-services-from-zcash-to-status-usage-within-the-ukrainian-russian-war-research/43940/15 "2023-05-16T20:51:40Z")
**Milestone 2 - done:**
\*I completed a research PDF
\*Uploaded into GitHub: [link](https://github.com/web3privacy/grants/blob/main/staticobjects/Privacy%20use%20cases%20with%20the%20focus%20on%20Zcash%20(privacy%20coins)_Siusko.pdf)
\*Zcash plays the most important role within a broad range of audiences in need of privacy from NGOs to academics
\*The necessity for privacy starts with mere like or share (you can be fined & stalked for these actions).
\*62 slides full of use cases, different audiences & implications of privacy tools
**Everything is on GitHub** : [PDF report](https://github.com/web3privacy/grants/blob/main/staticobjects/Privacy%20use%20cases%20with%20the%20focus%20on%20Zcash%20(privacy%20coins)_Siusko.pdf)