Zcash Ecosystem Digest | September 7th

Retroactive Grants Program Ratified, Shielded Swaps live on BitcoinVN, Zbase a new space for privacy opens in Turkey, Zcash Sponsors Dark Prague & Cypherpunk Congress!

Curated by Charlotte

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Network Stats | August 31st - September 7th

Transfer Count: 42,446
O: 8032 
S: 2310 
T: 32,104 

Transaction Count: 17,048 
O: 2597 
S: 1221
T: 13,369 

Net Flow (+OUT,-IN)
O: -84,787 
S: 17,885

Chain Supply (ZEC): 16,203,381
O: 2,921,940
S: 854,873
T: 12,400,785
SP: 25,781
Lockbox: 61,875

Total Shielded Supply: 3,802,595

Node Count: 78
Zebra 2.5.0: 13
Zebra 2.4.2: 2
Zebra 2.4.0: 1
Zebra 2.3.0: 7
zcashd 6.3.0: 48
zcashd 6.2.0: 7

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Zcash Updates ⓩ

ECC, Zcash Foundation & Shielded Labs 🛠️

• Exploring SIV for future ZCAP voting - Zcash Foundation

• Zcash Coinholders Approve Retroactive Grants Program - Shielded Labs

• Zcash Arborist R&D Call 09-04-2025

• Zcash Forum Policy Updates

• Request for ZCAP Members’ Thoughts on Moving from HELIOS to SIV for Future Voting - Zcash Foundation

Zcash Community Grants 🏛️

• Zcash Community Grant Meeting Minutes 9/1/25

• Zcash Community Grant Proposal: Twitter Ambassador Program by @_tm3k

• Zcash Nigeria – Monthly Activity Report

• Zcash Brazil Monthly Report

• Zcash Global Turkish 2025 Q3-Q4 Approved

• ZecHub 2025 August update

Community Projects 🌐

• Zbase: Opening a New Space for Privacy in Turkey

• Zcashd Deprecation Dashboard - Pacu

• Shielded Zcash swaps / transaction are now enabled for live-testing on BitcoinVN

• Why Zcash Now - Arjun Khemani

• Zcash Sponsors DARK PRAGUE event - Institute of Cryptoanarchy

• Did You Know ZecHub actively contributes to Shielded Ecosystem projects?😼🏗️ - Zechub

• Aprenda a usar Zcash Shielded na Metamask através do SNAPS usando Web3.js. Usar $ZEC Shielded nunca foi tão fácil - ZcashBrazil

• Frank Braun presenting Zcash 2.0 at Dark Prague Event

• If zcash wasn't built before the world needed it, then by the time we would have needed it, it would have been too late. - Tmek

• 📺 Cómo consultar el saldo en USD usando Tor en Zingo Wallet - Zcash Espanol

• AI Video: A Zcash Ad for genzcash contest - Zcash Turkey

• 90% of crypto scams = human factor - Zcash Ukraine

• Zcash Basketball 🏀Tournament in Dnipro – Sept 20, 2025 | Prize Pool: 2.5 ZEC - Zcash Ukraine

• Zcash campus edition is live again bigger and better, join us as we dig deeper into the future of privacy at Enugu campus on the 13th of September 🚀 - ZcashNigeria

• Voting results have been summed up! Coinholders voted to ratify the new $ZEC grant program "NU6.1: Coinholder-Directed Retroactive Grants Program" - ruzcash

• Zcash Shielded Call | Vol.18 meeting📞 - ZcashBrazil

• Zcash Is The Final Cypherpunk Primitive

• With the ZkAv_Club support, this my first workshop about KDEnlive. - GordonesTv

• Run a Zcash lightwallet server to Earn ZEC for uptime! - Emmersonian

• Upcoming Berlin Blockchain Week Talks & Workshops – Stay Tuned @ZKAV-Club

• Unveiling ZEC-Pay Shielded ZEC payments with encrypted memos by paying in Bitcoin or Transparent ZEC. - Zechub

• Invitation for digital, physical, or freelance businesses that accept ZEC to join the Zcash Directory - Zcash Espanol

• Interview with Zingo Labs explores why Zcash wallets don’t yet automate shielding transactions on transparent ZEC. - Zechub

• Zcash is a hedge against inflation and confiscation @genzcash

• Zcash: Restoring Privacy in Crypto’s Transparency Era - CQElzz

• Live August Zcash recap stream on Zcast YouTube channel. - Zcast

• New article from Zona Z, an educational program on entrepreneurship, values, autonomia, liberdade, and more: - Zcash Brazil

• Zcash: A Manifesto of Privacy, Trust & Financial Freedom in Web3 - Zcash Turkey

• Zcash club in Barcelona, the journey begins! @Zcash forum

• Zcash joins as a supporter of Cypherpunk Congress, highlighting its role as a pioneer of zero-knowledge cryptography and promoter of unstoppable private money, with a call to try Zcash via zashi_app wallet

• In person event on September 3rd about Zcash: - Zcash Brazil

• Zingo Recap August updates from ZingoLabs — a community session with news, progress, and interaction. Attendees can also claim a POAP. - Zcash Espanol

• ZK Mesh: Aug 2025 Recap - ZkAV Club

• Zcash reduces risks by using zk-SNARKs for verification without disclosure, shielded addresses for default privacy, and a strong focus on ethical technology- Zcash Ukraine

Meme of the week 😊

https://x.com/taminevg/status/1963274370257752082

Jobs in the Ecosystem

• Dework Tasks posted every Monday - ZecHub