ZKsync is Evolving, and the Community is at the Core

The ZKsync Foundation, in collaboration with Gitcoin, has launched a six-month Community Program to accelerate ecosystem growth through structured participation and transparent rewards. With over 5 million ZK tokens allocated, the initiative introduces defined roles—Community Moderators, Captains, and Mateys—to encourage long-term engagement, support onboarding, and strengthen governance. The program balances proactive incentives for ongoing contributions with retroactive rewards for past impact, aiming to build a scalable, decentralized community around ZKsync’s Elastic Network.

Key Ideas

Structured Community Engagement: Contributors are assigned specific roles with clear responsibilities, fostering organized participation across moderation, education, and ecosystem development.
Transparent Incentivization: Gitcoin manages monthly token rewards based on engagement and impact, ensuring fairness and visibility through retrospectives and community feedback.

Why It Matters?

Startups can work on and identify enterprise needs for secure, scalable data solutions and build ZK-powered services including privacy-preserving analytics, compliance tools or decentralized identity platforms. A go-to-market strategy could focus on onboarding users through community-driven campaigns and offering premium features for B2B clients.