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Network Stats | Sep 27 - Oct 4th Transfer Count: 141,721I: 48,043O: 2819S: 3581T: 87,278 Transaction Count: 53,044I: 19,466O: 763S: 1741T: 31,887 Net Flow (+OUT,-IN)I: -70,979O: 2981S: 25,296 Chain Supply (ZEC): 16,967,965I: 4,059,819O: 377,244S: 476,918T: 11,964,222SP: 22,310Lockbox: 67,450 Total Shielded Supply: 5,003,742

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Zcash Updates ⓩ

ZODL, Valar Group, Zcash Foundation & Shielded Labs 🛠️

• September at ZODL - @zodl_co

• Zakura’s September Recap - @ZakuraZcash

• New Zakura Release: 1.6.0 - @ZakuraZcash

• Zodl 3.15.0 is now available on iOS and Android - @zodl_support

• NU7 is now code-complete in Zebra. 🦓 - @zodl_co

• More than 4 million ZEC, nearly $5.8 billion at today’s prices, is now secured by Ironwood - @zodl_co

• Zcash coinholders have approved ZODL’s retroactive grant for our Q1–Q2 core protocol work - @zodl_co

• Sean Bowe (@ebfull) will be presenting about Tachyon at this year’s Zcash Zummit, hosted by the Network State Conference on October 9th - @TachyonZcash

• We’re beginning to integrate Tachyon’s cryptography with Zakura Common - @TachyonZcash

• Zebra 7.0.0-rc.0 is here — NU7 arrives on Testnet 🦓 - @ZcashFoundation

• The recording of yesterday’s Zcash Arborist Call is live! - @ZcashFoundation

• ⚡️ Zcash’s consensus mechanism is at a crossroads - @ZcashFoundation

• 🚨 Zebra 6.4.2 is an emergency security release - @ZcashFoundation

• Introducing Epoch, Shielded Labs’ new research and engineering project focused on hardening Zcash from future threats - @ShieldedLabs

• A Zcash Zummit is part of this year’s Network State Conference - @ShieldedLabs

• Epoch Phase 1: Research and Design - @ShieldedLabs

• Q3 Coinholder-Directed Retroactive Grants results are in - @ShieldedLabs

Zcash Community Grants 🏛️

• Zcash Community Grants (ZCG) Meeting Minutes 9/28/2026 - @ZCG

• Grants approved on September 28th - @ZcashCommGrants

• Grant Application - Tells: a privacy checkup for Zcash wallets - @luoy16002-svg

• Q3 Coinholder-Directed Retroactive Grants Program RESULTS - @FPF

• Hi Zcash, here is the September ZecHub report for review - @squirrel

• Here is our Sep KPI report! - @ZecHub

• Grant Application: Build Buddies x Zcash — Privacy Education and Community Adoption in Latin America and Asia - @VoodooKingX

• Grant Application - Fixing & Updating of Zcash Documentation - @m.f

• We are getting close to launching ZNS. Early access is planned for October 15 - @craftsoldier

• Zcash Community Grants Application VaihtoFX: Shielded ZEC On/Off-Ramp via M-Pesa & Airtel Money in Kenya - @mahdi.abdile

• Zcash Nigeria Monthly Report — September 2026 - @lisa001

• Grant Application - Zcash Privacy Payment Rail & NFC Programmable Cards - @ONEONUORA

• We are thrilled to announce that we have achieved our 09 milestone - @Michae2xl

• Milestone 1 for the Zcash WalletConnect Integration is complete - @noir_wallet

• Please see below for the September update. This update compares against Milestone 1 in the above application - @divijpandya

• ZECsy Monthly Report: September 2026 - @readymouse

• Zcash World: Startup Milestone Report - @jatinsahijwani

• ZSwap: A Shielded Atomic Swap Specification for Zcash — Grant Application & Request for Review - @peejay-git

• Grant Application — Nozy Sync Engine: public CompactTxStreamer in front of Zebrad - @Lowo88

• September 2026 Key Activities & Milestones - @ZArabia

• Grant Application - 0xramp: ZEC payments and wallet integrations (revision of #408) - @vinibarbosa

• [Grant Application] OpenWeights — A decentralized open compute platform powered by shielded ZEC - @Tarzelf

• @ogasky at the most recent meeting, ZCG voted to approve this proposal. Congratulations! - @ZCG

• @arielgabizon at the most recent meeting, ZCG voted to approve this proposal. Congratulations! - @ZCG

• @lockedin at the most recent meeting, ZCG voted to approve this proposal. Congratulations - @ZCG

• @Z.cash.EastAfrica at the most recent meeting, ZCG voted to approve this proposal. Congratulations! - @ZCG

• Grant Application: Zcash Global Community & Marketing Operations - @dk_51

• Zcash Türkiye University Tour 2026 - @Batuhan

Community Projects 🌐

• The $ZEC pool is now live on THORChain - @THORChain

• CipherScan is now ZecBlock 🟨 - @zecblock

• Gemini now runs Zakura for Zcash - @Gemini

• The Hand of God: What Q3’s Coinholder Retroactive Grants Vote Tells Us - @vaspholdings

• 🎉 First Glimpses from Our Members’ Gathering in Syria! - @ZcashArabia

• 🚨Zebra 6.4.2 release is an emergency security release - @ZcashArabia

• 🎙️ Zebra Talk LIVE | 10/07 at 7 PM on YouTube and X - @zcashbrazil

• ZEC Insider | Call from the Zcash Brazil Community - @zcashbrazil

• Easy Tourism with Blockchain | Connecting countries, currencies, and markets for payments with the ease of a local sale - @zcashbrazil

• Bootcamp Intro Zero Knowledge | Zcash + Cloak + Start of the Challenge - @SuperteamBR

• ZEC Insider | Community Call🦓 - @zcashbrazil

• Let’s go, builders! The/Garage has started - @zcashbrazil

• Protocol Study #9: Hashes, Curves, and PRFs - @zcashbrazil

• Zona Z 🧠 - Edition #56 with @AAmandita_ - @zcashbrazil

• Zcash Engineering Office Hours - @zcashbrazil

• 📣 zksnarks_ presents ZECATHON — a privacy hackathon - @zcashesp

• 📆Control panel for NU7 - @zcashesp

• 📣 Results of the retroactive grant program targeting coin holders in the third quarter - @zcashesp

• Send ZEC to ZcashNames from Zingo Wallet - @zcashesp

• 🔴 LIVE NOW! Join us to learn EVERYTHING Zapp, Zcash’s Swiss Army knife, has to offer! - @zcashesp

• ZAPP - Zcash Wallet Cycle 2026 - @zcashesp

• We’re closing out September with another episode of Zcash 360º with @gordonestv.bsky.social, @edicksonjga.bsky.social and @yoditar.bsky.social to talk about EVERYTHING that’s happening in the Zcash ecosystem - @zcashesp

• 🌳 Zcash Arborist Call Update — October 1, 2026 - @ZcashNigeria

• Many people have ideas and want to build on @Zcash but don’t know how to start - @ZcashNigeria

• Happy Independence Day, Nigeria! 🇳🇬 - @ZcashNigeria

• Successfully onboarded a food business enterprise at No. 2 Nababa Estate, Airport Road, Kano, to start accepting Zec as a means of payment. 🍽️💰 - @AyawariEvelyn

• The Zcash Nigeria Onboarding Program is open through the Zcash Nigeria Contributor Program - @ZcashNigeria

• Privacy should not be compromised - @INEKU11

• OpenZcash + Zarvis: Get to Know Zcash Better! - @michael2xl

• ZecMap is changing. Coming Soon 👀 - @ZecMap

• Ztreamer is a new heavily optimized indexer and lightwallet protocol combined with an embedded @ZakuraZcash node! - @ZecHub

• Business Pages Are Coming to ZecMap - @ZecMap

• Zcash coinholders have approved retroactive funding for 17 proposals covering Protocol Security, Infrastructure, Wallet R&D, Business Integrations & more - @Zcash

• 🔐 Noir Protocol: Privacy-Focused DeFi and Multi-Asset Access for ZEC Holders - @ZcashTR

• 🛡️ Zcash Q3 Retroactive Grant Results Announced - @ZcashTR

• Come one, come all to the next Zcash Crosslink Workshop! - @zooko

• Zodl 3.15.0 Now Live on iOS and Android - @ZcashTR

• What if you could keep holding ZEC and still enjoy a private multi-token economy and DeFi, without changing @Zcash at all? - @noir_wallet

• It was a big month for Zk Av Club! - @ZKAv_Club

• Zpackets are claimable ZEC links you can create using @JustZappit 🔗 - @ZecHub

• 🔐 Nym mixnet is now available in Zcash wallets - @ZcashTR

• Nagpur showed up for privacy. 🦓🇮🇳 - @ZcashIND

• @ZcashIND Dev Meetup #04 is Live.🦓🇮🇳 - @ZcashIND

• MERU, ARE YOU READY? Zcash is coming to Meru University for the first time! 🇰🇪 - @ZcashEastAfrica

• 🏆 Meme Contest Winners! The wait is over! 🎉 - @ZcashEastAfrica

• Please join us in giving a massive welcome to our Assistant Regional Lead for Zcash South Africa, Sanelisiwe @Nellie_smart 🦓🛡️ - @Zcash_SA

• Looking for a $ZEC explorer? Click below⤵️ - @ZecHub

• Made a video explainer as a submission for @zksnarks_ ZECATHON Wildcard track - zero to transacting! - @ArtofOrb

• Welcome to Zectober! @Zcash @ @colosseum : Day 2 is Happening Today! - @thedrekal

• Crypto World’s Fair is here and Zcash is opening the doors to its ecosystem by funding builders with $100k in prizes - @thedrekal

Jobs in the Ecosystem

• Director of Security

• Head of Product

• ZecHub Bounties

• ZKAV Club Opportunities