Local communities and neighborhoods are limited to coordinating on centralized tools like Nextdoor App and Facebook groups, which presents privacy and security concerns, limiting participation.
Proposed Solution
A a Logos and ZK powered Nextdoor app clone, with feature parity but with options for fully private and anonymous participation.
Incentives mechanisms can be explored to boost participation and increase adoption.
Target Users
Local area neighborhoods with boundary and perimeter conditions.
Winnable Issue
Lack of local level coordinated participation and communication. Currently limited completely to centralized solutions and lacking incentives or tangible community benefits.
Initial Thoughts on Feasibility
Proof of concept for user auth, proof of residency, and forum threads seems feasible.
We held our first work group of 2026 on Monday, January 12th. Attendance was light with just 3 of us, we need to do better here. That said, we made good progress on several fronts.
Snowflake Roles
We discussed the project management, technical lead, and growth roles based on @drgoemonâs snowflake roles framework Circles Improvement Proposal #1: Roles + Snowflake Model. No firm commitments yet, I want to open this up to a wider audience before we lock anything in. If youâre interested in stepping into one of these roles please reach out.
Coordination App (formerly ZK Nextdoor)
Weâre moving away from the âZK Nextdoorâ framing. The more we dig into this, the more it feels like a coordination app rather than a neighborhood gossip platform. We locked in the basic FURPS requirements, I will follow up with the FURPS once I edit them a bit.
One thing weâre still thinking about: weâre not super comfortable with the âreporting on neighborsâ angle. Want this to feel like a tool for community coordination, not surveillance tech.
Date: Tuesday, February 19, 2026 Location: Arts District Brewing Company, Downtown Los Angeles Registered on Luma: 9 Attended: 8 (4 returning, 4 new) Languages: English Circle Steward: chair
Participants
8 attendees, a mix of developers, privacy advocates, and community builders. 4 returning members, 4 new.
Event Structure
Open-format group discussion over food and drinks at the brewery.
Topics Discussed
Homelessness in LA
Scale of red tape and funding required to make meaningful impact
Money gets absorbed by administrative overhead before reaching people in need
Institutions designed to help have become self-sustaining bureaucracies with incentives to manage the problem rather than solve it
Explored ideas around transparency tooling for tracking municipal spending and direct-aid frameworks with cryptographic auditability
Whistleblowing App
Big breakthrough on architectural specs
Time and amount threshold requirements for supporting a specific claim, leading to an escrow amount that can be used for legal consultations, legal services, and/or support for the victim.
Look out for follow up post with expanded idea and specs
Outcomes
One member volunteered for Technical Lead role
Two members expressed interest in Growth roles
Follow-up meetings to be scheduled to define roles and next steps
Blockchain node running work group scheduled for Friday 20-Feb
Whistleblowing app moves forward with clearer spec direction
What We Learned / To Improve / New Ideas
Open discussion format continues to work well
Need better real-time documentation, will assign a notetaker next time
Growth roles need clear scope definitions before next Circle
FYI, a participant brought an AI note taking device to my circle, tiny device that was pretty impressive, also how it registered separate people correctly and really picked up on talk around the table. Maybe one to check out. Plaud
Thinking that something like this could be a fun gift for long running circles getting things done
