# ZCG June 2026 Election: Candidate Video Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** ZCG Elections\ **Created:** [June 10, 2026, 8:00pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zcg-june-2026-election-candidate-video-thread/56145 "2026-06-10T20:00:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 8
**Author:** ![decentrathai](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/decentrathai/32/43001_2.png) [@decentrathai](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/decentrathai)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2026, 10:18am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zcg-june-2026-election-candidate-video-thread/56145/8 "2026-06-12T10:18:43Z")
Zcash community — here is my candidate video for the June 2026 ZCG election. > One note before anything else: the face in the video is an AI avatar, not mine. The words are entirely my own. We are in a privacy ecosystem, and choosing not to put my own face on the internet felt like the consistent thing to do. **Who I am.** I am a builder. I have been around encryption since 2017, I run OTC transactions worldwide, and I fell properly in love with Zcash after a [real de-anonymization problem hit my close environment](https://x.com/zchat_app/status/2052746417827963157?s=20). Since then I have been all-in on the privacy idea. For the past months I have been building ZChat, a shielded messenger, and we hope to show the community what we have made within a month or two - maybe alongside the Ironwood update. Running for ZCG means I give up the ability to apply for grants for my own projects. I am fine with that. **My answers to the three questions:** **1. ZCG’s budget grew roughly 10x — from about 2.6M to around 24M ZEC-value per year. What should change?** A 10x increase in resources should be matched by real growth on three fronts: grow the Community Grants team’s capacity, grow the number of projects supported (guided by ecosystem input), and consider bringing forward next-year installments for already-approved projects so strong teams can start building now instead of waiting. The goal is to put the increased funding to work, not to let it sit. **2. What is Zcash’s biggest opportunity right now?** The worldwide push toward KYC and identity-everywhere. Every application - social, AI, finance - now asks for your ID and wants to know everything about you. With the volume of data leaks and AI-driven vulnerabilities we see, that exposure is dangerous, and not only from governments. This is Zcash’s opening: to be the privacy default for people who want to close their digital trail, while staying easy to use, fast, and reliable for the mainstream. **3. If you could change one thing about Zcash, what would it be?** The clarity of the ecosystem’s structure. Between Shielded Labs, Zodl, Community Grants, the Foundation, the forum, and others, the ecosystem is healthy but hard to navigate - especially for newcomers and devs trying to understand who does what. I would push for more unified communication and a clearer shared picture, while keeping the system decentralized and community-governed. No single head office, but an easier front door. Questions are very welcome on my candidacy thread: [Decentrathai for ZCG (June 2026)](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/decentrathai-for-zcg-june-2026/55752) Thank you for taking the time to get to know me. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zcg-june-2026-election-candidate-video-thread/56145)._