For a month developers from across the Zcash ecosystem worked to create useful & privacy-preserving applications ranging from streaming platforms to games & wallets! We are excited to present all entries and announce the Top 3 winners of our 100 ZEC prize pool.🏆
🥇 1st Place: ZEC-Bounties by Tron
A Zcash-powered bounty management platform.
“Existing solutions like Dework still require manual collection of Zcash wallet addresses and separate payment processing for ZEC after task completion.”
“This platform aims to eliminate this friction by streamlining the entire process from task completion to payout.”
Video Demo:
🥈 2nd Place: Zyberquest by Team Blockbears
“A 2D cypherpunk arcade with two modes: DEMO (off-chain) TOURNAMENT (on-chain).”
Video Demo:
Live Demo: https://zyberquest.vercel.app/
🥉 3rd Place: Banana Betting by
“Inspired by the Savannah Bananas and Banana-ball, the dancing alternative to baseball. BananaBetting is a fun, Zcash-powered sports betting platform, all to benefit charities. Sports betting for the rest of us.”
Video Demo:
Runner Up: ZEC Donate by Snr Dev
A fully-featured Zcash donation platform with native wallet integration using ZingoLib for secure, private transactions.
Live Demo: ttps://zecdonations.vercel.app/
Runner Up: ZEC Rotor by @PrakharOjha4
ZecRotor is an experimental @NEARProtocol Shade Agent–powered job scheduler for automated token rotation.
It solves the problem of scheduled, private fund movement across blockchains by combining: Privacy through Zcash shielded transactions + Automation through NEAR Shade Agents.
Video Demo
https://www.loom.com/share/3310c166cc2d455a9d7ee65ed8217bdc?sid=dd5f7406-c2b1-4546-8f0d-dfce9f83bba8
Runner Up: Zechostream by Elijah
The Zechostream (Global Transparency Network) is a censorship resistant and privacy preserving audio broadcasting platform.
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Runner Up: ZECA Project by PacBR
'‘ZECA is a JavaScript project that connects to the Zcash blockchain, listening for incoming shielded transactions. When a transaction is received, the message contained in its encrypted memo field is replicated to external platforms.'‘
'‘The first integration is with Discord (as a bot), but the modular design makes it easy to extend support to other platforms like Telegram, X/Twitter, Matrix, or any other messaging system.’’
Video Demo:
Runner Up: Anino by Kameron James
Anino (Tagalog for “shadow”) is a privacy‑first Zcash wallet and chat prototype. It pairs Ywallet’s robust core with a Zashi‑inspired UX so users benefit from familiar workflows while reducing privacy foot‑guns (encouraging Orchard‑capable UA and shielding flows).
Video Demo:
- https://www.loom.com/share/1013b5702b1b4aab80ddb622457df5ee?sid=d5717cf5-693d-41e2-94e5-ca7850d0d3cf
Huge appreciation to all hackathon developers that have taken part. We believe cryptocurrencies thrive when independent teams & projects are able to earn revenue through genuine onchain products/services.
You’ve shown what’s possible when builders come together to expand the Zcash ecosystem. Massive thanks to ZecHub DAO voters, and Zcash community supporters.
Special thank you to @aiyadt for gifting all participants with a ZEC Cabochon! If you would like to support/donate to any of the projects listed above please reach out to the builders directly!