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Zapp - Private QR Payments

Zapp - Private QR Payments

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Created on 3rd December 2025

Zapp - Private QR Payments

Zapp - Private QR Payments

just Zapp it

The problem Zapp - Private QR Payments solves

Zapp is a privacy-first mobile wallet that lets people pay with Zcash (ZEC) while recipients receive local fiat into familiar payment apps like UPI, Alipay, or PIX. Users can make cross-border payments and everyday purchases without exposing who they are paying, how much they are sending, or which assets they hold. The app streamlines complex cross-chain DeFi flows by using NEAR Intents and RHEA Finance under the hood, so earning yield on idle ZEC feels like a simple deposit and withdraw experience. It improves safety by keeping funds in a self-custody wallet with biometric authentication and by avoiding centralized exchanges or custodial ramps for ZEC↔fiat conversion. Facilitators use the linked web dashboard to manage orders and payment rails, earning spread while giving users a fast off-ramp that still preserves on-chain privacy.

Challenges I ran into

A key hurdle was the lack of basic developer infrastructure, such as easily accessible browser-based Zcash test wallets. This meant I had to invest extra time upfront just to discover what tools existed, where to find them, and how to stitch them together before I could even start building.

Tracks Applied (15)

General Bounty

Zapp provides real world payments built on top of existing QR payment rails while preserving privacy.

Network School

Cross-Chain Privacy Solutions

Zapp is a self‑custody Zcash wallet with on‑chain, off‑chain QR payments and yield via NEAR/RHEA. The backend orchestrat...Read More
Axelar Network

Axelar Network

Cross-Chain Privacy Solutions

Zapp uses a Zcash‑only SwiftUI wallet for shielded UX, while backend‑zapp hosts bridge, SwapKit, and NEAR/RHEA services ...Read More
Osmosis

Osmosis

Self-Custody & Wallet Innovation

Zapp is a fully self‑custody Zcash wallet built with SwiftUI and ZcashLightClientKit, so keys and shielded transactions ...Read More
Osmosis

Osmosis

Private Payments & Transactions

Zapp’s payment stack is split into three layers to prioritize privacy and security. The iOS wallet (SwiftUI + ZcashLight...Read More
Osmosis

Osmosis

Private Focused Content & Media

The Word Search games in Zapp lives as its own feature alongside core wallet flows, but runs entirely offline while the ...Read More
Osmosis

Osmosis

Zcash Data & Analytics

Zapp already acts like a personal shielded explorer. The iOS app embeds ZcashLightClientKit and stores seeds/viewing key...Read More
Gemini

Gemini

Self-Custody & Wallet Innovation

Zapp is a mobile‑first, self‑custody Zcash wallet built with SwiftUI and ZcashLightClientKit, so keys and viewing data n...Read More

Unstoppable Wallet

Private DeFi & Trading

Zapp already includes a private swap path: the Send screen lets users pick cross‑chain assets, while the iOS wallet sign...Read More

Unstoppable Wallet

Privacy-Focused Content & Media

Zapp treats privacy as normal, not niche. Structurally, the Word Search feature sits alongside core wallet tabs as dedic...Read More

Bitlux

Cross-Chain Privacy Solution

Zapp implements this with three coordinated projects. The iOS wallet is a self‑custody Zcash app that sends shielded ZE...Read More

Bitlux

Cross-Chain Privacy Solutions

Zapp uses a clear three‑tier structure to do exactly this. The iOS wallet stays Zcash‑only, holding keys and initiating...Read More
NEAR Protocol

NEAR Protocol

Private Payments & Transactions

The iOS wallet is a self‑custody Zcash app that lets users pay real‑world QR codes for UPI, Alipay, PIX, etc., and depos...Read More
NEAR Protocol

NEAR Protocol

General Bounty

Zapp’s architecture is built for Zcash privacy end‑to‑end. The iOS app is a self‑custody, ZcashLightClientKit wallet th...Read More

Project Tachyon

Private Payments & Transactions

Zapp is a mobile privacy payment app made for the real world. It delivers private payments on Zcash through three coordi...Read More

Star Fun

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