ZecWeekly #39

EU Parliament Approves MICA, Zcashd 5.5.0 imminent release & Shielded Demos on Ledger Nano X!

Curated by "Hardaeborla" (AdebolaAyan)

Welcome to ZecWeekly

Happy new week to every Zcasher!

We will be looking at recent updates and developments from the Zcash Arborist Call which details the FROST releases, Zcashd 5.5.0 updates and more.

We'll also be exploring the Zcash Minor Grants recipients selected by ZCAP & reviewing some of the latest occurrences in the Crypto Space

This week's education piece

We learn about a protocol which helps to protect user privacy and blockchain scalability known as Mimblewimble🪄.

Mimblewimble is mostly utilised and supported by some cryptocurrencies such as Beam and Litecoin. You can learn more about this method of Decentralised Blockchain Privacy via the link below;

Zero to Zero-Knowledge: Mimblewimble

Zcash Updates

ECC & ZF Updates

• ECC update on zcashd 5.5.0

• Deadline for Zcon4 Scholarship🧑‍🎓

• Marta Belcher shares insight on the Infrastructure Bill & Financial Privacy Battle

• Summary of the improvements made in 5.5.0 release

• Zcash Minor Grants Recipients announced👏

• Privacy is Normal, Privacy is Freedom

Zcash Community Grants Updates

• Some concern over Trezor

• Zephyr Reactivation

• Ledger Hardware Wallet with Shielded Support

Community Projects

• Unified Address parsing and construction library for .Net

• Free2z App now available on 📱Android, Mac, iOS, and Windows!

• Arborist Call 50 Summary

News & Media

• EU🇪🇺 Parliament Approves Crypto Licensing, Funds Transfer Rules

• Messari Research thread on Namada’s MASP

• Bankrupt Lender Voyager Seals Fed Deal for $1 Billion Binance US Acquisition

• NFT Twitter Is All Good Vibes Again - On Bluesky - Decrypt

• Gemini New platform for users abroad amid US regulatory headache

• Crypto Scammers Used AI to Create 🤖Fake CEO, Regulators Say - Decrypt

Some Zcash Tweets

• James Katz shares experience using Dizzy Wallet on Discord

• A Warning to Spammers on Zcash ⚠️

• “…the anonymity set of hundreds of thousands or a million transactions”

• Illustration of Fungible & Tangible with Non Fungible + Non Tangible Assets

• Zcash Russia🇷🇺 shares a satoshi quote

• Open challenge - $1k to find amount stored in Zcash Shielded address

• Shielded txs successfully broadcast from @hhanh072's Ledger

• Check out the Zcash Anthem Composed by ZecMec!

• Trailer📽️ on Shielded Transactions by Foresight Institute

• Zcash Español - Latin America offers numerous opportunities for expansion!

• 4 Myths and Truths About Cryptocurrencies - Dolosresampaio

• Zcash Brazil🇧🇷 x Nym - Rewarding community with ticket worth R2000 and Free T-shirt!

• Zcash Russia promotes p2p transaction on Free2z

Zeme of the Week

https://twitter.com/Lexaleth/status/1647977053784879105?t=SuWcVehBkdMNV8ZSs573gw&s=19

Jobs in the Ecosystem

- Communications & Community Manager, ECC

- Executive Head of Product, ECC

- Director of Security, ECC