zkav.club
Zero-knowledge Audiovisual Club
We help open-source and decentralized tech communities tell their own stories, without giving up privacy, and we return the results to an open community archive.
People, stories, tools.
We run Workshops, publish practical AV docs, and support meetups, hackathons, conferences, and camps so communities can keep their own record on their own terms.
Recording Station is volunteer-run. The rest gets funded through gigs, grants, sponsors, ecosystem support.
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Recording Station
Zk Av Club Recording Station is a simple setup we drop in at events so people can record solid audio/video without bringing gear or a production team.
You bring the conversation. We handle the mics, framing, and levels. We keep it chill, even when the room isn’t.
The content belongs to the creator(s) in it. Our job is to record it with care and steward the source safely into the public archive, with the context and credits that make it usable later, plus a respectful consent trail. Nothing goes out without your OK.
Then the source goes up: multi-angle camera originals and uncompressed audio. After guest approval, the originals are released under CC BY-SA. The archive entry keeps the credits and context intact, ready for others to remix, reference, and build on.
What comes out of it is a shared public good: an open, community-made archive that future creators, filmmakers, and historians can actually use.
Read the details (how it works, licensing + consent).
Workshops
Zk Av Club Workshops are conversational, hands-on sessions where people learn by doing, together.
Bring questions. Bring half-finished ideas.
They’re intentionally broad: they can be technical or non-technical, beginner-friendly or advanced, and in any language, with a bias toward FOSS, privacy, and decentralized (p2p) tech. If it helps someone do something real, it probably fits.
Formats range from demos and guided exercises to teardown sessions, clinic-style troubleshooting, and “build with me” experiments. The goal isn’t a lecture to a quiet room, it’s a session people can take part in.
Facilitators are paid in Zcash, and workshops are recorded and published so the knowledge keeps working after the live moment. Recording is required for facilitator payment; if a session can’t be recorded, it doesn’t run as a Zk Av Club Workshop.
Learn about the program and browse past sessions.
Publishing Infrastructure
Platforms change the rules mid-season. Accounts get flagged. Viewers get tracked. If you want your archive to outlive the platform mood swings, start here.
We help communities build media homes they can depend on:
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Publishing systems: community-controlled media (Fediverse and beyond), setup/admin, repeatable workflows, and organization for discovery.
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Stewardship and governance: consent defaults, moderation support, takedown/reporting workflows, roles/permissions, and versioning/updates.
We’re trying to make decentralized publishing feel nice. What you get: the stack, the workflow, and the runbook.
A lot of this is quiet work (permissions, policies, workflows). Some of it is solid ops. Some of it is experiments in the wild: p2p distribution (seeding, mirroring, relays), new sharing protocols, and keeping what actually works.
Zcash PeerTube is our first public implementation, but it’s just one example.
Explore Community Publishing Infrastructure.
Testimonials
Zk Av Club is a throwback to the grassroots ethos of the early days of the crypto revolution. Uncompromising in their community-first approach to audio/visual education and support, Zk Av Club gives a voice to the individuals behind the camera, in the booth, working before, during and after the event to share the news and progress the world needs to know. The Zcash Foundation was an early champion for the Club and we remain invested in their present and their bright future. The world needs more impactful and community-led projects like Zk Av Club!
— Alex Bornstein, COO, Zcash Foundation
For years, Ryan Taylor and Zk Av Club have provided exceptional live streaming for Bitcoin and cryptocurrency events, ensuring global reach and high-quality broadcasts. Their dedication is unmatched.
— Thomas Hunt (Mad Bitcoins, World Crypto Network)
I’ve always been fascinated with how folks find things because it illustrates a unique mapping. On its face, this might seem insignificant, but if you study these mappings on a deeper level, you realize something special; a shielded truth. On my journey discovering Zcash, I randomly discovered Adjy Leak, and in conjunction, Zk Av Club. Through the club, I experienced not only my first time connecting with many like-minded folks through live streaming, but also a vast archive of knowledge I didn’t even know existed! If you like adventure, computer science, and community, I couldn’t recommend a better environment to start your journey.
Ryan and Zk Av Club are great, not just a streaming and media team but also deep community leadership and advocacy. They have been a reliable fixture of the Zcash community as well as adjacent ones like DWeb, and has helped make connections with other local communities around the globe, such as Zcash Brazil. They’ve run self-contained livestream and recording for Zcash conferences, as well as hosting chill hybrid and remote hangouts. My favorite is seeing Ryan bring AV training sessions to newly formed local groups with minimal equipment, empowering them to improve their own global media abilities and stay included.
Over the years, Zk Av Club has emerged as a vibrant, transformative force in the Zcash community. It has grown organically into a global collective of content creators and media producers who combine creativity with innovative media production technologies and techniques.
The Club’s commitment to privacy-first principles and their use of decentralized tools perfectly aligns with Zcash’s core values. Their work in producing educational content, and fostering community engagement has benefited and strengthened the entire Zcash ecosystem.
— Jack Gavigan, Zcash Foundation
Zk Av Club is place where you can share and learn just about anything! Its Event Calendar is filled with a variety of in-person and virtual meetups ranging from Crypto and Hacker Conferences to Music Production and Brand Design, there’s something for everyone to have fun with. Zk Av also provides video and audio editing support, some of the best AI image generation prompts you will ever come across, hands on workshops with new, obscure P2P software - all just a glimpse into what happens over at the club! It has been hugely beneficial to our work over at ZecHub. So if you’re intending to or currently building a project, hop into the Discord and see what’s cooking!
have you ever been to cozy virtual meeting space full of people who don’t expect you to know it all? this is what Zk Av Club is. join with zero knowledge about video or any kind of media/arts and start learning bit by bit - its a vibe. you might learn there are so many awesome useful open source free tools you never even knew to look for.
the club is also big on experimenting. each member can use their new knowledge to start creating something they want or join forces with others to collaborate. best part is when you find a chance to be part of some on-location events or workshops with other club members.
join it and find out if its something for you.
Zk Av Club is a source of inspiration for me and for everyone who comes. Seeing the work they do behind the scenes and then the staging in each event or streaming, is definitely a motivation to learn more about everything audiovisual. As a member of the team I can say that every day is an opportunity to learn, grow and contribute from my knowledge as well. Long live the club!
The AV Club has been a space for me to connect with technology, open source and content generation geeks like me.
I like being part of the team because there is freedom of creativity, opinion and action. Although we all work for the same purpose (teaching and spreading privacy and free technologies), we can all have our style with freedom.
I hope more people join the Club and enjoy the experience!
— Roosevelt Gordones - gordonesTV - Content Creator and Technology Educator
I worked with Zk AV Club in Berlin to produce my talk for ZConV. They ran the entire virtual event with a lean team, and made it very engaging and interactive. I appreciate their deep knowledge of the privacy space and their contributions to events in the community, and hope to work with them on many projects to come.
Ryan is a pro. His production work is top shelf as evidenced by his work on Zcons through the years, and his commitment to providing engaging and informative content. With Zk Av Club he continues his dedication and professionalism while also widening the tent to welcome and include new voices from all around the world and across industries. His professionalism, empathy and deep interest in the topics and people he’s engaged with shines above all.
— Josh Swihart, CEO, Electric Coin Company
Zk Av Club is a remarkable initiative born from the passion of Zcash community members worldwide. It has created an inclusive environment where individuals can learn from one another and explore audiovisual tools aimed at enhancing Zcash awareness. I am continually impressed by the members’ unwavering support for each other, regardless of their experience level—whether newcomers or seasoned AV experts. The diversity of backgrounds and languages is celebrated, fostering a rich communal spirit.
Beyond being an incubator for creativity, ZK AV has evolved into a highly effective organization. They leverage their expertise in audiovisual production, zero-knowledge technologies, and blockchain to elevate events to new heights. Their commitment to collaboration and innovation truly sets them apart in the community!
— Danika Delano, Zcash Foundation Operations Director
Join the Club
Follow us on X or Bluesky for live updates.
Subscribe to our calendar for events, livestreams, and workshops.
Got an event lead? Drop it here.
Want to facilitate a workshop? Start here.
Want to bring Recording Station to your event, book a paid gig, or support a new project? DM us on X or Bluesky.
If you want to help, there are lots of ways: recording, editing, sound, translation, ops — or just show up and say hi.
Partner Communities
We collaborate with peer communities around the world.
Partners are communities we’ve recorded with, trained, supported with publishing infrastructure, or otherwise worked alongside.
To reach us, use the links in Join the Club (X, Bluesky, or the calendar).
- ZecHub — The community-powered Zcash education hub
Add your community (PR welcome). — create a PR
Additional Reading
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Zk Av Club is not an online community. (Sep 26, 2025): What “community” means here, and why we don’t try to be a permanent online hangout.
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Zk Av Club is not a production company. (Mar 3, 2025): What we are (and aren’t): training, documentation, and support for people doing the work.
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Original forum thread (Jan 12, 2023): The original thread: early context, goals, and a running history.
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The Art of Sharing (Jun 16, 2015): Why we share this way: livestreams, P2P, and the ethics of distribution.
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About the founder: Ryan Taylor (aka Adjy Leak).
Support Zk Av Club
If you want more workshops, more recordings, and a stronger public archive that isn’t controlled by big platforms, here’s how to back us.
Big thanks to Zcash Community Grants for supporting Zk Av Club in 2026! Read the proposal and thread.
If your community wants to support the work, or wants direct help with recording workflows, AV training, publishing infrastructure, or long-term archiving and metadata, reach out via the links in Join the Club.
Support it, or hire us. Either way helps.
If you’d like to pitch in, pick a chain you already use and copy/paste an address below.
We work across ecosystems (Zcash, Ethereum, Polkadot, Filecoin). No donor tracking.
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