CipherScan 2026 - Privacy Intelligence for Zcash

Funder

Zcash Community Grants

Type / status

other · open

Amount

58,800 USD

Deadline

unknown

Ecosystems

zcash

Pipeline

Trust breakdown (3/3 checkable facts verified)

Signal	Weight	Result	Note
amount	0.25	100%	figure appears in source
apply link	0.075	100%	link in source
funder	0.075	100%	named in source
source quality	0.15	60%	forum post
model confidence	0.1	85%	model self-report

Fit breakdown (against the ORG_* profile)

Signal	Weight	Result	Note
model fit	0.5	70%	model rated 70%
ecosystem overlap	0.25	0%	zcash vs aleo
category overlap	0.15	33%	dev_tooling, research, privacy vs zk, privacy, infra, dev_tooling, security, interoperability
tech overlap	0.1	33%	typescript, rust, wasm vs rust, leo, zk

Sources (1)

Role	Document	From	Fetched
primary	CipherScan 2026 - Privacy Intelligence for Zcash	Zcash community forum	2026-09-12

History (1)

v	Changed	Fields
1	2026-09-12	created

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# [](#p-241213-cipherscan-2026-privacy-intelligence-platform-for-zcash-1)CipherScan 2026: Privacy Intelligence Platform for Zcash

Hello Zcash Community ![:waving\_hand:](https://emoji.discourse-cdn.com/twitter/waving_hand.png?v=15 ":waving_hand:"),

I’m excited to share our grant application for CipherScan 2026. It’s been an incredible journey building in the Zcash ecosystem, and I’m looking forward to continuing this work with your support.

**GitHub Application**: [Grant Application - CipherScan · Issue #179 · ZcashCommunityGrants/zcashcommunitygrants · GitHub](https://github.com/ZcashCommunityGrants/zcashcommunitygrants/issues/179)

## [](#p-241213-background-2)Background

CipherScan started as a hackathon project in November 2025 and has grown into a full-featured Zcash explorer with a focus on privacy analysis. Cipherscan won 1st place in two tracks at the ZyPherpunk Hackathon (Zcash Data & Analytics and Data & Analytics), which validated the direction we’ve taken.

My goal for 2026 is to evolve CipherScan into a privacy intelligence platform, giving users and developers the tools to understand, measure, and improve their privacy practices on Zcash.

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## [](#p-241213-whats-already-live-3)**What’s Already Live**

Everything below is publicly available today:

**\- Mainnet Explorer:** [https://cipherscan.app](https://cipherscan.app)

\- **Testnet Explorer:** [https://testnet.cipherscan.app](https://testnet.cipherscan.app)

**\- Client-side Memo Decryption:** Your viewing key never touches our servers (WASM)

**\- Inbox Scanner:** Full wallet scan with viewing key, entirely in-browser

**\- Privacy Risk Detection:** Linkability heuristics to spot common mistakes

**\- ZEC Flows:** Cross-chain tracking via NEAR Intents (15+ chains)

**\- Privacy Dashboard**: Real-time shielded adoption metrics

**\- Public API & Lightwalletd:** Free infrastructure for developers

We also run a custom blockchain indexer built from scratch, currently indexing 3M+ mainnet blocks.

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## [](#p-241213-what-were-proposing-for-2026-4)**What We’re Proposing for 2026**

Cipherscan proposal focuses on three priorities:

**1\. Privacy Wallet Scanner**

Upgrade the Inbox Scanner to show sent + received transactions, per-transaction privacy scores, and an overall wallet grade (A-F). Export options for PDF privacy audit reports.

**2\. Privacy Score API v2**

New endpoints for wallet developers:

\- Address and transaction privacy scores

\- Common amounts with best anonymity sets

\- Pre-transaction advisory

This lets wallets guide users toward better privacy _before_ they transact, not after.

**3\. Human-Readable Transaction Explanations**

Plain-language summaries on every transaction page. For new users, raw blockchain data is incomprehensible, we want to fix that.

Plus ongoing infrastructure maintenance (Zebra, Lightwalletd, custom indexer, database optimization).

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## [](#p-241213-budget-summary-5)Budget Summary

Category

Amount

Infrastructure

$4,800

Development _(25 hrs/week × 48 weeks × $45/hr)_

$54,000

**Total**

**$58,800**

Grant funding keeps the API endpoints free for all Zcash developers.

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## [](#p-241213-milestones-6)**Milestones**

Milestone

Deliverable

Completion

1

Privacy Wallet Scanner

Q1 2026

2

Privacy Score API v2 + Human-Readable Explanations

Q2 2026

3

Wallet Outreach + Privacy Index

Q3 2026

4

Infrastructure + 2027 Planning

Q4 2026

_Deliverable order may shift based on wallet partner availability, protocol updates, or community priorities. Quarterly structure and total deliverables remain the same._

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## [](#p-241213-links-7)**Links**

\- **Live Explorer:** [https://cipherscan.app](https://cipherscan.app)

\- **Memo Decryption:** [CipherScan - Zcash Blockchain Explorer](https://cipherscan.app/decrypt)

\- **Privacy Dashboard:** [CipherScan - Zcash Blockchain Explorer](https://cipherscan.app/privacy)

\- **ZEC Flows:** [CipherScan - Zcash Blockchain Explorer](https://cipherscan.app/flows)

\- **API Docs:** [CipherScan - Zcash Blockchain Explorer](https://cipherscan.app/docs)

\- **Devfolio (Hackathon):** [https://devfolio.co/projects/cipherscan-fa99](https://devfolio.co/projects/cipherscan-fa99)

\- **Twitter:** @cipherscan\_app

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I’d love to hear your feedback and answer any questions. Thank you for considering this proposal!

— Kenbak