Zcash Ecosystem Digest | December 7th

Crosslink Milestone 4B Workshop, ZCG Candidates Call & ZCAP Poll, Zashi 2.4.9 Update, 300+ Zypherpunk Hackathon Projects and Zooko to join SEC Roundtable on Crypto, Financial Surveillance & Privacy!

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Network Stats | November 30th - December 7th

Transfer Count: 101,472
O: 23,509 
S: 2367
T: 75,596

Transaction Count: 39,505
O: 8926
S: 1238
T: 29,495

Net Flow (+OUT,-IN)
O: -9097
S: 3909

Chain Supply (ZEC): 16,425,794
O: 4,152,670
S: 639,704
T: 11,607,819
SP: 25,598
Lockbox: 2715

Total Shielded Supply: 4,817,974

Node Count: 212
Zebrad: 85
Zcashd: 127

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Zcash Updates ⓩ

ECC, Zcash Foundation & Shielded Labs 🛠️

• Zcash is the foundation for human freedom - @ShieldedLabs

• Crosslink Milestone 4B Workshop Recording

• ZCG Elections are live for ZCAP - @ZcashFoundation

• Alex Bornstein, ZF’s Executive Director, exposes A world where financial privacy no longer exists is a world where your economic life is no longer yours — @ZcashFoundation

• Zashi 2.4.9 Is Faster! - @zashi_app

• Saylor, the most prominent figure associated with Bitcoin, thinks Governments would shut it down if it enabled too much freedom and self-sovereignty - @ShieldedLabs

• Zcash Crosslink 4b has more participants than any previous ws. Real cTAZ (testnet ZEC) staking. @nate_zec

• From @chamat : “We have to find a way of growing and thriving - @jswihart

Zcash Community Grants 🏛️

• ZCAP SIV Poll - ZCG Elections - Open Now!

• Coinholder-Directed Retroactive Grants Program FPF Admin Request for Feedback

• ZCG Candidate Questions Thread - Post and Upvote!

• If you are on ZCAP, you have about 2 weeks to cast your vote. Don’t leave it to the last minute! - @ZcashCommGrants

• Zcash Nigeria 2026

• ZecHub 2026 Grant Application

• Zcash Brazil | 2026 Grant Application

• Fall Update: Zk Av Club Foundry

• (Grant Update) Zcash Ecosystem Security Lead

• Zcash Global en Español 2025 (November Report)

• Zcash Brazil | 2025 Report

• Global Ambassador Elzz November 2025 Report

• ZIG : Zcash Integration Guardrail - A compatibility linter for Zcash configs & RPC usage

• Zcash Z3 updates @pacu

• ZNodes (Live MVP) Grant

• All security audits commissioned by the community are public - @ZCG

Community Projects 🌐

• SEC Roundtable on crypto, financial surveillance, and privacy featuring Zcash founder Zooko Wilcox, December 15th - Bitcoin.com News

• Zcash’s quantum-resistance story — Sean Bowe

• 313 projects submitted for the Zypherpunk hackathon!

• How Shielded Zcash Works - @Sooraj Sathyanarayanan

• “I’m really grateful Zcash exists ...” @dismad8

• ZONA Z #16 with Amandita: From force control to desire-driven surveillance in health and leisure - Zcash Brazil

• How is Zcash Mitigating the Risks of Quantum Computing? - Bitfinex Blog

• Crosslink demo — try staking with ZingoLabs

• Zcash NU Friction Survey results (Aug 2025 - Oct 2025)

• “Without transparent governance, there is no trust in privacy” - Zcash Ukraine

• This is pretty epic 🤩 The ZYPHERPUNK hackathon has everything! - @mineZcash

• Why @Zcash is looking like a stronger store of value than BTC rn? - @Maya_Protocol

• Zcash Q4 Roadmap: key priorities - @Zcash_ua

• Community Call with Candidates up for election to @ZcashCommGrants - @ZecHub

• New Zebra + lightwalletd instance

• A New Anonymous Phone Carrier Lets You Sign Up With Nothing but a Zip Code - @zooko

• ZCash Defi Upgraded. Zypher Lending is NEAR. - @near_intents

• 📣 Nominations to ZCG - @zcashesp

• 🛡️ Zcash Community — This is Our Moment! - @ZcashGH

• 🎙️ Zebra Talk Live on 09/12 at 20h - @zcashbrazil

• Live: Zcash + http://P2P.me - @p2pmebrasil

• Privacy Hour 03 - Zcash <> NYM - @zcashbrazil

• Zypherpunk hackathon submissions are wrapped up - @ZekoLabs

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

• Did you miss the ZK Real World Summit? Don’t worry. 🤫 - @zk_monk

• Bullish or bearish on privacy coins in next 1–3 years?

• Zebra-Pi: First Custom Plug-and-Play Full Node for Zcash

• Native Zcash Lending Coming Soon to RHEA - Powered by NEAR Intents

• Privacy is not a license for Crime — @rafaelando__

• El creador de emojis, stickers y gifs de Zcash en Telegram es @Blakiat

• ZK is a buzzword — but Zcash pioneered it. @genzcash

• 0xmert_ explains the easiest way to get started with Zcash

• Zooko’s Comment: Under the previous SEC administration, they launched a baseless criminal investigation against my company and personally against me. - ruZcash

• Developers of private cryptocurrency Zcash have been preparing for several years… - ruZcash

• RELI sells all crypto and moves entirely into Zcash - Zcash Korea

• Zcash & journalism: privacy that protects sources

• In October and November, I kept collecting POAPs like a good Zcasher. - Yoditar

• An unmissable community call with @MeteoraBrasil + Quiz, - @zcashbrazil

• if it can be seen, it can be seized zcash - @0xMert_

• If you’re holding $ZEC, here’s the simplest rule you’ll ever need: - @KeystoneWallet

• Have you seen our EP5T5 yet? Everything you need to know about the Grants from - @ZcastEsp

Meme of the week 😊 Click video below!

Encrypted Chats need Encrypted Money - @Genzcash

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

• RFP for part-time DeFi Strategist - Zcash Community Grants

• Dework Tasks posted every Monday - ZecHub