Zcash Ecosystem Digest | September 14th

Crosslink: Early Tokenomics Design, Call For Proposals: CoinHolder Directed Retroactive Grants, Avalanche Red bridge milestone update & Shielded Pool value crosses $200M!

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Network Stats | September 7th - 14th

Transfer Count: 43,910 
O: 6910 
S: 2441 
T: 34,559

Transaction Count: 18,466 
O: 2601 
S: 1334 
T: 14,678 

Net Flow (+OUT,-IN)
O: -291
S: 2052

Chain Supply (ZEC): 16,214,514
O: 2,928,632
S: 852,134
T: 12,407,965
SP: 25,781
Lockbox: 63,393

Total Shielded Supply: 3,806,549

Node Count: 82
Zebra 2.5.0: 14
Zebra 2.4.2: 2
Zebra 2.3.0: 7
zcashd 6.3.0: 54
zcashd 6.2.0: 5

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Zcash Updates ⓩ

ECC, Zcash Foundation & Shielded Labs 🛠️

• Zcash & Staking Economics: Balancing Privacy, Security, and Rewards - Shielded Labs

• PGP for Crypto: September 17, 2025 Register to join in-person- @paulbrigner

• Zcash is Encrypted Bitcoin - @ShieldedLabs

Zcash Community Grants 🏛️

• Call for Proposals: Coinholder Directed Retroactive Grants Program

• Zaino, The Zallet Release Grant Application

• Progress update on the Zcash browser wallet library: chainsafe

• Call For Proposals: Coinholder-Directed Retroactive Grants Program -Aquietinvestor

• Zcash Elastic Subnet Bridge on Avalanche | Progress Report - @mrkit2u

• We are the media. We are not content | Zk Av Club Foundry Update -@ryan.taylor

• ZecSplit App Grant Application - tolgayayci

• Zcash Outreach Grant Proposal: Comprehensive Web3 Outreach Initiative with Proof-of-Concept Development for Zcash Network -@DaltonicLLC

Community Projects 🌐

• Shielded Storage crosses $200M mark for the first time! - ruZcash

• Zcash x Near_Intents is the most powerful combination of tools in crypto. -@Zpartanll7

• Summary Shorts from ZecHub’s Hackathon Community Call

• Z Revolution Vitalik Buterin: "Why do I support privacy?" - @zcashbrazil

• My quant says Zcash is going to $50K. I tend to believe him. - @In4Crypto

• Who Wants to Be Zcasher 2.0 17th Question. Do you know the answer? - @zcashesp

• A member of our meetup has been prolific at onboarding new Zashi users. She's up to seventeen! - Boston Zcash

• New Tutorial Zashi Swaps <> Near Intents - Zcash Brazil

• Privacy‑First P2P: Open‑Source Tools for Calls & Workshops 19th Sept - ZKAV Club

• If someone experienced with Elixir or confident learning is looking for an easy grant, maintaining the block explorer is probably it - @emersonian

• Live at ZcashNigeria Enugu event - Thebigddhan

• Thanks to BitcoinVN you can now swap directly into Shielded Zcash (ZEC). BTC, ETH, SOL, XMR, USDT - @ZecHub

• Yesterday I received this lovely gift from my brothers in @ZcashGH. Thank you, guys! I will wear my T-shirt with pride here in Spain! - @gordonesTV

• Zcash Nigeria UNEC Meetup - @emmy_cryptt

• Important. a shielded pool is a way to completely break the transaction graph so you can choose what to reveal to whom - @ssaintleger

• With zashi’s new ‘Swap ZEC with NEAR Intents’ feature, you can now swap ZEC to USDC on Polygon straight to your payy_app - @paulbrigner

• I think the best decision I made a few years ago was joining the privacy coin ecosystem!!! And @ZecHub played a huge role in this journey - @ZcashNigeria

• Bought some zec (and will buy more if it corrects more) -@ssaintleger

• New article Zona Z - Zcash Brazil

• Zebra Talk - Education is the new asset: how to bring crypto into the mainstream? New guest - Zcash Brazil

• Data sourced directly from a zebra node - @dismad8

• Here’s a third conversation from HCPP 2017 where Zcash is talked about - @ryan.taylor

• A ZSA UX simulator i vibe coded - @Zerodartz

• Have you tried Near Swaps in Zashi yet? Fast Private Payments from your Shielded Zcash (ZEC) balance into ANY asset supported by Near Intents! - @ZecHub

• Motion design demo for @zashi_app Zashi, making shielded payments on Zcash @Zcash simple, private & seamless. - @Abmayne

• We're excited to share that the DC Privacy Summit is returning to Washington on October 16! This year's day-long event explores the idea that in many cases, privacy is security - @projectglitch

• I take this seriously because Grayscale was the most important group in creating the BTC ETF and other initiatives. - @michae2xl

• Here is the part where Barry Silbert mentioned Zcash. - @zcashkorea

Meme of the week 😊

https://x.com/pedamerico/status/1965465134509273344

Jobs in the Ecosystem

• Dework Tasks posted every Monday - ZecHub