Proposal “Dash_x_DeFrens_at_Privacy_Festival“ (Active)Back

Title:Proposal: Dash at Privacy & Decentralization Festival with DeFrens
Owner:Nik
One-time payment: 130 DASH (4389 USD)
Completed payments: no payments occurred yet (1 month remaining)
Payment start/end: 2026-03-08 / 2026-04-06 (added on 2026-03-10)
Final voting deadline: in 1 month
Votes: 188 Yes / 0 No / 0 Abstain
Will be funded: No. This proposal needs additional 113 Yes votes to become funded.
External information: docs.google.com/document/d/1IApuw0BhcEIbC9q5zHcG78BhABYblyqp8tp6_kOgO0o
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Proposal description

Owner: Nik Novoselov (Niknovo)
One-time funding request: 130 DASH
Event date: March 23
Location: Moscow

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This proposal offers Dash an exclusive partnership with DeFrens — the largest Russian-speaking Web3 and AI tech community (10,000+ frens, 2,800+ active founders and developers in the chat).
The event is a focused offline conference dedicated to privacy, cryptography, and confidential infrastructure in Web3 — the exact narrative where Dash has strong positioning. During our events we partner with top universities such as MSU, HSE, MIPT, and many others.
At an event full of current and future Web3 privacy developers, we will promote building on Dash and present new Dash innovations for research.
We propose keynote exposure, panel discussion, on-site branding, wallet onboarding activation, media coverage, and community integration. This is a targeted entry into a privacy-focused builder ecosystem for one of the strongest builder communities.

ABOUT DEFRENS
DeFrens is a leading Russian-speaking Web3 community that has hosted 35+ offline and 20+ online events in the past year.

We have hosted speakers and contributors from:
  • Ethereum Foundation (PSE)
  • Monero ecosystem
  • ZKSync
  • TACEO
  • HOPr
  • Canton
  • Mellow Finance
  • Mina
  • Aleo
  • Miden
  • Zcash contributors
We actively promote privacy and cryptographic infrastructure narratives among developers.

Our events on privacy and cryptography:



PRIVACY AND DECENTRALIZATION FESTIVAL — EVENT OVERVIEW
Title: Privacy and Decentralization Festival
Format: Offline tech + product conference
Expected audience: 250 registrations | 150 event participants: privacy-focused developers, cryptographers, blockchain infrastructure builders
Expected media reach: 90,000+ views across different communities (based on previous events)

Audience profile:
  • Protocol and DApp developers
  • ZK engineers
  • Node operators
  • Founders
  • Privacy researchers
  • Institutional representatives

WHAT DASH RECEIVES

1. Keynote Slot (30 minutes)
Prime-time presentation:
  • Dash technology overview
  • Privacy positioning for builders
  • Product demo (more than one)
  • Q and A with technical audience

2. Panel Participation (40 minutes)
Prime-time discussion:
  • Dash Evolution technology overview
  • Decentralized Data Platform positioning across builders
  • Q and A with technical audience

3. Wallet Onboarding Activation
Giveaway participation requires Dash wallet registration.
This drives direct ecosystem onboarding.

Flow:
  • To join the raffle, participants must provide a Dash wallet address during registration.
  • During the event, random addresses will be chosen, and if the holders are present, the coins will be distributed.
  • Five prizes will be distributed in the raffle.

4. Main Stage Branding
  • Dash background on stage
  • Logo on event materials
  • Verbal mentions by the host

5. Direct Marketing Exposure
  • Email campaign across 10,000 contacts before or after the event
  • Telegram announcements (primary + partner channels)
  • Post-event coverage
  • Speaker highlights
Typical reach per DeFrens event: 90,000+ targeted views.

6. Media and Content Production
  • Professional photo coverage
  • Social media content
  • Posts with Dash representative
  • Cross-posting with Web3 outlets

VENUE
Svetly Loft
Nikitinsky Boulevard 7B
svetloft.com

WHY THIS MATTERS FOR DASH
Privacy momentum in Web3 is increasing.
DeFrens has organically absorbed privacy-oriented builders in the Russian-speaking market. This event gives Dash:
  • Direct access to high-level technical builders
  • Institutional exposure
  • Entry into a new cryptography-focused community
  • Narrative positioning as a privacy OG across them
This is not a retail campaign. It is a builder-focused integration.

LONG-TERM POTENTIAL
This event can serve as an entry point for:
  • Dash-focused hackathons
  • Technical workshops
  • Developer grants awareness
  • Ongoing campaigns
We are open to structured long-term cooperation.

BUDGET
  1. Speaker: Mikhail (pshenmic) — accommodation and travel expenses: 25 DASH
  2. Raffle: 5 DASH
  3. Event expenses: 100 DASH. Covers: Venue, Production, Branding, Marketing campaigns, Coffee break, Event team operations, Media coverage, Content production
Total: 130 DASH (one-time funding)

CLOSING
We believe Dash fits naturally into this event’s privacy narrative and technical audience.
We are ready to deliver measurable exposure, wallet onboarding, and long-term ecosystem access.
Happy to answer any questions and discuss details.

Nik Novoselov
Telegram: @niknovo
X: @artnauka

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2 points,4 days ago
Hello, who will give the keynote presentation? Since this is for March 23rd, while it is a bit of a close call, it would be ideal they demo our ZK orchard upgrade. Testnet was stated for around March 20th at this point.
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0 points,4 days ago
Hey! Nice to have you here!

1. Mikhail (pshenmic) will take a speaking slot (~ “How to build DApps on top of DASH”).

2. Since he is also working on Dash Evolution, we will bring some community members who are working on (or have worked on) decentralized compute projects:

- Mike Voronov (ex-Fluence) – https://github.com/mikevoronov

- Yury Yanovich, Assistant Professor at Skoltech, working on decentralized federated learning environments – https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2096720924000770

We hope this can contribute to expanding DASH use cases and the discussion in the AI space.

Regarding ZK, we can definitely highlight it on stage and in marketing materials. I’m not entirely sure how deeply Pshenmic is involved in that topic, though.

Personally, I’d be happy to dive deeper into this area as well.

Is there a group chat or somewhere we can coordinate?
My Telegram: @niknovo.
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