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Legitimacy Beyond Transparency: Zcash, Privacy, and Trust in Islamic Digital Finance
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- Applicant
- Yijian Lyu, PhD researcher
- Requested
- $12,000
- Status
- Filtered
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- No primary forum linked1 committee record linked
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📋 Grant Application👀 Ready For ZCG Review❌ Grant Declined
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Declined8/3/2026
Applicant requests a forward grant for a comparative research study analyzing how Zcash and HAQQ Network construct legitimacy differently — Zcash through technical privacy/selective disclosure, HAQQ through Shariah-oriented governance — pr…
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Legitimacy Beyond Transparency: Zcash, Privacy, and Trust in Islamic Digital Finance
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Applicant requests a forward grant for a comparative research study analyzing how Zcash and HAQQ Network construct legitimacy differently — Zcash through technical privacy/selective disclosure, HAQQ through Shariah-oriented governance — producing a full report, a Zcash-facing brief, and an educational framework for explaining financial privacy to audiences with Islamic ethical frameworks. Requesting $12,000. Artkor: I think that regardless of a person’s beliefs, religion, political views, or other preferences, Zcash is a basic, neutral tool in which everyone can find the value that matters to them. For some, that is protection against inflation; for others, it is a decentralized way to transact where banking services are unavailable; for others, it is the ability to conduct their affairs privately, and so on. This should depend not on other people’s judgments or labels, but only on each person’s own needs and interests. Therefore, I do not think it would be right for us as a community to divide a basic tool that is available to everyone into categories or to invent separate Zcash use cases based on religion or other personal characteristics. I do not want to encourage that approach, and therefore I respectfully reject this proposal. Paul: I concur and reject as well. Gguy: It wasn’t clear to me the outcomes we should expect from this application and I am uncertain to be we’d see any benefits. Zerodartz: I don’t see the exact value of this research for Zcash. Zcash is money, and if your religion supports use of money, there’s not much to research.
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Legitimacy Beyond Transparency: Zcash, Privacy, and Trust in Islamic Digital Finance
Artkor: I think that regardless of a person’s beliefs, religion, political views, or other preferences, Zcash is a basic, neutral tool in which everyone can find the value that matters to them. For some, that is protection against inflation; for others, it is a decentralized way to transact where banking services are unavailable; for others, it is the ability to conduct their affairs privately, and so on. This should depend not on other people’s judgments or labels, but only on each person’s own needs and interests. Therefore, I do not think it would be right for us as a community to divide a basic tool that is available to everyone into categories or to invent separate Zcash use cases based on religion or other personal characteristics. I do not want to encourage that approach, and therefore I respectfully reject this proposal.
Paul: I concur and reject as well.
Gguy: It wasn’t clear to me the outcomes we should expect from this application and I am uncertain to be we’d see any benefits.
Zerodartz: I don’t see the exact value of this research for Zcash. Zcash is money, and if your religion supports use of money, there’s not much to research.
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Open forum threadGrant Application – A Plural Case for Privacy: Zcash and Islamic Digital Finance
Hello Zcash community, I have submitted a Zcash Community Grants application for a research and education project titled A Plural Case for Privacy: Zcash and Islamic Digital Finance . The ambition of this project is to provide a framework that will help extend Zcash beyond a Western theory of p...
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Open forum threadGrant Application – A Plural Case for Privacy: Zcash and Islamic Digital Finance
Hello Zcash community, I have submitted a Zcash Community Grants application for a research and education project titled A Plural Case for Privacy: Zcash and Islamic Digital Finance . The ambition of this project is to provide a framework that will help extend Zcash beyond a Western theory of p...
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Open source recordGrant Application - Legitimacy Beyond Transparency: Zcash, Privacy, and Trust in Islamic Digital Finance
### Terms and Conditions - [x] I agree to the [Grant Agreement](https://9ba4718c-5c73-47c3-a024-4fc4e5278803.usrfiles.com/ugd/9ba471_f81ef4e4b5f040038350270590eb2e42.pdf) terms if funded - [x] I agree to [Provide KYC information](https:/...
repo: zcashcommunitygrants | owner: ZcashCommunityGrants | state: closed | author: cavalla244 | labels: ["📋 Grant Application","👀 Ready For ZCG Review","❌ Grant Declined"] | number: 360 | closedAt: 2026-08-05T12:54:43Z | commentCount: 4
Github Issue Comment
Open source recordComment on #360: Grant Application - Legitimacy Beyond Transparency: Zcash, Privacy, and Trust in Islamic Digital Finance
@cavalla244 before I can assign this to ZCG for review you need to post your grant to the [Forum](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/) for community feedback. If you need assistance posting share your username here and I'll assist.
repo: zcashcommunitygrants | owner: ZcashCommunityGrants | author: alexgbo | number: 360 | issueUrl: https://github.com/ZcashCommunityGrants/zcashcommunitygrants/issues/360 | commentId: 5021938176 | createdAt: 2026-07-20T11:55:05Z | issueNumber: 360
Github Issue Comment
Open source recordComment on #360: Grant Application - Legitimacy Beyond Transparency: Zcash, Privacy, and Trust in Islamic Digital Finance
Hi! I created a new account on the Zcash Community Forum, but I am unable to create a new topic to post my proposal for the anti-spam feature. Could you please help raise my forum trust level so I can post? Thank you!
repo: zcashcommunitygrants | owner: ZcashCommunityGrants | author: barb244 | number: 360 | issueUrl: https://github.com/ZcashCommunityGrants/zcashcommunitygrants/issues/360 | commentId: 5062738988 | createdAt: 2026-07-23T19:55:52Z | issueNumber: 360
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Open source recordComment on #360: Grant Application - Legitimacy Beyond Transparency: Zcash, Privacy, and Trust in Islamic Digital Finance
Just post it on the forum. Thank you for all the direction. The post link can be find here: https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/grant-application-a-plural-case-for-privacy-zcash-and-islamic-digital-finance/56791
repo: zcashcommunitygrants | owner: ZcashCommunityGrants | author: barb244 | number: 360 | issueUrl: https://github.com/ZcashCommunityGrants/zcashcommunitygrants/issues/360 | commentId: 5063340563 | createdAt: 2026-07-23T20:55:03Z | issueNumber: 360
Github Issue Comment
Open source recordComment on #360: Grant Application - Legitimacy Beyond Transparency: Zcash, Privacy, and Trust in Islamic Digital Finance
https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/grant-application-a-plural-case-for-privacy-zcash-and-islamic-digital-finance/56791/67
repo: zcashcommunitygrants | owner: ZcashCommunityGrants | author: alexgbo | number: 360 | issueUrl: https://github.com/ZcashCommunityGrants/zcashcommunitygrants/issues/360 | commentId: 5191980212 | createdAt: 2026-08-05T12:54:43Z | issueNumber: 360
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Open source recordLegitimacy Beyond Transparency: Zcash, Privacy, and Trust in Islamic Digital Finance
Date Submitted: 7/19/2026 | Proposal Title: Legitimacy Beyond Transparency: Zcash, Privacy, and Trust in Islamic Digital Finance | Applicant(s): Yijian Lyu | Grant Platform Link: https://github.com/ZcashCommunityGrants/zcashcommunitygrants/issues/360 | Grant Status: Filtered by FPF / Outside of Scop
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