Zcash Ecosystem Digest | December 14th

Zcash Now Live on Shapeshift, ZEC Accepted by Meile dVPN, New DeFi Strategist joins Ecosystem, Zooko joins as advisor to Cypherpunktech & Inversed announces focus on Zcash Mobile Performance+UX!

Curated by Gorga

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Network Stats | December 7th - 14th

Transfer Count: 118,858 
O: 21,623 
S: 2690 
T: 94,545 

Transaction Count: 46,203
O: 7950 
S: 1401 
T: 36,991 

Net Flow (+OUT,-IN)
O: -11,987
S: -24

Chain Supply (ZEC): 16,436,741
O: 4,161,389
S: 639,442
T: 11,610,318
SP: 25,591
Lockbox: 4208

Total Shielded Supply: 4,826,422

Node Count: 213
Zebrad: 85
Zcashd: 128

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Zcash Updates ⓩ

ECC, Zcash Foundation & Shielded Labs 🛠️

• Zcash Arborist Call 12-11-2025 - @ZcashFoundation

• Alex Bornstein, ZF’s Executive Director, when financial information becomes universally accessible, it becomes a weapon… - @ZcashFoundation

• Zcash Engineering Office Hours #1: Zcash Privacy 101 - @Zcash

• Shielded Labs Engages Nicolás Della Penna for Crosslink Design Review

• The First Steps towards a Zcash Dynamic Fee Market @shieldedmark

• Welcome Zooko as advisor to Cypherpunk, Onward

• @Zooko warns that large-scale surveillance is “a radical, dangerous experiment,”... - Coindesk

• Great event. Unlocking financial freedom with @zashi_app Zcash and @near_intents. Thanks @ekang426! - JSwihart

• Couldn’t be more excited for @BostonZcash to officially join our team at @ElectricCoinCo! - Tony Margarit

Zcash Community Grants 🏛️

• Zcash Community Grants Meeting Minutes 12/8/2025

• Grant Application: BTCPayServer Zcash Module Project Review

• Zcash Now Live on ShapeShift

• OrchardZSA Finalization Grant Proposal

• ZecHub 2026 Approved

• Zcash Global en Español 2026

• New DeFi Strategist Rigz Joins Zcash

Community Projects 🌐

• Privacy really matters to normal people all the time - Cypherpunk

• ZKAV Club Recording Station Buenos Aires Recap

• Z|ECC Summit 2025 | Daira-Emma Hopwood - ZecHub

• We are excited to announce a new payment method. Meile now accepts shielded Zcash - Meile dVPN

• Just paid for 2 years of @ProtonMail Unlimited using shielded Zcash - @TheVladCostea

• ¿Ya votaste? Elecciones ZCAP abiertas - Zcastesp

• #12DaysOfZECmas challenge for the Zcash community

• Zebra Talk now: ‘From Code to Frontier’ - The journey of a blockchain pioneer @zcashbrazil

• Another cryptography-expert startup (Inversed) announcing their focus on private mobile wallet privacy+UX+performance for Zcash… - @Nate_Zec

• New Podcast with @unstoppablebyhs - ZecHub

• Upcoming: Zebra Talk on December 17 at 8 PM featuring Ztark Labs - Privacy-focused L2 on Zcash @zcashbrazil

• A community in X for Zcashers, traders, hodlers, curious and passionate about financial privacy - @Zcashesp

• Full interview with Saifedean on Bitcoin, gold & encrypted Bitcoin (Zcash)

• Zcash $ZEC has landed in South Africa and Nigeria via Luno @BarrySilbert

• ZecLearn.com - Zcash Turkey

• PoV: you are about to read the best protocol specification of the whole crypto industry. - @thecodebuffet

• ZecHub | Sync Meet (12/02/2025)

• Hosting the @ZkAv_Club team at @Polkadotsub0

• Zcash swaps in Edge preserve privacy end-to-end

• Privacy Resurgence: Survival, Sovereignty, and Shielding w/Zcash - @firoorg

• Complete tutorial: How to install and run Zebra Full Node for Zcash, including Docker and manual methods by @zcsshbrazil

• Global Call for Support for Ufuk’s Treatment

• Do Código à Fronteira — Blockchain pioneer journey

• New cryptography startup focusing on private mobile wallet UX for Zcash

• The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has updated the schedule for its December 15 roundtable on cryptocurrency, financial surveillance, and privacy. @zcaskKorea

• Zcash Nigeria Weekly Quiz wrapped up

• Honor of Timothy C, the first Cypherpunk, we will be sending 8 multi-issue shielded newsletters @zcash.me

• A Cypherpunk’s Manifesto by Eric Hughes. Required reading for anyone who wants to understand the importance of privacy and Zcash. @cameron

• Zebra Talk AO VIVO — 17/12 às 20h

• December 13th - December 21st; Why are these dates important? Any guesses? @zcash.me

• After this interview @zooko onboarded me to @zashi_app by @JennSanasie - Coindesk

• The concept of privacy in Africa - @CQ_Elzz

• Zona Z #17: Exploring why digital privacy should be our top priority @zcashbrazil

• Zcash vs Bitcoin — Por Joachim

• Zcash Founder @Zooko warns against large-scale surveillance - CoinDesk

• Observing adjacent Orchard transactions — analysis

• Join ZEC Insider community call on December 11 at 8 PM to catch up on Zcash ecosystem updates @zcashbrazil

• Shielded Labs engages Nicolás Della Penna — Turkish update

• We accept Zcash — customers get 20% off - ruZcash

• Nuevo episodio hablando del último meetup - @Zcashesp

• Hitos de las actualizaciones y gobernanza de Zcash - @Zcastesp

• More Zcash Nodes, Stronger Decentralized Privacy - @ZcashGH

Meme of the week 😊

ZealComix №2 - Shielded memo / message in Zashi

Jobs in the Ecosystem

• Marketing Analytics & Optimization Specialist

• Senior Brand & Creative Designer - Electric Coin Company

• Core Engineer - Electric Coin Company

• Director of Security - Electric Coin Company

• Executive Assistant - Electric Coin Company

• Dework Tasks posted every Monday - ZecHub