Ironwood becomes largest Shielded Pool, Zcash Foundation Q2 Transparency Report, Zodl 3.9.0 introduces Slipstream Sync Engine, Frank Braun joins Shielded Labs Board & ZCAP NU7 Poll opens August 27th!

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Network Stats | Aug 2nd - 9th Transfer Count: 127,222 i: 22,126 O: 51,307  S: 3093  T: 50.696  Transaction Count: 34,549 i: 10,082 O: 6510 S: 1566 T: 19,920  Net Flow (+OUT,-IN)i: -1,264,217O: 1,221,280S: 490 Chain Supply (ZEC): 16,867,014i: 2,027,529O: 1,772,279S: 540,575T: 12,448,656SP: 22,637Lockbox: 55,335 Total Shielded Supply: 4,418,357 Node Count: 106Zakura: 23Zebrad: 80zcashd: 3

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Zcash Updates ⓩ

ZODL, Zcash Foundation, Valar Group & Shielded Labs 🛠️

• Zodl 3.9.0: Ironwood Migration & ZODL Slipstream - @zodl_app

• Arborist R&D Updates 08/06/2026 Recording

• Lifting Iron. A Zcash Update - @jswihart

• NEAR Intents (@near_intents) will undergo planned maintenance on Thursday, Aug. 6 from 12:00–14:00 UTC - @zodl_support

• Zcash is leading the way - @zooko

• Zodl v3.9.0 is available now on Android via Google Play, GitHub, and our F-Droid repository - @zodl_support

• The incident affecting Coldcard users this week was extremely unfortunate - @zodl_app

• Frank Braun Joins Shielded Labs Board - @aquietinvestor

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

• We are committed to transparency and openness with the Zcash community and our other stakeholders - @ZcashFoundation

• Zcash Foundation Q2 2026 Report - @ZcashFoundation

• ZCAP NU7 Poll Opens August 27th - @ZcashFoundation

• One of the most influential groups in Zcash is @ZcashFoundation’s “Zcash Community Advisory Panel” - @zooko

Zcash Community Grants 🏛️

• ZCG Meeting Minutes 08/03/2026

• If you are @ELLIPAL hardware wallet user, it would be great if you give feedback on their shielded Zcash integration proposal on the forum - @ZcashCommGrants

• Feedback wanted: a DIY, open source, air-gapped signer for shielded ZEC (SeedSigner model) - @AngelCastilloB

• Grant Application zeclight — independent light-client infrastructure from South Asia (Zebra + Zaino, Singapore) - @0xsubash

• Retroactive Grant Application: ZecBooks - @MrSane

• Grant Application - ZECsy Community Building: 12 Months of Zcash on the Ground - @readymouse

• Zcash Belgium Chapter - @Sebastein

• Retroactive Grant Application : Blindvault - @rawbytedev

Community Projects 🌐

• Zodl 3.9.0: Ironwood Migration & ZODL Slipstream Released - @Insightnerd

• This is how to move $ZEC to the Ironwood pool using the @zodl_app wallet - @Insightnerd

• Ironwood is now the largest shielded pool on Zcash, overtaking Orchard - @cypherpunk

• A quick peek at the post-ironwood @vizorwallet kitchen.

• Zingo PC Update v.2.0.23(168) - @ZingoLabs

• Shielded Magazine #30 📰 - @zcashbrazil

• We’re coordinating a coinholder vote starting August 25 and lasting approximately 18 days, deciding on the scope of the upcoming NU7 upgrade - @ebfull

• Ironwood live: 1,288,588 ZEC have already migrated to the new shielded pool - @zcashbrazil

• Over 1 million ZEC are already in the Ironwood pool - @zcashbrazil

• Zcash: Financial privacy as a bulletproof vest - @zcashbrazil

• 🎧 Episode #03 of Radar TokenNation is now on Spotify - @tokennation_io

• ZEC TRIVIA 🧠| SeaZon II - @zcashbrazil

• Zcash Protocol Study #7: Sending, Receiving, and Scanning with @shieldedmark - @zcashbrazil

• Zone Z 🧠 - Edition 48 with @AAmandita_ - @zcashbrazil

• Zcash Protocol Study Series - @zcashbrazil

• 🎙️🚀 Join the Zcash Ghana X Space! 🦓 - @ZcashGH

• short videos created to showcase Zcash wallets @OGA4SKY - @ZcashGH

• 🚀🇬🇭 Call for Volunteer Facilitators – Zcash Developers Residency Programme 🦓 - @ZcashGH

• 🚀🇬🇭 Introducing the Zcash Developers Residency Programme 🦓 - @ZcashGH

• @zechub.bsky.social is an educational platform with diverse opportunities that allows you to access information and ways to monetize or help shape the future of Zcash - @zcashesp

• How to create a profile in ZecMap - @zcashesp

• Zcash Armored Assets (ZSA) offer an expansion of the possibilities that the Zcash network can offer - @zcashesp

• At Zcash en Español we are proud to run several nodes managed by members of our community - @zcashesp

• In this Synchronizing segment broadcast by @zkradio, @edicksonjga explains how to migrate to Ironwood, Zcash’s new privacy pool - @zcashesp

• 🔴LIVE! Join us to catch up on EVERYTHING happening in Zcash - @zcashesp

• 🎉 The winners of ZecHub’s Hackathon 3.0 have been announced - @zcashesp

• The Zcash Coin Holders-Led Retroactive Grant Program is now accepting proposals for the Q3 2026 round - @zcashesp

• We’re live now on #ZcastRecap - @soyaurabrito

• We’ll see you in a new episode to catch up on everything happening in the #Zcash ecosystem with @gordonestv , @edicksonjga and @yoditar - @zcashesp

• Zcash Newsletter in Spanish - Issue No. 39 - @zcashesp

• 🌳🪓 Zcash Arborist Call Summary | August 6, 2026 - @ZcashNigeria

• 🔐 Zodl 3.9.0: Ironwood Migration and the Next Generation ZODL Slipstream - @ZcashTR

• 🌳 Tree Care Specialist Call, August 6th | From Installation to Optimization - @ZcashTR

• Zcash Merchant Kit & Merchant Ranking System - @ZecMap

• @mert on Zcash:”Zcash is a Swiss vault in your pocket.” - @will_mcevoy

• The ZODL Wallet, through its Flexa integration, enables users to pay with Zcash at more than +9,000 merchants - @ZecMap

• On the occasion of our Zcash Ecosystem mapping, we want to bring more light and attention to the people behind @Zcash, as without them it wouldn’t be possible - @web3privacy

• 🚨 Zcash Foundation has published its Q2 2026 Transparency Report - @ZcashTR

• Zainod 0.7.0 is officially available on crates.io, dockerhub and github - @ZingoLabEsp

• New Zcash coinholder vote led by @TachyonZcash and @ValarGroup will let coinholders vote on the scope of NU7, including 3x faster block times - @arjunkhemani

• Our map currently looks like this - @ZecMap

• 🚨 NU7 Token Holders Voting Begins August 25th - @ZcashTR

• 🚨 Summary of the Zcash Community Grants Meeting Minutes - @ZcashTR

• @ValarGroup and @TachyonZcash have called a coinholder vote on NU7 scope - @cypherpunk

• 🚨 Zcash Protected News | Volume 30 - @ZcashTR

• ⚡ Zcash Challenge Rlay Blockchain Week - @RlayHub

• 📩 Ztrash: An anonymous disposable email service powered by shielded Zcash - @ZcashTR

• @vizorwallet has shipped BIP39 passphrase support, meaning support for a custom 25th word on top of the regular 24-word seed phrase, in its latest release - @cypherpunk

• 📢 The call for project proposals for the Coinholder-Driven Retroactive Grant Program (Q3 2026) has begun - @ZcashTR

• 🏆 ZecHub Hackathon 3.0 Winners Announced - @ZcashTR

• 🚀 The ZecMap ecosystem continues to grow - @ZcashTR

• Zakura with Jar Zcash Node Currency! 🌸 - @ZcashTR

• 📊 Zcash Ecosystem Summary - @ZcashTR

• 🔒 Why Your VPN Isn’t Enough? The Future of Digital Privacy Lies in Mixnets - @ZcashTR

• What’s new with Ironwood? - @ZingoLabs

• 🎉 Surat, we’re coming! 🦓🇮🇳 - @ZcashIND

• 🚀 Zcash India Live #05 is here - @ZcashIND

• 🚨 Zcash India Meetup Bounty #2 is LIVE - @ZcashIND

• A small milestone, but an important one. 🦓🇮🇳 - @ZcashIND

• If you want to experience the @Zcash network more closely and build your own infrastructure, Zakura offers a strong starting point - @ZcashIND

• Our video challenge is still on - @ZcashEastAfrica

• Good Morning August, We went hard in July - @ZcashEastAfrica

• Want to know how much you could have been (or are) worth if you had bought $zec at a specific point in time and held it - @ArtofOrb

• Did someone say .@nym mixnet support!??? $ZEC 😍⤵️ - @ZecHub

• Zcash Shielded News | Vol.30 - @ZecHub

• Learn everything about Zcash the privacy-preserving way - @ZecHub

• Introducing Ztrash, a disposable anonymous email inbox service 📩 - @ZecHub

• In just 7 days 1M+ ZEC has migrated into Ironwood Shielded Pool - @Zcash

• There is a new @free2zcash homepage experience - @Obkevin

• 🎉 Announcing the ZecHub Hackathon 3.0 Winners - @ZecHub

• The ZSA testnet has arrived - @ZecHub

• Zecmap & Zec Market Update - @ZecMap

• Inside Zcash’s Quarter Of Patches And $48M In Reserves - @BSCNews

• 🚨BARRY SILBERT’S FORTITUDE BUYS 12.5 MW NEBRASKA SITE FOR ZCASH MINING

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