Hello everyone,

I’d like to share Zensia, an early stage open-source cryptocurrency project with a privacy-focused design and no centralized authority or pre-mine. We’re releasing Zensia under the MIT License, and we welcome critical reviews and contributions from the community.

Key points:

Privacy & Cryptography
Zensia integrates a zero-knowledge proof layer (zkSNARK-based) to allow confidential transactions while preserving verifiability.
Our aim is to ensure fungibility and user privacy without sacrificing scalability or security.
Consensus Mechanics
Zensia uses a hybrid approach: an initial short Proof-of-Work “fair launch” window to distribute the stake widely, followed by a long-term Proof-of-Stake model (BFT-style) for energy efficiency and fast finality.
We invite scrutiny of our staking logic and block validation flow—particularly regarding potential centralization or game-theory exploits.
Governance
All protocol changes are proposed and evaluated openly via on-chain signaling and community discussion (GitHub + public forums). There is no foundation or core team with override privileges.
We rely on community-driven development: if you spot improvements or security vulnerabilities, please open an issue or pull request.
Open Collaboration
The Zensia repository (source code + specs) is here:
https://github.com/drbommel/zensia
(Please note: the repository is brand new)
We are particularly interested in participation and further development
We are especially interested in in-depth reviews of the cryptographic routines
 
We believe in the cypherpunk principle of open scrutiny. Zensia is not backed by VCs or corporations; it’s purely a community experiment in fair-launch tokenomics and robust privacy. If you find any design flaws or improvements, we’d appreciate your expertise.

How to Participate:

Read README.md, Preprint docs/research/preprint and feasibility report docs/research/feasibility_report on Github
Review or fork the code on GitHub.
Propose protocol changes if you see possible pitfalls (issues or PRs welcome).
If there’s interest, feel free to discuss https://github.com/drbommel/zensia/discussions/1
Disclosure:
Zensia is still in early development. We don’t promise financial returns or brand endorsements; we simply hope to foster a resilient, censorship-resistant payment and contract platform driven by open collaboration.

Thanks for reading—and we look forward to your feedback. If you have cryptographic expertise, your input on our ZK privacy layer is especially appreciated.

Best regards,
The (Unofficial) Zensia Contributors