Zcash Ecosystem Digest | July 27th

New Metamask Snap for Shielded ZEC, NU6.1 Coinholder Directed Retroactive Grants, Proposed Change to Protocol Upgrades & ECC's '25/'26 Roadmap!

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Network Stats | July 20th - July 27th 

Transfer Count: 40,004 
O: 7469 
S: 1754 
T: 30,781 

Transaction Count: 16,128 
O: 2335 
S: 932 
T: 12,974 

Net Flow (+OUT,-IN)
O: -10,037
S: -11,035

Chain Supply (ZEC): 16,137,155
O: 2,310,959
S: 846,516
T: 12,953,889
SP: 25,789
Lockbox: 52,844

Total Shielded Supply: 3,183,266

Node Count: 87
Zebra 2.4.0: 5
Zebra 2.3.0: 15
Zebra 2.2.0: 2
zcashd 6.2.0: 65

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Zcash Updates ⓩ

ECC, Zcash Foundation & Shielded Labs 🛠️

• NU6.1: Coinholder-Directed Retroactive Grants Program Proposal

• Shielded Dialogues: Gen Z and Memetic Warfare

• ECC Roadmap for ‘25/’26

• The Climb: Zcash Update from ECC

• Proposed Change in Process for Zcash Protocol Upgrades

• Zcash R&D Arborist Call – July 24, 2025

Zcash Community Grants 🏛️

• ⚡️ Zcash Goes Fully Private in Your Browser! - Zcash Community Grants

• Zcash Z3 Updates (Formerly Zcashd Deprecation)

• Zcash Community Grants Meeting Minutes – July 21, 2025

• NymVPN Just Got ZEC'd – Nym Community Call

Community Projects 🌐

• Zcash Arborist Call Recording Available

• MetaMask Integration for Zcash - ChainSafe

• Quién Quiere Ser Zcasher 2.0 - Zcash Espanol

• This month has been busy for red·bridge! - Zcash Turkey

• 📢 Zcash Nigeria community translation opportunity

• ZKAV Club Foundry Livestream on Community Broadcasting

• VPN com Zcash na Prática (Portuguese) - Castacrypto

• Meetup for students of Federal University of Agriculture (FUNAAB) - Zcash Nigeria

• My Zcash Investment Thesis - Frank Braun

• 💼 Zcash Shielded Wallet with MetaMask (Korea)

• Zcash Arborist Call Summary - Zcash Nigeria

• What's Happening in the Zcash Ecosystem? X Space - Zcash Turkey

• For Activists, Journalists & Privacy Advocates - Zcash Espanol

• The ZKult is where ZK culture grows - zkjays

• Intro to Zero Knowledge Proofs - Zcash Brazil

• “Don’t Burn, Pass it On” - ruZcash

• "У блокчейні це не просто фраза" – Zcash Ukraine

• Z³ New Zcash Infrastructure Stack - ZecHub

• Únete al Directorio de Zcashers Emprendedores - Zcash Espanol

• “Hello ledger” - Zcash repos updated - SneakyAlgo

Meme of the week 😊

Jobs in the Ecosystem

• Dework Tasks posted every Monday - ZecHub