Digest 10-01-2025.md

Zcash Ecosystem Digest | January 10th

JUST IN: ZCash creator Josh Swihart (@jswihart) announces on X that his team is "launching a new Zcash wallet. Update concerning the ECC situation. Zcash Arborist Call 01-08-2026 Zcash meetup organized by @BostonZcash where @shieldedmark explained Crosslink Zcash: The New Digital Swiss Bank.

Shielded Labs, Electric Coin Company, Zcash Foundation Updates

• In light of recent developments @ElectricCoinCo, Zcash Foundation would like to reaffirm several key facts about the Zcash network and our enduring role in the ecosystem.
• Zcash Arborist Call 01-08-2026
• Zcash was built to last. Its decentralization is not theoretical—it is operational, proven, and secured by a global, independent network committed to financial privacy.
• The network continues to run smoothly and securely, just as it always has—uninterrupted, reliable, and resilient.
• I went to a Zcash meetup organized by @BostonZcash where @shieldedmark explained Crosslink (there was also a presentation about @zashi_app and @Zcashme )
• Reduce risk by staying private
• The ticker is privacy
• I deeply enjoyed the first @BostonZcash 2026 meetup, and excited for more to come. @ZcashFoundation
• Why ZCash Must Prioritize Node Diversity Now?
• Clarification for Zcash users about news of ECC team “leaving”
• NU7 Sentiment Polling and ZIP Submission Window
• Why The BTCPayServer Module Review Is Important
• Update concerning the ECC situation
• Zooko’s Speech to the SEC and ZEC Charity needs
• The Zcash Network: Strength in Decentralization, Unity in Purpose
• Metamask Zcash Snap PROBLEM

Zcash Community Grants

• Call For Proposals: Coinholder-Directed Retroactive Grants Program (Q1 2026)
• Conversation about structural change for ZCG forum?
• Zcash Community Grants Meeting Minutes 1/5/2026
• Network Sustainability Mechanism (NSM)
• Cashz.org Name Change Proposal
• Why The BTCPayServer Module Review Is Important
• Grant Application: Zk-CosmWasm: A Programmable Selective Disclosure WebAssembly Smart Contract Virtual Machine
• Zcash Global en Español 2026 Remarks
• CipherScan 2026: Privacy Intelligence Platform for Zcash
• Grant Application - Marketing + Workshops at Global Conferences
• So ... @ZkAv_Club grant proposal got accepted I'm overcome with gratitude to @ZcashCommGrants for an opportunity unlike anything I've dreamed of.

Community Projects

• Zcash community lounge

• JUST IN: ZCash creator Josh Swihart (@jswihart) announces on X that his team is "launching a new Zcash wallet."

• Looking for the latest protocol development information? We got you: $ZEC

• Privacy Papers - Day 2: Why Privacy Matters in Crypto

• If everyone could see your bank transactions…would you still feel financially free?

• the encryption renaissance has begun

• Mert explains the Zcash FUD

• We are all in on Zcash. @jswihart

• Join the waitlist: cashz.org

• Monitoring the situation closely

• CEO of zcash, @mert, could not be reached

• Big drama in one (or two now?) of the many Zcash support orgs

• No one from Zcash has quit. The entire team of builders at ECC/Zashi is more aligned than ever. @arjunkhemani

• GM! Waking up from this crazy dream that @ZcashCommGrants funded our weird little club with $228,545 to get @Zcash community media support for a year

• Web3 Summit returns to Berlin. June 18-19, 2026.

• Epic conversation with @brewster_kahle about @internetarchive by @web3privacy

• Este año comienzo activo, con la educación y la adopción en torno a la tecnología blockchain. Y he preparado un conversatorio para hablar del Manifiesto #Cypherpunk

• technology without culture is meaningless

• Zcash empowers businesses to thrive by protecting transaction privacy, customer data, and financial freedom.

• Bootstrap and Financial Privacy Foundation, with broader missions are also deeply involved in maintaining the Zcash ecosystem.

• there are philosophical differences re the best structure to steward zashi under going forward

• The Zcash network is open source, permissionless, secure, and private, and nothing that happens in this conflict can change that. You can safely continue to use Zcash. @zooko

• Actually wild how Zcash has been solving the blockchain privacy problem since 2016 but most people still don't know how ZK-SNARKS work.

• Imagine the government decides to track crypto transactions for TAX purposes, will your transparent blockchain save you?

• Privacy is a core pillar for the next future of decentralized systems

• The above statement made by Aaron Swartz simply explains what Zcash stands for

• PRIVACY PAPERS DAY 1/21 - ( Zcash Unpacked )

• Our team is offering Zashi support through Discord.

• Thank you for your support, patience, and encouragement. This has been difficult and it means a great deal. Shields up!

• There are now over 20,000 early access sign ups to the new Zcash wallet from @jswihart and his team!

• It’s a good day to join the waitlist for the most agency preserving, freedom first monetary wallet yet.

• Zcash Is an Escape From the Suicide Pact

• Hello! The Zcashd maintainers just released Zcashd 6.11.0 which sets a new end-of-service halt height

• ¿Viste parte de lo que hará ZecHub?

• Una visión y experiencia profundamente humana de las implicaciones de la privacidad en nuestra vida.

• Cómo verificar el estado de tus compras en CakePay

• Los europeos tienen alternativas para enfrentar este feroz ataque a la privacidad de sus finanzas. Usar Zcash y su ecosistema de billeteras + DEXs será esencial para ello.

• Las Navidades ya pasaron, pero nunca es tarde para enviar un mensaje cifrado a tus seres queridos con algo de $ZEC.

• Josh Swihart en el episodio del Digital Spenders Club, taller de Zcash realizado con Zashi, Crosslink y ZcashMe y Nuevas Actualizaciones de proyectos comunitarios.

• Una buena oportunidad para que todos puedan participar demostrando sus conocimientos sobre cripto, Zcash y privacidad.

• Zcash Shielded News | Vol.62

• 2025 foi um ano incrível para a comunidade Zcash no Brasil!

• Zcash Brasil desmente rumores: desenvolvedores das criptomoedas de privacidade seguem no projeto sob nova empresa.

• Herkes finansal işlemlerinizi anlık olarak görebilseydi…

• Zcash hakkında dolaşan “geliştiriciler ayrıldı” iddialarına açıklık getirelim.

• Zcash’i yaşayan ve sürekli büyüyen bir ekosistem gibi düşün:

• Esclarecimento Oficial: Os Desenvolvedores da Zcash NÃO Abandonaram o Projeto!

• FAKE NEWS: FUD hoje sobre a Zcash

• LATEST: Arthur Hayes says privacy will become crypto's dominant narrative in 2026 and disclosed that his investment fund, Maelstrom, has built a sizable Zcash position.

• Zcash: The New Digital Swiss Bank

• #Zcash 내부적인 일이 있었지만 Shieled pool은 견고합니다. #Zcash 는 탈중앙화된 코인입니다.

• ECC 개발자들은 새로운 회사로 이직하는 것이지, 생태계를 떠나는 것이 아닙니다. 따라서 '핵심 개발자들이 사라졌다'거나 '이제 개발자가 프로젝트를 버리고 도망갔다'고 말하는 것은 전혀 사실이 아닙니다.

• 2026년 1월 7일, $ZEC 생태계에 거대한 폭풍이 몰아쳤습니다. ECC 팀의 집단 사임 이 이슈의 본질을 짚어보고자 합니다. #Zcash #ZEC #privacy

• 지캐시 가격이 언제 달나라 가요? 사람들은 가격만 본다.

• Big Swap Alert 128.54 $ETH(Ethereum) 909.53 $ZEC(@Zcash)

• Команда разработчиков конфиденциальной криптовалюты Zcash объявила о работе над новым кошельком менее чем через сутки после громкого ухода всей команды Electric Coin Company (ECC) из Bootstrap.

• Я потерял весь свой грёбаный Zcash. Алгоритмы, ИИ-мусор, провокации и слухи в соцсетях сделали своё дело.

• Свежее обновление узлов Zcashd от команды, которая по сообщениям в СМИ "полностью ушла из Zcash".

• В свете последних событий, связанных с Electric Coin Company, Zcash Foundation считает важным подтвердить несколько ключевых фактов о сети Zcash и своей роли в экосистеме

• Не вовремя. Представляю, что человек думает по поводу этого Bootstrap.

• На практике любая драма в управлении Zcash всегда приводила к улучшениям децентрализации. Но я всё равно осторожно отношусь к таким новостям:

• Gemini запустила рынок прогнозов на цену $ZEC и других популярных криптоактивов.

• Mert explains how the Zcash developers will make money

• Mert explains why he’s even more bullish on $ZEC now that the dev team moved into another entity.

• NEAR Intents in Zashi (Zcash wallet) are so easy to use.

• Mert says there's big news coming from $ZEC / Zcash 👀

• Okay so a bunch of guys were calling me out yesterday trying to imply that Zcash is dead and I misled my followers into buying it at $700

• Seems I got late to the party. Here's why the $ZEC FUD is nonsense:

• 🚨EX-ZCASH DEVS UNVEIL ‘CASHZ’ PRIVACY WALLET

• $ZEC just confirmed a lower low, officially entering a structural downtrend.

• January 8th Arborist call summary updates

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