# ZecHub 2023 Retrospective

## 🔃 Sync Meeting

:small_blue_diamond:Date: 09 January 2024

## 💬 Agenda Items

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Topics this meeting will cover
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| DAO Governance |
| Bounty Program |
| Zcash Education |
| Social Media |
| Partnerships |
| Feedback Discussion |
| Conclusions |

## ✨ DAO Governance

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Analysis of Zechub DAO, Governance Proposals & Voting
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### :small_blue_diamond:Platforms:
- Snapshot (Ethereum)
- DAODAO (Juno/Cosmos)

### :small_blue_diamond:Members:
- 13 Initial Members
- Currently 16 Members

### :small_blue_diamond:Proposals:
- Snapshot Proposals
- DAODAO Proposals
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### :small_blue_diamond:Action Items:

| **Item** |
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| 1 Invite Members from external communities |
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| 3 |

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## ✨ Bounty Program

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Analysis of Bounty Program engagement level and growth
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### :small_blue_diamond:Platforms:
- Zealy
- Dework
- Github

### :small_blue_diamond:Contributors:
- ~7 active contributors
- 82 Dework Members
- 36 Github contributors in 2023


### :small_blue_diamond:Tasks:
- Avg. 6 tasks posted /week
- ~30 ZEC Distributed /month
- Initial Focus - Documentation
- 2nd half of '23 - Media Focused
- $600 KYC limit per contrbutor

### :small_blue_diamond:Action Items:

| **Item** |
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| 1 Provide KYC |
| 2 Explore New Platforms |
| 3 Increase number of active contributors |

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## 📚 Zcash Education

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Analysis of Education areas covered, engagement and growth
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### :small_blue_diamond:Areas of Education:
- Using Zcash (wallets/nodes/viewkeys etc.)
- Zcash Technology (Halo/FROST/zksnarks etc.)
- Lesser extent, Privacy Tools/Ecosystem (Namada/Tor/VPN etc.)

### :small_blue_diamond:Channels:
- [wiki.zechub.xyz](https://wiki.zechub.xyz)
- [zechub.wiki](https://zechub.wiki)
- Twitter
- youtube.com/@zechub

### :small_blue_diamond:Engagement:
- Notion site - initially used
- Zechub.wiki - currently not used
- Twitter - increasing usage
- Youtube - increasing usage

### :small_blue_diamond:Action Items:

| **Item** |
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| 1 Provide Network Stats |
| 2 Build Zcash App(s) |
| 3 Phase out Notion usage/maintenance |
| 4 Zechub.Wiki page analytics |

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## 📢 Social Media

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Analysis of ZecHub Social Platforms, engagement and growth
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### :small_blue_diamond:Channels (New Followers):
- Twitter (+750)
- Discord (+260)
- Youtube (+200)
- Substack (+200)
- Bluesky (+50)
- Farcaster (+16)
- Free2Z

### :small_blue_diamond:Posts:
- ZecWeekly
- Zero to Zero Knowledge (deprecated)
- Video contract with TheDesertLynx
- Zcash Explained
- Tutorials
- Shorts/Misc.

### :small_blue_diamond:Team:
- Twitter / Youtube / Substack (squirrel)
- Bluesky / Free2Z / Farcaster (vito)

### :small_blue_diamond:Action Items:

| **Item** |
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| 1 Consistent, Quality Brand across platforms |
| 2 Use & Promote Free2Z |
| 3 Build Engagement with users (Livestreams/Comments/Spaces) |

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## 🤝 Parnerships

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Analysis of ZecHub Partnerships
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### :small_blue_diamond: External Projects working with ZecHub:

- Decred Community (Cypherpunk Times)
- Namada Community Builders Program

### :small_blue_diamond:Zcash Integrations/Funding:
- DCRDEX ZEC integration
- Retroactive Interchain rewards (1337 Society)

### :small_blue_diamond:Action Items:

| **Item** |
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| 1 Build presence within Cosmos ecosystem |
| 2 Host Twitter Spaces |
| 3 Achieve Zcash DEX integration |

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## 💬 Feedback Discussion

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Participants may provide feedback, suggestions and ideas through this process.
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| interactive game/workshop | |
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## :thumbsup: Conclusions

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Discuss the conclusions of ZecHub 2023.
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