Zcash Ecosystem Digest | March 1st

Zcash Foundation Q4 2025 Report, Zodl goes Live in App Store, CipherPay Payment Processor for Zcash & NU7 Polling Results: Where We Go From Here

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Network Stats | February 22nd - March 1st

Transfer Count: 97,213
O: 16,658
S: 2953
T: 77,602

Transaction Count: 40,609
O: 6550
S: 1519
T: 32,656

Net Flow (+OUT,-IN)
O: -11,620
S: 553

Chain Supply (ZEC): 16,558,342
O: 4,399.129
S: 619.476
T: 11.514.256
SP: 25.480
Lockbox: 20.790

Total Shielded Supply: 5,044.086

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Zcash Updates ⓩ

ECC, ZODL, Zcash Foundation & Shielded Labs 🛠️

• February 27, 2026 | Foundation News. Zcash Foundation Q4 2025 Report - @ZcashFoundation

• NU7 Polling Results: What We Heard and Where We Go From Here - @ZcashFoundation

• Guardian of the Sovereign. ZODL update - @joshs

• Engineering Update (February 8th - February 22nd) - @ZcashFoundation

• Zodl Is Live on App Store - @peacemonger

• Zcash: Thoughts on Polling & Governance - @aquietinvestor

• @ShieldedLabs | NSM Update

• @ShieldedLabs | Crosslink Updates

• ShieldedLabs | Unstoppable Private Money - @zooko

• Zashi ⇒ ZODL - @ zodl_app

Zcash Community Grants 🏛️

• ZecHub 2026 | February Update - @squirrel

• Grant Application Veridex: Passkey Shielded Wallets & Al Agent Payments - @manny-uncharted

• OneKey Zcash Hardware Support with Unified Wallet Architecture (Transparent + Shielded) - @Jenny0115

• Zcash Brazil 2026 | Milestone 02 Report - @Michael2xl

• We would like to gain more exposure in Brazil by having booths at large events like Blockchain Rio, Tokenization, and five-month meetups - @Michael2xl

• Grassroots Marketing at ETHDenver 2026 | @fabacab , @cos and I just got back from our trip to ETHBoulder and ETHDenver in Denver- @readymouse

• Marketing at ETHCC + Exxxotica, Chicago - @readymouse

• Grant Application Strategic Lobbying and Community Building for the Proliferation and Understanding of Zcash in Japan - @ryu963

• Architectural Note: The Operational Reality of Enterprise ZEC - @Darklight_Z

• We report on the completion of milestone 2 for the ZEC-NAM shielded airdrop protocol. -@mikdk

• Grant Application Project Sentinel: Automated Dust Quarantine for Zodi - @DavidLen

• Grant Application - Encrypted Media Support in the CIS region - @pishenin

• Grant Application - Incremental Contributions to the ZCash ecosystem - @Chino

Community Projects 🌐

• ZASHI -> ZODL 🛡️ - @ZecHub

• You can integrate @cipherpay_app if you want to be able to pay with Zcash. Smooth. Private. - @cipherscan_app

• Zcashd Deprecation Z3 Updates (Feb 27th) - Pacu

• Hooray! Peace treaty achieved. One Zcash org has split into two completely independent orgs supporting and advancing Zcash in different ways. :-) - @zooko

• Str4d Z|ECC Summit 2025 Interview. - @ZecHub

• Zcash Explorers Infographic - @ZcashArabia

• Shielded Magazine #07: ZODL Spotlight, Tachyon Roadmap, NU7 Polling, ZF Engineering Updates & Governance - @zcashbrasil

• We’ve opened applications for our Community Workshops - @ZkAv_Club

• How Shielded Transactions Work - @ZcashArabia

• Zcash Visualizers | A new Learning Tool - @ ZecHub

• Check out the latest @Zcash Protocol R&D updates from the most recent Arborist Call #119 - @ ZecHub

• Awesome job the shielded contributors who made these modules!!! $ZEC - @dismad8

• Introducing Overpay.com: Spend ZEC Anywhere (alpha) - @emersonian

• CipherPay - Yes, another Zcash payment processor. Sorry. (beta) - @Kenbak

• Run a Zcash node on Raspberry Pi in 2 commands - @mycousiinvinny

• Proposed NSM update (”Long term security”) | Long Term Security mechanism - @ValarDragon

• The Freedom Economy - @arjunkhemani

• You can not cease what you can not see. This is why encrypted money at planetary scale is the machinery of freedom. Zcash. - @arjunkhemani

• The Spreadsheet Gap: Building Industrial-Grade Transaction - @DignityCipher • 2h

• A full resolution to the Zashi dispute that led to ECC team members leaving and forming ZODL has been reached. Same core team is back to work on making Zcash stronger, same team is working on ZODL wallet. Onward - @mineZcash

• Zcash Shielded Assets Demo - @dismad8

• Zcash Consensus Accounts Explained (ZIP-270) - @zcashbrasil

• Zcash fixes, Zcash prevents, Zcash gives. All we need to do is ZODL Or Cake @zodl_app @cakewallet - @BTCTurtle

• Encrypted Money is real | Zcash - @michael2xl

• yall better get dat shirt zechub.store/product/jubjub… - @Zerodartz

• Emersonian is building a site that lets you pay for anything with Zcash! - @mineZcash

• Find a good Community, people with the same interest in heart and soul, and together you’ll turn dreams into reality, creating magic that no one could ever imagine alone. - @kenzzy_0

• I don’t carry my wallet on me and they don’t carry Zcash on them. Nevertheless, ZCASH ME - @SaveZcash

• The level of discussion within the Zcash community never ceases to amaze me. There are so many thoughtful takes. Arguments, counterpoints, parables, metaphors, parallelisms… so enriching! - @thecodebuffet

• We are seeking a content writer to join us ASAP. - @ Zcashme

• your bank knows more about you than your bff. - @CQ_Elzz

• Zcash coin holders made their priorities clear: scaling (Tachyon) and post-quantum readiness. - @arjunkhemani

• Someone actually built it! - @zksquirrel

• The Freedom Economy | The Freedom Economy doesn’t need anyone’s approval. It needs people who understand what’s at stake and what’s possible. Encrypt. Build. The rest follows.- @arjunkhemani

• Quantum Recoverable Zcash | What keeps your Zcash funds safe when quantum computers arrive? - @zkDragon

• Tachyon Roadmap Live: Post-Quantum Privacy on the Horizon. The Tachyon project has shared a comprehensive roadmap built on three main pillars. The goal is clear: Propel Zcash two steps ahead against quantum threats. - @ZcashTR

• Zcash Vakfı 2025 4. Çeyrek Raporu Yayında - @ZcashTR

• Yeni Öğrenme Platformu: Zcash Görselleştirici - @ZcashTR

• You can now read this week’s newsletter in Yoruba! 🎉 Huge thanks to @l_etim for making this possible by winning this week’s Zcash Nigeria Weekly Quiz and earning the translation role. - @ ZcashNigeria

• Some Zcash & Privacy Terminologies (Short-form → Full Meaning) - @ ZcashNigeria

• This is not a future risk, it’s a present reality. Pseudonymity is breaking and privacy is becoming non-negotiable. - @ ZcashNigeria

• Big shoutout to @cakewallet for taking a bold stand for financial freedom by embracing privacy-first crypto support like Zcash! - @ ZcashNigeria

• Tachyon Roadmap | Development goal - @deepcandles

• Introducing Zcash India- @ZcashIND

• We’re just getting started!🚀Join our Telegram: t.me/ZcashIN Follow @ZcashIND for daily ZK + privacy content.⚡️- ZcashIND

• What can your workshop be about? We’re open to your suggestions for topics and tools! -Technical tools: nodes, privacy tools, development, programming, digital security, etc. - @ZkAv_Club

• Zcash Bulletin in Spanish - No. 34 A bulletin where you’ll find news, articles, events, and more about financial privacy with Zcash. - @zcashesp

• Learn how to restore your existing #Zcash wallets in @cakewallet If you want to restore your Zcash account in CakeWallet, you just need to use your seed phrase and follow the steps indicated in our short. - @zcashesp

• Zashi > @zodl_app updated to version 3.0.0! What’s new? 😎• Zashi → Zodl Brand Update: The Zashi brand has been changed to Zodl, without affecting the user experience. - @zcashesp

• We have a new summary episode! This coming Thursday, February 26th, join us as we go over the news and events of #Zcash during the month of February. - @ Zcastesp

• In our February summary, we also mentioned the episode we had with the guys from @ZecHub — Zcastesp

• Zcash: Reflections on the Surveys and Governance - @ Zcastesp

• Exploring #AI in software development at the @ZcashFoundation and balancing privacy with AI-assisted contributions for critical infrastructures like Zebra.- @ Zcastesp

• ywallet_2021 features a Market section in the More tab, where you can view the Budget or expenses you’ve made from the wallet and the market price of #Zcash. - @ Zcastesp

• Block explorers are an essential tool for tracking what happens at the financial level on a crypto network. - @ZingoLapEsp

• Download Zingo!🍃 Wallet and enjoy the best wallet for Zcash! -@ZingoLapEsp

• Who Wants to Be Zcasher 2.0 - @zcashesp

• The @cakewallet wallet has everything you need and more from a #Zcash wallet:- @zcashesp

• Zebra Talk LIVE | 04/03 at 19h on Youtube and X Discover the faces of Zcash you don’t know with @AAmandita_, @michael2xl and @pedamerico. Join us to revolutionize the digital economy. - @zcashbrasil

• No Zcash Engineering Office Hours #3, @shieldedmark e Daira Hopwood explicam Orchard Quantum Recoverability- @zcashbrasil

• what holding shielded zec feels like, amidst all the chaos - @sacha

• Zcash Shielded Supply: +823.28 $ZEC (+0.0163%) • Updated Feb 28, 2026, 6:00:00 PM UTC - @Shielded_zec

Image of the week 😊

https://x.com/ZcashNigeria/status/2027358731449573732

Jobs in the Ecosystem

• Dework Tasks posted every Monday - ZecHub

• ZKAV Club Opportunities