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Network Stats | Oct 4th - 11th Transfer Count: 138,099 I: 55,404 O: 2213 S: 2707 T: 77,775  Transaction Count: 48,406 I: 19,197 O: 545 S: 1300 T: 27,815  Net Flow (+OUT,-IN)I: -46,555O: 15438S: 712 Chain Supply (ZEC): 16,980,500I: 4,106,360O: 361,815S: 476,204T: 11,944,855SP: 22,309Lockbox: 68,954 Total Shielded Supply: 5,035,644

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Zcash Updates ⓩ

ZODL, Valar Group, Zcash Foundation & Shielded Labs 🛠️

• ZF Engineering Update - Sep 21 to Oct 5 - @ZcashFoundation

• Introducing Zodl Vault - @zodl_app

• PGPZ has registered its first lobbyist - @zodl_co

• Plan for quantum-safe, unlinkable, rotating taddrs - @ZakuraZcash

• If you had Zcash years ago, please read this - @zooko

• Announcing hashsma.sh! 𝟘 𝟙 ❒ 🔨 - @zooko

• We hired zkSecurity to audit Ironwood’s formal verification - @TachyonZcash

• Meet Ulrich Haböck - @ShieldedLabs

• Meet Suyash Bagad, Epoch Team - @ShieldedLabs

• Meet Luke Edwards - @ShieldedLabs

• The strength of Zcash comes from its people - @ShieldedLabs

• The Epoch project was created to stay ahead of threats to crypto - @ShieldedLabs

• Project Eleven launches Strongpoint, Zcash Foundation as initial development partner - @projecteleven

• Announcing HashSmash - @zooko

• Zcash is already a bunker - @ebfull

• zkDragon presents Tachyon - @Zcash

• ZODL CEO Josh Swihart on stage at TOKEN2049 - @zodl_co

• Sean Bowe on scaling Zcash with Tachyon - @genzcash

• Zodl has surpassed $1 billion in lifetime swap volume - @zodl_app

• ZEC gift card redemption is now available in Zodl 3.16.0 - @zodl_app

• Josh Swihart on the shielded supply - @zodl_app

• Weekly policy memo - @pgpzcash

• ZODL was a Gold Sponsor of Coin Center’s annual dinner - @zodl_co

• Welcoming DeArcayne as Technical Program Manager - @ZcashFoundation

• Zcon7 small-group conversations, 27–29 Oct, Cancún - @ZcashFoundation

• What should Zcash governance look like for the next decade? - @ZcashFoundation

Zcash Community Grants 🏛️

• If you ever held ZEC in Sprout, migrate before NU7 freezes withdrawals - @ZcashCommGrants

• Grant Application: Zcash Private Receive Bridge - @techbaitme

• ZCG has voted async to approve the Türkiye University Tour proposal - @ZCG

• ZCG-funded V12 credits for AI security scans: applications open - @ZCG

• Graphsense Shielded Accounting Repair Milestone 1 & 2 Report - @lockedin

• ZNS Audit Update - @craftsoldier

• Zcash East Africa Africa Blockchain Festival 2026 Update - @Z.cash.EastAfrica

• Travel Support for Devcon 8 Mumbai (ZK-Music) - @4ni4

• Grant Application: VKX Wallet native shielded ZEC integration - @VkxProtocol

• Zcash Hack to Dark during Devcon 8 Mumbai updates - @webzero

• Grant application: Zcash Kenya Building a Practical Privacy Community - @Chainweb

• BTCPayServer multi-store support Milestone 1 complete - @1337bytes

• Grant application: Solana StealthShield - @sidsri14

• Feature branch testnet and compatible developer tooling update - @vivek

• Grant application: Zcash Shielded Payments English/Korean Research Report - @FPSteve

• Hito Zcash: Stable Firmware, Internal Security Review, and Maintenance - @hito

• October 2026 Report - @ogasky

• Global Ambassador Elzz September 2026 Report - @elzz-ux

Community Projects 🌐

• Cameron Winklevoss on Zcash ETF at TOKEN2049 - @genzcash

• Zcash-TPQ: Node tooling for transparent post-quantum Zcash - @JohnWalch

• Zakura formally verified its optimized Ironwood prover preserves zero knowledge - @ZecHub

• Zcash’s shielded pools are back near record levels - @Delphi_Digital

• Ironwood support is now enabled by default in Brave Wallet desktop - @BraveNightly

• Winklevoss group seeks to launch Zcash ETF, proposed WINK ticker

• The Zcash ETF ($ZCSH) was featured on CNBC - @ZcashETF

• Grayscale’s Zcash thesis at Yield Summit - @ZcashETF

• 1 week left to submit your product to Crypto World’s Fair! - @colosseum

• 10º cumpleaños de Zcash en Querétaro - @ZcashMx

• Primer meetup de Zcash México en Puebla - @ZcashMx

• If you previously held ZEC in Sprout, it may be time to move those coins - @ZcashArabia

• Two lightwalletd vulnerabilities disclosed, $28,100 paid - @fromeo_016

• Zebra Talk LIVE | 10/14 at 7 PM on YouTube and X - @zcashbrazil

• Receive donations in ZEC with LiveZEC - @zcashbrazil

• Shielded Magazine #39 - @zcashbrazil

• Brazil zeroed Import Tax on Equihash ASIC mining hardware - @techcriptoBR

• A chat about autonomy, privacy, and technology - @zcashbrazil

• ZEC TRIVIA | SeaZon 3 - @zcashbrazil

• Zona Z - Edition #57 with @AAmandita_ - @zcashbrazil

• New on OpenZcash: Privacy & Policy - @openzcash

• Every project in the OpenZcash ecosystem has a record - @openzcash

• Zcash NU7 will introduce 3 new protocol features - @ZecHub

• New Wiki guide: shielded coinholder voting - @ZecHub

• ZecHub DAO Proposal A180 passed - @ZecHub

• Beginner 0 to Zcash in 3 mins guide - @zanbuilds

• AI and data privacy workshop with shielded payments - @RoyaleAlaka

• LIVE NOW! Chat about Free2z - @zcashesp

• Free2z content creation challenge - @zcashesp

• IP address privacy when sending transactions - @zcashesp

• From Zcash to Zebra and Zakura node evolution - @zcashesp

• Noir wallet ZECFi tools - @zcashesp

• Free2z features with Kevin - @zcashesp

• Zcash anniversary challenges - @zcashesp

• LIVE! Chatting with Zcash Mexico team - @zcashesp

• Zcash Mexico history and milestones - @zcashesp

• Celebrating 10th anniversary with history and tech - @zcashesp

• Vizor Wallet Zcash Gift Cards - @zcashesp

• Beware of fake Zcash support teams - @zcashesp

• La cuenta original de Zcash en Español ha vuelto - @zcashesp1

• De zcashd a Zebra y Zakura - @zcashesp1

• Noir Wallet combines DeFi tools in one interface - @ZcashNigeria

• Classic Barbing Salon onboarded to Zcash - @GreatNgozi01

• Privacy Layer for Transparent Wallets in Zcash - @ZcashTR

• Zcash Türkiye University Tour across Turkey - @Batuzec

• Zakura plan for quantum-safe rotating transparent addresses - @cypherpunk

• Zcash Ironwood enabled by default in Brave Wallet - @ZcashTR

• Zcash is delivering what Bitcoin promised - @genzcash

• Project Eleven Strongpoint Post-Quantum Custody - @ZcashTR

• Build the future of Web3 - @ZcashIND

• Zcash World, Mumbai, 1 November - @ZcashIND

• Right to Remain Private workshop, Indore, 13 Oct - @ZcashIND

• Privacy in DeFi foundation - @africablockfest

• Zcash East Africa x ABF 2026 - @ZcashEastAfrica

• Did you know Zcash launched on October 28th? - @ZcashEastAfrica

• Zcash South Africa Weekly AMA with Gleyo, 10 Oct - @Zcash_SA

• Zcash ecosystem explainer thoughts - @ShegsOnX

• What can you do with Gleyo? - @GleyoApp

• Zcash Conspiracies - @ZECOS_

• Full house at the 19th assembly - @zec_forge

• Another Tuesday by the fire - @zec_forge

• Konclave beta: shared ZEC vaults - @konclavevault

• LiveZEC: tip a streamer with shielded ZEC - @FavourAbidoye

• 11 more businesses approved on ZecMap - Ivy Zelman

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