Zcash Ecosystem Digest | March 8th

Zcomm 2026 Program Announcement, "Hello World" from the Bootstrap Board and Registration for Coinholder Directed Retroactive Grants Opens!

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Network Stats | March 1st - 8th

Transfer Count: 92,611 
O: 17,242 
S: 3033 
T: 72,336

Transaction Count: 38,588 
O: 6800 
S: 1570 
T: 28,994 

Net Flow (+OUT,-IN)
O: 1220
S: 2590

Chain Supply (ZEC): 16,591,895
O: 4,395,526
S: 616,810
T: 11,531,756
SP: 25,480
Lockbox: 22,321

Total Shielded Supply: 5,060,139

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Zcash Updates ⓩ

ZODL, Zcash Foundation & Shielded Labs 🛠️

• Announcing the Zcomm 2026 Program and Registration - @ZcashFoundation

• Zcash Arborist Call 03 - 05 - 2026 - @ZcashFoundation

• “Hello, World” from the Bootstrap Board - @TheBootstrapOrg

• Zcash Engineering Office Hours #4: Memo Bundles and On-Chain Storage - March 10, 17:00 UTC- @shieldedmark

• Fantastic news for breaking through ever increasingly-walled gardens. 👏 - @BostonZcash

• Electric Coin Company’s X account has been transferred to ZODL team. - @peacemongerZ

• Ep. 16 | Free The Money | Zcash & ZODL with Tony Margarit - @briteresi

• Zcash Engineering Office Hours #3: Quantum Recoverability Recording Available - @shieldedmark

• Moving Forward - @ElectricCoinCo

• If you’ve experienced trouble shielding a transparent balance with @KeystoneWallet on @Zodl_app, -@BostonZcash

• Zodl is Live on Google Play - @peacemonger

• @chamath casually saying “Zcash, not Bitcoin” without saying it - @ShieldedLabs

Zcash Community Grants 🏛️

• Zcash Community Grants Meeting Minutes 1/3/26 - @ZCG

• Registration Period: Coinholder-Directed Retroactive Grants Program (Q1 2026) - @aquietinvestor

• Grant: ZcashArabia - Q1 2026 | February 2026 - Key Activities - @ZArabia

• Zcash Developer Relations Engineer | February 2026 Executive Summary - @pacu

• Zcash Community Media Infrastructure & Support | Zk Av Club 2026 Idea Working Structure - @ryan.taylor

• [Grant Update] Zcash Ecosystem Security Lead| February 2026 Report - @Liz315

• Zcash Global en Español 2026| February 2026 Report - @AuraBritoSM

• CipherScan 2026 - Privacy Intelligence for Zcash - @Kenbak

• ZCHAT Development Update — Week of March 2 - @decentrathai

• Zaino, The Zallet Release UPDATE - @zancas

Community Projects 🌐

• Tachyon interview with colludingnode - @eshita

• Zcash Z3 Updates March 6th (zcashd deprecation) - Pacu

• Zcash India – Progress Update #1 | March 2026 - @jatinsahijwani

• March 6: Zcash: Unstoppable Private Money video - @zcashbrazil

• Freedom Money @zcash for a Free Internet @nym 🌍 - @ZecHub

• 🧵 Zcash Arborist Call Summary March 5,2026 - @ZcashNigeria

• March 4: The Faces of Zcash You Don’t Know – live broadcast - @zcashbrazil

• The most potent hedge against Orwellian AI is the machinery of freedom, fueled by encrypted money and cypherpunk liquidity - @cypherpunk

• How to use Unstoppable Swap on Telegram - @zcashesp

• March 4: Participate in Zcash Brasil activations to win a Zebra box with swag

• Introduing NativeSwap.io - @Dankm

• Everything That Happened in the Zcash Community in February 2026 - @Zed_zprotocol

• It IS national security. Privacy protocols like Zcash @Gary_Weinstein

• INSPIRE US. WIN A FREE MONTH AT @NS. (Or take 1 $ZEC. Your choice.) - @zcashme

• Zcash 360° - EP 48 (X Spaces) - @zcashesp

• Shielded Magazine #08 📑 - @zcashbrazil

• Project #1 @zcash - @web3privacy

• Another conversation from Zk Av Club Recording Station at Berlin Blockchain Week 2025 - @ryan.taylor

• ZK. FHE. TEE. MimbleWimble. - @CQ_Elzz

• Synchronizing - Zcash Wallets: Zingo Wallet - ZkRadio

• Announcing Nodus - @alexxiy

• The sovereign stack: - @zcash for storing value - @maxdesalle

• If “Log in with Zcash” existed, how would you prefer to use it? - @shieldedmark

• Tareas en español en el Dework de @ZecHub🛡 - @zcashesp

• Moving your ZEC into a self custody wallet and SHIELDING gives you PRIVACY - @ZecHub

• Near Bounty to make a ZEC song 👇 - @ZecHub

• An interview with Kit Sturgeon (@mrkit2u), Founder of red-dev creating the Zcash Avalanche bridge. - @ZecHub

• Zkool is the swiss army wallet for Zcash 🇨🇭 - @ZecHub

• La evolución del dinero. #Zcash es dinero privado e indetenible. - @ZcastEsp

• I’ve never seen two communities more elated about each other’s wins than Zcash and NEAR. - @chronear

• Grab your joysticks and character sheets, kids, time for some Zcash RPG. - @nate_zec

• Remember that at the beginning of each month, we have a summary of everything that happened during the previous month at Zingo! - @ZingoLabs

• #ZingoRecap - @ZingoLabs

• 🔁 ZINGO! RECAP is here! - @ZingoLabs

• Simulating 3× faster Zcash blocks: the difficulty adjustment holds steady = @spartablock

• zcash is probably the coolest piece of tech in crypto -@mert

• As Faces da Zcash que você não conhece - @zcashbrazil

• Meu agradecimento à equipe da @zcashbrazil- @chareto

• ZEC TRIVIA 🧠 - @zcashbrazil

• O futuro escalável da Zcash com @TachyonZcash chegou! - @zcashbrazil

• CRIADOR DE CONTEÚDO: VOCÊ NÃO PRECISA MAIS TRANSFORMAR SUA RENDA EM DADO PÚBLICO! - @rafaelando

• GOOD NEWS!! Do you have an idea that can grow Zcash in Nigeria? - @ZcashNigeria

• Zcash: Unstoppable Private Money - @zcashbrazil

• Encrypted Money - @michael2xl

• Zcash · Privacy · Freedom · Fungibility - @michael2xl

• Which do you choose? - @tipz_cash

• Testing https://leaders.zcash.me - @zcashme

• So, now that shielded ZEC can move across chains on Maya… how’s the vibe? - @Maya_Protocol

• 🛠 Zcash Ekosisteminde Dikkat Çeken Bir Gelişme - @ZcashTR

• 📢 Kayıt Dönemi Başladı! | Coinholder Yönlendirmeli Geriye Dönük Hibeler (2026 Q1) - @ZcashTR

• Zcash Korumalı Haberler | Cilt 8 - @ZcashTR

• Zcash Topluluk Hibeleri Toplantı Tutanakları Özeti - @ZcashTR

Video of the week 😊 click image!

https://x.com/zkradioz/status/2028828988169392584

Jobs in the Ecosystem

• Dework Tasks posted every Monday - ZecHub

• ZKAV Club Opportunities