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Grant Application ZKFIED

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Applicant: HashFoxLabs
Requested: $45,000
Status: Declined
Review context: Forum discussion linked1 committee record linked

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📋 Grant Application👀 Ready For ZCG Review❌ Grant Declined

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Declined1/5/2026

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📋 Grant Application

Category: Intake
Status: Grant Application
Milestone: -
Observed: 1/5/2026

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👀 Ready For ZCG Review

Category: Review
Status: Ready For Zcg Review
Milestone: -
Observed: 1/5/2026

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❌ Grant Declined

Category: Decision
Status: Declined
Milestone: -
Observed: 1/5/2026

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Decision history

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Declined1/5/2026

ZKFIED

Declined

ZKFIED is a censorship-resistant whistleblower platform that protects source anonymity and evidence integrity by combining shielded transactions on Zcash, FROST 3-of-5 threshold signatures, decentralized storage (IPFS), and zero-knowledge proofs. Evidence submissions are anchored to Zcash’s shielded pool to prevent metadata leakage, server seizure, and financial censorship, while cryptographic links to an immutable public registry on NEAR Protocol and optional zero-knowledge credential verification via Mina zkApps enable public auditability without doxxing sources. By eliminating centralized servers and single points of failure found in existing whistleblower systems, ZKFIED provides a production-ready architecture (currently deployed on testnet) that supports both wallet-based hybrid submissions and one-click orchestrated submissions, ensuring uncensorable, verifiable, and privacy-preserving disclosures. Applicant is requesting $45,000. Gguy: It doesn’t fit the scope of things we’re funding at the moment. Artkor: I vote to reject this proposal. Since the applicant was explicitly asking for advice, my general advice to all new contributors is the following. Do not try to crack the safe by guessing the combination. The committee consists of experienced people who can reliably distinguish an AI-generated idea from a real, applied contribution that arises from an actual need. We do not have a bias against AI-generated code. However, we have no interest in funding generated ideas. Zerodartz: Having a user base is important for this kind of project and this doesn’t seem to have one big enough. I reject. DecentralistDan: I reject as well. Agreed with Artkor, don’t try to crack the safe by guessing the code. Rejected

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Minutes: Zcash Community Grants Meeting Minutes 1/5/2026

Committee notes

Gguy: It doesn’t fit the scope of things we’re funding at the moment.

Artkor: I vote to reject this proposal. Since the applicant was explicitly asking for advice, my general advice to all new contributors is the following. Do not try to crack the safe by guessing the combination. The committee consists of experienced people who can reliably distinguish an AI-generated idea from a real, applied contribution that arises from an actual need. We do not have a bias against AI-generated code. However, we have no interest in funding generated ideas.

Zerodartz: Having a user base is important for this kind of project and this doesn’t seem to have one big enough. I reject.

DecentralistDan: I reject as well. Agreed with Artkor, don’t try to crack the safe by guessing the code.

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Grant Application ZKFIED

Hi everyone !! I just wanted to share that we’ve officially submitted our Zcash Community Grant application for ZKFIED. ZKFIED is a censorship-resistant whistleblower platform built on Zcash shielded transactions, combined with threshold cryptography and zero-knowledge proofs, to allow anonym...

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Forum URL: https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/grant-application-zkfied/54008

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Grant Application ZKFIED

### 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:/...

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Source ID: ZcashCommunityGrants/zcashcommunitygrants#167

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Github Issue Comment

Comment on #167: Grant Application ZKFIED

@MrHashFox0x Your numbers need to be corrected. Startup funds + milestones must equal total budget. Your startup + milestones = $41,000 but your total budget is listed as $75,000.

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Source ID: ZcashCommunityGrants/zcashcommunitygrants#167:comment:3693220672

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Comment on #167: Grant Application ZKFIED

[Forum post for reference. ](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/grant-application-zkfied/54008)

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Source ID: ZcashCommunityGrants/zcashcommunitygrants#167:comment:3694017316

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ZKFIED

Date Submitted: 12/26/2025 | Proposal Title: ZKFIED | Applicant(s): HashFoxLabs | Grant Platform Link: https://github.com/ZcashCommunityGrants/zcashcommunitygrants/issues/167 | Forum Link: https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/grant-application-zkfied/54008 | Grant Status: Rejected

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