Zcash Ecosystem Digest | June 28th

Zodl 3.7.0 Update, Fortitude & HeartSciences Plan Public Zcash Mining Platform, ZecMap now available in AppStore, ZCAP Vote on ZCG Candidates Closes June 29th & Obscura Labs Launches in Africa!

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Network Stats | June 21 - 28th

Transfer Count: 77,744
O: 19,106
S: 2987
T: 55,651

Transaction Count: 30,799
O: 7791
S: 1547
T: 20,968

Net Flow (+OUT,-IN)
O: -76,754
S: 2593

Chain Supply (ZEC): 16,792,528
O: 3,774,592
S: 621,367
T: 12,324,761
SP: 25,409
Lockbox: 46,397

Total Shielded Supply: 4,467,766

Node Count: 121
Zebrad: 85
Zcashd:36

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Zcash Updates ⓩ

ZODL, Zcash Foundation & Shielded Labs 🛠️

• ZCG Voting Closes June 29th - @ZcashFoundation

• Zcash Arborist Call Update (06-25-2026) - @ZcashFoundation

• Zcon7 Scholarship Applications Close June 29th - @ZcashFoundation

• Zodl 3.7.0 - @zodl_app

• Fortitude Mining with HeartSciences Plans Public Zcash Mining Platform - @FortitudeCrypto

• The Sovright Mining Pool is live on testnet. - @sudo_ml

• Today, 3 pools control 80% of Zcash blocks. -@sovright_

• ZODL Joins Blockchain Association - @zodl_co

• 🛰️ Always sync with the best server (v3.6.0) 📡 Broadcast across multiple servers (v3.7.0) - @zodl_support

• God Doesn’t Play Dice. Zcash Update - @jswihart

• Zcash Engineering Office Hours #8 - @shieldedmark

• PGPZ Community Special Updates - @paulbrigner

• PGPZ Community Weekly Policy Memos - @paulbrigner

• Zec.rocks Zcashd Deprecation Timeline - @emersonian

• $ZEC options and perps are now live on Derive - @DeriveXYZ

Zcash Community Grants 🏛️

• Zcash Community Grants Meeting Minutes 6/22/2026 - @ZCG

• Upgrade BTCPayServer Zcash Plugin for 2.1|Cipherpay has a 5 min set up. - @Kenbak

• Noir Wallet have the SDK that is open source - @noir_wallet

• Grant Application - Batch-vs-Single Verification Equivalence: Continuous Soundness Fuzzing for Zcash Shielded Verification (incl. Ironwood) - @robustfengbin

• Mastering Zcash Video Series Bi-weekly Update - @maxdesalle

• Zenith Full Node Wallet 2026 - @pitmutt

• 1/2 Zaino testing update: two community endpoints from http://zec.rocks are back online to support the zcashd deprecation timeline. - @ZcashCommGrants

• Eligibility of vulnerability reports submitted before the program closed - @ouicate

• Zcash Community Media Infrastructure & Support | Zk Av Club 2026 (sharing a couple of workshops we’ll have for this end of June) - @gordonesTV

• Grant Application — ZKPay Campus: Private Everyday Zcash Payments for Kenyan University Students - @Omuoso

• Red Bridge Prepares for Launch - @mrkit2u

• Grant Application - Marketing at Berlin Blockchain Week & 2-Day Event with WebZero|Blockspäti Berlin Report Coming Soon - @webzero

• ROZO Merchant POS: Fast Zcash Payments for Merchants IRL - Grant Application - @shawnmuggle

• Grant Application - Zcash Reference Flow Kit v1: Android SDK Smoke Paths - @lockedin

• Zcashd Vulnerability Disclosure Follow Up - @fivelittleducks

• Block explorer + Testnet infrastructure 2025|Grant Update Reminder - @FPF

• Keystone Hardware Wallet Support Grant Application UPDATED| Keystone no supports SSS - @nullcopy

• Grant Application - zaino - Stability, Performance & Testing - @hanh

• University of Ibadan Zcash Bootcamp: Privacy, Shielded Finance, and Real Adoption in Ibadan, Nigeria - @Debbx

• ZCG Evaluation Process: A Case Study in Shifting Standards and Subjective Metrics - @ZArabia

APPROVED

• Feature Branch Testnet and Compatible Developer Tooling - @ZCG

• Zaino Release Stabilization - @ZCG

• Zcash Ghana (July 2026 - September 2026) - @ZCG

• Zcash Türkiye 2026 Q3-4 - 2027 Q1-2-3-4 - @ZCG

REJECTED

• Cross-Implementation ZIP Conformance Test Suite - @ZCG

• Allet operability features (getwalletstatus, readiness/liveness, translatable CLI) — feedback before/at grant submission - @ZCG

• Grant Application - ZPAD-20 — Open Asset Indexing & Discovery Infrastructure for Zcash - @ZCG

• Grant Application - Zcash Hostile-Companion Clear-Signing Fixture Pac - @ZCG

• Grant Application - Zcash Arabia (June to September 2026) - @ZCG

• Z-Vault: Local-First Encrypted Recovery Toolkit for Zcash Users - @ZCG

UNDER REVIEW

• Zaino June 2026 - @zancas

• Zcash community: Hello from KeepKey! - @KeepKey

• Grant Application - Formal Verification of Consensus Arithmetic and Parsing in zebra-chain - @hanh

Community Projects 🌐

• Introducing ZecForge: Building the Distribution Layer for Privacy - @Zec_Forge

• MonteZecret: A Desktop Wallet for Zcash in Rust - @topcrypto

• Obscura Labs Launches to Advance Zcash in Africa - @lisa001

• Zcash Developers workshop Guest session - @Dre_Nesthub

• Zcash Foundation Shielded Aid for Humanitarian Organisations - @ZecHub

• Dew Finance integrated Noir Wallet - @noir_wallet

• Simple and Intuitive ZKP Content with Animations and Story-Based Explanations – ClearCypherLab Introduction - @ClearCypherLab

• Openzcash.org | public transparency - @Michae2xl

• We have upgraded our nodes to version 5.2.0. Also, our Zebra nix flake is now up to date with version 5.2.0. - ,- @vergaratech

• Zcash Ecosystem Digest | June 21st - @ZecHub

• Zcash Indonesia is now on Medium and Substack! - @ZcashIdn

• Two ways to transact on Zcash 💡 - @Zcash

• The Zcash Community Advisory Panel (ZCAP) has until June 29th to vote on candidates for @ZcashCommGrants🗳️ - @ZecHub

• 🔍 Zcash Engineering Office Hours: Zcash Names, Part 2 - @shieldedmark

• Worldbuilding as Infrastructure: The Cultural Layer of Web3 - @ryan.taylor

• At @protocol_berg, @FTsiroukisand @likevespa discuss naming new phenomena and sitting with what has no name: speculative fiction - @ZkAv_Club

• Zecmap is now available on the App Store! - @ZecMap

• Zapp is a New Peer-to-Peer Encrypted Messenger with Shielded Zcash Wallet + @P2Pdotme offramp built in! - @ZecHub

• [The Intersection of Hayek, Cypherpunks, and Zcash (#Zcash)]- @Insightnerd

• The Zcash Community Advisory Panel (ZCAP) has until June 29th to vote on candidates for @ZcashCommGrants 🗳️ - @ZecHub

• Excited to share the Zcash Foundations Series that I authored for @ZecHub! - @annkkitaaa

• Join us for an educational space with Smoke and the Doge team featuring @ZecHub a community driven education hub for @Zcash - @ownthedoge

• In this video @OmegaOnChain covers @zReadyMouse’s aims for Zcash! - @ZecHub

• Next up in our candidate spotlight: @vaspholdings ✨ - @ZecHub

• Privacy is not about disappearing. It’s about having a choice. - @ZcashEastAfrica

• Nairobi Called Zcash Responded. - @ZcashEastAfrica

• Lights my day with Zcash since 2022. 🧡 - @taminevg

• You can currently pay with ZEC at more than 9,000 restaurants worldwide. - @ZecMap

• Time to learn and talk privacy with @Zcash lfg 🫡 - @ganainmtech

• Off-ramping, freedom & using @zcash in your private life. - @joinwebzero

• A record-breaking 900 people got a taste of the real Berlin with @Zcash - @joinwebzero

• Gold is valuable. - @zec_forge

• More ZECFi unlocked 🛡️ - @noir_wallet

• Latest noir wallet version -- 1.0.23 is now LIVE - @noir_wallet

• Read team previous QRT about BTC and ZEC - @noir_wallet

• Pay anyone, anywhere and in any crypto Shielded ZEC in, any crypto out - @leodexio

• Is this still you? Using cards for payments? - @shieldzcash

• Here is a visual comparison to what we offer. With 0% fees, more of your assets will stay -your- assets. - @shieldzcash

• What if sending ZEC was as simple as sending it to a name instead of a long address? - @thedrekal

• Cory Klippsten says the Zcash rotation narrative is a coordinated pump and nothing more. - @therollupco

• .@ilblackdragon on Zcash: - @will__mcevoy

• .@mert on Zcash: - @will__mcevoy

• A Cypherpunk’s Manifesto_ - @zksnarks_

• We built the snarklist: a live registry where Zcash contributors can see if they’ve been accepted for a zkSNARK allocation. - @zksnarks_

• root@zksnarks:~$ - @zksnarks_

• We built the snarklist: a live registry where Zcash contributors can see if they’ve been accepted for a zkSNARK allocation. - @zksnarks_

• Zcash East Africa June 2026 Activity Report - @Z.cash.EastAfrica

• We have finally picked the Winners of our 1st Bounty - @ZcashEastAfrica

• With over 150 people joining our first online meetup yesterday. - @ZcashEastAfrica

• Set a reminder for my upcoming Space! - @ZcashEastAfrica

• ZcashKenyaCommunity’s Space - @ZcashEastAfrica

• Good Morning East Africa What Exactly Are View Keys? - @ZcashEastAfrica

• What’s your biggest privacy concern when sending money? - @ZcashEastAfrica

• Interesting graph! Source: https://zcashinfo.com - @dwillems42

• @ErikVoorhees: It’s actually good, from the Trojan horse perspective, that Bitcoin was traceable enough for traditional institutions to tolerate it. - @arjunkhemani

• For the past two months, I’ve been dedicating all of my time to Zcash. - @Batuzec

• Actually prefer the birds eye view! This should be a feature of all block explorers. $ZEC - @dismad8

• Zecmap has reached 300 followers 🎉 - @ZecMap

• What if you could discover places to spend your Zcash directly from Zodl Wallet with a single tap via Zecmap? 🛡️👀 - @ZecMap

• About Zcash ETFs - @ZcastEsp

• Accept ZEC Payments on WordPress- @ZcastEsp

• Yodit ARZK Workshop Recap - @ZcastEsp

• Club Zcash Barcelona Meetup Today - @ZcastEsp

• In our recent episode we talked to you about Noir Wallet, a new wallet in the #Zcash ecosystem - @ZcastEsp

• Right now @Edicksonjga is explaining how the @ZingoLabs wallet works at the Meetup of #ClubZcashBarcelona - @ZcastEsp

• Beware of these scams in the #crypto world! - @ZcastEsp

• Did you miss the LIVE from @ZcastEsp with @Edicksonjga? 😱 - @yoditarzk

• Privacy is a human right; therefore, the law should guarantee this while citizens are educated on the subject to exercise this right. - @zcashqro

• The guts that iranian deligation carry should be studied for centuries. Freedom should be worth your life, hence $ZEC - @nextiscrypto

• Before the Orchard incident: 25-30% of daily transactions were shielded. - @cipherscan_app

• Next month, 3.7M ZEC migrates from Orchard to Ironwood. - @cipherscan_app

• Although the ZEC price is flat the last 2 weeks onchain activity has fully stabilized: - @BenGiove

• Learn how to integrate Zcash Names into your application. - @ZcashNames

• What if sending crypto felt as easy as sending an email? Zcash Names (beta) are now available in Edge - @EdgeWallet

• Why Edge Wallet as a Zcash Holder 🗽 - @ithinkharderr

• Explore Open Source Tools with AFFiNE with @ZkAv_Club - @siloe8790187232

• Pick your side. - @unstoppablebyhs

• Testing with a 3MB file, ~2 min. - @michael2xl

• Sweep it all back to ZEC 🫡 - @k6nb4k

• just submitted my @zksnarks_ application! #0041 ! - @k6nb4k

• 5 minutes to set up 🫡 - @cipherpay_app

• We don’t hold your money. We don’t know your customers. We don’t require your ID. We don’t gate you behind an app store. We don’t charge you to get started. - @cipherpay_app

• A new Zingo Mobile Beta is now available! - @ZingoLabs

• 🚀 Want to try @ZcashNames with Zingo Wallet? - @ZingoLabs

• What a good afternoon we are spending in Barcelona 🇪🇸 next to the #ClubZcashBCN - @ZingoLabs

• Zingo Mobile Beta 2.0.21-316 is now available - @ZingoLabs

• We’re invited to the Zcash Club Barcelona Meetup! - @ZingoLabs

• We’re already at @zcastesp with our #BetaTester @edicksonjga! - @ZingoLabs

• Today we’re special guests on @ZcastEsp - @ZingoLabs

• Reminder that Satoshi literally wanted zero-knowledge proofs for Bitcoin. - @cypherpunk

• BREAKING: The first onchain options market for Zcash is live on @DeriveXYZ, with positions, pricing, and settlement all verifiable onchain. - @cypherpunk

• .@mert on why you can’t just “add privacy” to another chain: - @cypherpunk

• They call it the “efficient market” hypothesis.- @cypherpunk

• JUST IN: @zodl_app 3.7.0 is out, delivering faster transaction broadcasting + security hardening.. - @cypherpunk

• On any given day, between 10-30% of all shielded transactions are in the Sapling pool.- @cypherpunk

• Zcash will objectively be a better store of value than gold in a couple years. - @cypherpunk

• The next Zcash halving is exactly 2 years and 5 months away. - @cypherpunk

• The shielded supply is about to go parabolic: - @cypherpunk

• 🚀 @ZcashIND Developer Workshop #1 is here! - @ZcashIND

• 🔥 Vadodara showed up! - @ZcashIND

• What are Transparent and Shielded Addresses in @Zcash? 🤔 - @ZcashIND

• The All-New Machinery of Freedom - @genzcash

• Issue 24 of #Zcash News from ZecHub is now available in Arabic and English: - @ZcashArabia

• ZODL joins @BlockchainAssn to strengthen the defense of financial privacy and to expand collaboration with policymakers and leaders in the digital assets industry in the United States. - @ZcashArabia

• Fortitude and HeartSciences announced a merger agreement aimed at listing Fortitude, a specialist in Zcash mining, on the Nasdaq market. - @ZcashArabia

• Ironwood to Restore Instant Verification of Zcash’s Circulating Supply - @zcashesp.bsky.social

• Zcast Español LIVE: Edickson’s Role in the Zcash Community and How to Become a Beta Tester - @zcashesp.bsky.social

• ZecMap Unlocks Zcash’s Potential for Real-World Adoption and Financial Privacy - @zcashesp.bsky.social

• Q2 2026 Coinholder Retroactive Grants Vote Postponed to Q3 - @zcashesp.bsky.social

• Help Expand Real-World Zcash Adoption Through ZecMap - @zcashesp.bsky.social

• Zcash Ecosystem Update: Zebra 5.2.0, Zodl 3.6.0, Zaino 0.4.0, WebZero and Sovright Mining Pool - @zcashesp.bsky.social

• Zcash 360° Episode 56 Is Live - @zcashesp.bsky.social

• Noir 1.0.22 Adds RPC–Explorer Switching and Transparent Address Payment Records - @zcashesp.bsky.social

• Get Ready to Learn and Earn in the Next QQSZ Episode - @zcashesp.bsky.social

• How to Use Zcash from Scratch: A Beginner’s Live Guide - @zcashesp.bsky.social

• Who Wants to Be a Zcasher? Episode 25: The Ultimate Zcash Knowledge Challenge - @zcashesp.bsky.social

• Vizor Unveils a Vibrant New Look and Improved Wallet Experience - @zcashesp.bsky.social

• Zcash Developers Reach Final Consensus on Ironwood Network Upgrade Rules - @zcashesp.bsky.social

• Zcash Nodes: A Meaningful Contribution to the Privacy Community - @zcashesp.bsky.social

• From Bitcoin to Zcash - @ConjectureInst

• In early July, I will compile the statistics for the current month. - @ruZCASH

• I just installed @vizorwallet, a desktop wallet for #Zcash. - @palmarzk

• Engineering Office Hours Zcash Names and Edge Wallet - @zcashbrazil

• Workshop Akkadu with OBS: Live Simultaneous Transcription and Translation - @zcashbrazil

• Zona Z 🧠- Edição 42 com @AAmandita_ - @zcashbrazil

• ZEC Insider | Community Call 🛡️ - @zcashbrazil

• The greater the efforts to ban privacy assets, the more value I think those assets have. - @joaohazim

• Check this out - @nym

• The Resolute Desk, a table used by United States presidents for over a century and which remains to this day in the Oval Office - @rafaelando__

• Now live: Zcash Engineering Office Hours - @zcashbrazil

• Zebra Talks 🎙️LIVE on Youtube and X with @AAmandita_ and @crivelaro - @zcashbrazil

• Zcash Turkey’s IBW Journey 🙂 - @ZcashTR

• ZcashNames Beta Opens for Zingo Wallet Users - @ZingoLabEsp

• 🛠️ Zcash Engineering Office Hours #8 - @ZcashTR

• A Short Demo | Prototype - @ZcashTR

• Day 7: Create an engaging VOX-POP 📢 - @ZcashNigeria

• In 2026 Privacy is Everything 🚀. - @Yung_IN1

• Zcash Nigeria is excited to announce the $ZEC Trivia Challenge! - @ZcashNigeria

• Day 8: Community Engagement Day.- @ZcashNigeria

• Day 9: Visit an Iconic Location. - @ZcashNigeria

• 🌳 Arborist Call Summary | June 25, 2026 - @ZcashNigeria

• We’re still seeing some green shoots despite the big ZEC selloff this week - @BenGiove

• Zcash fam, the word’s getting out 🛡️ - @KeystoneWallet

• #Zcash miner Fortitude Mining is set to go public through a merger with HeartSciences. - @zcashkorea

• Kalshi has listed perpetual contracts for Zcash $ZEC on its platform. - @zcashkorea

• #ZODL (@zodl_co) has newly joined the Blockchain Association (@BlockchainAssn). - @zcashkorea

• Hey zcashers. Haven’t done one of these in a while, but I was able to get my friend and the master of MechFi @adamdelphantom to install @zodl_co! - @Zpartan

• Sell a file for private money. Deliver it with zero metadata. - @michael2xl

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JUST IN: Zcash Open Development Lab CEO Josh Swihart (@jswihart) is bald.

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