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Network Stats | Oct 11th - 18th Transfer Count: 163,394 I: 74,192 O: 2210 S: 3056 T: 83,936  Transaction Count: 59,036 I: 28,441 O: 597 S: 1478 T: 29,043  Net Flow (+OUT,-IN)I: -11,751O: 11,601S: 1883 Chain Supply (ZEC): 16,993,078I: 4,118,116O: 350,214S: 474,275T: 11,957,699SP: 22,309Lockbox: 70,463 Total Shielded Supply: 5,035,379

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Zcash Updates ⓩ

ZODL, Valar Group, Zcash Foundation & Shielded Labs 🛠️

• 15 days until Zcon7 in Cancún - @ZcashFoundation

• LowBeta’s Macro Case for Zcash at Yield Summit - @Zcash

• Ledger support is live in Zodl 3.17.0 for iOS and Android - @zodl_app

• Nym entropy analysis on Zcash + mixnet - @nym

• Evan Forbes on block propagation improvements, multi-gigabit throughput - @genzcash

• Sean Bowe on recursive proofs and the anchor chain - @genzcash

• September was Zakura’s biggest performance leap; October brings security and monitoring upgrades - @ZakuraZcash

• red·bridge at Zcon7: borrow against ZEC without selling - @redbridge_ZEC

• Zcon7 Halloween / Día de los Muertos reminder - @ZcashFoundation

• First Cypherpunk Policy Dinner in DC - @pgpzcash

• More than 4,100 people signed up for the Zodl Vault beta - @zodl_app

• ZecHub on NU7 Network Sustainability Mechanism - @ZecHub

• SHA256 vs SHA3 vs BLAKE3 on HashSmash - @zooko

• Foundry’s first Zakura nodes are in production, producing 65% of pool blocks - @FoundryServices

• Zcash culture in five letters - @Zcash

• NU7, 25-second blocks, Ironwood locked - @Zcash

• Josh Swihart’s full TOKEN2049 talk - @zodl_co

• HashSmash has 400+ public AI submissions after 11 days - @ShieldedLabs

• ZODL Summit applications open next week - @jswihart

Zcash Community Grants 🏛️

• ZCG Meeting Minutes 10/12/2026

• Free Society Hack, Mumbai, 4–5 Nov: partners, mentors and judges wanted

• FROST 2-of-3 design for shielded Ironwood ZEC

• 0xramp ZCG application approved, $45K - @0xramplabs

• ZCG approved Mexico Tech Week, Türkiye University Tour, and 0xramp - @ZcashCommGrants

Community Projects 🌐

• Announcing Zypherpunk - @zypherpunks

• thus-spoke-zakura has 20+ contributors via Zypherpunk - @bajpaiharsh244

• ZFirm: open-source Zcash shielded signer for Flipper Zero - @adamzkdev

• Yield Summit full video of LowBeta’s Macro Case - @Yield_Summit

• How to send ZEC from an exchange for a Zcash Names reservation - @ZcashNames

• Zafe multisig Android beta is live on mainnet - @zafecash

• Zcash México node workshop at Mexico Tech Week, 29 Oct - @ZcashMx

• Puebla meetup recap - @ZcashMx

• Resumen del ecosistema Zcash, 11 Oct - @zcashesp

• Zcash Oracle teaser - @openzcash

• ZecBlock flagged 5,249 possible round trips - @zecblock

• Four approvals, one rejection, GraphSense proposal in Participate - @openzcash

• Hyderabad DAO is a Community Partner for Zcash World Mumbai - @ZcashIND

• Vidarbha DAO is a Community Partner for Zcash World Mumbai - @ZcashIND

• Volunteer form for Zcash World Mumbai - @ZcashIND

• Meru University first Zcash activation wrap - @ZcashEastAfrica

• OpenZcash Ongoing Test section launches with Crosslink - @openzcash

• ZebFin finance super app submitted to Colosseum - @zebfin_

• OpenZcash Participate: passkeys, editable comments, GitHub sync, Ironwood anchoring - @openzcash

• Ironwood Chess Tournament, few days left - @gordonesTV

• Zebra Talk with Victor Lacorte, 14 Oct - @zcashbrazil

• Zona Z #58 - @zcashbrazil

• HashSmash SHA-256 reduced-round work - @FutureDies

• ZecForge Fireside with Favour Abidoye, September Creator Spotlight - @zec_forge

• Konclave submitted to Colosseum - @konclavevault

• PIR is live in Vizor for transparent addresses - @vizorwallet

• Zcash Names: ENS holders can request matching .zec names, deadline Oct 15 - @ZcashNames

• Zcash is now live on Jumper - @jumperapp

• ZEC OS on Mad Scientists, 14 Oct - @ZECOS_

• Zcash World Mumbai overview - @ZcashIND

• Zcash 360.º EP 64 - @zcashesp

• LiveZEC Spanish setup guide - @Blakiat

• LiveZEC Road to Vice City giveaway - @LiveZEC

• ENS to ZNS reminder - @zcashesp1

• Zodl Ledger support in Turkish - @ZcashTR

• Zec Stats: hashrate at 31.47 GH/s - @zecstats_

• ZecHub DAO Proposal A181 passed, supporting Zcash South Africa - @ZecHub

• Gleyo on engagement, rewards, and in-app chat - @GleyoApp

• Zingo! live, Friday 16 Oct - @ZingoLabs

• Free Society hackathon video - @joinwebzero

• Web3 Aligarh is a Community Partner for Zcash World Mumbai - @ZcashIND

• ZecHub Shielded News this week - @ZecHub

• WINK ETF explainer in Portuguese - @zcashbrazil

• Pacu live with Zcash en Español on Zodl, 14 Oct 23:00 UTC - @zodl_app

• Querétaro meetup photos - @ZcashMx

• Zecky waitlist and screen recording of three apps - @zeckyapp

• THE MISSION IS UNCHANGED — ZECATHON, 14 days left - @zksnarks_

• Zcash Names live in Edge Wallet - @EdgeWallet

• OpenZcash vision for Zcred - @openzcash

• Hablaremos de la billetera ZingoLabEsp - @zcashesp

• ZOERD Pay community testing, ZEC to NGN and GHC - @ZcashGH

• Zcash East Africa booth at ABF, Sarit Centre Nairobi - @ZcashEastAfrica

• New Zingo! beta mobile on TestFlight - @ZingoLabs

• Noir V2 beta: multi-chain, confidential DeFi - @noir_wallet

• red·bridge workshop with ZK AV Club - @ZkAv_Club

• Noir Wallet Chrome extension install guide - @ZcashNigeria

• ZecMarket is on hold while securing resources for security testing and app-store publication - @ZecMarket

• Shielded Magazine #40 - @zcashbrazil

• Cryptoholic is a Community Partner for Zcash World Mumbai - @ZcashIND

• Zypherpunk gathering at Devcon Mumbai, limited to 50 - @zypherpunks

• Last call for Zcash 10th Birthday Short Film Festival, closes 16 Oct 23:59 UTC - @ZkAv_Club

• Zcash Names Early Access codes are being sent; Noir supports .zcash addresses - @noir_wallet

• Brazil on Nym mixnet + Zcash - @zcashbrazil

• LiveZEC tip reminder - @LiveZEC

• Prototype: embedding an Ethereum address in a Zcash UA for Farcaster

• Zecky Lock it is in first testing; invites going out in waves - @zeckyapp

• Ironwood Chess Tournament warm-up - @gordonesTV

• Zypherpunk San Francisco meetup with RIFT, limited to 30–40 - @zypherpunks

• Zcash on Oct 16: net +4,235 ZEC into shielded pools - @zecstats_

• Zcash México panel at Mexico Tech Week, 31 Oct - @ZcashMx

• Zapp supports UPI, PIX, QRIS and more - @JustZappIt

• Zcash hashrate at 34.65 GH/s - @zecstats_

• 0xramp daily P2P volume across India, Indonesia, Brazil, Argentina - @michael2xl

• Buy Mullvad VPN or eSIMs with shielded ZEC - @ZecHub

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