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Network Stats | March 29th-April 5th Transfer Count: 95,763 O: 17,913 S: 2844 T: 75,006  Transaction Count: 40,713O: 7248 S: 1464 T: 31,036  Net Flow (+OUT,-IN)O: -24,644S: 2867 Chain Supply (ZEC): 16,642,081O: 4,537,815S: 612,090T: 11,438,421SP: 25,409Lockbox: 28,344 Total Shielded Supply: 5,203,659 Node Count: 91Zebrad: 44Zcashd: 47

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Zcash Updates ⓩ

ZODL, Zcash Foundation & Shielded Labs 🛠️

• Crosslink: Incentivized Feature Nets Beginning April 15th

• Zcash Vulnerability Successfully Remediated - Shielded Labs

• Zcash Arborist R&D Updates Call Recording 04-02-2026 - @ZcashFoundation

• Reminder: Upcoming Talk with ZcashNames / zcashme on Accessibility Solutions

• ZODL CEO Josh Swihart on Privacy, CBDCs & Self-Sovereignty - Acronym Foundation

• We’re Proud to Welcome @jswihart to The Startup Society Conference - @ipecity

• Zodl Is a Single-Currency Privacy Wallet - @zodl_app

• Privacy as Protection: Rethinking Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Humanitarian Sector Reform

• Join Tripleyouwu, Community Support Coordinator at the Zcash Foundation

• Critical Vulnerability Discovered in Zebra Node (CVE-2026-34202)

• Security Disclosure: We Remediated a Vulnerability in Sprout

Zcash Community Grants 🏛️

• Zcash Community Grants Meeting Minutes 3/30/2026

• Call for Representatives: Zcash at DWeb Camp

• Polling Closed: Coinholder-Directed Grants Program (Q1 Round)

• Rhea Finance – Zcash Gateway (Browser Wallet + Cross-Chain DeFi) - Approved

• Zcash Ecosystem Onboarding Proposal at Women in DeFi Summit 2026 - Approved

• Zcash Ghana (April 2026 - June 2026) - Approved

• Grant Application - Zcash Integration for the Open Wallet Standard (OWS)

• Grant Application - ZecShield: Universal Privacy Bridge between Solana and Zcash

• Grant Application: Zecboat Bridge: FROST-Secured Wrapped Asset (wSOL)

• Grant Application: Mastering Zcash Video Series

• Zcash Elastic Subnet Bridge on Avalanche UPDATE

• Zcash Nigeria 2026 UPDATE

• Zcash Türkiye – Sustainability and the ZBase Vision UPDATE

• ZecHub 2026 UPDATE

Community Projects 🌐

• 45 Months Until Q-Day

• Whiteboard Session: Zcash Post-Quantum Roadmap Discussion

• Conversation on the Architecture of Freedom with Sean Bowe and Dev - @arjunkhemani

• Zcash Engineering Office Hours #5: Tachyon Session - @shieldedmark

• Zcash Z3 Updates (Formerly Zcashd Deprecation)

• Plan Z: Every Bitcoin open source project can now be migrated to Zcash - @Michael2xl

• Took the bitcoin101 repo: a simple Bitcoin web wallet built as a learning tool, and turned it into the Zcash web wallet.. - Michael2xl

• Sapling Withdraw-Only Discussion Kickoff

• Bountyzcash.org — Bug Bounty Infrastructure for the Zcash Ecosystem

• Building a Zig Foothold in the Zcash Ecosystem - Starting with Address Encoding

• Nordic Shield Has a Live On-Chain Proof on Zcash

• Research: F-PoC — Can We Redesign PoW Rewards to Make CPU Mining Viable Again?

• Activism. Care. Solidarity @PG_CDG at Zcomm - Web3privacynow

• Explore More Community-Run Zcash Projects - Anonymist

• Pay in Any Asset Directly from Zodl App - @ZecHub

• Zcash India Is Going Live — First Online Community Session Open to All - ZcashIND

• Selected Candidates for Storyteller and Archivist Roles Will Be Contacted - @zkav_club

• Z3 Is the New Modular Stack for Zcash - @zcashbrazil

• Workshop on Streaming and Recording: Explore Tools like OBS for Video and VoiceMeeter for Audio - @zcashbrazil

• Zcash Brazil Participated in Bsides Hacking to Bring the Privacy Debate to a New Generation of Developers and Enthusiasts

• AI Agents Can Now Pay for APIs Using the Machine Payment Protocol on Shielded Zcash - @zcashesp

• You Can Now Pay with ZEC for a New Privacy-Focused AI Service - @zcashesp

• ZEC Is Listed on Backpack — More Exchange Options Available - @zcashesp

• Security Update: Zcash Sprout Vulnerability Fixed - @ZcashTR

• Zimppy Protocol Introduced: A New Era for Machine-to-Machine Private Payments - ZcashTR

• Zcash Z3 Updates Released - ZcashTR

• A Critical Vulnerability in zcashd Has Been Patched - @ZcashNigeria

• A Lot Is Unfolding Across the Zcash Stack - @ZcashNigeria

• Many Still Say Zcash Will Never Surpass Bitcoin - @ruZcash

• Another Project Focused on ZEC Payments for AI Agents - @ruZcash

• Exchange Updates — What’s Happening Across Trading Platforms - @ruZcash

• This Is Definitely Worth Checking Out - @zkav_club

• Applications Closed — Archivist and Storyteller Roles Received Multiple Submissions

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Jobs in the Ecosystem

• Dework Tasks posted every Monday - ZecHub

• ZKAV Club Opportunities