### Zcash Brazil 2024

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### Applicant Name: Zcash Brazil

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### **Pitch: A one-liner elevator pitch version of your proposal**


- This proposal seeks funding to expand Zcash’s presence in Brazil in 2024.

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### **Previous program → Please provide details:**

- Zcash Brazil Ambassador program - Period: May 2022 to December 2022
- 2023 Zcash Brazil Period: Jan 2023 to December 2023

**January**: https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zcash-brazil-2023-proposal/43499/23
**February**: https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zcash-brazil-2023-proposal/43499/26
**March**: https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zcash-brazil-2023-proposal/43499/27
**April**: https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zcash-brazil-2023-proposal/43499/33
**May**: https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zcash-brazil-2023-proposal/43499/38
**June**: https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zcash-brazil-2023-proposal/43499/39
**July**: https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zcash-brazil-2023-proposal/43499/40
**August**: https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zcash-brazil-2023-proposal/43499/43
**September**: https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zcash-brazil-2023-proposal/43499/44
**October**: https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zcash-brazil-2023-proposal/43499/49
**November**:https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zcash-brazil-2023-proposal/43499/56
**December**:

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**Who is contributing to this:**

The Zcash Brazil Team comprises 7 members: @Michae2xl , @Iogy , @Minevg , @vito , @E-zec , @james_katz , @Samaraanni

**Brazilian Development Fund**: This fund is focused on supporting the development of Zcash-related projects and technology in Brazil/global levels of community. It can finance initiatives that advance Zcash's technical capabilities, scalability, and overall infrastructure.
**Brazilian Design Fund**: The Design Fund aims to enhance the visual and user experience aspects of Zcash, including wallet interfaces, branding, and educational materials. It focuses on creating a compelling and user-friendly Zcash experience.
**Brazilian Operations Fund**: The Operations Fund is designed to cover the operational needs of Zcash Brazil. It can be used to support various activities, events, and functions necessary for the smooth operation of Zcash initiatives in the country.
**Brazilian Community Fund**: This fund is dedicated to strengthening the Zcash community in Brazil. It supports community-building efforts, events, and initiatives that engage Zcash enthusiasts and users in the country.

Under the Brazilian Community Fund, we have two primary categories:

- **Events**: These include meetups, conferences, seminars, and workshops that promote Zcash awareness, education, and community engagement within Brazil, accommodation, flight tickets, food, etc, swags, and giveaways.
- **Bounty Program**: This program is designed to incentivize and reward individuals or teams for contributing to the Zcash ecosystem in Brazil. It encourages the development of Zcash-related projects, research, and contributions.

> ***Each of these funds and categories plays a vital role in advancing Zcash adoption and development within Brazil, catering to the various aspects of technology, design, operations, and community engagement.***

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## Brazilian Development Fund

Having a Zcash Brazilian Development Fund is an excellent opportunity to support the growth and development of the Zcash ecosystem in Brazil and globally.

We are interested in utilizing it to support initiatives related to Zcash or blockchain technology, there are several ways you can consider leveraging the fund.

Zcash Development Documentation in Portuguese: Creation and maintenance of comprehensive documentation for Zcash development. This resource can serve as a valuable reference for developers looking to work with Zcash.

Community Outreach and Awareness: Allocate funds to raise awareness about Zcash and blockchain technology, educating the public and businesses about the benefits and potential use cases.

## Past work

During the year of 2023, Zcash Brazil, with contribution from the develpoer James Katz, created many tools for education and engagement for the Zcash community in Brazil and worldwide.

James Katz is an active member of the Brazilian community and in the Zcash forums, with many contributions. He was funded by the minor grants program from Zcash Foundation and is scheduled to be added as a ZCAP member.

Examples of such tools are a few Discord bots we developed. Some of the are:
- ZecQuiz
- The trivia bot for discord. It contains a database of questions about Zcash, curated by the Zcash Brasil Team.
- ZecGPT
- ZecGPT is a bot that integrates OpenAI's get-4 model for helping all users on Zcash discord servers.

The work done isn't limited to discord, many toher projects were done:
- Zcash RPC documentation (https://zcash-rpc.vercel.app/)
- This is a website James made to help developers read the Zcashd RPC documentation more easily.
- Zcash halving countdown API (https://github.com/james-katz/zcash-halving-countdown)
- This is an API that can help developers and websites to keep an acurate track of Zcash blockchain height and next halving block and estimated date.
- ZecFaucet (https://zecfaucet.com)
- This was intended as a test, but was a huge success, it's very popular to introduce Zcash to new people, it's main purpose is to onboard new Zcash users.

James also received a funding from Zcash Foundation Minor Grants program, mainly to develop a discord custodial wallet, jokingly called Dizzy (as in DZ -- Discord Zcash). This bot was the first discord bot that allows shielded transactions as deposits and withdraws. Users can tip each other, play games like hangman and earn fractions of ZEC. This is a huge incentive for user engagement and is a huge success.
James also developed a zingolib wrapper (https://github.com/james-katz/zingolib-wrapper) that developers can use to integrate zingolib functionality in their code using node.js / javascript.

## Future plans
For 2024 we have plans for development of new ideas, support and maintenance of the great work we done so far.

All services and tool will support and maintance during 2024. Some services are costly and requires great care to keep running.

Also, new ideas are on the horizon, few examples:
- LiveZEC (temporary name)
- A plugin for OBS and Streamyard that will allow streamers on different platforms to accept $ZEC donations. The donations will be acompanied by a message using the memo field. This message wil be displayed on the streammer screen, and optionally, the plugin will speak the message out loud. We believe this will give ZEC a huge boost in popularity, since any streammer will be able to use this tool.
- Zcash Vending Machine at events
- James' minor grant also funded the creation of a proof of concept Vending machine that accepts ZEC as payment. We want to showcase this machine at events during 2024, demonstrating and explaing block times, shilded payments and introducing users to Zcash.
- Electronic games
- A popular gadget showcased in presential events are electronic games like a roulette game. We plan to build all sorts of interactive gadgets.

We're also planing to have an independent Developers Fund, to fund and incentivize community members, as such:
- Translation
- This could be helpful to translate Zcash documentation, translate wallets, and so on...
- Documentation
- Write documentation about the Zcash libraries and ecossystem, helping new developers find out about Zcash development.
- Fund
- We plan to have a fund of 5000 USD to be avaiable as a bounty developers fund.

As expected, developing, hosting and maintaining these projects aren't cheap. The main costs are cloud computing hosting and API keys:
- All discord bots:
- Costs for hosting the bots roughly adds up to $80 ~ $100 USD / month. But we plan to upgrade from lightsail to a more robust AWS instance.
- ZecFaucet
- ZecFaucet is a community faucet and we're very thankful for all the amazing people who donated to the faucet! But we plan to have a fund specific to deposit on the faucet every month.
A good estimate for hosting and zecfaucet funding would be around $150 ~ $200 per month.

Costs associated with hosting and maintaing past projects adds up to roughly $300 USD.

James is asking for a compensation of $20000 USD for 2024 for the work as developer, maintainer and IT consultant in Zcash Brazil.

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## Brazilian Design Fund

Having a Zcash Design Development Fund provides a unique opportunity to support and enhance the design aspects of Zcash with visual experiences that facilitate interaction, engagement, and communication between community members. It involves applying design principles to make the community experience more enjoyable, functional, and effective.

**Zcash Marketing Campaigns on Social Media:** Create design materials including banners, posters, and graphics for social media (Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, Odisee, Discord, Pod Cast) and marketing campaigns that highlight the advantages of Zcash in terms of privacy and security.
Edit audio-visual material created at events.

Continuation of the educational campaign with Zoe, an AI-generated avatar chosen by the community.

Support international projects such as ZecHub and AFV Club - (report attached)

**Support at events and meet-ups**: Onboard, and network with other privacy-related projects, focused on welcoming new members to the community and new partnerships.

**Gift Material for Events:** Design giveaways to promote Zcash at events. Research new gifts, which would be most efficient for the type of event and price quotes.

The objective of the gift is to bring back memories of the brand and the event, build loyalty, engage, and satisfy the recipient.

**Zcash User Onboarding Tutorials:** Create videos, and step-by-step graphical guides for beginners to learn about Zcash addresses, how to set up and use wallets, send transactions, and protect your privacy.

Presentation tutorials to ZecHub, ZF AV Club, and the entire ecosystem.

**Educational Visual Materials:** Create educational materials such as infographics, videos, and interactive tutorials to help educate the public in Brazil about the benefits of Zcash and how to use it safely.

**Privacy Awareness Campaigns:** Fund projects to create campaigns that raise awareness about the importance of privacy in financial transactions and how Zcash's privacy features can benefit users in Brazil.

**Cryptocurrency Design Workshops:** Organize design workshops and training programs in Brazil to empower local designers and developers to create innovative solutions for the cryptocurrency space.

**Community Involvement:** Create simple design tasks for community engagement and involvement with the educational material produced, based on the knowledge passed in the workshops, making it possible to explore the individual talent of each member.

Collaborate with designers to create graphics and visual content for community engagement efforts such as community forums, newsletters, and social media groups.

Support the community manager in activities that require design pieces.

Support the developer with design material for the developed products.

**Designer Bags:** Create design scholarships or grants that allow aspiring designers in Brazil to focus on cryptocurrency-related design projects and research.

**Redesign of Zcash Global on Discord:** Create new room banners to modernize and add those arts to the other language that joined the server.

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## Brazilian Operations Fund

Opportunity to promote and support the growth of Zcash within the country!

**Community Support and Engagement**: Establish and maintain a support network for Zcash users and enthusiasts in Brazil, providing assistance and information about Zcash.

**Partnerships and Collaborations**: Seeking more partnerships as usual.

**Social Media and Content Creation**: Developing a strong online presence through social media channels and content creation. Regularly update websites, blogs, and social media profiles with Zcash-related content.

**Research and Reports**: Commission or fund research studies and reports that explore the potential use cases and impact of Zcash in the Brazilian economy and society.

**Advocacy and Outreach**: Advocate for Zcash within local and national forums, conferences, and discussions about blockchain technology, privacy, and financial innovation in Brazil.

**Merchant Adoption Programs:** Establish incentive programs to encourage businesses in Brazil to accept Zcash as a form of payment, providing them with training and resources for integration.

**Awareness Campaigns:** Launch marketing and awareness campaigns to inform the public about the benefits of Zcash and cryptocurrency usage, focusing on financial privacy and security.
Vito is also committed to continuing his work in translation and article writing about Zcash in Portuguese, alongside his video editing tasks.

@Vito in particular is tasked with managing Zcash ecosystem relationships for the Brazil team. His duties include arranging meetings and community calls with both Zcash ecosystem participants as well as other outside protocols & teams, both in Portuguese and English, and maintaining collaboration with entities like ZCG, ZF, ECC, and others. Additionally, Vito is responsible for maintaining our Discord server, which involves adding new bots, organizing communities, and fostering growth in Zcash Global.

Moreover, Vito’s key objectives include close collaboration with entities such as ZecHub, ZF A/V (led by Ryan Taylor), and the Zcash Foundation (decentralistdan). He will contribute by running social media, producing/editing videos and newsletters, and providing content and workshops in both Portuguese and English.

@Vito is also committed to continuing his work in translation and article writing about Zcash in Portuguese, alongside his video editing tasks.

**Community Involvement**: Team will lead in organizing monthly activities and events within the community to ensure the continuous development and growth of Zcash protocol knowledge.

**Monthly Educational Activities:** Team will create a structured calendar of educational events focusing on privacy and the Zcash protocol. We will allocate a budget for community incentives, including competitions such as meme contests, monthly quizzes, poker, and logic games, possibly involving cryptography with James’ assistance.

We will also prioritize the production of translations for Zcash documents and content to cater to the Brazilian community.

**Moderation Services**: Team will provide daily monitoring of the server to maintain a respectful and educational atmosphere for all community members, daily onboarding for new community members, ensuring that their understanding and development within the community are clear and continuous, actively participate in the coordination of community calls with other community members.

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## Brazilian Community Fund
### ----> Events

**Meetups:** Organize regular Zcash meetups in different cities across Brazil. These casual gatherings can bring together Zcash enthusiasts, traders, developers, and newcomers to discuss Zcash's latest developments, use cases, and trading strategies.

**Workshops and Training:** Host hands-on workshops and training sessions to educate participants on how to use Zcash wallets, send and receive transactions, and understand the fundamentals of privacy within the Zcash network.

**Privacy Workshops:** Promote privacy education by hosting workshops and events focused on understanding and using the privacy features of Zcash, particularly in the context of financial transactions.

**Local Partnerships:** Collaborate with local businesses, universities, and organizations to co-host Zcash events and broaden the reach of your community.

### ----> Bounty Program

**Community Awards:** Recognize and reward outstanding contributions to the Zcash community in Brazil. Host an awards event to honor individuals, projects, and businesses that have made a significant impact.

**Merchant Incentives:** Create incentive programs that reward businesses for accepting Zcash payments, such as discounts or marketing support.

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### **Please provide justification for the total compensation budget:**

The estimated budget for Zcash Brazil 2024:

**Zcash Brazil Team:**

$4600 January
$4600 February
$4600 March

Total 13.800 for 3 months.

**Total Zcash Brazil team for 2024- $82800 / 2 = $41200** **6 months.**

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**Costs with systems, programs, and community, which we are paying at the moment:**

- Canva: $8 - month / 12x = $96 year
- Discord: $41 - month / 12x = $492 year
- Adobe: $24 - month / 12x = $288 year
- ArtFlow \- $12.83/mo or $154/anually
- Pixel ML \- $22/mo or $84/anually
- MetaVoice \- 10$/mo or $120/anually
- RunWay \- $12/mo or $144/anually

**Total of costs with systems for January, February, March $344,50

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**The total is up to $84178 for 2024- 12 months:**

- All payments will be monthly after the report with all deliveries.

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### **Schedule and Milestones: What is your timeline for the project? Include concrete milestones and the major tasks required to complete each milestone.**

### **Milestone 1 - estimated completion date: 01/31/2024**
- Milestone 1 - USD value of payout upon completion of deliverables: $7014
- Deliverable 1.1: Zcash Brazil team report
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### **Milestone 2 - estimated completion date: 02/28/2024**
- Milestone 2 - USD value of payout upon completion of deliverables: $7014
- Deliverable 2.1: Zcash Brazil team report
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### **Milestone 3 - estimated completion date: 03/31/2024**
- Milestone 3 - USD value of payout upon completion of deliverables: $7014
- Deliverable 3.1: Zcash Brazil team report
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### **Milestone 4 - estimated completion date: 04/30/2024**
- Milestone 4 - USD value of payout upon completion of deliverables: $7014
- Deliverable 4.1: Zcash Brazil team report**
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### **Milestone 5 - estimated completion date: 05/31/2024**
- Milestone 5 - USD value of payout upon completion of deliverables: $7014
- Deliverable 5.1: Zcash Brazil team report
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### **Milestone 6 - estimated completion date: 06/30/2024**
- Milestone 6 - USD value of payout upon completion of deliverables: $7014
- Deliverable 6.1: Zcash Brazil team report
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### **Milestone 7 - estimated completion date: 07/31/2024**
- Milestone 7 - USD value of payout upon completion of deliverables: $7014
- Deliverable 7.1: Zcash Brazil team report
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### **Milestone 8 - estimated completion date: 08/31/2024**
- Milestone 8 - USD value of payout upon completion of deliverables: $7014
- Deliverable 8.1: Zcash Brazil team report
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### **Milestone 9 - estimated completion date: 09/30/2024**
- Milestone 9 - USD value of payout upon completion of deliverables: $7014
- Deliverable 9.1: Zcash Brazil team report
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### **Milestone 10 - estimated completion date: 10/31/2024**
- Milestone 10 - USD value of payout upon completion of deliverables: $7014
- Deliverable 10.1: Zcash Brazil team report
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### **Milestone 11 - estimated completion date: 11/30/2024**
- Milestone 11 - USD value of payout upon completion of deliverables: $7014
- Deliverable 11.1: Zcash Brazil team report

#### Application submission date:
15/12/2023