The ZecHub Podcast

During the Zcash Annual Conference Zcon4, Ian Sagstetter (@iansagstette) sat down with Ryan Taylor of the Zcash Foundation Audio Visual Club (@ZFAVClub) to discuss the program & how community members can build on their AV skills!

Amber Baldet is the CEO of Clovyr and a board member for the Zcash Foundation. 

Time stamps: 

0:00 Intro 

4:40 Decentralization and creating an opt-in society 

15:20 Crypto's opportunity to enable economic freedom and agency 

26:30 Zcash's funding model, regulatory capture and ecosystem diversification 

33:39 Closing economic and societal gaps through decentralized technologies 

42:50 Coin-voting as a mechanism for on-chain governance 

50:25 Open-source development and capitalization in crypto-markets 

59:30 The future of Zcash and outro  

The ZecHub podcast is an independent, educational podcast. It is for informational purposes only, and nothing should be considered financial advice.  

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Clovyr: https://clovyr.io/  

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Ryan Taylor is a communications and media professional and the founder of the Zcash Foundation AV Club. 

Time stamps  

0:00 Intro and early Bitcoin days 

10:58 ZFAV Club's genesis 

17:38 Risks of running ads and having sponsors 

23:42 ZFAV Club's ultimate goal 

29:35 How ZFAV Club enables non-technical contributors 

34:50 Does decentralization solve Zcash's PR problem 

42:10 Disagreements as a feature, not a bug 

49:32 Do crypto protocols need multiple identities 

54:35 Why would people leave an exchange 

1:01:40 How does ZFAV Club enable global contributors 

1:08:00 Outro  

The ZecHub podcast is an independent, educational podcast. It is for informational purposes only, and nothing should be considered financial advice.  

Follow Ryan: https://twitter.com/ZFAVClub  

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ZFAV Club: https://www.youtube.com/@zfavclub 

ZecHub: https://www.zechub.xyz/

Taylor Hornby is the Zcash Ecosystem Security Lead. 

Time stamps:  

0:00 Intro 

6:11 The InternalH Collision Vulnerability 

12:05 Favorite bug Taylor has ever found 

15:50 Leaving ECC for independent security grant 

22:30 The process of a security audit, Ywallet example  

31:25 Lightwalletd security tradeoffs 

45:10 Zcashd security and usability tradeoffs 

52:06 Third party payment provider security tradeoffs 

1:00:20 Zcash operational security recap 

1:04:40 What are Zcash's biggest security and privacy misconceptions  

The ZecHub podcast is an independent, educational podcast. It is for informational purposes only, and nothing should be considered financial advice.  

Follow Taylor: https://twitter.com/DefuseSec  

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ZecHub: https://www.zechub.xyz/

Josh Swihart is the Senior Vice President of Growth, Product Strategy and Regulatory Relations at the Electric Coin Company.

Time stamps:  

0:00 Intro 

6:00 The Dev Fund 

15:22 Regulatory and policy relationships 

28:24 Zcash's privacy vs. other methods 

42:38 Zcash's supply audibility 

48:06 Is privacy a feature you can add on later 

53:58 Zcash blockchain sandblasting attack 

58:29 Claim that Zcash isn't cypherpunk 

1:04:17 Remaining questions and outro  

The ZecHub podcast is an independent, educational podcast. It is for informational purposes only, and nothing should be considered financial advice.  

Follow Josh: https://twitter.com/jswihart  

Follow Ian: https://twitter.com/iansagstette  

Electric Coin Company: https://electriccoin.co/  

ZecHub: https://www.zechub.xyz/

Samara is a PR professional and a member of the Zcash Brasil team.

Time stamps:

0:00 Intro

2:50 Why is there a good opportunity for Zcash in Brazil?

6:10 Thoughts on current Zcash Brasil output vs. potential output

8:00 Why do Brazilians need financial privacy?

12:19 What are the best channels to reach the Brazilian community?

17:25 What is the main use case for ZEC in Brazil?

21:50 What type of content and events will the Brazilian community create to drive adoption?

26:20 What other states does Zcash Brazil want to expand into?

28:50 How does the team plan on collaborating with other Zcash communities?

32:05 What inspires Zcash Brasil's design efforts?

35:30 How can other Zcash orgs support Zcash Brasil's efforts?

38:58 Outro

The ZecHub podcast is an independent, educational podcast. It is for informational purposes only, and nothing should be considered financial advice.

Follow Zcash Brazil: https://twitter.com/zcashbrazil

Follow Ian: https://twitter.com/iansagstette

Zcash Brazil: https://linktr.ee/zcashbrasil

ZecHub: https://www.zechub.xyz/

David is a long-time Zcasher and writer / producer with Zcash Media.

The Z2Z podcast is an independent, educational podcast. It is for informational purposes only, and nothing should be considered financial advice. 

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Railgun is smart contract system that enables private sends, trades & DeFi, on ETH, BSC & Polygon.

Xcelencia is a reggaeton artist in the Web3 music ecosystem. The Z2Z podcast is an independent, educational podcast. It is for informational purposes only, and nothing should be considered financial advice.

J.W. Verret is a professor at George Mason University. He is a corporate, securities, and bank law expert. He is also a legal and forensics accounting consultant, and the founder of the Crypto Freedom Lab. The Z2Z podcast is an independent, educational podcast. It is for informational purposes only, and nothing should be considered financial advice.