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I built Zollect for @zksnarks_ zecathon: collectibles you actually own on Zcash.
Own it on Zcash. Prove it anywhere.
Zcash has no NFTs or tokens. So today, a “Zcash collectible” is a row in a marketplace’s database. You hold nothing on the chain and can’t prove it’s yours without them.
Zollect puts the item itself on the chain.
Each collectible is a zote: a private Zcash note in a vault only your key controls. No company keeps the list.
What works today, live on Zcash mainnet:
🔑 Real ownership
Lagos Lights is a collection of 3 zotes, minted and sealed so no more can ever be made.
🤝 Safe sales
Tobi sold zote #2 to Kemi in one shielded transaction: the zote to her, the ZEC to him, or nothing. Neither could cheat. On the explorer it’s just a shielded transaction: no names, no amounts.
✅ Proof on demand
Send Kemi a fresh code. Her vault signs it with the zote’s key. Anyone can check it’s genuine and still hers, and they learn nothing else she holds.
No protocol change needed. It works on Zcash today, and the checker is open source.
Submitted on Zcash’s 10th birthday 🎂 Private Markets track.
AJ👽 retweeted
Back when I started on CT, someone I really admired shared an important lesson with me: It takes a lot of time and patience to make it in crypto.
That stuck with me, and it's the reason I stayed even through the deepest bear markets, when it felt like crypto was dead. @MEXC invited me to share a story for Bitcoin Whitepaper Day, and I think the deeper lesson is that whatever you do here, approach it with patience, don't give up after a few failures, don't go all in on the first opportunity, and don't underestimate what you can achieve over multiple years
🤝 Paid partnership
AJ👽 retweeted
You can’t talk about gambling if the streets ain’t involved.
We took this straight to the streets of Lagos, bringing you the feel of reality and pure 9ja vibes ꐠ
Introducing Gamdom to the average Lagos guy in clean, raw Nigerian English.
Gamdom to the streets of Lagos.
#Gamdom100kRound2
@stevewilldoit @kingadukes 🫡
Shot by: @Xaheer0 🎥
Disclaimer: No hard drugs were used during this video shoot, and no injuries were sustained in the process.
bringing @gamdom to the streets of Lagos ꐠ
the street asked, we delivered.
full video coming soon 🎥
@stevewilldoit @kingadukes
#Gamdom100kRound2
AJ👽 retweeted
My submission AfterMrkt got shortlisted
Code: S213
Fingers crossed
Pick the Hackathon S2 projects and win up to 2,000 USDT!
1. How to Vote
- Click the link in the comments to explore the submitted projects
- Comment with a project ID (e.g., SXXX) under this post
- Before Oct 28
2. Voting Rewards
- First person to correctly predict the winning project ID: 1,000 USDT
- Last person to cast a vote in the comments before the deadline: 1,000 USDT
- Rewards can be combined, with up to 2,000 USDT per person.
AJ👽 retweeted
got liquidated chasing candles but discovered a different way to earn with @fractalsfi.
The story of KAI. 🎥🔻
AJ👽 retweeted
are hackathons actually worth the time we spend building for them?
i came across an article by Hawkins Pham that made me think about this differently.
he judged a hackathon with over 200 teams and admitted something interesting: most of the demos weren't particularly good.
yet some of the world's most useful products started as experiments nobody expected much from.
FigJam is one example.
as someone who regularly participates in hackathons, i've started questioning something.
what happens to the 95% of projects that don't win?
some genuinely solve problems. others introduce clever technical approaches. a few might even have commercial potential.
but once the winners are announced, attention moves to the next competition.
i think we're leaving too much value on the table.
hackathons are good at getting developers to build under pressure. i'd love to see more organizers invest in what happens AFTER submission.
because imagine what could happen if promising projects received feedback, real users, and continued support, regardless of whether they placed.
winning is exciting, but building something people continue using six months later?
that's a different level of success.
curious how other builders see this. have hackathons actually helped you grow, or are we just collecting submissions?
