Zk Av Club 2025 Wrap-up

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Documenting ourselves (in public, together)

2025 was the year Zk Av Club started to become what it was always supposed to be: not a “content pipeline,” not a top‑down media brand, but a small set of tools + rituals that help communities record their own stories.

Zk Av Club Recording Station: Devconnect 2025
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This post is a recap of the public activities we ran (and the receipts: links, livestreams, recordings). If you want the whole picture, check out the full timeline.

What happened in 2025 (high level)

  • We ran Foundry as a recurring livestream series focused on practical media skills and community coordination.
  • We supported community-led workshops in multiple languages (EN/PT/ES), with an emphasis on “teach what you know” and lightweight production.
  • We built and ran our Recording Station at major events in Berlin, Prague, and Buenos Aires—resulting in 80+ recordings across 8 events.
  • We used ZconVI as a proving ground for accessibility + participation: live text translations and clip games.
  • We tested funding in public: a shielded-ZEC crowdfund for Berlin (190 ZEC), a smaller Prague donation drive during a price run-up, and then grants + event partners to make Buenos Aires happen.
  • We had failures (technical, logistical). We wrote them down, shipped anyway, and kept iterating.

Foundry (livestream series)

Foundry is the backbone: consistent sessions where people can show up, learn, and then reuse what they learned in their own local contexts.

Foundry #1

Foundry #2

Foundry #3

Foundry #4

Foundry #5

Foundry #6

Foundry #7

Foundry #8

Foundry #9

Foundry #10

Workshops (community skill‑sharing)

Workshops are the “spore layer.” They spread. They localize. They grow.

Recording Station (in‑person media lab)

This is the part people feel in their bones: show up with a small volunteer crew, a plan, and a welcoming vibe. Record what matters. Share the source.

Between these 3 activations, we made more than 80 recordings with community in attendance at 8 different events.

Berlin Blockchain Week (Jun 10–21)

Dark Prague (Oct 3-5)

Buenos Aires: Sub0 + Devconnect

ZconVI activations (clips + live translations)

We used ZconVI as a proving ground for two things: (1) community-made clips that travel, and (2) real-time localization so more people can actually follow along.

Operations notes (the unglamorous parts)

This is the underlying bet: online spaces are useful, but they’re not the community. The community is what people do for each other, in real time, with real stakes.

What didn’t work (and still counts)

  • Foundry #2 failed on Mar 21 due to technical issues. We rescheduled and ran it on Apr 4.
  • Foundry #10 (Sub0 & Devconnect recap livestream) was scheduled for Dec 12 and failed due to technical difficulties.

Closing: why this matters

Zcash doesn’t need more “content.” It needs more people who can document what’s real, teach each other what they’ve learned, and tell their story without asking permission.

That’s the job. That’s the practice. That’s Zk Av Club.

Tracking what’s next? Our 2026 support proposal is here: https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zcash-community-media-infrastructure-support-zk-av-club-2026/53913

Happy 2026 :high_voltage: :shield:

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It was really energizing to see you folks at work. There were a lot of flashy and pretentious booths at DevConnect but for those wanting to see beyond, one could look at people’s faces standing there with their brand new swag and huge signs… and you’d see emptiness they could be any crypto project. Generic.

To me, there’s no better advertisement for Zcash than going to conferences and seeing the ZkAvClub. A project with purpose and meaning with real people behind it. Plain old work. Humble people doing what they love. 100% cypherpunk. the real deal.

Cheers!