Equip your clients with financial privacy
Financial control is the #1 barrier to leaving. This section gives you everything you need to teach survivors about Zcash — including a complete 30-minute workshop curriculum.
Unlike Bitcoin (which creates a permanent, public record that abusers can monitor), Zcash shielded transactions are mathematically invisible. The Zodl wallet defaults to shielded for every transaction — no technical knowledge required from clients. This is not a workaround. It is how the technology was designed.
30-Minute Workshop Curriculum
A complete facilitator guide with slide notes, client handouts, and a live wallet demo. No crypto knowledge required to teach it.
View workshop guide →Set Up Your Shelter's ZEC Wallet
Accept ZEC donations from supporters and distribute emergency funds to clients — step-by-step for non-technical staff.
Shelter wallet guide →Printable Client Handouts
One-page summaries of each module. Print and hand out in sessions — no device required. Available in English, Spanish, and French.
Download handouts →Refer Clients to Emergency ZEC
Partner organizations can provide small amounts of ZEC to help clients start a shielded wallet.
Emergency resources →The financial privacy gap in DV services
Most DV organizations help clients with safety planning, housing, legal advocacy, and counseling. But financial privacy tools are almost never included — and this gap is costing survivors their safety.
Teaching a client about Zcash takes 30 minutes. Helping them set up a wallet takes 10 minutes. The result: a private, growing fund their partner cannot see, freeze, or steal.
Accepting ZEC donations for your shelter
In 2026, a women's shelter maintained operations through Zcash donations after losing government funding. Any DV organization can accept ZEC donations — and distribute them to clients as emergency grants.
Benefits for shelters:
- Donors can give anonymously — expanding your donor pool
- Funds arrive within minutes of donation — useful in emergencies
- No payment processor fees eating into donations
- Funds can be distributed to clients privately — no bank transfer paper trail
- ZEC can be converted to USD on any major exchange when needed
Your next step
The workshop guide has everything you need to run a 30-minute session with no prior crypto knowledge.
- Facilitator script with timing cues
- Plain-language explanations for every concept
- A live wallet demo walkthrough
- Answers to common client questions
- Printable one-page handout for clients to take home
- Instructions for setting up your shelter's own ZEC wallet