Let us try to solve the main problem and put an end to this ongoing struggle.
The problem is that the committee has repeatedly dismissed our work and achievements because they are “online.”
Yet, based on our research, most other funded communities allocate approximately 80% of their budgets to online activities and only around 20% to IRL events.
Even after we organized an IRL event as requested, our proposal was still not approved because we supposedly lack support from other communities! This is another new and unusual requirement that, based on our research, does not appear to have been required from other communities that received funding in the past.
So what exactly is the definition of “support from other communities or community members”?
is this something like that? @zerodartz @artkor
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ZecHub — They regularly support us on X, and in the Telegram group shared with ZCG, they have acknowledged our efforts and confirmed that we completed the work we were asked to do.
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Zooko — He regularly supports us on X through likes and retweets - you can check.
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Josh — He published a list of active Zcash communities, and ZcashArabia was included:
Josh Swihart 🛡 on X: "https://t.co/ZZmwFcGCgW" / X -
Web3Privacy — They also published a list and included us:
Web3Privacy Now on X: "Zcash also lives through regional communities: @zcashbrazil @ZcashArabia @ZcashNigeria @ZcashGH @ZcashTurkiye @zcashesp" / X -
Zcast (Zcash Español) — They have also recognized and highlighted our work:
Zcast on X: "¡Qué bien! ¡Más Zcashers activos!" / X
Zcast on X: "¡La comunidad Arabia también se activó en abril! Y te lo contamos en este episodio: https://t.co/3xoV5zFYeU #Zcast #Zcash" / X -
ZcashNames — They have recognized our efforts:
Zcash Names on X: "@ZcashArabia has led referrals for 3 days in a row. They have the biggest weekly projected payout gain at +0.5 $ZEC . cam added 0.1000 $ZEC in projected payout this week, @BarrySilbert added 0.0500 ZEC hgytfyyh stood out as a new referrer with 5 referrals in 7 days. Doing" / X
Zcash Names on X: "arabia took the monthly lead from barrysilbert with 39 direct referrals and 4.33 $ZEC in projected rewards. zechariah took the weekly lead from akaza, finishing with 1 direct referrals and 0.05 ZEC in projected rewards." / X -
CipherPay — They have also recognized our efforts and the help we provided:
Cipherpay on X: "To celebrate our AMA tonight at 20:00 UTC with @ZcashArabia, we added Arabic support to CipherPay. Shukran to the Zcash Arabia team for helping with the translations. English, Spanish, Portuguese, and now Arabic, that's 2.5 billion people who can accept private payments in" / X
Additionally, there has also been some support from members of the Zcash Brazil community and other known community members, whether through likes on the forum or engagement on X.
We are not claiming that these people or organizations are saying, “Fund ZcashArabia.” That is not their role, and no other local community grant proposal, as far as we have found, was ever required to first obtain support from other communities.
Rather, these are clear indications that our work is reaching other people within the Zcash ecosystem and that our efforts are being recognized and appreciated by others.
Is this sufficient for the committee to approve our proposal?
If anyone interested here’s some work we did from Mid-February 2026 to August 2026 (Please refer to our monthly reports below for full details.) - We only got funding from Feb. to May.
These are not just social media metrics; they represent real onboarding, education, ecosystem collaboration, and active participation in the Zcash ecosystem.
- Bringing ~200 ZODL wallet downloads through our campaigns and community initiatives during May and June.
- Educated more than 230 Arabic-speaking users about Zcash, privacy, and self-custody through our Academy, educational content, webinars, and community activities.
- Produced and localized more than 60 educational resources, including articles, guides, lessons, and translations, in addition to some videos, infographics, threads.
- Grew our community from:
- 200 → 425 Telegram members (+105%)
- 400 → 920 X followers (+125%)
- 100 → 230 Academy participants (+110%)
- Hosted multiple community events +8, webinars, contests, and campaigns with ~500 total participants in total
- Onboard 90+ users to ZcashNames.
- Launched new Academy tracks including Rust Development and Security & Privacy with gamification
- Collaborated with multiple Zcash ecosystem projects, including ZecHub, ZcashNames, CipherPay and Red·Bridge, Noir wallet with plans to make more collaboration.
- Launched community activities such as: (Eidiya Merch Campaign, World Cup Prediction web app, Draw Your Country Flag with the Zcash Logo Contest).
- Hold 1 IRL event