ZconVI: Celebrating Synergy Through Decentralization

:tada: Zcash Foundation is pleased to announce ZconVI, a virtual gathering of Zcash enthusiasts and experts, is taking place this week Tuesday, March 4 to Friday, March 7,2025.

Join the Livestream

ZconVI will be a fully virtual event, allowing participants from around the globe to join without the constraints of travel. The event will showcase how we can achieve Synergy Through Decentralization, highlighting the collaborative efforts of multiple organizations in planning and executing the event content.

This blog post provides additional details.

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Zk Av Club and I are elated at the opportunity to serve the Zcash community with great supplemental content during the 4 days of ZconVi.

Thank you Zcash Foundation!

:zap: We’ll have more details about our production at a later date. In the meantime, don’t miss Foundry, a new salon + lab livestream series produced by Zk Av Club and currently running a preseason.

For more information, subscribe to our community calendar (Zero-knowledge Audiovisual Club #ZKAV · Events Calendar) and follow us on your favorite social network!

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ZkAv.Club @ ZconVi

Coming soon … :zap: :shield:

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keep watching …

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We’ll start with this: WE WILL NOT DM YOU FIRST.

Let the ZconVI Clip Games Begin!!

A hidden treasure awaits. Claim your share.

Locked away in a shielded Zcash address lies the ZconVI Clip Games prize pool—growing with each transaction, but hidden from view until the start of the big show.

Can you guess the secret number?

Can you clip your way to the treasure?

The countdown starts now. Dare to play?


Game Map

  1. A Shielded Prize

  2. The ZconVI Clip Contest

  3. History and Examples

  4. Zcash Wallet Support by Zechub


A Shielded Prize

At the beginning of our ZconVI Clip Games, the prize is kept in a shielded Zcash address.

u135nx6209gauu5zw0n85kg5f5s90nkthd9q23whqsypjmvx2zagsqpdutqj6ffvm8luc75vp4wkheg6mq6s4g4r92geckftmwmcejj9ll3gtjpgr3lmtyv5dvqulxsryz6yndvsf7gwfq899jgltafwczwmxzpl7pzx0mq7da0yx54djfpek7v2v3ajxdlsl56s2caknq4ev8xxcdfl2

On the first day of ZconVI, during The State of Zcash in 2025 with Jack Gavigan, the shielded address viewing key will be shared, allowing everyone to discover the starting prize value for themselves, together.

Meanwhile …

I’m calling upon you, Zcash lovers and addicts, to help grow the prize to a fantastic degree in hopes of a big reveal and a spectacular start to ZconVI.

Get in on this action!

These prize-raising games will run from the time this post is published until I share the viewing key during the first presentation of the live event.

Make It Rain!

You: Send 1 ZEC

Me: Add 0.05 ZEC

5 ZEC Bandit

You: Send 5 ZEC

Me: Add 0.5 ZEC

What Number am I Thinking?

The first transaction to the shielded address holding the prize has a value that is:
(>= 0.10 && <= 0.15) ZEC

Send a shielded transaction with a 2-digit whole number value that is 100x the value of my transaction and include your return address in the memo.

Guess the correct number? You get your money back!

AND THEN?! I will add 2 ZEC for every incorrect guess and 10 ZEC to the prize for every correct guess.

Prize-raising games will conclude with the sharing of the viewing key, which I will mark using a memoed transaction to the prize address before managing reciprocal contributions and return transactions.


The ZconVI Clip Contest

When the ZconVI livestreams commence, the veil lifts, the prize is revealed, and the race to clip and win begins!

Official ZconVI Clip Contest Rules

  • Maximum 19 clips per entrant

  • All clips for one entry must be on one page

  • All clips must playback on your submission page

  • Clips must be:

    • Less than 60-seconds long

    • Aspect-ratio 9:16 || vertical

    • H.264 encoded

  • WE WILL NOT DM YOU FIRST

  • Ryan (that’s me) reserves the right to disqualify any contestant at any time for any reason

    • If you are suspected of using multiple accounts to submit entries, all of your entries will be disqualified

Top 3 Creators Win

Judging will begin 48 hours after the end of the ZconVI Community Recap on Sunday 2025.03.09 at 23:45 UTC.

To start the process, we will hold a Zcash coinholder vote which will help inform judges to crowd favourites.

The pre-selected judges will provide me with their top 3 entries and I will use their votes to decide the final winners.

Your ZconVI Clip Contest winners will be announced during the Zcash Global Friday Lounge on 2025.03.14 at 16:00 UTC.

Prize Breakdown

The total contents of the prize address will be split as follows:

  • 1st = 50%
  • 2nd = 30%
  • 3rd = 20%

Make Clips, Win ZEC!

Here’s how to enter your ZconVI clips to the contest:

  1. Create an account on free2z.com

  2. Make a new zPage with “ZconVI Clips” in the title

  1. Download a Zcash wallet that supports the shielded memo feature

    • Optional: collect funds for Zcash transaction fees from ZEC Faucet
  2. Send a Zcash transaction to the prize address (at the top of this post) and include a memo with:

    • Link to your ZconVI Clips zPage

    • A Zcash address to receive messages and your prize if you win

      • ALERT: This Zcash address must match the Zcash address on your zPage
  3. Before the deadline on Sunday, 09 March 2025: Add your ZconVI video clips (max 19) to your ZconVI Clips zPage

  4. Bonus fun: Download the Zcash vote app and vote for yourself and your friends


History and Examples

The first Zk Av Club clip contest was in May 2024 during ZconV where 23 contestants produced a total of 667 clips from the 5-day conference livestream.

The prize address collected a total of 269.1413 ZEC.

Top 3 ZconV Clip Creators (2024)


Zcash Wallet and Voting Support

1000x thanks to Zechub for providing Zcash wallet support <3 <3 <3

Please post your troubles in the Zcash Global Discord #Zechub channel for fast and friendly assistance.

Good luck and have a great ZconVI

The prize is growing. The clock is ticking. The stage is set.

Don’t just watch! :zap::shield:

— ZkAv.Club

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Let the games begin! :muscle:

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ATTENTION ZCON FANS!

Only selected ZconVI will be streamed to and archived on Zk Av Club profile on X

Want to request a session?

Send ZEC to the ZconVI Clip Games address and include your request in the shielded memo.

More ZEC = More likely that I’ll stream it for you.

Address :arrow_heading_down:
u135nx6209gauu5zw0n85kg5f5s90nkthd9q23whqsypjmvx2zagsqpdutqj6ffvm8luc75vp4wkheg6mq6s4g4r92geckftmwmcejj9ll3gtjpgr3lmtyv5dvqulxsryz6yndvsf7gwfq899jgltafwczwmxzpl7pzx0mq7da0yx54djfpek7v2v3ajxdlsl56s2caknq4ev8xxcdfl2

Viewing key :arrow_heading_down:
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

Birthday: 2834208

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ZconVI Clip mini-Game #1: Let’s dominate the forum!

Share a ZconVI clip on the Zcash forum

Simply reply to this topic with a free2z link to one of your video clips!

Include a link to your free2z profile containing a Zcash address and I’ll send you some bonus ZEC :zap: :shield:

THIS OFFER EXPIRES when ZconVI Day 4 livestreams start!

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Check out my contribution on the discord channel :blush:

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Presentation of ZconVI with Jack Gavigan.

Soon I will share more interesting videos about this important event.

Video (Free2Z) :point_down:

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ZingoLabs Zcashd Deprecation

Profile: karentaponte

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Greetings, here my first click :blush:.

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Hello everyone,

The main reason for my participation in the competition is to inspire more people and encourage greater participation. I have done this before for the MyFirstZcash video competition.

I don’t speak English, so if there are any mistakes in the clips, I apologize for that.

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ZconVI was amazing! Four days full of talks about financial privacy, technology and the Zcash community. I felt part of something big, with people passionate about a future with more privacy.

I’m sharing short video highlights of the talks so we can relive ZconVI together!

Thanks to the ZK Audiovisual Club for their work and creativity.:handshake:t2::sparkling_heart:

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Broadcasting ZconVI sessions all week, only on @ZkAv_Club

:zap: Catch restreams of “new to X” content and your chance to chat with other engaged fans!

:shield: One session will stream each day this week at 19:00 [utc]

Today: Coin Voting 2.0

Tomorrow: Zcash Community Grants

Wednesday: Zcash Foundation Engineering Update

Thursday: zcash-devtool - Zcash development multitool

Friday: The Case for Vertically Integrated Stack

Stay tuned and stay shielded!

— zkav.club :zap::shield:

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It has been fantastic to be able to watch the live streams and videos about ZconVI.

In each of the days, we found important information, from project and ecosystem updates, as well as opinions and suggestions. I am pleased to have been able to observe this great event and also to have edited the clips.

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