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Network Stats | January 11th - 18th Transfer Count: 109,249O: 18,802 S: 2981T: 87,466 Transaction Count: 46,782 O: 7242S: 1561T: 38,183 Net Flow (+OUT,-IN)O: -52,539S: 1370 Chain Supply (ZEC): 16,492,076O: 4,280,246S: 621,047T: 11,565,301SP: 25,481Lockbox: 11,753 Total Shielded Supply: 4,926,775 Node Count: 138Zebrad: 53Zcashd: 85

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Zcash Updates ⓩ

ECC, Zcash Foundation & Shielded Labs 🛠️

• Registration Period for Coinholders: Protocol Feature Sentiment Poll

• Notice Concluding SEC Investigation - @ZcashFoundation

• ZF has launched five new DNS seeders in the U.S. and Europe - @ZcashFoundation

• A message from the Bootstrap board

• Zcash: Privacy as a Normal Property of Money - @MattBreen13

• Zcash in 2026 is going to be 🔥 More to come - @jswihart

• Zashi is still fully supported by the team that brought it to life. - @jswihart

Zcash Community Grants 🏛️

• Update on Zcash Shielded support in Ledger Wallet and Ledger devices

• Update: ZSAs in NU7, H2 2025 Extension

• [RFC] Order out of Chaos: A Neutral Verification Layer for Zcash

• New Release: ZGo + Zebra

• Grant Application - Wizverse Game

• Grant Application: Chain.Love - Ecosystem marketplace

• [Revised] Proposal: Zec-Go, An Alternative, Independent Zcash Full Node Client

• Grant Application - Zcash Block Explorer by Routescan

• Grant Application - Marketing + Workshops at Global Conferences Update

• Grant Application - Zebra State Snapshot And Fast Sync Infrastructure

• Grant Application - Zk-CosmWasm: A Programmable Selective Disclosure WebAssembly Smart Contract Virtual Machine

• Grant Application - Privacy-Preserving ZEC Payments for Autonomous AI Agents

Community Projects 🌐

• Cake Wallet launches Zcash support - Community Forum

• Zcash has officially joined the Cake family - @cakewallet

• NU7 Sentiment Polling and ZIP Submission Window

• I’ve passed the ZEC torch to @nextiscrypto, using Cake of course - Vikrantnyc

• Web3Privacy now Awards are live! Favourite pro-privacy project: + @Zcash - @web3privacy

• Zcash testnet support is now live in Brave Wallet with v1.86 for desktop - @brave

• ZSTASH:Zcash Desktop Wallet - @thefrankbraun

• Mastering Zcash - Maxime Desalle

• Shielding ZEC, Unlocking Zcash’s Full Potential - @CQ_Elzz

• Help test a new web store that exclusively accepts #Zcash! - @aarnott

• Just finished the 3 hour ZEC Arjun Khemani podcast with Zooko, Nate and Sean Bowe - @CraigSalm

• An interview with Kris Nuttycombe Z|ECC Summit - ZecHub

• The Third Pillar of Digital Gold - gluk64

• I really enjoyed presenting the nym mixnet and thanks to the community for all their support. - Harry Halpin

• Zashi will not be captured This is a call to arms. Pay attention - PeacemongerZ

• Zcash Discord now has more than 5000 Members 🧡- @ZecHub

• Zcash Operators Nodes Update - Community Forum

• Big News for Privacy Lovers. @cakewallet launches @Zcash support - CJFrankie

• Also, it includes full shielding support for Zcash! Get in there! - @zooko

• 3 years ago, the @ZcashFoundation AV Club was born ⚡️🛡️🎉 - @ZkAv_Club

• ZecHub also plays a key role in onboarding contributors - @thedrekal

• Zcash Protocol R&D updates from the most recent Arborist Call #116 - @ZecHub

• 4.9M $ZEC is now shielded, - @CQ_Elzz

• The Zcash Web Wallets you have to try out! 📥 - @ZecHub

• @harryhalpin is NYM-pilling Zcash devs - @nate_zec

• Love Zcash - @EliBenSasson

• Decrypt your Zcash memos without trusting anyone. - @cipherscan_app

• Privacy is normal - @michael2xl

• True Alpha: A journey beyond the financial. Livestream - @zcashbrazil

• ZEC Insider | Call Comunitária 15th Jan - @zcashbrazil

• Zcash is safer and better. - @EliBenSasson

• Cake wallet adds Zcash support as it expands beyond its Monero roots - @TheBlock__

• Premiere of Zcash Magazine #01 by the Zcash Brasil community!

• Zcash x PrivacyWomen meetup 17th January - @ZcashTR

• 🍰 Zcash is officially in the Cake Wallet family! - @ZcashTR

• Today we are celebrating!!! 3 years Anniversary of ZKAV Club - @zkradioz

• Come join another edition of Privacy Hour, our monthly Spaces in partnership with @zcashbrazil - @NymPortugues

• NEW: Zcash Foundation says SEC has closed investigation without enforcement action, - @CoinDesk

• Cryptocurrencies have long operated under the premise that we must choose between regulatory compliance and privacy.. - @zcashesp

• Ledger will start supporting Shielded Zcash very soon. - @Anonymist

• The interest in ZEC and Privacy seems like it came out of nowhere, but more likely, it’s the result of a few elements coming together. - @EliBenSasson

• Thoughts on Zashi - @awasunyin

• Privacy no be luxury but na necessity for Nigerians and na why Privacy na the way for Nigerians 🇳🇬 - @ZcashNigeria

• Vitalik Buterin on privacy, and why $ZEC was the turning point: - @Anonymist

• We rebroadcast through the Zcash Spanish Telegram community, Discord, and of course on ZKRadio.. - @zkradioz

• Are you familiar with the relationship between the #crypto world and #community building? - @zkradioz

• The @zcashesp community workshops are now a reality! - @gordonesTV

• Bullish on Zcash because we have builders like @jswihart - @genzcash

• What are the Zcash features and tools that you are most optimistic about for 2026?? - @zcashbrazil

• Let the say we went mad publicly fighting for something we believe in Zashi Mode- @txds_

• zcash is bigger than zashi - Sacha

• 👀 Shield your $ZEC 🛡 - @Mindmovesme

• What is Zcash? - @mineZcash

• Preparing everything we will share with you this 2026 - @ZcastEsp

• Zcash (ZEC) adoption via NEAR Intents continues to grow - @near_intents

Image of the week 😊

Anonymist 🛡️@Anonymist

And all the while. The $ZEC Shielded Pools continue to grow…

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Jobs in the Ecosystem

• Dework Tasks posted every Monday - ZecHub