Zcash Ecosystem Digest | March 22nd

Zebra 4.2.0 Node Release, New Zingo Wallet Update, CipherPay goes Live, Q1 Coinholder Directed Retroactive Grants Vote Opens & Zcomm 2026 March 24th!

Curated by Gorga

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Network Stats | March 15th-22nd

Transfer Count: 104,954 
O: 19,891 
S: 3136 
T: 81,927 

Transaction Count: 44,398
O: 8145 
S: 1615 
T: 34,533 

Net Flow (+OUT,-IN)
O: -42,473
S: -4240

Chain Supply (ZEC): 16,616,892
O: 4,511,104
S: 616,184
T: 11,438,857
SP: 25,424
Lockbox: 25,321

Total Shielded Supply: 5,178,035

Node Count: 90
Zebrad: 54
Zcashd: 36

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Zcash Updates ⓩ

ZODL, Zcash Foundation & Shielded Labs 🛠️

• REMINDER For Registration Zcomm 2026 (STILL OPEN!) - @ZcashFoundation

• Zebra 4.2.0 is live! - @ZcashFoundation

• Zcash Arborist R&D updates 03-19-2026 recording - @ZcashFoundation

• How do you build strong partnerships with aligned communities & orgs by PG | Zcomm 2026 Program- @ZcashFoundation

• Zypherpunk: How We Ran The World’s Privacy Hackathon Ever By Harsh Bajpai | Zcomm 2026 Program - @ZcashFoundation

• Designing Engaging Workshops & Roundtables: Tools for Inclusive, Action-Driven Sessions by mai ishikawa sutton | Zcomm 2026 Program - @ZcashFoundation

• Building Online Communities Around Privacy and Shared Values by Naomi Brockwell | Zcomm 2026 Program - @ZcashFoundation

• The majority of crypto transactions expose your data. With Zodl CrossPay that doesn’t have to be the case - @zodl_app

• Zcash for AI agents is coming! - @paulbrigner

• Zcash Network Kinds - Terminology Proposal - @shielded-nate

• Statement on the Bootstrap / ECC Q4 2025 Retroactive Grant - @aquietinvestor

• Force Multipliers. ZODL Update - @joshs

• [March 24, 1500 UTC] Zcash Engineering Office Hours #6 Zcash and The Network State: Valocracy, Ipê City, and Private Money for New Societies - @shieldedmark

• Zcash Engineering Office Hours #5: Project Tachyon with Sean Bowe RECORDING - @shieldedmark

Zcash Community Grants 🏛️

• Zcash Community Grants (ZCG) Meeting Minutes 3/16/26 - @ZCG

• Q4 2025 Retroactive Grant Disbursement and Governance Integrity - @TheBootstrapOrg

• Community Note Taker 2025 Update - @lisa001

• Zcash Shielded Asset Swaps and Transaction Acceptance UPDATE - @vivek

• Cipherpay UPDATE - @Kenbak

• Zaino, The Zallet Release Update - @zancas

• Zcash Web Gateway (REVISED) - @Remisgod

• Zchat - Shielded Messenger Retroactive Grant UPDATE - @decentrathai

• Zcash Global Turkish 2026 Q1-2 UPDATE - @Batuhan

• ZEC-NAM shielded airdrop protocol UPDATE - @mikdk

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

• QSTN V2 — A Consumer Rewards Platform Integrating Private ZEC Payouts - @qstnus

• Grant Application - Zcash Network Health Metrics on probelab - @yiannisbot

• Grant Application Hera’s Ledger - Privacy-1st Financial Sovereignty for Vulnerable Women - @WenLondon

• Grant Application – Shielded Micropayments SDK (zcash-micropay) -@cmsl

• Grant Application - weave-zec: Non-Custodial Shielded Merchant Payments for Zcash - @AryanJab

• Grant Application - Zebra Coverage-Guided Fuzzing Infrastructure - @robustfengbin

• Grant Application - Maintenance and Improvements to Coin Voting - @hanh

• Review Period Open - Coinholder-Directed Grants Program Q1 2026 UPDATE - @thowar2

• ACCUM v3.2+ - Fair Proof-of-Contribution Mining Protocol - @andreudumitro-eng

Community Projects 🌐

• Zcash Z3 March Updates - @pacu

• Coinholder-Directed Grants Program (Q1 Round) has opened! Time to vote with your orchard shielded $ZEC - @dismad8

• 📢 NEW ZINGO UPDATE - @ZingoLabs

• Building with Agents & The bull case for Zcash - apriori0x

• Finally our Zcash node on a laptop is syncing after several challenges faced using the raspberry pi5. - @ZcashGH

• Evaluation Memo - Crosslink Zebra Mechanism Design Audit - @ShieldOrder

• Zcash is the most mispriced asset in crypto because privacy is the most mispriced asset in society. - @will__mcevoy

• Spanish-speaking Zcash community at the Barcelona Cyphers Conference - @Zcastesp

• ZODL - @cypherpunk

• You need to be privacymaxxing. - @cypherpunk

• first, shielded zec ATH and now we have a hashrate ATH - @mert

• Zodl makes Zcash easy. - @balajis

• Eid-Fitr congrats - @ZcashArabia

• Unstoppable ZEC Swaps - @Zechub

• Grayscale Zcash Trust (Ticker: $ZCSH) is the only way to get exposure to @Zcash $ZEC in the U.S. through your brokerage account. - @Grayscale

• Cyber-Nomad Drop. Claim your Shielded ZSA - @kworks

• Coinholder-Directed Grants) – جولة الربع الأول! - @ZcashArabia

• ZCOMM virtual - @zcashbrazil

• Zcash node with LightWallet support to connect your Zcash wallets - carover0

• With Sean Bowe! - @michael2xl

• 📡 Zcash Arborist Call Summary — March 19 - @ZcashNigeria

• If you’d like to take mandolin lessons, contact palmarzk. He accepts payments in ZEC - @palmarzk

• Try the unstoppable Bot on Telegram - @zcashbrazil

• Zk Av Club Open Call at 16:30 UTC - @ZkAv_Club

• Arborist Call #120 - @zcashbrazil

• CipherPay isn’t a proof of concept, it’s live. - @cipherscan_app

• Zcash 360 - EP 49 (Live) - @Zcashesp

• ZecHub DAO Proposal A140 has just passed! 🎉 - @ZecHub

• ZEC Trivia - @zcashbrazil

• In Conversation with La Blocka: Art + Blockchain - @Zcashesp

• ZK & Privacy Bootcamp - @dev3pack

• POV: Bro was so confident at first.... but it didn’t end well for him - @ZcashNigeria

• ZONA Z #29 - @zcashbrazil

• update our app now - @unstoppablebyhs

• Unstoppable ZEC Swaps 🛡️ - @ZecHub

• What is a cryptocurrency wallet?: - @Zcashesp

• How to enable Testnet @zcash (TAZ) on @ZingoLabs in a few quick steps. - @ZecHub

• Receive private tips in ZEC with Tipz.cash - Zcash Espanol Blog

• Zebra Talk live - @zcashbrazil

• NozyWallet Development Roadmap MARCH UPDATE - @Lowo88

• “I don’t know how to accept Zcash on my store” - @cipherpay_app

• 🎉NymVPN One year birthday party HANGOUT 🎉 - @nym

• We’re getting ready for ZCOMM... @zkradioz

• Ultimate UX. Nothing else matters. - @unstoppablebyhs

• Holding $CYPH currently gives you exposure to both ZEC and @zodl_app (the most important Zcash app). - @cypherpunk

• Zcash’s shielded supply continues to grow despite tough market conditions, with ~30% of all circulating ZEC now held in shielded pools. - @Delphi_Digital

• NEW LISTING: $ZEC - @Backpack

• What is your current upload speed in MiB/s $ZEC - @dismad8

• 1/2 At Zk Av Club, we invite you to our next open meeting this Thursday at 4:30 PM UTC. - @ZkAv_Club

• he world is waking up to privacy. And @Zcash is at the center of it.📡 - @ZcashIND

• A big week for @Zcash. Here is everything that matters for Indian builders and privacy advocates. 🧵🔐 - @ZCASHIND

• We are now 100+ Strong!🎉🚀 - @ZCASHIND

• After Reviewing several parameters like Content - @ZCASHIND

• Bitcoin is Retro 2026 conference - @thefrankbraun

• Kinds of “testnets” and why you might want one: - @zooko

• We found the same Fiat-Shamir bug in six independent zkVMs. -@osec_io

• Thread of links about Facebook’s/Meta’s Great Pivot to Privacy: ⤵️ -@zooko

• Zcash fixes this - @BTCTurtle

• Zcash - @arjunkhemani

• $ZEC has reached a hashrate all time high. - @FoundryServices

• If you had only 24 hours to solve a privacy problem in crypto, what would you build?- @Adedamolajoke

• If you haven’t taken a close look at @cipherpay_app yet, you should. -@paulbrigner

• 1/ The majority of crypto transactions expose your data. @zodl_app

• By leveraging NEAR Intents, @zodl_app CrossPay is bringing the gold standard of @Zcash (ZEC) shielding to cross-chain payments. - @near_intents

• $ZEC добавлен на Backpack. Доступны спотовая торговля и использование монеты в качестве обеспечения. - @ruZCASH

• Enjoy a smooth user interface with Zingo!, ensuring a comfortable and enjoyable experience to manage your $ZEC. - @ZingoLabs

• This is going to take a while. I’m syncing a 2M block old testnet wallet using @zodl_app and Zaino from @ZingoLabs - @thecodebuffet

• Trying out Testnet (TAZ) is one of the easiest ways to learn and experiment in the Zcash ecosystem without risk.- @ZingoLabs

• ZecFi Treasury Update: 03/20/2026- @zec_fi

• Privacy onchain isn’t a narrative or a meta... @Zcash is proving it ⤵️ - @eyezenhour

• ZEC as a % of Bitcoin: - @will__mcevoy

• ~1m tokens claimed & disbursed into reward pool; links below - @zec_fi

• That @zodl_app swiss vault is sitting pretty comfy in my pocket right now. - @tipz_cash

• And just like that... - @tipz_cash

• We’ve reviewed all submissions. Winners will be announced and rewards sent out soon. Thank you! - @zcashme

• Did you know you can now generate your own payment link on http://Zcash.me? - @hardaeborla

• @cipherpay_app is no longer a concept on paper, but a working product. <payment processing>- @ruZCASH

• 💰 Dynamic fees reset for NU7: - @ZcashNigeria

• Yesterday, I met Bob Daddy, a crypto enthusiast and trader who has held a number of tokens. - @ZcashNigeria

Meme of the week 😊

Michelangelo.zec ⓩ🛡️@BTCTurtle

The King Of Privacy Zcash.

11:19 AM · Mar 19, 2026 · 557 Views

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