ZecWeekly #29

New Zcashd & Zebra releases, A wave of crypto regulation and lots of activity within the community!

Curated by "squirrel" (zksquirrel)

Welcome to ZecWeekly

This week has seen two regulatory actions in the space. I believe as a community we correctly addressed where more education is needed among policymakers. Its been great to see and hope to share some of the weeks important news & community events below.
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This week's education piece

ZFAV - Zcon0 Gallery

The Zcash AV Club presents us a list of videos on Free2Z that encapsulate notable historical moments in Zcash's formation.
Absolutely must watch clips! List here.

Zcash Updates

ECC & ZF Updates

• ECC Blog Post - Dubai's VARA regulation

• Gary Weinstein - Coindesk Article: "Privacy is a cornerstone of human rights..."

• Zcashd 5.4.0 release is out

• Zebra -rc.4 is released

Zcash Community Grants Updates

• Zcash Media grant approved!

• Halo2 Community Manager grant approved!

• ZSA team update

Community Projects

• Zcash San Diego Social - Feb 22nd

• ZecHub Votes on Proposal

News & Media

• Z2Z Podcast with Amber Baldet - Privacy for the public good

• Nic Carter's analysis of Crypto Banking Regulation

• EFF Infographic on the highs & lows of surveillance

• PaywithZcash - Unified Addresses Article

• Zcash Espanol - Considerations for being an official Zcash Contributor

• An ode to LocalBitcoins - Coindesk

• "Krakens Staking ban could be a good thing" - Cointelegraph

Some Zcash Tweets

• Zcash Brazil's Battle of the Memes!

• Zooko on Shielded Love Notes

• ZFAV Club Meetup - Feb 23rd

• Zero to Zero Knowledge - Recovery Seed Phrases

• JW Verret reflects on his advice for Gary Gensler

• Arborist Call 45 Summary

• Developers introduction to zk-proofs

• lifeofjacob.eth making Zcash payments every day :)

• Zcon Voices is getting nearer! DAO's & Privacy

• a16z crypto - in one tweet explain zk-proofs

• Battbot - The three greatest threats to freedom

  Zeme of the Week

  battbot @In4Crypto

  #Zcash $ZEC

  

  Jobs in the Ecosystem

  - Executive Head of Product, ECC

  - Director of Security, ECC