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You guys are doing a great job
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Tomorrow 16:30 UTC! First Zk Av Club Open Call (then every 3rd Thursday).
Recording Station updates + our work as content stewards: the on-location media lab that helps event-goers record conversations on their own terms. We’re building an open, community-made archive for creators/filmmakers/historians (camera originals from multiple angles, uncompressed audio, meaningful metadata). Source masters are released under CC BY-SA after guest approval.
More updates: publishing pipeline to Internet Archive (Batch #1 = 10 recordings), public index + metadata workflow, Zcash PeerTube, Community Fund gigs, and our 2026 activations shortlist.
Jitsi (not streamed). Recording won’t be published in full. Link soon.
Thanks to Zcash Community Grants @ZCG for making this possible!
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Today 16:30 UTC: first Zk Av Club Open Call!
We’ll recap Jan + cover Feb progress: Recording Station updates, Internet Archive Batch #1 (10), Workshops, PeerTube, 2026 activations.
Get caught up before the call: http://zkav.club 
Also: Community Fund guidelines + production/post-production gigs (next week) + roles opening soon: The Archivist + The Storyteller
No full recording; we’ll share a short written recap.
Join link: Jitsi Meet
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Zk Av Club — ZCG 2026 Month 2 Report (Milestone 2)
Grant: Zcash Community Media Infrastructure & Support | Zk Av Club 2026
Reporting period: February 1–28, 2026
Milestone: 2
Complete: Yes
"Free and open-source media is stewardship extended into the future.
And the future doesn’t ask for perfection. It asks for clarity. For structure. For something it can use."
— From Free & Open-Source Media
1) Summary
February was about putting the structure in place so this grant can run without friction.
We launched the Opportunities page, establishing paid coordination roles and skill networks that move recordings from “we recorded it” to structured, open-source media. The Archivist and Storyteller roles now define how publishing will function going forward.
We staged backlog Recording Station material for archive publication through metadata review and source organization, and advanced the Zcash-focused PeerTube deployment, deciding on a dedicated domain (details below), with scope and reporting documented in the Zcash PeerTube project hub.
Activation planning includes Berlin Blockchain Week, DWeb Camp, and Zcon7, alongside the formal launch of the 2026 Workshops program.
This month focused on building infrastructure the community can rely on for recording, stewarding, and publishing Zcash community and privacy ecosystem media beyond platform cycles.
The work is quieter than a launch. Closer to maintenance.
2) Milestone 2 Deliverables
Opportunities launch — Paid coordination roles and skill networks
February marked the launch of the Opportunities page, establishing the paid roles and skill networks required to execute this grant.
Two monthly coordination roles are now open:
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The Archivist — coordinates item assembly, metadata standards, and final publication into the public archive.
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The Storyteller — works with the network of scribes to produce transcripts and prepares contextual text so recordings remain understandable and usable over time.
We also formalized contribution-based skill networks for transcription, event production, and post-production as work arises.
Zk Av Club Workshops 2026
February also launched the 2026 Workshops program: a structured pathway for community-led, conversational sessions aligned with privacy-first and decentralized technology values.
Details and facilitator pathways are available at zkav.club/workshops.
Publishing cadence + reporting
We are preparing a lightweight dashboard to track Recording Station source archives and historical Zcon publishing.
Publishing cadence will be finalized once staffing is in place and will follow confirmed capacity.
Backlog pipeline — Batch No. 1 (preparation phase)
We began preparing 2025 Recording Station backlog material for publication to Internet Archive, including metadata review and source organization.
Publication will move steadily once the Archivist and Storyteller roles are onboarded.
Zcash PeerTube — watchz.cash
We made significant progress on the upcoming Zcash-focused PeerTube deployment at watchz.cash.
Work in February included hosting evaluation, configuration decisions, and documentation of scope and reporting templates in the Zcash PeerTube project hub.
PeerTube is being built carefully before expanding, with long-term maintainability as the priority.
Zk Av Club activation list + feasibility notes
The activation list has expanded from a Recording Station shortlist to a broader Zk Av Club activation plan. Current activations in planning phase include:
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Berlin Blockchain Week
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DWeb Camp
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Zcon7
Community input continues through the public event suggestion form.
Monthly report
This post fulfills the February public reporting requirement.
3) Metrics Snapshot (February)
Opportunities
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Opportunities page published
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Archivist and Storyteller roles announced
Workshops
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2026 Workshops program launched
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Facilitator pathway published
Publishing Cadence
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Dashboard framework outlined
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Staffing-dependent cadence defined
Archiving
- Backlog batch no. 1 staged for archive publication
Publishing Infrastructure (PeerTube)
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Initial administrators designated: @ryan.taylor and @dismad
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watchz.cash domain secured
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Hosting and configuration decisions documented in the project hub
Activations (Planning Phase)
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Berlin Blockchain Week
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DWeb Camp
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Zcon7
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Public event suggestion form launched
4) Risks & Mitigation
Staffing dependency
Publishing cadence depends on onboarding the Archivist and Storyteller roles. We are bringing these roles online now, and pacing will follow confirmed capacity.
PeerTube sustainability
PeerTube is being built carefully before expanding. Storage, moderation load, and long-term maintenance are being evaluated against realistic capacity.
Taking on more than capacity allows
Each activation is assessed for budget, volunteer availability, and alignment before confirmation.
5) What’s Next (Milestone 3)
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Onboard Archivist and Storyteller
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Finalize Recording Station publishing cadence
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Begin publishing backlog items as staffing allows
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Continue PeerTube implementation toward initial release
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Confirm activation scopes for Berlin Blockchain Week, DWeb Camp, and Zcon7
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Review event suggestion form submissions and prioritize additional 2026 activations
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Continue development of the public outputs dashboard
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Maintain monthly reporting cadence
Thanks
Thank you to Zcash Community Grants (@ZCG) for supporting this work.
More details on roles, infrastructure, and activations are available at zkav.club, including Recording Station, Workshops, and Opportunities.
— Zk Av Club
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February was a building month for Zk Av Club.
We moved from an idea to a working structure:
Recording Station
Workshops
Community publishing infrastructure
The point is simple: help communities record their work and publish it in the commons, not on borrowed platforms.
If you want to see what we’re building and why it exists:
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The Zk Av Club summer activation plan is here 
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Zcash Community Grants Milestone 3 Report (March 2026)
“Most media pipelines today are built for distribution. Speed, reach, and engagement come first. Editing and compression happen early, collapsing recordings into finished outputs. What remains is single-use, disposable content.”
For Zk Av Club, March focused on recruiting for two key roles: The Archivist and The Storyteller.
These roles are fundamental to Zk Av Club’s workflow. An interim Archivist is supporting the process to ensure the role is ready to be filled. Timelines across other workstreams were adjusted to prioritize recruiting and onboarding.
Applications are open through March 31 (UTC). Onboarding is scheduled for mid-April. Apply here.
In parallel, infrastructure and internal documentation are being developed to support workflows and onboarding.
This work enables publishing and preserving Zcash ecosystem and cypherpunk media under community control.
1) Recruiting: The Archivist & The Storyteller
Completed:
- Finalized role definitions and responsibilities
- Designed trial tasks and evaluation criteria
- Established submission and review workflows
In progress:
- Applications for both roles are strong and globally distributed
- Preparing onboarding documentation
Core archive workflows and standards are being formalized.
Next:
- Select candidates and begin trial tasks for final decision-making
2) Infrastructure
Completed:
- Recording workflow, file/folder structure, and naming conventions defined
- Seafile instance deployed and tested for file upload and sharing
In progress:
- Hardening self-hosted infrastructure (Seafile)
- CryptPad instance setup and configuration
- Consolidating internal contributor documentation
- Refining workflows for onboarding and use
Next:
- Apply workflows during onboarding and iterate based on real usage
- Validate end-to-end recording → upload → organization → access flow
3) Timeline Adjustments
Completed:
- Re-prioritized workstreams to focus on recruiting
In progress:
- Sequencing publishing and infrastructure work around recruiting
Next:
- Resume delayed workstreams post-onboarding, as staffing allows:
- Recording Station publishing cadence
- Publishing backlog items
- Public outputs dashboard
4) PeerTube
PeerTube implementation for watchz.cash moved from planning into active deployment. View project hub
Completed:
- Provisioned VPS (Njalla) and completed initial server hardening
- Configured S3-compatible object storage (Wasabi) for media
- Defined deployment architecture (Docker Compose on single VPS)
- Aligned publishing, moderation, and project hub documentation
- Production infrastructure provisioned for PeerTube deployment
In progress:
- Core services setup (ZFS, Postgres, Redis, reverse proxy)
- Preparing PeerTube installation
Next:
- Complete core services and install PeerTube
- Connect storage and validate upload → storage → playback flow
- Run initial test uploads and validate publishing workflow
Timeline:
- Invite-only alpha launch at end of April
5) 2026 Activations
Completed:
- Berlin Blockchain Week 2026 and DWeb Camp 2026 plan published
- Event suggestion form launched
In progress:
- Planning for Zcon7
- Reviewing event suggestion submissions
Next:
- Confirm additional 2026 activations
- Begin planning for summer events
6) Follow-up on Milestone 2 “What’s Next”
| Item | Status |
|---|---|
| Onboard Archivist & Storyteller | In progress (applications open through March 31) |
| Recording Station publishing cadence | Delayed (post-onboarding) |
| Begin publishing backlog items | Delayed (post-onboarding) |
| PeerTube implementation | In progress → invite-only alpha |
| Confirm summer activations | Published |
| Event suggestion intake | Live |
| Public outputs dashboard | Delayed |
| Monthly reporting cadence | Maintained |
7) Summary
March focused on recruiting and infrastructure to enable the next phase of publishing and activation.
- Recruiting prioritized over output
- Systems and documentation developed further
- Timelines adjusted accordingly
April focus:
- Onboarding: The Archivist & The Storyteller
- Resume publishing and archiving work
- PeerTube setup and testing
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Hello, Zcashers!
We at the Zk Av Club are pleased to announce the kickoff: the first official workshop of our Community Workshop Program.
We’ll be joined by @pacu , who graciously agreed to share his knowledge of Git—a tool we believe will empower workshop attendees and further open up opportunities for community participation.
We’re very excited about this! The response to our workshop program has been very positive.
We invite everyone to participate in the event, or to share the link if you know someone who could benefit from this knowledge.
Thank you for supporting the Club!
Join the workshop: Learn Git by doing: Create, upload, and share your projects · Luma
If you’d like to lead a workshop, read this: Host a Zk Av Club Workshop | zkav.club
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Thanks @gordonesTV you are too kind. Basically most of my knowledge of git 
. The real Git gods here are @nuttycom and @str4d
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This gives me an idea!
Could we maybe get @nuttycom and @str4d to join @pacu for a followup workshop 
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Hello, community!
Here you can enjoy of the @pacu 's workshop.
Remember, you can make the exercises and practice.
Stay tuned for upcoming workshops!
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Today we have an open call to talk about something key: our community workshops.
If you want to:
— share something you know
— learn by doing
— or simply be a more active part of the community
Join this open call!
We’ll be talking about:
• What the Zk Av Club community workshops are
• How the program works
• How you can propose or facilitate one
• And open up space for live brainstorming
You don’t need to know everything; the idea is to build together.
Today
15:30 UTC
See you there:
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Zcash Community Grants Milestone 4 Report (April 2026)
April moved the project from planning into a working system, while also revealing some constraints that still limit full execution.
Recruiting reached final decisions. PeerTube is live in invite-only alpha with a working upload, processing, playback, and backup system. At the same time, internal club infrastructure limits, especially around storage, became clear under real usage conditions.
1) Recruiting: The Archivist & The Storyteller
Completed:
- Reviewed applications, interviewed candidates, and made final selections
In progress:
- Onboarding scheduled to begin May 11
Next:
- Finish critical Zk Av Club infrastructure
- Integrate roles into active workflows
2) Club Infrastructure (Seafile and Cryptpad)
Completed:
- Tested Seafile under real upload conditions
- Identified storage constraints (~1TB limit, cost scaling issues, mismatch with 2TB+ per activation)
Critical issue: the current upload and storage approach does not scale to Recording Station usage.
In progress:
- Evaluating storage alternatives (Seafile Pro + object storage or other providers)
- Workflow design not yet tested end-to-end
- CryptPad not yet ready for production use
Next:
- Resolve storage approach (critical path)
- Define upload → storage → offload flow
- Test full upload pipeline under real-world conditions
- Finalize CryptPad backups and workflow
3) Publishing & Workflow Readiness
Completed:
- Drafted transcript standards and initial publishing workflow design
In progress:
- Archive writing and scribe workflow standards still being finalized
- Publishing cadence not resumed (~10 videos moving through workflow design and testing, Berlin Blockchain Week 2025 recordings)
Next:
- Begin limited publishing to validate workflow and test full flow
4) PeerTube (watchz.cash)
PeerTube is live in invite-only alpha at https://watchz.cash.
Completed:
- Invite-only alpha launched
- Upload → playback flow working
- Backup system implemented and restore tested
- MVP storage model finalized (local storage for playback, Wasabi for backups)
In progress:
- Alpha team onboarding (trusted/test uploaders)
- Initial content uploads (Zcon, ZecHub, archive material)
- Moderation workflows (approval-first publishing)
Next:
- Announce alpha publicly
- Continue onboarding and test under real usage
- Observe performance and costs
- Refine moderation approach
- Plan scaling strategy based on actual usage
5) Activations
Completed:
- Launched Recording Station volunteer interest form: https://tally.so/r/EkBxDr
- Committed to WebZero (Berlin Blockchain Week 2026); announcement pending
In progress:
- Finalizing DWeb Camp participation
- Volunteer intake and coordination
- Event logistics planning
Next:
- Confirm volunteer assignments
- Deploy Recording Station for upcoming activations
6) Workshops
Completed:
- Launched 2026 Zk Av Club Workshops series
- First workshop published: Git Isn’t Just for Programmers (hosted by @gordonestv, facilitated by @pacu)
In progress:
- Reaching out to facilitators for future workshops
- Preparing upcoming workshops
Next:
- Expand workshop series
Context:
Workshops are hands-on sessions focused on tools and techniques that help Zk Av Club, the wider community, and audiences do their work better, prioritizing privacy-respecting approaches.
Details on how to facilitate a workshop: https://zkav.club/workshops/
Note:
Additional workshops were delivered outside the Zk Av Club Workshops program:
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Como Transmitir e Gravar Vídeos com OBS e VoiceMeeter (by @ZcashBrazil)
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Workshop Entrena tu IA con NotebookLM Sesión (3 sessions, by @YendiraDigital):
7) Gigs & Opportunities
Completed:
- Launched signup form for upcoming gigs: https://tally.so/r/Ekbleq
In progress:
- Reviewing applications and identifying near-term roles
Next:
- Match contributors to roles for upcoming workloads
- Establish a simple intake → assignment workflow
8) Timeline Adjustments
April did not complete the transition into active publishing workflows.
In progress / Delayed:
- Onboarding scheduled (begins May 11)
- Publishing cadence not resumed
- Infrastructure not yet ready at required scale
Next:
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Shift execution into May:
- onboarding → active work
- infrastructure → working pipeline
- publishing → initial outputs
9) Follow-up on Milestone 3 “What’s Next”
| Item | Status |
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| Onboard Archivist & Storyteller | Partially complete (onboarding begins May 11) |
| Recording Station archiving cadence | Delayed |
| Begin publishing backlog items | In progress (public publishing not yet begun) |
| PeerTube implementation | Invite-only alpha live |
| Confirm summer activations | In progress |
| Event suggestion intake | Live |
| Public outputs dashboard | No visible progress |
| Monthly reporting cadence | Maintained |
10) Summary
- Recruiting reached decision stage, onboarding scheduled
- Recording Station infrastructure constraints were discovered and caused delays
- PeerTube is live in invite-only alpha
- Publishing workflows in progress
11) May Focus
- Complete onboarding and begin archive workflow
- Resolve storage constraints and validate upload pipeline
- Expand PeerTube alpha usage
- Start publishing Berlin Blockchain Week 2025 at a weekly cadence
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Zcash Community Grants Milestone 5 Report (May 2026)
Hi Zcashers 
Here’s our May 2026 update:
1) Team Development + Onboarding
A major focus this month was onboarding two new contributors into Zk Av Club: The Archivist and the Storyteller.
These two roles are closely connected to the long-term development of the Recording Station archive and the broader challenge of preserving and organizing community memory over time.
The Archivist role is being filled by Irena, whose background spans publications, audiovisual production, exhibition management, provenance systems, and building collaborative projects from the ground up. We’re especially excited about the combination of organizational rigor and creative experience she brings into the project at this stage of development. You can follow her work at x.com/pttrn_rcgntn.
The Storyteller role is being filled by Dayvan, an independent writer and researcher focused on archives, memory, temporality, and digital culture. Her work strongly resonates with the archive philosophy emerging around Recording Station, where media is understood not simply as content, but as part of a larger ecosystem of historical memory, context, and interpretation. You can explore her work at dayvan.xyz.
2) Club Infrastructure
No progress was made this month on club infrastructure.
3) Publishing & Release Pipeline
This week we released a new recording from Funding the Commons at Berlin Blockchain Week 2025 featuring Drips: https://youtu.be/xcctaIm2dR4
This is the first of several recordings currently moving through post-production. It’s also the first Zk Av Club video to be edited by @PacDc. And, it’s the first published video to get support from Dayvan as part of the new Storyteller role.
4) PeerTube (watchz.cash)
The invite-only alpha is at watchz.cash.
We’ve begun planning a new curation layer for watchz.cash. The goal is to improve discoverability and long-term impact of Zcash community media by highlighting key talks, historical context, and evergreen educational material.
As part of this process, we’ve begun developing a framework for selecting recordings based on educational value, historical importance, technical relevance, and long-term accessibility.
5) Activations
We’re excited to announce that the Zk Av Club Recording Station is coming to The Blockspäti by @webzero on June 18 and 19 during Berlin Blockchain Week 2026!! More details coming soon.
The Recording Station is designed as an open-access community media lab. Our volunteer crew is bringing cameras, microphones, and an open invitation to participate in documenting the community and ecosystem through conversations, workshops, and experimental media.
We also continued discussions and planning related to:
- Neocypherpunk Summit by Web3Privacy Now
- DWeb Camp Berlin
- Zcon7 by Zcash Foundation
6) Workshops
Throughout May 2026, we continued reorganizing and developing the Zk Av Club Workshops program ahead of the July–December season.
This month focused primarily on:
- developing workshop processes and roadmaps
- mapping long-term workshop curriculum
- drafting a Workshops FAQ page
The July–December 2026 season is being organized around two primary tracks:
- Zcash
- Sovereign / local-first community media technology
We have begun brainstorming with @ZecHub while outlining the Zcash workshop track sessions. Current planning targets a July launch for the two parallel workshop tracks.
This month, @AuraBritoSM hosted a workshop, facilitated by @yoditar: Signal para todos.
The Spanish-language workshop focused on helping participants understand how to use Signal for more secure and accessible community communication. It was hosted on Free2Z and livestreamed simultaneously to X and YouTube with live audience participation and discussion.
7) Community & Ecosystem Support
We continued supporting conversations and collaborations around:
- Zcash community media infrastructure
- open-source audiovisual tooling
- archive organization
- consent-first publishing workflows
- decentralized media distribution
Join a skill network for workshops, transcription, event production, post‑production, and more. When something fits your skills, we’ll reach out with the scope and pay. Details and signup form: https://zkav.club/opportunities/gigs/
8) Zcash Weekend Watchparty
Last week, we announced the return of the Zcash Weekend Watchparty: https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zk-av-club-presents-zcash-weekend-watchparty/55770
The concept is simple: recurring all-weekend livestreams on X featuring continuous broadcasts of historical Zcon presentations.
Last weekend’s Watchparty livestream included every Zcon presentation we could find across the years, starting with Privacy for Everyone (aka Zcon-minus-1), alongside Zcon Sessions with ZecHub at Zcon4 and additional community media produced at Zcon events.
The livestream ran for 99 hours and 28 minutes continuously. The full broadcast replay is now available for viewing on X: https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1nGeLyNwZERKX
The project serves multiple purposes:
- resurfacing important historical Zcash moments
- helping newer community members discover foundational talks and personalities
- experimenting with lightweight distribution systems
The streaming workflow is intentionally minimal and fully open-source, using command-line tooling rather than traditional broadcasting workflows.
9) Follow-up on Milestone 4 “What’s Next”
| Item | Status |
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| Onboard Archivist & Storyteller | Complete |
| Recording Station archiving cadence | Under development |
| Begin publishing backlog items | Public publishing has begun |
| PeerTube implementation | Initial content curation in progress |
| Confirm summer activations | Confirmed |
| Event suggestion intake | Live |
| Public outputs dashboard | No visible progress |
| Monthly reporting cadence | Maintained |
10) Summary
- Onboarded two new archive-focused contributor roles: The Archivist and the Storyteller
- Released the first Storyteller-supported publication from Funding the Commons
- Began planning a new curation layer for watchz.cash
- Announced the Recording Station at The Blockspäti during Berlin Blockchain Week 2026
- Launched the return of the Zcash Weekend Watchparty with a 99-hour historical Zcon livestream
- Continued developing the July–December Zk Av Club Workshops program
- Continued historical Zcon presentation review and archive organization work
11) June Focus
In June, our primary focus will be:
- Recording Station activations at Berlin Blockchain Week 2026
- Continuing the publishing backlog
- Expanding archive organization and workflows
- Preparing the July launch of the 2026 Zk Av Club Workshops season
- Further development of watchz.cash curation plans
Thanks again to the Zcash Community Grants committee and the wider Zcash community for continuing to support this work.
— Ryan / Zk Av Club
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Greetings, Zcashers!
We continue moving forward with our community workshop program. I take this opportunity to invite you to the workshop that will take place in June, about Omeka, a very interesting tool.
If you don’t know anything about it, connect to learn! And you can also support us by spreading and sharing on social media.
X: https://x.com/ZkAv_Club/status/2064362369342398668
Bluesky: @zkavclub.bsky.social on Bluesky
From the Zk Av Club, we continue empowering people with education! 
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Greetings, community!
We’re sharing a couple of workshops we’ll have for this end of June:
Affine Workshop, led by a member of the Zcash Spanish community (in Spanish): Construye tu mundo con Affine (1ra. Parte) · Luma
Date and time: 6/30 - 22:00 UTC
OBS + Akkadu Workshop, led by 2 members of the Zcash Brazil community (in Portuguese): Zcash Brasil on X: "Workshop Akkadu com OBS: transcrição e tradução simultâneas ao vivo. Neste workshop, vamos aprender a instalar e configurar o Akkadu para fazer transcrição e tradução simultânea ao vivo de eventos, reuniões, palestras e outros formatos, utilizando a ferramenta em conjunto com o https://t.co/Hg4YbpQzPG" / X
Date and time: 6/29 - 22:00 UTC
You’re all invited to these community activities! They’ll be live, and there will be time for questions and to clarify your doubts.
Remember that you can check the Club’s social media to stay updated on other activities we’re working on:
X: Zero-knowledge Audiovisual Club (@ZkAv_Club) / X
Bluesky: @zkavclub.bsky.social on Bluesky
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Milestone 6 Report - June 2026
Hi Zcashers
Here is our June 2026 milestone report for the Zk Av Club Community Media Infrastructure & Support grant.
Report Snapshot
- Grant: Zcash Community Media Infrastructure & Support: Zk Av Club 2026
- Reporting period: June 2026
- Milestone: 6
- Milestone status: In progress
- Overall grant status: On track
- Progress made this month: backlog publishing, watchz.cash curation, workshop programming, Berlin Blockchain Week recordings, Swarm livestreaming, DWeb Camp planning, archive preparation, and post-production coordination
June Overview
June was a full production month for Zk Av Club. We brought the Recording Station back to Berlin Blockchain Week, released four videos from the 2025 backlog, prepared the Zcash Playlist Challenge for broader participation, and got ready for the DWeb Camp Recording Station activation in July.
Berlin also made the next phase of the project feel more real. We tested stronger roles, Swarm livestreaming, private guest intake, archive preparation, and a steadier release rhythm.
The tradeoff is that slower self-hosted/platform work and the public outputs dashboard stayed on hold while we focused on recordings, releases, crew support, and getting archive work into better shape.
Video Releases
In June, we released four videos from the Berlin Blockchain Week 2025 Recording Station backlog. The weekly release cycle gives Zk Av Club a steadier rhythm for publishing selected recordings.
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Free Association: Rüzgar on Mutual Recognition and Building Post-Capitalist Economies
Rüzgar introduces Free Association as a framework for mutual recognition, inalienable recognition power, and rethinking how value and resources flow between people. X / Zcash Forum / BlueSky
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Crypto Grants and Community Building Across Ethereum, Zcash, and Polygon
Hudson reflects on grants, incentive alignment, social capital, anonymity, and lessons from a decade across Ethereum, Zcash, and Polygon. X / Zcash Forum / BlueSky
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Worldbuilding as Infrastructure: The Cultural Layer of Web3
Fotis and Dayvan explore speculative fiction, gaming culture, placelessness, sensemaking, and the imaginative foundations of Web3. X / Zcash Forum / BlueSky
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Designing the Commons: Beth and Josh on Community and Political Infrastructure in Web3
Beth and Josh discuss relational community infrastructure, political economy as a design space, and alternatives to crypto financialization. X / Zcash Forum / BlueSky
watchz.cash and the Zcash Playlist Challenge
As part of our work on watchz.cash, we prepared the Zcash Playlist Challenge for broader community participation.
The challenge invites community members to create a YouTube playlist of the 25 most important Zcon presentations. The goal is not only to collect personal favorites, but to help surface the talks that best represent Zcash history, technical development, governance, community building, and long-term ecosystem context.
Check out the announcement thread for details and how to participate.
Workshops at the End of June
- Como transcrever e traduzir simultaneamente ao vivo | Akkadu com OBS
- Date: June 29, 2026, 22:00 UTC
- Hosts: Pac and Iogy
- Language: Portuguese
- Description: A practical workshop on installing, configuring, and integrating Akkadu with OBS for live transcription and simultaneous translation of events, meetings, and talks, as seen at Zcomm 2026 by Zcash Foundation earlier this year.
- Construye tu mundo con AFFiNE
- Date: June 30, 2026, 22:00 UTC
- Hosts: Yendira and Aura
- Language: Spanish
- Description: A basic workshop on using AFFiNE as an open-source, privacy-focused workspace for notes, docs, whiteboards, local-first data ownership, and creative worldbuilding.
Workshops in July
In July, we kick off the new season of Zk Av Club Workshops with two tracks:
- Zcash
- Sovereign Tech
Aura and Roosevelt, our Workshop Coordinators, are leading the workshop program for the new July–December season. They are designing the curriculum and schedule for both tracks, coordinating facilitator support, and helping make workshops a steadier part of the club.
The workshop program now has a clearer shape from July through December.
The Zcash track focuses on hands-on Zcash operations and tooling, including nodes, wallets, payments, network privacy, and self-custody.
The Sovereign Tech track focuses on community-controlled digital tools, including archiving, decentralized media, private communications, encrypted collaboration, self-hosted platforms, and safer browsing.
The July workshop program will include:
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Run Zcash: Zebra — A practical workshop focused on running Zcash infrastructure with Zebra, hosted at the Zk Av Club Recording Station at DWeb Camp.
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Introducing Omeka S: Community archiving using open-source digital archive display and management software — An introduction to Omeka S as a tool for community archiving, digital collections, and public archive display.
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Onboarding to Omeka S: Establishing community archiving workflows with open-source digital archive display and management software — A follow-up workshop focused on setting up practical community archiving workflows using Omeka S.
Berlin Blockchain Week 2026
Zk Av Club took the Recording Station to several Berlin Blockchain Week events:
- Test setup, including a livestream into the Zcash Friday Lounge
- Neocypherpunk Summit by Web3Privacy Now
- Dappcon by Gnosis
- The Blockspäti by WebZero and Zcash
- Privacy Matters by BREW
The test setup helped us check the gear, signal flow, and livestream setup before the public recordings, and share part of that process live with the Zcash Friday Lounge.
This was our fourth Recording Station activation overall and our second Berlin Blockchain Week activation. Last year, we participated in five Berlin Blockchain Week events, including Dappcon, and later published a full recap of that work.
This year helped us sharpen how the Recording Station works in the field: clearer roles, stronger consent and archive preparation, better post-production coordination, and a stronger connection between live event recordings, weekly releases, and long-term preservation.
We already know that the Recording Station works. The next challenge is making it easier for more people to run, improve, and carry forward.
Gratitude to the Berlin Crew
Detailed field notes from the Berlin Blockchain Week activation will follow separately, but this report must clearly state: the Recording Station was a community effort.
Heartfelt thanks to @robmarn, @j32804, @zerodartz, @IrenaS, Rylan, Dirk, and Paolo! You all showed up with skill, patience, good instincts, and serious care for the work. The Recording Station is a living system, and Berlin worked because this crew kept it alive, moving, and connected to the people around it.
Thank you also to the event teams who made space for us across the week: Web3Privacy Now, Gnosis, @webzero, and BREW. Special thanks to @readymouse and @fabacab for everything they did to connect The Blockspäti to Zcash sponsorship!
And, of course, thank you to Zcash Community Grants for funding the work that made this whole thing possible.
Swarm Livestreaming
One of the most important developments from Berlin Blockchain Week was strengthening our connection with Swarm and successfully livestreaming twice on the Swarm network.
This mattered because it connected the Recording Station more directly to decentralized media distribution. Both livestreams were also celebrated by the Swarm team on X:
The two livestream replays are currently available here:
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Zk Av Club on Swarm
- Replay: Swarm livestream replay 1
- Description: A conversation about what Zk Av Club was doing at Berlin Blockchain Week, why the Recording Station matters, and why livestreaming through Swarm is exciting for community media infrastructure.
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Viktor, Mina, and Ksenya on Swarm
- Replay: Swarm livestream replay 2
- Description: A deeper discussion of Swarm, including how it relates to decentralized media, livestreaming, and the possibility of more sovereign distribution paths for projects like Zk Av Club.
For now, these replays are hosted by the Swarm team and may not remain available indefinitely. We are currently preparing to launch a dedicated Zk Av Club channel on Swarm so we can stream there directly in the future.
Big thanks to Ksenya for helping make this Swarm connection real. She organized our first attempt to stream on Swarm at Dappcon last year, and worked hard behind-the-scenes to help organize both successful Swarm streams during Berlin Blockchain Week this year.
This will be covered more fully in the Berlin Blockchain Week field notes, but it is important enough to include here because it points toward a more sovereign media path for Zk Av Club.
Workflow Development
June clarified more structure behind the Recording Station.
The active model now includes clearer responsibilities across:
- Production leadership: planning, coordination, creative direction, and contributor support.
- Technical direction: camera/audio setup, live monitoring, troubleshooting, file safety, and technical decision-making.
- Camera and audio operation: recording conversations cleanly, supporting multi-camera coverage, and running audio-only setups when useful.
- Guest and host coordination: finding guests and hosts, coordinating timing, and helping bring strong conversations into the archive.
- Consent and metadata: managing consent status, participant information, recording notes, and archive-ready metadata.
- Archive preparation: organizing files, metadata, provenance, consent status, and long-term preservation workflows.
- Storytelling and communications: shaping recordings into legible public media through context, titles, descriptions, summaries, release coordination, and public updates.
- Post-production: editing, audio cleanup, exports, transcripts, thumbnails, platform preparation, and release packaging.
The Recording Station worked because people were doing more than operating equipment. They helped bring conversations into the archive by coordinating timing, finding guests and hosts, managing consent and metadata, setting up and tearing down gear, supporting audio-only recordings, and keeping the production connected to the events around it.
Naming the work makes it easier to share, teach, improve, and protect the project from falling back into one-person bottlenecks.
Shielded Memo Guest Intake
One experiment this month was testing a Zcash shielded memo as a private expression-of-interest flow for people who wanted to record with us.
Instead of asking people to write contact information on a public signup sheet, we posted a QR code for a Zcash address at The Blockspäti and invited people to send a shielded memo with their name or pseudonym, preferred contact method, and recording interest.
We did not receive any signups through shielded memo during the one day that we tested it. This showed us that the flow needs clearer on-site explanation, better timing, and probably more active facilitation if we want people to understand and use it during a busy event.
We plan to try the flow again at DWeb Camp and Zcon7.
Recording Station Media Pipelines
June clarified the need to describe the Recording Station media pipeline more precisely.
There are two related but separate paths:
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Free and open-source media archive: The promise of the Recording Station is free and open-source media: source material that can be organized, preserved, shared, and reused by the community.
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Post-production and release: Some recordings move from the archive into edited releases, descriptions, platform publishing, and promotion, but that is not the only measure of success.
The Recording Station is community media infrastructure. A conversation can be valuable before it becomes a finished public release, as long as the source material is handled responsibly and made available through the archive.
Audio-Only Releases
There is clear demand for audio-only versions of Recording Station conversations, including conversations originally recorded at the Video Station. One community member asked directly whether Zk Av Club content is available in podcast form, which reinforces that this should become part of our release and archive planning.
We have not yet finalized an audio archive, release, or distribution plan. That is now a clear next step. We need to decide how audio-only outputs should be edited, described, published, and connected back to the broader Recording Station archive.
Backlog Status
Backlog exists in both paths. The archive side includes source material from earlier activations and events, including Dark Prague, Sub0, and Devconnect. The release side includes selected recordings moving toward publication, including the Berlin Blockchain Week 2025 videos now being released weekly.
The backlog is moving because more people are now supporting specific parts of the work.
In June, Irena’s work as Archivist helped strengthen organization, metadata attention, and archive preparation. Dayvan’s work as Storyteller helped strengthen titles, descriptions, context, and publication support. Robmar is coordinating community editors for the post-production pipeline, including @Omegaonchain, @PacDc, and @Dvdt3ddy.
We are still experimenting with different ways to coordinate this work, but the recent momentum is a good sign that the post-production pipeline is moving in the right direction.
Open Items
The main open items are:
- self-hosted/platform work, including Seafile and CryptPad, and the public outputs dashboard remain on hold;
- the shielded memo guest intake flow needs clearer explanation before the next test;
- audio-only release and archive planning still needs to be finalized;
- workshop logistics need final facilitator coordination and Zk Av Club participant coverage.
July Focus
In July, our primary focus will be the DWeb Camp Recording Station activation.
This will be a major activation for Zk Av Club and a chance to apply what we learned during Berlin Blockchain Week: clearer roles, better production planning, a more refined private signup process, stronger source material organization, and improved crew coordination.
In addition to DWeb Camp, Zk Av Club priorities in July are:
- process and organize Berlin Blockchain Week 2026 recordings for the free and open-source media archive;
- prepare backlog recordings for archive;
- continue the weekly release rhythm for selected backlog recordings;
- promote the Zcash Playlist Challenge and prepare for the Top 25 Zcon review process;
- continue discussions with the Swarm team about a dedicated Zk Av Club channel for future livestreams;
- develop audio-only distribution and archive plans for Audio Station and Video Station conversations;
- launch the new Zk Av Club Workshops season;
- finalize the workshop schedule and move forward with facilitator support;
- improve the workshop production process;
- test the shielded memo signup flow again at DWeb Camp.
Community Asks
Zk Av Club could use help with:
- guests, collaborators, and conversation ideas for the DWeb Camp Recording Station activation;
- editing and post-production support;
- transcript review and cleanup;
- participation in the Zcash Playlist Challenge by creating a Top 25 Zcon presentations playlist;
- participation in the upcoming Zcash and Sovereign Tech workshops;
- feedback from ZCG and forum readers on what would make monthly reports easier to evaluate.
Closing
June strengthened the Recording Station as both a production format and an archive path.
The next test is DWeb Camp: running a major activation with clearer roles and a more refined private signup process.
July will also test the broader flow: moving the first batch of recordings into the archive, continuing weekly releases, and launching a more structured workshop program.
Thanks to everyone helping make this work possible.
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The people who are mentioned but not tagged are: @dayvan @Iogy @YendiraDigital @AuraBritoSM @gordonesTV @quartopiano and, of course, @ZCG and @ZcashFoundation
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