Zcash Ecosystem Digest | October 5th

Zashi Launches Decentralized On-Ramp, Zcash presentations at Dark Prague + The Network State & Thorswap now supports ZEC!

Curated by Lucas Okenwa

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Network Stats | September 28th - October 5th

Transfer Count: 99,972
O: 20,033
S: 3654
T: 76,285

Transaction Count: 45,047
O: 7076
S: 1927
T: 36,333

Net Flow (+OUT,-IN)
O: -11770
S: 45183

Chain Supply (ZEC): 16,247,824
O: 2,971,082
S: 806,265
T: 12,444,694
SP: 25,781
Lockbox: 67,935

Total Shielded Supply: 3,803,129

Node Count: 72
Zebra 2.5.0: 17
Zebra 2.4.2: 2
Zebra 2.3.0: 4
zcashd 6.3.0: 44
zcashd 6.2.0: 5

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Zcash Updates ⓩ

ECC, Zcash Foundation & Shielded Labs 🛠️

• 🌍Zashi Swaps: Decentralized On-Ramp is Live

• Zcash Foundation Update (September 26, 2025)

• Zcash Arborist R&D Call Recording

• Things I heard in Singapore... - Josh Swihart

• Zcash is in the business of encrypting the financial transactions of normal people, and business is booming! - Shielded Labs

Zcash Community Grants 🏛️

• Zcash Community Grants Meeting Minutes 9/29/25

• ZecHub Monthly Update

• Bootstrap Org / Electric Coin Company Retroactive Grant Application

• Zcash ⓩ Youtube Promotional Videos - Cryptocurrency Theory

• Zcash Brazil | 2025 Update

• Zcash Ukraine – Monthly Report (September 1–30, 2025)

• Zcash Nigeria – Monthly Activity Report

• Grant Request: ZeWIF Error Handling Update

• Zcash Korea Global Ambassador Activity Report (September)

• Zcash Awareness Campaign on Snapchat Grant Application

• Update on Ukraine Regional Community Initiative

Community Projects 🌐

• Honor the Builders - Zechub Hackathon

• Bitcoin is insurance against fiat. ZCash is insurance against Bitcoin.- Naval

• Zcash Now Live on NEAR Intents: 1-Click API Brings Seamless ZEC Integration for Wallets, DEXs, and dApps - Thorswap

• @thefrankbraun’s talk focuses on the past, present, and future of Zcash - Institute of Cryptoanarchy

• A Path forward for Ledger and Zcash: Update

• Near- On-Demand Webinar: Disruption in Motion: AI, Financial Infrastructure and What’s Next

• Thread on Project Tachyon - Zcash Brazil

• The programmable privacy landscape - Blockworks Research

• Zooko quoting Hal Finney at The Network State

• The Blockchain Quadrilemma and Tachyon’s Answer - CQ_Elzz

• Zcast EP2T5

• Zec Insider | Community Call - Zcash Brazil

• Zona Z - AI and the End of Employment: “A Historical Overview That Challenges Catastrophism”

• October 3rd- All eyes on Zcash! - pacu

• Zcash now supported on Thorswap, Electronic cash meets cross-chain Thunder

• Zcash 360º EP 39 - Zcash Espanol

• Zcash Brazil IRL event

• Cypher Radio interview - Yoditar is on Cypher Radio

• Live view of Zcash transactions entering the Zcash mempool (platform) and waiting for the next block (train)

• What is Zcash? - 0xnairolf

• Help Take our Zk Av Club Recording Station from Prague to Argentina - ZKAV Club

• Gordonestv - Resumen de septiembre 2025 - EP2T5

• Kirill on Crypto’s Politics, Privacy, and Kampela Wallet | Decentralized Media Summit 2025 - ZK AV Club

• New Zebra Talk announced, How decentralizing the law is revolutionizing justice with disruptive technologies! - Zcash Brazil

Meme of the week 😊

https://x.com/boldleonidas/status/1973722118983692698

Jobs in the Ecosystem

• Dework Tasks posted every Monday - ZecHub