ZecWeekly #76

Zcashd 5.8.0 release, Zeboot date announced, & JSwihart on the Digital Cash Network!

Curated by "squirrel"(zksquirrel)

Welcome to ZecWeekly

Hello Zcash, what an excellent start to the year! This week we received the date for the ECC x Community Zeboot event, and a huge amount of community voices around the Sovereign rollup idea on the Zcash Forum, Josh Swihart appears on the Digital Cash Network, the results are in from the ZCG Election Poll & ZF confirms a complete Shielded Ledger app submission.

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Zcash Updates

ECC and ZF Updates

• Zcash 5.8.0 Release

• Jswihart reveals plan for Zcash Storage & Payments

• ECC update Jan 5th - Community Forum

• Zeboot Event Announced - Jan 29 -Feb 1

• ZF completes Shielded Ledger app submission

Zcash Community Grants Updates

• ZCG Candidates Election Poll results

Community Projects

• Soon partners will be paid in $ZEC - Free2z

• Zcash's ecosystem of business & p2p payment apps - ZecHub

• In 2024 we will continue with Free2Z nights - gordonesTV

• How to read others transaction activity? Its not difficult - ruZcash

News and Media

• Josh Swihart on the DCN Podcast

• Celsius to unstake thousands of ETH - Coindesk

• DCG says it completed payoff of all Genesis loans - The Block

• Israel allegedly used crypto in hunt for Hamas - Protos

• dydx post mortem of $9M November exploit - DYDX Blog

• Bitcoin ETF's unofficially approved - Trustnodes

• Curve Finance to integrate ZetaChain for Cross-chain Bitcoin swaps - The Block

Tweets about Zcash

• Zcash (ZEC) listed on TradeOgre Exchange

• Can changelly integrate shielded addresses? - Nextiscrypto

• New Zcash Engine for Blockchair & 3xpl in developement

• Come to the Polynesian Islands Crypto Summit!- Zcash Eclaireur

• Theres an invigorating upswing of hope in Zcash 1/6 - orcastraya

• Zcash 8-k filing with SEC by Grayscale 26th Dec 23

• True privacy requires self soverignty, security & privacy - Jswihart

• Bitcoin is becoming owned and controlled by institutions - TheDesertLynx

• This is why they're attacking Privacy Coins - @Michae2xl

• Its a sad era for monero users, RIP - zerodartz

• The privacy ecosystem isnt talked about, keep an eye on these L1's - Route 2FI

• The same forces against provacy tech were against Bitcoin - The ZebraLounge

• Zcash to Soverign Rollup - Community Forum

• JustGo capital unanimous vote to invest in ZEC

• I will never change my mind - battbot

Zeme of the week

https://twitter.com/lukas_kozak_/status/1743983604361810343

Jobs in the Ecosystem

• ZecHub Tasks are posted on Dework every Mondays