Zcash Ecosystem Digest | November 23rd

Shielded Swaps in Zashi, Zebra 3.0.0 Release, Zcash Foundation Q3 Transparency Report & Candidates for Zcash Community Grants!

Curated by Gorga

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Network Stats | November 16-23rd

Transfer Count: 495,008 
O: 35,990
S: 3677 
T: 455,341 

Transaction Count: 195,962 
O: 13,925
S: 1954
T: 180,392 
Net Flow (+OUT,-IN)
O: -89,407
S: 419

Chain Supply (ZEC): 16,325,235
O: 4,163,320
S: 646,451
T: 11,489,836
SP: 25,626
Lockbox: 78,491

Total Shielded Supply: 4,835,398

Node Count: 211
Zebrad: 81
Zcashd: 130

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Zcash Updates ⓩ

ECC, Zcash Foundation & Shielded Labs 🛠️

• The Zcash Foundation’s Q3 2025 Report — @ZcashFoundation

• Zebra 3.0.0 Release - @ZcashFoundation

• Private Swaps in Zashi - @Zashi_App

• Explore new pathways for humanitarian futures with Alex Bornstein (Zcash Foundation Director) - @ZcashFoundation

• Zcash Foundation is proud to stand with @SolanaInstitute and 65+ coalition partners - @ZcashFoundation

• Electric Coin Co. is proud to stand with @SolanaInstitute and 65+ coalition partners - @ElectricCoinCo

• Maya Protocol now supports receiving shielded $ZEC on mainnet - @Zcash

• PGP* for Crypto Briefings and Roundtable - @paulbrigner

• Zcash is global - @zooko

• 🛡️ > 👁️ - @Zcash

Zcash Community Grants 🏛️

• ZCG Nominations Now Open!

• Tom Howard for ZCG (December 2025)

• Dontbeevil for ZCG (December 2025)

• Radbro for ZCG (December 2025)

• Vlad Costea for ZCG (ZECember 2025)

• Hanh for ZCG (December 2025)

• Batuhan for ZCG (December 2025)

• ShieldOrder for ZCG (December 2025)

• Trezor move forward with adding shielded support for users

• red·bridge is a project working on the future Zcash↔#Avalanche bridge - @ZcashCommGrants

• QuBit Wallet – Quantum-Resistant Self-Custodial Vault for the Future of Zcash

• ZGo Migration to Zebra - Grant Application

Community Projects 🌐

• Vote for Coinholder-Directed Retroactive Grants Program (Q4 Round) (Polling still open) -@ZecHub

• Zcash Brazil launches a full Zcash node & Lightwallet Server operated from Brazil

• New State of the Network: Zcash’s Breakout and the Revival of On-Chain Privacy - @coinmetrics

• Are Bitcoin OGs moving to Zcash? - @michael2xl

• ARTHUR HAYES: $ZEC is the ONLY coin that can outrun the dollar-liquidity crunch. - @coinbureau

• Explanation of smooth emission via Zcash Posterity Fund - @ZcashBrazil

• Our Recording Station is a volunteer gig, - @ZkAv_Club

• Coinvoting Importance - Zcast EP 4 T5

• New podcast on recruiting (full episode). -@naval

• Announcement of live Zebra Talk on November 26 at 8 PM on Instagram - @ZcashBrazil

• How to swap Shielded ZEC for SOL using Zashi and Solflare - @ZecHub

• Completed a security audit of Zebra’s NU6.1 Network Upgrade - @LeastAuthority

• Community Call: Penumbra 2.0 with ZecHub Team - @penumbrazone

• @ZkAv_Club en acción en #DevConnect - @thecodebuffet

• Zcash Protocol R&D updates — @ZecHub

• Between blocks 3138947 and 3139947 there were a total of about 9.62 $ZEC in fees - @dismad8

• Atomic partners with @Zcash - @AtomicWallet

• Zcash Shielded News | Vol.57 - @ZecHub

• Why Privacy? Why Now? Why Zcash? - @CQ_Elzz

• Zcash Insight: New Privacy-Focused Consensus Approaches - @Zcash_ua

• Swap to and from shielded ZEC - @zashi_app

• ¿Cómo conseguir servidores de #Zcash? - @zcashesp

• The ZKAV Club recording station was decked out for the occasion with many participants - @zkradioz

• .@ZecHub es tu puerta de entrada a #Zcash. - @zcashesp

• Tooling like @zashi_app - @near_intents

• Swap to and from shielded ZEC via @zashi_app & Keystone 3 Pro 🛡️ - @KeystoneWallet

• Do you understand the difference between shielded ZEC and transparent ZEC? - @peacemongerZ

• Zebra Talk AO VIVO - 26/11 às 20h no INSTAGRAM. - @zcashbrazil

• Want shielded ZEC without touching an exchange? - @leodexio

• This ad is running on the Brave home screen today - @zcashmedia

• Zcash Across Africa — The Financial Privacy Flight Continues! - @ZcashGH

• #Zcast presente en la @EBlockchainCon - @ZcastEsp

• Conociendo otras criptos de privacidad - @ZcastEsp

• Cypherpunk has accumulated an additional 29,869 ZEC - @cypherpunktech

• The @Gemini credit card was generous Pays to be long $ZEC - @ello_matty

• Thank you @zooko for supporting the mission of the @FreedomFundPAC and donating in Zcash! - @tyler

• .@cburniske: “Personally, I have an amount of Zcash - @genzcash

• ¡Apoya a los desarrolladores de Zingo Wallet dando propina en cada transacción! - @ZingoLabEsp

• got em zcash - @0xMert_

• While everyone is talking about ZCash’s privacy, here’s the next big thing - @mikebelshe

• Who Wants To Be a Zcasher Winners - @Zcashesp

• Zcash market cap is knocking on the door of Cardano market cap - @JWVerret

• .@dgt10011: “The incredible, meteoric rise of Zcash as we’ve observed it now for over 2 months - @arjunkhemani

• If you want to understand the ZECBTC chart, it’s pretty simple. - @ebfull

• Why Naval Considers Zcash Bitcoin’s Insurance: - @WuBlockchain

• For those who want to really learn about Zcash, start with some history: $ZEC - @dismad8

• Zcash Friday Lounge - @Lukessonx

• The best thing about ZEC -@luckytokidoki

• Zcash is a hedge against the quantum panopticon. - @_TomHoward

• Vibecoded a Zecosystem page today - @getsqt

• Wonder why ZCash is showing up EVERYwhere all of a sudden? - @1MarkMoss

• In 2025, Zcash (Orchard z-to-z) is currently the only privacy coin- @michael2xl

• See everything we’re doing in our #GitHub repository: - @ZingoLabs

• Tachyon Projesi hız kazanıyor! - @ZcashTR

• Soon, $ZEC holders will wake up to $NYM. - @nym

• @DigitalGoldTalk Roundtable w/ $ZEC & $BCH - @DigitalGoldTalk

• Many people at #DevConnect stopped me to ask where to get this #PrivacyIsNormal t-shirt. - @thecodebuffet

• Privacy Coins - @SovCoach

• um deres a gold n zcash - @Zerodartz

• The Punk Cabal lives on the Zcash chain - @zecpunk

• Help us continue doing this important work with and for our communities - @ZkAv_Club

Meme of the week 😊 Click video below!

May I encrypt you? - @genzcash

Jobs in the Ecosystem

• Core Engineer - Electric Coin Company

• Director of Security - Electric Coin Company

• Executive Assistant - Electric Coin Company

• Community Support Manager - Electric Coin Company

• RFP for part-time DeFi Strategist - Zcash Community Grants

• Dework Tasks posted every Monday - ZecHub