We are thrilled to announce that we have achieved our 5 milestones of 2025.
Milestone 5 - estimated completion date: 05/31/2025
Full report for May 2025 - 100% complete
- Technical Support - @james_katz report
- Design - @Iogy & @Minevg report
- Community Support- @E-zec report
- Marketing & Growth - @Michae2xl Report
Highligths
- The global offchain movement has arrived in Brazil, and we at Zcash are proud to be part of this milestone. We have established a connection and included Zcash within this ecosystem, and it is now featured on their website: Chain no Brasil – Off Chain Brazil
- We recently held an inauguration event, with another planned for June at the Minas Summit: https://x.com/zcashbrazil/status/1926995246501490847/photo/1
- We conducted a workshop on decentralized applications where Zcash was highlighted: https://www.youtube.com/live/z-9hmeBZYVQ?si=9e63cPrxHBjcVYse - An e-book from this workshop is available here: Proton Drive | Tiddly.
- We hosted Casta on our server to discuss the governance (network state) of Balaji: https://www.youtube.com/live/JmKSzq2GLy8?si=svQq8Zt_MNRpNf63, plus a new video on his channel that covers topics such as security and quantum cryptography: https://www.youtube.com/live/QYTNJShoHCE?si=ovZZDC0jsdKlLx9R
- We organized a Zebra Talk covering important topics.
- @michae2xl participated in a panel on stablecoin regulation in Brazil titled “X Space: Brazil’s Stablecoin Reckoning.” You can find it here: https://x.com/BrazilCrypto_/status/1922716289170100383. This event helped bring Zcash to the attention of influential figures in Brazil.
- We closed new partnerships aimed at promoting education for children and schools.
- We created t-shirts and distributed them to new members, including lawyers.
- @michae2xl compiled documents outlining the history of Zcash to provide to lawyers as requested.
- @michae2xl produced various artworks and activities on X, which received significant engagement.
- @michae2xl is actively involved in various activities and networking in Brazil, consistently promoting Zcash and building respectful relationships within the ecosystem.
Design Team Iogy & Mine May Report
ZCASH SHIELDED NEWS (Banners and YouTube Video Recording)
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Zcash Shielded News | Vol.28 - by Zcash Brasil
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Zcash Shielded News | Vol.29 - by Zcash Brasil
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Zcash Shielded News | Vol.31 - by Zcash Brasil
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Zcash Brasil on Instagram: "Curso Gratuito: Compreendendo e Desenvolvendo com Zcash! Quer dominar uma das criptomoedas mais focadas em privacidade do mercado? A Blockchain Training Alliance está oferecendo um curso 100% gratuito sobre #ZEC, ideal para quem quer entender e construir. Inscreva-se agora: https://blockchaintrainingalliance.com/products/zcash"
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Zebra Talk (Banner, Youtube, X and Discord Transmition and Record)
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Zcash Brasil on Instagram: "A teia invisível dos dados! No Zebra Talk de amanhã, 14/05, às 20h, @aamandita_ , @adalbertospj e Michae2xl vão revelar como funciona o rastreamento oculto de dados no seu dia a dia. Não perca essa conversa prática e imperdível! Ao vivo no Youtube e X a partir das 20:00hrs."
https://x.com/zcashbrazil/status/1927482037818023962/photo/1
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Zcash Brasil on Instagram: "Da Web2 para a Web3: Responsabilidade e Autonomia. Junte-se a nós no Zebra Talk de amanhã 28/05, às 20h, com @aamandita_ e @adalbertospj! A Web3 promete devolver o controle para as pessoas, mas será que estamos preparados para essa responsabilidade? LIVE as 20hrs no Youtube e X."
Shorts (Cuts, editing and subtitles in Portuguese for YouTube
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Banner, Broadcast to X, Discord and YouTube, simultaneous English subtitles on YouTube, for the Talk Valocracy and the Future of DAOs (@zcasbrazil and @castacrypto)
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James Katz Dev May Report
ZecFaucet Enhancements:
Objective: Continuously improve user experience, operational transparency and security of the community faucet.
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Dashboard Launch
- Rolled out a new analytics dashboard at zecfaucet.com/dashboard, providing real-time insights into faucet activity.
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Key metrics exposed:
- Claims per hour
- Total faucet claims to date
- Total ZEC sent
- Total ZEC received
- Current faucet balance
- 7-day claims trend chart
ZecFaucet Partnership & Coupon System Prototype
Collaborated with Vitor Pio (Privacy Map) to pilot variable‐payout coupons.
Designed and implemented a coupon engine to issue targeted high-value claims for social campaigns and possible influencer promotions. Hopefully generating engagement and community growth through promotions.
Faucet Security & Fraud Prevention
Objective: Fortify faucet against automated abuse without compromising legitimate user flow.
- Proof-of-Work Hardening
- Continued tuning of the existing PoW challenge to throttle high-frequency claim attempts.
- Detected residual scripted claims; analyzed IP and timing patterns for refinement.
- Deployed Google reCAPTCHA v3 atop PoW checks, leveraging invisible risk‐scoring to block suspicious sessions.
Infrastructure & Maintenance
Objective: Ensure 24/7 service reliability across all supporting systems.
- Performed minor maintenance on bots and services.
- Confirmed all instances (Lightsail, EC2) are updated to latest security patches.
FROST-GUI Demo Progress
Objective: Deliver a user-friendly GUI demonstration for the Zcash FROST threshold-signature protocol.
Current Status: Development pace slowed due to integration challenges.
- Roadblocks Identified:
- Tauri is incompatible with the frost-client bindings, which makes a direct integration between them difficult.
If we’re unable to successfully implement the remaining FROST-GUI code, James will reach out to ECC engineers for assistance, since we know they’re all willing to help.
E-ZEC May Report
- Community Support - @E-zec report
Michae2xl May Report
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Full report Marketing & Growth - @Michae2xl Report
Comunidade Decide o Futuro do Financiamento- Curso Gratuito: Compreendendo e Desenvolvendo com Zcash!
- Zcash Shielded Call | Vol.12
- Zcash Foundation Lança Zebra 2.3.0
- Tutorial ZEC Faucet 2.0
- Zebra Talk | A teia invisível dos dados!
- Pay with Zcash está de VOLTA!
Zcash Shielded Quiz no Pizza Day!- MINAS SUMMIT
- Da Web2 para a Web3: Responsabilidade e Autonomia
- Zcash Community Grants (ZCG) | 28 de Abril de 2025
- Zcash Shielded News | Vol.28
- Arborist Call #100
- Atualização ZSA | Zcash Shielded Assets.
- Nova versão Zashi 2.0.2 | iOS :Applelogo:
- Zcash Shielded News | Vol.29
- Zaino Milestone 3!
- Zcash: A Liberdade de Escrever Sua Própria História Financeira
- Zcash Community Grants (ZCG) | 12 de Maio de 2025
- Zcash Foundation | Sprint 9
- Agora a nova versão da Zashi 2.0.2 para Android
- Zcash Shielded News | Vol.30
- Arborist Call #101
- Zcash: A Corrida pela Liberdade Financeira
- Atualização | ZSA
- Nova versão Zashi 2.0.3: Alterações nas Endereços Shielded
- Zcash Shielded News | Vol.31
- ECC | A Luz Invisível da Zcash
- Zcash Community Grants (ZCG) | 26 de Maio de 2025
- Crosslink - Milestone 2: Completo
- Zcash Foundation | Sprint 10
- Zcash Shielded Call | Vol.13
Main Social media:
- Zcash Global - 2460
- X → X/Twitter - 1853
- Free2Z: Free2Z
- Substack → Substack
- Youtube → Youtube
- Instagram → Instagram
Milestone 5 - USD value of payout upon completion of deliverables:
Zcash Brazil Team compensation:
Head and Growth Team: $7,000
Dev team: $3,750
Design Team: $5,000
Monthly Costs: $232.84
– Events budget: $1178
– Events USD remaining after: $4881
Total: $15982 + 1178 = $17160
(You will be paid out in ZEC based on the USD market price at payout time.)
For all Zcash Community:
Our art, code, and work are open-source and free to use.
Thank you so much!
