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<H1>[ZcF-general] Zcash Foundation Update — April, 2019</H1>
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<B>Sonya Mann</B>
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TITLE="[ZcF-general] Zcash Foundation Update — April, 2019">sonya at zfnd.org
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<I>Tue Apr 30 22:00:03 EDT 2019</I>
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<PRE>Hello friends! As usual, here's the rundown of public-facing Zcash
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Foundation activities. Getting ready for Zcon1 has been a big internal
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focus, and preparations will continue until the event in late June.
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4/9
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Speaking of Zcon1, we published the speaker list and agenda, which is being
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updated in real time:
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<A HREF="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Hcsi2Bd0CNuUuPiCKMavHOByFMnTsKkM6_Rw165_oe8/">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Hcsi2Bd0CNuUuPiCKMavHOByFMnTsKkM6_Rw165_oe8/</A>
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Apply for an invitation now, if you haven't already!
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<A HREF="https://www.zfnd.org/zcon/">https://www.zfnd.org/zcon/</A>
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4/10
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Blockgeeks published an interview with Zcash Foundation Executive Director
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Josh Cincinnati: <A HREF="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jdfDMRfQQY">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jdfDMRfQQY</A>
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><i> Ameer Rosic sits down with Josh Cincinnati of the Zcash Foundation to
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</I>talk privacy, censorship, and new payment technologies. Josh discusses the
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importance of digital cash and anonymity in an increasingly digital world.
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Other topics include threats to blockchain, stablecoins, and D.C. traffic.
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4/10 – 4/12
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The second ZKProof Standards workshop, sponsored by the Foundation (among
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others), took place in early April. Foundation employees Josh Cincinnati,
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Henry de Valence, Anna Kaplan, and Sonya Mann attended. We even had a
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snazzy banner:
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<A HREF="https://twitter.com/ZcashFoundation/status/1116010459411304448">https://twitter.com/ZcashFoundation/status/1116010459411304448</A>
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Henry gave a talk called "Tooling Infrastructure for Zero-Knowledge
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Proofs":
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<A HREF="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WismT94w3Ho&list=PLOEty2U8Y69VKX0THZvO_liqwV3Ngf1wt&index=6&t=0s">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WismT94w3Ho&list=PLOEty2U8Y69VKX0THZvO_liqwV3Ngf1wt&index=6&t=0s</A>
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The rest of the videos are in that playlist, and you can find speaker
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slides here: <A HREF="https://community.zkproof.org/t/zkproof-2019-speaker-slides/167">https://community.zkproof.org/t/zkproof-2019-speaker-slides/167</A>
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The event was extremely high-quality, and it was wonderful to see the
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growth of the zero-knowledge ecosystem.
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4/16
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We ran a meme contest to test out ZF Grants, and announced the winner:
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<A HREF="https://twitter.com/ZcashFoundation/status/1118258690841141248">https://twitter.com/ZcashFoundation/status/1118258690841141248</A>
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If you're not familiar with ZF Grants, start here:
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<A HREF="https://www.zfnd.org/blog/zf-grants-open-beta/">https://www.zfnd.org/blog/zf-grants-open-beta/</A>
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Side note — we haven't created formal, fleshed-out RFPs yet, but we
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published a list of promising ideas: <A HREF="https://www.zfnd.org/grants/">https://www.zfnd.org/grants/</A> (scroll
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to "Grant Ideas")
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4/17
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The Foundation will host an open discussion of the Zcash protocol on May
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21:
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<A HREF="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScPXkdcfhMX7dmbNZxsHWM1-mDJu1HJMimKvq-AHRR6RKXDlA/viewform">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScPXkdcfhMX7dmbNZxsHWM1-mDJu1HJMimKvq-AHRR6RKXDlA/viewform</A>
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The deadline is today, so the form will be closed sometime tomorrow morning
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(Wednesday). If you want to participate, apply now.
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4/22
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Henry created a website for Merlin: <A HREF="https://merlin.cool/">https://merlin.cool/</A>
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><i> Merlin is a STROBE-based transcript construction for zero-knowledge
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</I>proofs. It automates the Fiat-Shamir transform, so that by using Merlin,
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non-interactive protocols can be implemented as if they were interactive.
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4/23
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Another interview with Josh, this time by Underscore VC:
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<A HREF="https://youtu.be/b2HL_K3-rwI">https://youtu.be/b2HL_K3-rwI</A>
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><i> Underscore VC Co-Founder and Partner, Richard Dulude, sits down with Josh
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</I>Cincinnati, Executive Director at Zcash Foundation, to talk about the
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future of blockchain and the role the Zcash Foundation will play in it.
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4/29
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We're sponsoring a zero-knowledge meetup in London, which will take place
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on May 1: <A HREF="https://www.meetup.com/Zero-Knowledge-London/events/260669657/">https://www.meetup.com/Zero-Knowledge-London/events/260669657/</A>
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Dated 4/29 somewhat arbitrarily, because that's when organizer Louis
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Guthmann tweeted about it:
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<A HREF="https://twitter.com/GuthL/status/1122826159589339137">https://twitter.com/GuthL/status/1122826159589339137</A>
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4/30
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We announced that Zcon1 tickets will increase from $500 to $600 on May 22,
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which is also the deadline for financial aid applications. Tweeted here:
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<A HREF="https://twitter.com/ZcashFoundation/status/1123389670212038656">https://twitter.com/ZcashFoundation/status/1123389670212038656</A>
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That's it! Thank you for your time, as always. Also as always, questions
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and comments are welcome!
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Sonya Mann
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Communications Manager
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Zcash Foundation
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<A HREF="/mailman/listinfo/general">sonya at zfnd.org</A>
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@sonyaellenmann <<A HREF="https://twitter.com/sonyaellenmann/">https://twitter.com/sonyaellenmann/</A>>
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