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<H1>[ZcF-general] Zcash Foundation Monthly Update — May, 2019</H1>
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<B>Sonya Mann</B>
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TITLE="[ZcF-general] Zcash Foundation Monthly Update — May, 2019">sonya at zfnd.org
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<I>Sat Jun 1 01:21:37 EDT 2019</I>
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<PRE>Hello friends! Another month, another rundown of Zcash Foundation
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activities. Spoiler: The most exciting announcements are at the end.
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5/9
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Coda and Dekrypt Capital announced the SNARK Challenge, sponsored by the
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Zcash Foundation and a few other organizations:
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<A HREF="https://coinlist.co/build/coda">https://coinlist.co/build/coda</A>
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"A global competition to speed up the SNARK prover," with more than $100k
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in the prize pool.
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Coda CTO Izaak Meckler made a video about the SNARK Challenge:
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<A HREF="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81uR9W5PZ5M">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81uR9W5PZ5M</A>
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5/9
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The second installment of the Human Rights Foundation's series on privacy
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and cryptocurrency was published:
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<A HREF="https://medium.com/human-rights-foundation-hrf/privacy-and-cryptocurrency-part-ii-bitcoin-wallets-2f68099b055f">https://medium.com/human-rights-foundation-hrf/privacy-and-cryptocurrency-part-ii-bitcoin-wallets-2f68099b055f</A>
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We funded this initiative, which is being written by HRF Privacy Technology
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Fellow Eric Wall. Background info:
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<A HREF="https://www.zfnd.org/blog/human-rights-foundation-privacy-research/">https://www.zfnd.org/blog/human-rights-foundation-privacy-research/</A>
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The next installment is going to be about privacy-preserving
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cryptocurrencies like Zcash and Monero!
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5/10
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The Open Money Initiative, sponsored by the Zcash Foundation among other
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organizations, debuted the results of their research on cryptocurrency
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usage in Venezuela. OMI's blog post:
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<A HREF="https://medium.com/@openmoneyinitiative/announcing-the-open-money-initiative-61422b58ad06">https://medium.com/@openmoneyinitiative/announcing-the-open-money-initiative-61422b58ad06</A>
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CoinDesk article:
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<A HREF="https://www.coindesk.com/whats-holding-back-bitcoin-in-venezuela-this-group-is-investigating">https://www.coindesk.com/whats-holding-back-bitcoin-in-venezuela-this-group-is-investigating</A>
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5/14
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Alongside Paige Peterson from the Electric Coin Company, Josh Cincinnati
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(the Foundation's Executive Director) spoke at Consensus 2019. You can see
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the video here: <A HREF="https://www.coindesk.com/events/consensus-2019/videos">https://www.coindesk.com/events/consensus-2019/videos</A> (scroll
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down to the video labeled "Electric Coin Company and Zcash Foundation" in
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the "Construct" section)
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5/14
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Also on the Construct stage at Consensus, Zcash Foundation board member
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Peter Van Valkenburgh said, "As a director of the Zcash Foundation I don't
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want Zcash developers to build a system that maximizes the value of Zcash.
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I want them to build the best damn privacy coin they can. That's the
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problem with a fiduciary duty of loyalty."
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Quote via Lane Rettig on Twitter:
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<A HREF="https://twitter.com/lrettig/status/1128691797495025664">https://twitter.com/lrettig/status/1128691797495025664</A>
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5/21
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"We are delighted to announce that Deirdre Connolly has joined the Zcash
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Foundation as a Core Engineer. [...] At the Zcash Foundation, Deirdre will
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be taking ownership of the all-Rust implementation of Zcash and turning it
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into a production-quality project."
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More details: <A HREF="https://www.zfnd.org/blog/welcome-deirdre/">https://www.zfnd.org/blog/welcome-deirdre/</A>
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5/21
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The second Zcash Protocol Hangout happened, and the video has been
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published: <A HREF="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FnwW6VvSho">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FnwW6VvSho</A>
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The group primarily discussed Blossom and NU3 ZIPs. Paige from the ECC
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(mentioned earlier) took notes:
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<A HREF="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qik04RpQr_rmPuEOo9FejIlCFK1Pv0LSTjA4qGao-EI/edit">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qik04RpQr_rmPuEOo9FejIlCFK1Pv0LSTjA4qGao-EI/edit</A>
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The next one is likely to be planned for August.
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5/23
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We joined the social network Cent, and got a great response from the
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community: <A HREF="https://beta.cent.co/+tesygi">https://beta.cent.co/+tesygi</A>
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5/25
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Bola-Ige Alabi-Efeshodiamhe repped Zcash at the Blockchain, AI & Digital
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Assets Summit in Nigeria:
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<A HREF="https://twitter.com/bolaigeaefe/status/1132307394254528512">https://twitter.com/bolaigeaefe/status/1132307394254528512</A>
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5/29
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New wallet! 🎊
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"The Zcash Foundation is delighted to announce Zepio Wallet, a
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shielded-first, cross-platform Zcash wallet that includes a full `zcashd`
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node. [...] Zepio is currently available for macOS, Windows, and Linux."
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<A HREF="https://www.zfnd.org/blog/zepio-wallet/">https://www.zfnd.org/blog/zepio-wallet/</A>
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Technical choices and development process:
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<A HREF="https://medium.com/@andreneves/announcing-zepio-zcash-wallet-bfd836f6609c">https://medium.com/@andreneves/announcing-zepio-zcash-wallet-bfd836f6609c</A>
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5/30
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"ZF Grants now supports the Zcash mainnet! [...] You can transact with real
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$ZEC on the platform." <A HREF="https://www.zfnd.org/blog/zf-grants-is-ready/">https://www.zfnd.org/blog/zf-grants-is-ready/</A>
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People have already submitted proposals: <A HREF="https://grants.zfnd.org/proposals">https://grants.zfnd.org/proposals</A>
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On the Zcash Community Forum, a discussion of grant ideas:
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<A HREF="https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/faq-around-grant-ideas/33648">https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/faq-around-grant-ideas/33648</A>
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That's all for now!
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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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