Zcash Community Grants Meeting Minutes 3/30/2026

Community Grants Community Grants Updates
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Grant Dashboard

March 30, 2026

Attendance:

  • Artkor

  • GGuy

  • Hanh

  • Zerodartz

  • DecentralistDan

  • Alex (FPF resource, notetaker)

Key Takeaways:

Open Grant Proposals

  • Wrapped Zcash

    • Wrapped Zcash (WZEC) is a fully collateralized ERC-20 representation of ZEC designed to restore Zcash’s interoperability with Ethereum, Layer-2, and other EVM ecosystems, enabling holders to participate in lending, liquidity provision, and broader DeFi activity without sacrificing transparency or security. The team is self-funding development, infrastructure, and security work, requesting $80,000 solely for essential service providers and liquidity bootstrapping to accelerate adoption, with the goal of transforming ZEC from an isolated privacy asset into a composable DeFi primitive.

      • Gguy: We’ve seen a few projects in this area and we voted to decline this one async.

      • Declined async.

  • Guided Fuzzing Infrastructure

    • The ZF’s consensus node implementation, Zebra, currently operates with zero fuzzing infrastructure despite being the sole consensus node for the Zcash network following the NU7 upgrade. This project proposes building a comprehensive, coverage-guided fuzzing infrastructure using industry-standard cargo-fuzz tooling to systematically target Zebra’s highest-risk components. Applicant is requesting $30,000.

      • Gguy: We’ve been reviewing this for a while and I can see the eye have addressed some of the concerns we’ve had in recent updates. I’m am also very encouraged by the work that they’ve already started doing. So I’m in favor of approving this grant today.

      • Artkor: Yes, me too. Given the active discussion on the forum and support from Zebra team, and the applicant’s demonstrated contribution to the latest Zebra release, I support this grant.

      • Hanh: Yeah, it seems like they have more issues than I thought about how they parse the data. We initially thought that because the stuff was protected with hashes there would be no way to modify the transactions without having the validation fail but it seems like the problem is earlier than that: when the parser crashes if the data is not in the right format. This can definitely help.

      • Zerodartz: I’m also happy to approve this since the Zebra team verified the bug and approved the fix they found.

      • Decentralistdan: Approve. The applicants responsiveness to feedback on the forum & finding of a security issue that was responsibly disclosed during the proposal phase was a great way to prove the usefulness of this grant/applicant to the ecosystem.

      • Approved (unanimous)

  • Shielded Micropayments SDK for Privacy-Preserving Rewards

    • AdPriva is seeking a grant to develop zcash-micropay, an open-source Rust SDK that simplifies the integration of shielded Zcash (ZEC) micropayments into third-party applications. Currently, developers building reward systems, tipping platforms, or incentive programs must independently implement complex Zcash shielded transaction infrastructure. The SDK will abstract this complexity by providing high-level tools for Orchard address derivation, shielded transaction construction, batch payout orchestration, and lightwalletd integration, all built on the existing librustzcash ecosystem. AdPriva’s own privacy-preserving engagement verification platform will serve as the live reference implementation, distributing shielded ZEC rewards to real users following cryptographically verified engagement events. Applicant is requesting $29,000.

      • Gguy: We had a unanimous vote to reject this one, we don’t see this solving a significant problem that exists right now.

      • Hanh: We rejected it because it seems like it’s a wrapper on top of the existing crates, and they don’t seem to offer much more than what already exists.

      • Zerodartz: Unless we see a strong demand from apps that need micropayments the normal payment should work fine for most things.

      • Decentralistdan: reject. Lack of clear need for this at the moment.

      • Declined async.

  • QSTN V2: Private Zcash Rewards for Digital Activity

    • QSTN V2 is a Web2.5 data monetization platform that rewards users with cryptocurrency for consented digital activity across connected social accounts. Having run over 130 campaigns and onboarded 15,000+ users, the team is now seeking a grant to integrate Zcash as a private payout option, enabling everyday users to redeem earned points for shielded ZEC without requiring deep crypto literacy. The integration has a target of 2,500 on-chain redemptions, positioning Zcash as a practical private payment rail within a functioning consumer rewards ecosystem. Applicant is requesting $20,000.

      • Gguy: We unanimously rejected this one. We don’t think this is in scope or the right fit for something we want to fund right now.

      • Declined async.

  • weave-zec: Non-Custodial Shielded Merchant Payments for Zcash

    • weave-zec is an open-source, non-custodial shielded Zcash payment module being built for WeaveCash, a live crypto-to-crypto payments platform. The project addresses a critical gap in the Zcash ecosystem: Zcash lacks a non-custodial tool enabling merchants to accept shielded ZEC payments without surrendering custody or privacy. weave-zec solves this by allowing merchants and AI agents to provide a viewing key from their existing wallet, from which the system derives rotating shielded addresses per transaction, monitors for payments via lightwalletd, and confirms receipt — all without touching merchant funds. The platform’s existing OpenClaw AI agent skill further extends weave-zec into the agentic economy, enabling autonomous private invoicing and treasury management in shielded ZEC. Applicant is requesting $48,000.

      • Gguy: We see a lot of payment and merchant solutions coming out of Zcash ecosystem right now. I don’t think this is meaningfully different enough to warrant funding.

      • Zerodartz: I also don’t see the point of this right now. We have a decent amount of working payment systems. And there seems to be other projects doing new experiments with payment systems which might turn out well to later develop into fully working systems.

      • Decentralistdan: ZCG has already allocated funding of this functionality in the ecosystem and I view this application as redundant currently.

      • Declined async.

  • Hera’s Ledger

    • Hera’s Ledger is a blockchain-based financial privacy platform designed to protect the economic autonomy of women experiencing domestic financial abuse or surveillance. The project combines Dual-Key Stealth Addresses (DKSA) and Zero-Knowledge Proofs (ZKP) to create an “invisible ledger” that decouples a user’s on-chain identity from their financial activity, allowing them to receive and manage funds without creating a traceable transaction history. The platform operates on a privacy-by-default model through a non-custodial interface, enabling users to receive funds at unlinkable stealth addresses while retaining the ability to selectively disclose eligibility for support services. Applicant is requesting $28,500.

      • Artkor: I reject this proposal because I do not see anything that is meaningfully important or specific to Zcash. Nearly all of the protocols and dependencies referenced in this proposal come from EVM world, and I’m not convinced that this would bring clear native value to the Zcash ecosystem.

      • Gguy: I don’t see the value in this proposal. It’s not something that I believe we should fund.

      • Zerodartz: It also doesn’t have any community feedback and it’s difficult to see how it fits into Zcash exactly. To me it seems to overcomplicate privacy by combining different systems. .

      • Hanh: I don’t understand what this project brings to Zcash or privacy in general (in addition to Zcash)?

      • Decentralistdan: I agree as well. Unclear usefulness to the Zcash ecosystem.

      • Declined (unanimous)

  • Zcash Web Gateway

    • Zcash Web Gateway is an open-source infrastructure project that addresses a foundational technical limitation preventing browser-based Zcash wallets from communicating directly with lightwalletd servers. Because browsers cannot implement native gRPC, a proxy layer is required to translate browser-compatible requests — a gap currently filled either by a single hosted provider, creating centralization risk, or by ad-hoc developer setups with inconsistent reliability. The project proposes to deliver a production-ready, Envoy-based gRPC-web proxy stack hardened for the Zcash ecosystem, along with deployment templates targeting setup times under 20 minutes, a conformance test suite (zcash-gateway-test) for validating any endpoint, and a public registry of vetted gateway endpoints with uptime monitoring. Applicant is requesting $15,900.

      • Gguy: This is one we’ve seen before.

      • Zerodartz: I don’t have much trust in this one or the team’s expertise.

      • Artkor: I agree. Given our previous experience on the committee with similar proposals, I would like to see more substantial evidence of clear demand for this infrastructure from those who would actually use it. At this stage, I have not seen that and I reject this proposal.

      • Hanh: I think once we have a few applications that ask for a grpc web proxy we can revisit this but since currently it is only metamask and they have their own infrastructure I don’t see much need to have an entire ecosystem of servers but not clients.

      • Gguy: While I’d like to explore this space a bit more, but as it stands right now, I’m not ready to fund this. But I do think that if we do see people wanting to utilize this for their deployments maybe we can revisit these types of grants. It can be hard enough delivering a useful product when the consumers and their requirements are well known.

      • Decentralistdan: No clear demand to fund this.

      • Declined (unanimous)

  • Zecret Ballots by Gnosis Guild

    • Gnosis Guild proposes Zecret Ballots, a coercion-resistant secret voting application built on The Interfold’s CRISP framework, designed specifically for Zcash token holders participating in governance decisions. The solution supports both transparent and shielded Zcash wallets, offers gasless Ethereum transactions for a streamlined user experience, and includes configurable ballot options and quorum thresholds. Deliverables include an open-source codebase comprising smart contracts, zk circuits, a relayer service, snapshot and Merkle reconstruction tooling, a TypeScript/React frontend, end-user and developer documentation, and six months of post-deployment maintenance. Applicant is requesting $100,000.

      • Artkor: I reject this proposal because this direction is already successfully covered. One voting system is already successfully providing the minimum necessary level of functionality for the community, and a second alternative with very good UX is already being tested for integration into the most popular Zcash wallet. For those reasons, I consider this area closed for now.

      • Gguy: There are multiple parties exploring this space. I think the main concern I have with this proposal is adoption, amongst other things. So while it would be cool to explore, adoption is going to be the main factor in this technology. Unless we see someone reach out interested in adopting this into their wallet or application. It’s hard to see it being used.

      • Zerodartz: In ZecHub DAO they had a demo. It’s more like voting for proposals.The demo worked but it was using MetaMask. I have to think about this one more and discuss with ZecHub also.

      • Hanh: It seems to use its own token for voting. I don’t see a clear connection with the orchard notes and whether it is weighted with the user ZEC shielded holdings.

      • Decentralistdan: Would like to look into this more and wait on feedback from ZecHub

      • Remains open

  • PEER28 PEERPORTAL

    • Peer28 is a decentralized social network in prototype stage with over 170,000 active users and 3.4 million on its waitlist, seeking funding to integrate privacy-preserving payments powered by Zcash and zk-SNARK cryptography into its platform. The project combines decentralized content sharing, live streaming, prediction markets, and creator monetization tools into a single ecosystem, designed to give users direct ownership of their identity, content, and earnings without reliance on centralized intermediaries. Applicant is requesting $800,000.

      • Artkor: I reject this proposal for reasons I have already set out in the related community forum thread.

      • Hanh: It’s another private payment system, you can use one of the solutions we have already.

      • Zerodartz: It’s highly unlikely they have the users they claim, i tested the site and it has multiple red flags to not trust the site or the proposal sadly.

      • Decentralistdan: I agree with both, including disqualify.

      • Hanh: Agreed. t’s very suspicious, the numbers they’re saying dont add up. If there were such a high number of people on the waiting list, there would be clear traction.

      • Declined and ZCG has decided to disqualify this applicant from applying for future grants (unanimous)

  • Formal Verification of Halo 2 in Lean 4

    • This proposal seeks to formally verify Zcash’s Orchard shielded transaction protocol and its Halo 2 circuits using Lean 4, closing a critical security gap that manual audits and existing automated tools cannot address. Working in three phases, the applicant will prove soundness and completeness of five core circuit gadgets, verify protocol-level security properties including spend authorization and balance enforcement, and apply the resulting infrastructure to post-quantum migration analysis and privacy extensions. All outputs will be released open-source, providing Zcash with the first comprehensive formal guarantees of the correctness of its core privacy infrastructure. Applicant is requesting $201,600.

      • Gguy: I’m interested in having mathematical proofs for the circuits. I’m going to require more details to approve this and feedback from other developers in the community. We may even ask. I’m also interested in why the timeline is so long. So, I’m not quite ready to vote today, but I’m interested in what others have to say.

      • Hanh: I don’t know if this person is qualified to do such a high difficult task and I think that if it’s required it should be driven by the protocol team.

      • Gguy: If people are keen then maybe 15 minutes on an Arborist Call would be worthwhile.

      • Artkor: So these proposed research topics are highly serious but I have not yet found confirmed evidence of relevant experience in their knowledge of cryptographic research on the part of the applicant. It would also be helpful to see at least some discussion of this proposal from cryptographers in the Zcash ecosystem. At this stage, I have not made a decision.

      • Hanh: I mean, it’s tough. You also need the Zcash team to accept reviewing the report and the work of that guy. I think it’s a pretty big ask. Halo and orchard is out for like many years already and seem to be pretty well established. If you want this to work, you have to divert their efforts to make sure that this guy’s work is on track. But we have to make sure that they’re on board with that.

      • Decentralistdan: Reliance on the core team needs to be taken into consideration. & more feedback from the community/core team on the need for this type of work at the moment

      • Hanh: I don’t think they have the street cred to be on the same level as the guys that wrote the protocol, and that’s a requirement.

      • Zerodartz: I know some Zcash devs have looked into the Lean stuff in the past. Would want to wait for some feedback from others.

      • Remains open

  • Rhea Zcash Gateway

    • Rhea Finance is requesting $54,200 from ZCG to develop the Zcash Gateway, a native Chrome extension wallet designed to integrate ZEC into the broader DeFi ecosystem. The project addresses Zcash’s current isolation from DeFi by delivering a browser-based wallet with shielded transaction support, cross-chain lending infrastructure, intent-based asset routing, and seamless DApp integration.

      • Decentralistdan: The primary deliverable is a Chrome extension wallet for enabling seamless interaction with Zcash and multi-chain DeFi. And this team has been super active over the time recently. They seem to have a lot of traction interacting with multiple teams in the community.

      • Artkor: I have asked trusted contacts to help verify the proposal and if it’s coming from them I would be inclined to view it positively because I agree with Dan and I appreciate the activity engagement this team demonstrated in the ecosystem toward the end of last year.

      • Hanh: I think Rhea finance is really big.

      • Zerodartz: I would wait to confirm it’s a real person associated with Rhea since the proposal itself seems interesting.

      • Hanh: They have done some other stuff for Zcash not so long ago. So it’s quite possible that they are legit but yeah should verify and if it’s legit then personally I think it makes sense.

      • Decentralistdan: Does it make sense to pass this on to Riggs (DeFi Strategist working with ZCG)?

      • Gguy: Yes, it makes sense, let’s have him verify some details.

      • Remains open

  • Zcash Ecosystem Onboarding At Women in DeFi Summit 2026

    • A Zcash Global Ambassador is requesting funding to secure Gold Sponsorship at the Women in DeFi Summit 2026 (April 25, Nigeria), a growing annual Web3 conference projected to host approximately 2,000 crypto-native attendees including developers, founders, and investors. The sponsorship includes a dedicated booth, product presentation, panel participation, and post-event content assets. The core argument is that Zcash has no visible presence at major Nigerian and African crypto events despite the region’s growing adoption, and that direct hands-on engagement — demonstrated through the proposer’s prior onboarding work in Nigeria — is the most effective driver of adoption. Applicant is requesting $4,960.

      • Zerodartz: It’s from Elzz who has been quite active and we’re going to have a call with her soon. Then we will discuss more.

      • Remains open

  • Launching the First Zcash Privacy and Developer Education Initiative Across Kenyan Universities and Tech Communities 2026

    • CryptoGalaxy Community proposes a 13-event nationwide program to establish Kenya’s first structured Zcash education and developer ecosystem, spanning university campus tours and city workshops across Kenya. The initiative targets students, developers, and blockchain enthusiasts with programming covering shielded wallet onboarding, zero-knowledge fundamentals, privacy-preserving dApp design, and prototype build challenges. The organization cites prior blockchain education work resulting in several deployed applications as evidence of its ability to convert programming into tangible developer outputs. Applicant is requesting $41,000.

      • Zerodartz: It’s a bit big budget for people who have not yet contributed to Zcash before. Otherwise the event budget looks pretty good per event. I would wait for more community feedback.

      • Decentraistdan: skeptical of comments in support on forum that were made at basically the same time, and would like to see proposals like this prove themselves/interact with the community before submitting large grant requests

      • Hanh: Yeah it’s a bit suspect.

      • Artkor: I’d like to research the issue of the popularity of cryptocurrencies in Kenya in more depth.

      • Remains open

  • Zallet ↔ zcashd Wallet RPC Parity Harness: Reproducible Diff Reports for Migration Testing

    • The applicant is building a repeatable wallet RPC parity harness within the zcash/wallet repository to systematically compare behavior between zcashd and Zallet during the ongoing wallet migration effort. The tool runs a defined suite of RPC calls against both endpoints and produces normalized reports classifying each result. A functional MVP establishing the core repo structure, CLI scaffold, manifest schema, diff reporting, and automated tests is already open in PR #404; this grant funds the remaining work to bring the harness to a documented, upstream-ready state, including normalization rules, ignore-path configuration, expected-differences support, a v1 method suite, and review polish sufficient for long-term maintainer adoption. Applicant is requesting $20,000.

      • Remains open

  • ACCUM Fair Proof-of-Contribution Mining Protocol

    • ACCUM is an independent, open-source blockchain protocol in active development (70% complete) that introduces Fair Proof-of-Contribution (F-PoC), a novel consensus mechanism designed to address centralization failures in classical Proof-of-Work systems. By combining Argon2id memory-hard hashing with a multi-dimensional reward formula weighted across computational work, long-term participation, and economic commitment, ACCUM makes ASIC hardware economically unviable while enabling consistent, epoch-based rewards that allow solo miners on standard hardware to participate competitively without joining centralized pools. Applicant is requesting $75,000.

      • Artkor: I am definitely against any interference with the mining algorithm. Many investors are investing huge resources into Zcash mining. There is nothing fair about changing the protocol.

      • Hanh: Yeah, he’s not suggesting changing the protocol of Zcash. He wants to create another chain. I think it’s pretty much out of scope.

      • Zerodartz: Right now is not the best time to start changing the mining algorithm.

      • Artkor: Then I support rejection for being out of scope.

      • Gguy: I agree, out of scope.

      • Decentralistdan: Reject. Out of scope.

      • Rejected (unanimous)

  • Zcash Ghana (April 2026 - June 2026)

    • Zcash Ghana is seeking funding to continue scaling its blockchain education and financial privacy outreach program across Ghana. The proposed work centers on six recurring monthly activities: in-person meetups, developer workshops/hackathons, road shows and street talks, X-Space discussions, community challenges, and social media content — all aimed at closing the financial privacy knowledge gap, driving Zcash adoption among Ghanaian individuals and businesses, and building developer capacity for privacy-focused solutions across the region. Applicant is requesting $12,600.

      • Zerodartz: They had a ZecHub proposal last year from October to December and that was successful. They did some events. I don’t think it’s the perfect team, but they have proved they can organize events and get stufff done now.

      • Hanh: I think it’s not super exceptional, but it’s not bad, right? It’s not like taking the money and not doing anything. They have posted stuff on Twitter. They have organized events. They have t-shirts and stuff, merch. Personally I think it’s a success, they’re not asking for too much.

      • Decentralistdan: It seems he’s stepped up with ZecHub and is active in the community, but more discussion needed.

      • Gguy: Let’s discuss on Friday what the exact structure could look like.

      • Remains open

  • Reputrans

    • REPUTRANS is a privacy-preserving reputation portability protocol designed to address a critical gap facing the estimated 59 million American gig workers — and 200+ million globally — who cannot access loans or insurance because their professional track records are siloed within platforms like Uber, Airbnb, and DoorDash. The system allows workers to cryptographically prove work history credentials to lenders and insurers without revealing their identity, platform affiliation, or exact data, using a pipeline built on Noir zero-knowledge circuits, threshold EdDSA credential issuance via ThetaCrypt, and EVM smart contracts with on-chain nullifier logic to prevent credential reuse. Applicant is requesting $45,000.

      • Remains open

  • Marketing at Berlin Blockchain Week & 2-Day Event with WebZero

    • A four-person grassroots marketing team, in partnership with WebZero, is proposing a Zcash activation during Berlin Blockchain Week (June 14–21, 2026) centered on The Zcash Privacy Späti — a two-day branded pop-up at MENA, Kreuzberg. The activation combines active team presence across Berlin Blockchain Week, DappCon, NEOCypherpunk Summit, and daily side events with a gamified onboarding experience in which attendees create shielded Zodl wallets to unlock branded merchandise, targeting 300+ new wallet creations and 500+ attendees. The initiative builds on a proven grassroots model validated at DevConnect Buenos Aires, ETHBoulder/ETHDenver, and upcoming ETHCC Cannes events. Applicant is requesting $63,820.

      • Zerodartz: ZCG will have a call in near future with them and webZero to discuss more details since there is a lot here that is dependent on multiple factors not known yet.

      • Remains open

  • Zcash Integration for the Open Wallet Standard

    • The applicant proposes integrating Zcash into the Open Wallet Standard (OWS), an open-source agent wallet spec launched March 23, 2026. As AI agent payment frameworks adopt OWS, unchained networks face compounding exclusion; no privacy chain is currently represented. This grant funds a targeted wiring effort — ZIP-32 key derivation and PCZT spend authorization for Sapling and Orchard — making Zcash the first privacy-preserving chain in the standard. The cryptography is complete; this is an integration and standardization task, consistent with the PCZT pattern already shipping in Keystone/Zashi and under development at OneKey (ZCG #228). Applicant is requesting $25,000.

      • Remains open

Miscellaneous:

  • ZCG extended Rigved’s independent contractor agreement (DeFi Specialist) with the option to cancel at any time. We thank Rigved for the outreach and work he’s completed thus far.
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Hey ZCG folks! I read this, and after reading the first proposal I posted a request for more information on its sub-thread, but I wanted to follow up and say that you really gave thorough explanations for your decisions on all of the other proposals here, which were many. It’s clear you’re doing a lot of work on this, and I appreciate you posting thorough rationales.

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Hi team,

Could you work on Bug Bounty program? big rewards for big exploits. LLMs are making it super easy to hack any system or protocol. We don’t want north koreans or bad guys to exploit first!

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Good morning! I’m really grateful that our proposal received such positive feedback from the team.

I’d be happy to verify my identity either through our x account or within our Telegram group chat. The Rhea team is excited to continue developing and building within the Zcash ecosystem.

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Hey @kruzzz-rhea! Please reply to my DM on X from the Rhea Finance account. We’ve been messaging each other since last year. My username on X is ruzcash.

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Our social team has verified my identity via DM with Artkor on X. We look forward to the next steps and are happy to provide any additional information the team may need.

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Thank you, I received the confirmation about an hour ago.

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Hey folks,

Thanks for the application feedback for Zecret Ballots submitted by Gnosis Guild. I’m happy to address these concerns :slight_smile:

1/ Thanks for your feedback Artkor!

  • Existing solutions that I am aware of (Helios, SIV and ZKOOL) each make fundamental trade-offs (privacy vs public verifiability vs trust vs receipt-freeness.)

  • CRISP (Zecret Ballots) is not forced to make these trade-offs.

  • To help visualise this, I’ve compared the four solutions side by side, which points out exactly why Zecret Ballots is completely different from existing solutions. Please view with this link below
    https://www.notion.so/gnosisguild/337d812d4bc080df98f7ebd53b451240?source=copy_link

2/ Thanks for your feedback Gguy!

  • I totally agree! Usage is our primary motivator, which is exactly why we approached Zechub as potential users themselves. The use-case, IIUC, is that the shortage of participation concealment has at times led to reduced participation rates entirely. Interestingly, Zecret Ballots (via vote masking and custom quorum thresholds) simultaneously enables voters to conceal individual participation, whilst also enabling administrators to enforce collective participation.

3/ Thanks for the feedback Zerodartz!

  • Your absolutely right, we did. However, our proposed implementation of Zecret Ballots will abstract evm wallet necessity away entirely. Eligibility will be determined via $ZEC token balance, or zcash wallet address, votes will remain encrypted E2E, and will be posted on chain via a relayer. Note that only zero-knowledge proofs of ciphertext will be relayed, so there is no introduced threat of vote tampering. More importantly, the UX will be seamless for the user. I hope this clarifies your concern!

4/ Thanks for the feedback Hanh!

  • For the purpose of the demo, we used $DVT (Demo Voting Token)

  • For the actual Zecret Ballot implementation, voter eligibility will be based on $ZEC threshold balance

  • Re shielded wallets, the expected implementation will involve the following

    • Shielded wallet users will register by generating a halo2 proof, proving they have an unspent note at block x snapshot.

    • Registration will be on-chain (but evm will still be abstracted away via relayer.)

    • Will involve an additional EdDSA voting key

I want to emphasise that this is not a coin voting mechanism.

I recognise that there has been considerable confusion regarding this application (I believe Hanh you may have also built a coin voting mechanism) which Zecret Ballots is not. We have already delivered two live demo’s to Zechub and on a Zcash community call, if it will help, we are happy to demo this again, or set up a call to talk about the implementation in greater detail!!!

Thank you all!
Bryant

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The guided fuzzing grant approval makes a lot of sense. Finding a real vulnerability during the proposal review process is exactly the kind of return that justifies investing in security tooling early.

The bug bounty idea from dontbeevil deserves its own conversation. Formalizing that as a standing program would complement the fuzzing work well.

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Hey folks, looks like our application got rejected before we had the time to submit the above responses (seems like we were about an hour late :confused: ) so, i’ve re-submitted the application. I really hope my above answers have helped clarify the confusion, and I stand by ready to answer any more questions or do so on a call or demo! link to new app below - thank you! :slight_smile:

Zcash Community Grants Meeting Minutes 4/13/2026