# Retroactive Grant Application - ShieldedScan **URL:** \ **Category:** Retroactive Grants\ **Created:** [November 10, 2026, 9:59pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/retroactive-grant-application-shieldedscan/59181 "2026-11-10T21:59:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![zFalco](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/zfalco/32/47141_2.png) [@zFalco](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/zFalco)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2026, 9:59pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/retroactive-grant-application-shieldedscan/59181/1 "2026-11-10T21:59:22Z")
GitHub grant application: [ShieldedScan grant application](https://github.com/Financial-Privacy-Foundation/ZcashCoinholderGrantsProgram/issues/105) · Website: **[https://shieldedscan.xyz](https://shieldedscan.xyz)** · Repository: [ShieldedScan](https://github.com/BitFalco21/shieldedscan) · Open data: [Hugging Face dataset](https://huggingface.co/datasets/Shieldedscanxyz/zcash-mainnet) * * * Gm everyone! For those who don’t know it yet, Shieldedscan is a fully open-source Zcash block explorer and analytics platform, with no trackers, that I started in July this year. In just two quarters of solo development, Shieldedscan has become a complete platform, tracking the transparent pool, the shielded pools, network activity, miners, cross-chain flows, the ecosystem, ZIPs and much more. The explorer has in total 49 pages, all with a cypherpunk-style UI. I also worked early on connecting AI to Zcash data while respecting privacy. At the end of August I launched what I believe was the first Zcash AI agent, Zeno: it runs on a TEE model from NEAR AI connected to Shieldedscan’s data, so anyone can query the network in plain language while their prompts stay private. Since then, Zeno can also draw charts and tables, and export data as CSV or JSON. In October I released what, as far as I know, is the first Zcash MCP server, so anyone can use Shieldedscan’s data from any AI assistant. Shieldedscan is completely free and open: the front-end and the whole backend are open source, the data is published daily as an open dataset, and the API and MCP server are free and keyless. My first grant request, in Q3, was unfortunately rejected. Completely fair: the explorer was one month old. It has improved a lot since then, not only in UI/UX and features but also in resilience. After a heavy wave of bot traffic in September, I hardened the infrastructure, and a Telegram bot now monitors the server all the time. The ask for Q4 is $10,000. I’ve bootstrapped the explorer so far, spending countless hours after work, during lunch breaks and on weekends, and I’m really proud of where it is now. I’ve had a lot of good feedback from Zcashers on X, and some donations with kind memos. Thanks a lot to anyone who has engaged on X and donated, this has really helped me a lot. ❤ Happy to answer any questions you might have. Onwards. 🚀 Privacy is normal. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/original/3X/b/c/bc61deef7352deb3509d6169682d571db592405c.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![berlin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/berlin/32/50614_2.png) [@berlin](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/berlin)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2026, 10:44pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/retroactive-grant-application-shieldedscan/59181/2 "2026-11-10T22:44:15Z")
love you working on this ---
**Author:** ![zFalco](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/zfalco/32/47141_2.png) [@zFalco](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/zFalco)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2026, 10:49pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/retroactive-grant-application-shieldedscan/59181/3 "2026-11-10T22:49:45Z")
appreciate it mate, means a lot to me 🙏 ---
**Author:** ![gregoryfong](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/gregoryfong/32/50606_2.png) [@gregoryfong](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/gregoryfong)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2026, 11:15pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/retroactive-grant-application-shieldedscan/59181/4 "2026-11-10T23:15:09Z")
Hey I really like the design of this site! Gives Matrix 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![zFalco](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/zfalco/32/47141_2.png) [@zFalco](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/zFalco)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2026, 9:09am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/retroactive-grant-application-shieldedscan/59181/6 "2026-11-11T09:09:54Z")
ahah thanks bro! tried to give as much as possible that cypherpunk vibe 🤖