Zcash Ecosystem Digest

Zcash Ecosystem Digest | August 16th

Zebra 6.3.0 Release, Zakura 1.2.0, Zodl Supports NU7 Coinholder Poll, Announcing Zcash Labs, Zodl Is Hiring!

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Aug 16, 2026

Curated by Kenzo

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Network Stats | Aug 9th - 16th Transfer Count: 114,345 i: 22,032 O: 39,350 S: 2864 T: 50,099 Transaction Count: 33.450 i: 10,806 O: 6514 S: 1441 T: 19,212 Net Flow (+OUT,-IN)i: -887,849O: 854,849S: 9233 Chain Supply (ZEC): 16,880,068i: 2,986,514O: 846,329S: 530,695T: 12,437,005SP: 22,621Lockbox: 56,902 Total Shielded Supply: 4,443,063

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Zcash Updates ⓩ

ZODL, Zcash Foundation, Valar Group & Shielded Labs 🛠️

• ZF Engineering Update - July 27 to August 9 🛠️ @ZcashFoundation

• Today, we present Zcash Labs. @ZcashLabs

• Zodl 3.9.4 is now available on iOS. @zodl_app

• Migrated fully to Zcash Ironwood! @ebfull

• Zebra 6.3.0 is out, a recommended security release @ZcashFoundation

• Zodl will support the upcoming NU7 coinholder poll. @zodl_app

• ZODL Slipstream: A Faster Sync Engine for the Ironwood Era @zodl_app

• New Zakura Release: 1.2.0 @ZakuraZcash

• NEW ZCASH LABS ENTITY LAUNCHES! @crypto_bante

• NU7 Coinholder Poll Snapshot is August 24th ⌛️ @Zcash

• Cypherpunk Technologies grew its Zcash treasury to 323,394 ZEC in Q2, representing ~1.92% of the circulating supply. @CoinMarketCap

Zcash Community Grants 🏛️

• 30 Day Review Period: Coinholder-Directed Retroactive Grants Program Q3 - @FPF

• Cleared for launch: ZCG approves red·bridge grant @redbridge_ZEC

• Zecmap @Batuhan

• Grant Application - Offensive Security #340 Update Month: 1 · Period: mid-July to mid-August - @phill

• Grant Application: Zk-CosmWasm: A Programmable Selective Disclosure WebAssembly Smart Contract Virtual Machine - Responding To Meeting Notes - @hard-nett

• Ironwood zk-SNARK Formal Verification (Project Tachyon) @ebfull

• Orchard Counterfeiting Vulnerability Bug Bounty @earthrise

• Retroactive Grant Application: Zapp - @vampirot

• Retroactive Grant Application: Self-sovereign Zcash Testnet Faucet @Giri-Aayush

• zec-ironwood-reconcile - Reproducible Orchard/Ironwood Value-Pool Reconciliation @lockedin

• CipherScan @Kenbak

• Zallet RPC Parity Harness @Creativesonchain

• ZecKit Post-M3 Stabilization and Developer Adoption Work @DappsoverApps

• Test-Effectiveness Audit for Zebra: an independent regression witness for consensus-critical code @jiehuo100net

• Gleyo Grant application @gilmore

• Retroactive Grant - Zecledger @vancube

• lightwalletd-rs @Joaco

Community Projects 🌐

• An in-depth learning session with @JustZappIt

• Zec Market is Officially Live! @ZecMap

• Taylor is requesting a smaller retroactive grant than any of those other bounties. @zooko

• Road to Ironwood continues with Part 4! @Omegaonchain

• Satoshi would agree,Zcash is much better Bitcoin @zkMarketer

• Download the ZecMap app to find out where to pay with Zcash @ZecHub

• Zcash from First Principles | Finite Fields @ZecHub

• Zcash India is now also on instagram! @ZcashIND

• never in my life have i seen a project with as much motion and life as 2026 ZCash @colludingnode

• The Zcash Ironwood upgrade is live in Edge! @EdgeWallet

• Zcash encrypts. The rest shuffle. @cypherpunk

• The Zcash Nigeria Weekly Quiz is officially live. @ZcashNigeria

• Under 1M ZEC left unverifiable. @cipherscan_app

• Data Breach Announment @Trezor

• Zcash, Fundamentals | Finite Fields @ZcashTR

• Zona Z - Edition #49 with @AAmandita_ @zcashbrazil

• Zcash Brazil welcomes you to Blockchain Rio 2026 @zcashbrazil

• Coinholder voting Q3 2026, Your ZEC, Your voice. @zcashbrazil

• Accumulator for ZCash, Ztreexo? @Uscmigs

• Hey! Next month, #ClubZcashBarcelona will be in Madrid, at @El_Noviciado @gordonesTV

• The @ZingoLabEsp team launched their PC version with support for @nym @EspanolNym @zcashesp1

• Follow @vizorwallet🫶🛡️ And download the wallet at http://zcashesp.com @zcashesp1

• We’re live accompanying @palmarzk from @zcashqro and @Blakiat in this first episode of “Espacio Zcash” to chat alongside @yoditarzk @zcashesp1

• Introducting zcash to developers hits differently @ZcashEastAfrica

• Africa, money speaks differently @ZcashEastAfrica

• Zcash East Africa is beyond Kenya!@ZcashEastAfrica

• Here we tell you about #Zakura. Do you know what it’s about? @ZcastEsp

• Subscribe to the #ClubZcashBarcelona events calendar so you don’t miss any events @ZcastEsp

• #Zcast is heading to @EBlockchainCon! 🚀🛡️ @ZcastEsp

• 👇 Join us live: Here on X or on YouTube @ZcastEsp

• There will be no more of this bounty in #Zcash @ZcastEsp

• Zcast Live #15 - From User to Zcash Ambassador @ZcastEsp

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