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
Iād like to voice my support for this. My inclination is that Zcashās neutrality and privacy features make it a great option for monetary transfer in these types of situations, and Iād love to see more research on it.
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.
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. Iām in touch with those people.
So the next step after the report is to share findings at the next level ā 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.
Some good news from my side: we are doing 2 pro-privacy events in Prague & Brno.
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.
@Siusko, & Zcash Community, I am happy to announce that the @ZcashGrants Committee unanimously voted to approve this Grant Proposal at the most recent meeting.
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 peopleās lives, providing additional means for survival & organizational sustainability (one example: domestic violence centre).
One more good news here: Zcash applicability is just massive within so many āmodalitiesā of how the currency could be applied. Hereās a tip I assembled: link
*I completed a research PDF
*Uploaded into GitHub: link
*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
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