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Network Stats | May 24 - 31st Transfer Count: 112,986O: 23,716S: 3191T: 86,079 Transaction Count: 48060O: 9397S: 1635T: 37,537 Net Flow (+OUT,-IN)O: 30227S: 1367 Chain Supply (ZEC): 16,742,312O: 4,496,614S: 591,847T: 11,588,069SP: 25,409Lockbox: 40,371 Total Shielded Supply: 5,154,243 Node Count: 217Zebrad: 171Zcashd: 46

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Zcash Updates ⓩ

ZODL, Zcash Foundation & Shielded Labs 🛠️

• Zebra 4.5.0 is out. This release fixes multiple security vulnerabilities across consensus and networking. - @ZcashFoundation

• ZODL 3.5.0: Vote with Your ZEC - @zodl_app

• Zcash dynamic fees, Now! - @shieldedmark

• Join the growing list of businesses accepting Zcash - @Zcash

• Zcash Ecosystem May 2026 - @jswihart

• A new onboarding method, applied to the Zcash stack at ZODL - @dwilliemd

• We’ve noticed timeouts using stardust.rest servers and have informed the operator. - @zodl_support

• Polling on the 10th, but you need to have your funds in @zodl_app (or zodl+keystone) by the first to be eligible to vote them. - @jswihart

• Zcash Dynamic Fees, Now! Better UX for users, and a stronger security budget for Zcash - @zooko

• This is false. Zcash is not “banned” in the EU. - @paulbrigner

• Zcash Arborist Call May 28, 2026 | recording on YouTube - @ZcashFoundation

• Crosslink Feature Net: Reflections on the First Six Weeks - @aquietinvestor

• It’s gonna be a big era - @ShieldedLabs

• Thriving in Chaos. ZODL update - @joshs

Zcash Community Grants 🏛️

• Zcash Community Grants Meeting Minutes 05/25/2026 — ZCG

• red·bridge is a decentralized bridge between Zcash and the rest of crypto, with development sponsored by Zcash Community Grants and Avalanche Foundation, launching over Q3 and Q4 of 2026.” - @ZcasCommGrants

• ZCG is closing its Vulnerability Bounty Program today. - @ZcasCommGrants

• Grant Application - Aweb Zcash Private Agent Receipts - @manfromnowhere

• Zcash Developer Relations Engineer | May 2026 - @Pacu

• Alternative Review Plan and Milestone Restructuring: Halo 2 / Orchard Lean 4 FV - @isurvivable

• Zebra Coverage-Guided Fuzzing Infrastructure | Milestone 1 - Final delivery - @robustfengbin

• A second monthly update on Berlin Blockchain Week - @readymouse

• Zcash Brazil 2026 | We are thrilled to announce that we have achieved our 05 milestone. - @Michae2xl

• Quick update on what landed last week - @white_rabbit

• Zcash Community Grants Milestone 5 Report (May 2026) - @ryan.taylor

• Rhea-finance-zcash-gateway (browser-wallet+cross-chain defi) | here is the report for milestone 3 - @noir_wallet

• Mastering Zcash Video Series | Bi-weekly update - @maxdesalle

• May 2026 - ZcashArabia: Collaboration with ZecHub - @ZArabia

• Grant Application - Chain-Agnostic Cross-Chain Atomic Swaps - @polycrypt

• Zaino Unchained - @zancas

• Zcash Ghana | May 2026 Report - @ogasky

• zainod 0.3.1 – 2026-05-25 Net Change: (+16,313 -13,744) -@zancas

• SAIHM-Zcash Shielded-Identity Adapter - @SAIHM

Community Projects 🌐

• Tachyon redesigns the architecture of shielded payments by separating cryptographic state from payment logic. - @TachyonZcash

• Zcash Z3 update May 29th - @pacu

• Zcon Voices 2 - Getting Started

• Learn how to do a Shielded Swap from $ETH to $ZEC using @leodexio and @vizorwallet 🛡️ - @ZecHub

• Zcash self-custody just got bulletproof - @keystonewallet

• The Jon Sarkin Estate now accepts Zcash. Not crypto; Zcash. - @jonsarkin

• I’m pleased to announce that I’ll be a speaker at Zcon Vozes 2! - @castacrypto

• Big news! 🤝 ZecMap is partnering with @cipherpay_app . Zcash is becoming more accessible for physical businesses worldwide. - @ZecMap

• .@arjunkhemani on why “compliant privacy” is an oxymoron - @cypherpunk

• JUST IN: @KeystoneWallet just shipped Shamir backups for Zcash. - @cypherpunk

• Gradual adoption process - @ZecMap

• In response to feedback from end users, we felt it was necessary to make this clarification. - @ZecMap

• The latest Zcash Arborist Call featured important discussions on infrastructure, scalability, privacy, and long-term sustainability. - @ZcashNigeria

• Join us for the Zcash Meetup Lagos to talk all things Web3, financial freedom, and shielded transactions! 🛡️⚡ 📅 Thursday, 11th June 2026 - @Glow_Meta

• @zodl_app just fixed that. the latest update ships the first shielded coinholder polling feature built directly into the wallet. now you can cast your vote in simple steps - @CQ_Elzz

• ZecHub will be taking a supporting role as red·bridge guardian/validator node operators! - @ZecHub

• Zcash Engineering Office Hours #11 - @zcashbrazil

• ZecHub DAO Proposal A149 has passed - @ZecHub

• ZecHub Hackathon 3.0 Is Live! - @ZecHub

• Join the Zcash Discord Community - @ZecHub

• Zcash Engineering Office Hours picking up where we left off last week - @shieldedmark

• #CodeZ All the open source code around @Zcash in one place. Unstoppable public code for unstoppable private money. - @jenkin27

• Zcash is the one thing in crypto you can explain to your non-crypto friends and they immediately agree with you. - @k6nb4k

• Zcash has the potential to be the most attractive place to build for the best developers, researchers, and security engineers in the world - @followjason

• If Zcash becomes the unit of account, the value of the global economy should be orders of magnitude larger than a surveilled panopticon. - @Zpartanll7

• A lot of security fixes in this one, from a large number of contributors. Way to go, Zcash Foundation and contributors!! - @zooko

• I am so glad how fast this has been developed, kudos to @zkDragon , team and the whole ZODL team :) - @bajpaiharsh244

• “ZCG #307 — Cross-implementation conformance test suite for Zcash ZIPs” - @zooko

• Privacy is going mainstream at Network School - @andr9froes

• Zcash: Hard Money for a Private World - @arjunkhemani

• One of the biggest criticisms of coinholder voting was that it was too difficult for the average person to participate in. - @arjunkhemani

• Privacy is that shelter, the room with the curtains drawn, where a person runs the first rounds of criticism alone - @arjunkhemani

• Are you a Zcash-Alligned org? Help us launch by running a node! - @rbrassociation

• Tomorrow at 14:00 UTC, the Crypto News 🛰️broadcast will be streamed live here on X and🛡 ZK Radio - @zkradioz

• #Zcash 360° will be broadcast on YouTube and rebroadcast by @zkradioz — ZK Radio

• Zcash Node in Spanish. - @zkradioz

• A new patch, something went wrong in latest release Zebra 4.5.1 - @jenkin27

• This also means you can now buy #VVV directly with shielded #ZEC. Private AI and Private Money - @jonshapeshift

• Holding a social meetup this Thursday in Cambridge. Come on by! - @bostonzcash

• Crosslink Feature Net: Reflections on the First Six Weeks - @aquietinvestor

• Zcash as MoE is already real, useful, and wildly undervalued. - @agzt_111

• Great forward-thinking by @ShieldedLabs on #Zcash transaction fees - @mrkit2u

• More merchants accept ZEC → more reasons to hold ZEC → more people hold ZEC → more merchants accept ZEC. - @k6nb4k

• Want to thank all the node runners - @dismad8

• 1 $ZEC up for grab - @dismad8

• Tomorrow I will be at the @Zcash event - Zcon Vozes 2 Time to network with the @zcashbrazil team and present my project for the ZecHub Hackathon - @EdCriptoFi

• small demo on or poker game with #zcash multisigs, working now with frost 2of3 multisig escrows - @zafuwallet

• Why aren’t you running a node? - @followjason

• Want to see change in the Zcash ecoystem? This your chance to make a difference - @dismad8

• Every new pin on the map is one more reason to hold ZEC. - @cipherpay_app

• What is Zcash - @dismad

• Most chains are ‘thinking about’ quantum. $ZEC ships it in June. - @seams5s

• Enter Zcash (ZEC): the closest approximation to physical cash on the digital web - @lootx001

• On Zcash you have 2 choices: transparent addresses (like Bitcoin) and shielded addresses (full privacy with zk-SNARKs) - @lookatprivacy

• Zcash has returned a 9x profit over the past year - @BSCNews

• The most bullish new information for Zcash today came from the SEC. - @zenditchad

• If this isn’t a reason to own zcash I dont know what is. If they can seize their wallets they can seize yours - @montclairclub

• Zcash + NEAR Chain Abstraction. Native ZECFi in one seamless app. - @NEARProtocol

• the sec is publicly bullposting privacy - @mert

• Back in October, @jswihart explained why Zcash exists and why it started with Bitcoin - @therollupco

• In the world of store of value, there was only one really. But now we’ve got another one: @Zcash - Bitcoin with privacy. - @kevinwshpod

• Zcash swags are hitting - @michael2xl

• Dev fund can make Zcash Top 2, Top 1 in few years. - @michael2xl

• Private money is a competitive infrastructure. - @michael2xl

• “It’s a very easy trade, it’s Bitcoin with privacy.” ZEC $50k then unit of account. - @MindsFiction

• We are at full capacity already. Excited to meet you all today to talk about ZCash with @akhtariev. - @peerbase_

• Cash App to near(dot)com to Zcash in seconds Unbelievably smooth - @kendaiic

• Confirmed speaker at the TokenNation stage! - @tokennation_io

• Full talk from @MariusMargulus at zkSummit is on YouTube- @TachyonZcash

• ZecMap wants community feedback - @ZecMap

• Based on recent feedback from the community, ZecMap has decided to include all merchants that accept Zcash payments via Flexa on the map. - @ZecMap

• We’re continuously improving based on feedback. More exciting and great updates will be coming soon.⚡️ - @ZecMap

• We have created a new Telegram group. To join, please visit: t.me/ZecMap - @ZecMap

• Have you already registered your business, company, or venture on @ZecMap? - @yoditarzk

• At the IBW event, we’re thinking about having a friend in a zebra costume at the Zcash booth to attract more people - @batuzec

• Privacy isn’t about having something to hide. Closing your door doesn’t make you guilty. - @batuzec

• Technical development is the heart of the project, and #Zcash is evolving at an unstoppable pace! -@batuzec

• Soon, you’ll be able to find businesses near you that directly accept #Zcash while enjoying your coffee or grabbing an ice cream. - @batuzec

• Encrypted Bitcoin.” This is the best way to describe Zcash - @batuzec

• 76 million $$$ worth of ZEC to be distributed in retroactive grants, controlled by anonymous on-chain coin-voting. - @zooko

• Noir Wallet is now live on public mainnet and listed on Chrome Web Store. Powered by @zcash🛡️ — privacy by default, - @noir_wallet

• Zaino continues to advance the Zcashd deprecation effort, with most Block Explorer RPC milestones now completed. - @ZcashNigeria

• I recently hosted a Zcash meetup focused on privacy, education, and onboarding more people into the Zcash ecosystem. - @thefrakal

• Today is the last day to participate in @ZcashIND Bounty. - ZcashIND

• This is my entry into @ZcashIND Zcash video bounty. - @NFA_WIN

• 🛡️Update Applied — Noir Wallet v1.0.3 → v1.0.18 - @noir_wallet

• Upcoming Update v1.0.20 will be published on 2nd June - @noir_wallet

• we don’t realize who Zooko is! he created Zcash and spoke with Satoshi - @yoshi_v1

• Noir brings @Zcash shielded privacy to any network — transact privately, anywhere. -@noir_wallet

• Starting a series of street interviews titled Why Financial Privacy Matters. - @zecwizar

• $ZEC sellers today are what bitcoin sellers were in 2016-17 - @nextiscrypto

• Tachyon Extension could bring programmability to Zcash (timestamped). - @zksquirrel

• Nearly a decade of #Zcash. Hundreds of Zcon presentations. Which 25 matter most? - @ZkAv_Club

• Most open-source developers don’t get paid. If you love a project, fund the people who created it.- @ZkAv_Club

• Join us for the official opening party of Blockspäti Berlin 2026. - @joinwebzero

• Zcash on Shopify. This is what checkout looks like. - @cipherpay

• Confirmed: LeoDex is the first web app to fully support shielded ZEC - @khalkas

• From shielded ZEC to paying a merchant privately in 15 seconds - @khalkas

• ICYMI @ZecHub posted a recording of our space today - @khalkas

• We just shipped LeoDex’s Support Hub - @leodexio

• Zcash is generating more fees than Ethereum- @leodexio

• Does $ZEC deserve a higher price? - @Bsnkleds

• The Crazy Security Behind the Birth of Zcash - @cypherpunk

• The great thing about Zcash is that there are 24/7 ads for it. - @cypherpunk

• BREAKING: @Gemini just enabled ZEC margin trading, go long or short with up to 3.33x leverage - @cypherpunk

• BREAKING: @noir_wallet, a new Zcash Chrome extension wallet, is now live on mainnet. - @cypherpunk

• .@cryptohayes: “Zcash is my second biggest bag.” - @cypherpunk

• BREAKING: @zechub’s new hackathon is live, lasts 51 days with 5 tracks and 25 ZEC in prizes. - @cypherpunk

• This is the power of decentralized cryptography. With Zcash, you don’t have to trust anyone that your data is actually private. - @cypherpunk

• Zcash has a 10-year head start on privacy. - @cypherpunk

  If ZEC is to become a store of value for billions of people, they should also be able to trust it.- @cypherpunk

• Big milestone for Zcash governance! Shielded coinholder polling has been integrated directly into zodl app - @tonymargarit

• “With the popularity of Zashi (now @zodl_app) where I can hold shielded Zcash on a nice app, pair that with a @KeystoneWallet... this is a great user experience. - @tonymargarit

• I bought more $ZEC this morning - @Austin_Federa

• you can now use your zec to cast private votes on protocol features 1 zec = 1 vote - @mert

• if you have transparent zec, download @zodl_app, move it there, and shield it then vote - @mert

• One low hanging catalyst is that most of the Zec in hardware wallets are transparent because ledger does not support shielding yet well, they are adding it now - @mert

• privacy is similar to decentralization in that pursuing it for its own sake is not effective. it must enable something tangible - @mert

• Privacy-first. Air-gapped. Universal. $ZEC holders, this one’s built for you! - @keystonewallet

• If you hold Zec this one is for you - @keystonewallet

• New to Zcash? Start simple by managing transparent ZEC straight from the Nexus app. - @keystonewallet

• Zcash on KeepKey — developer preview - @ezecZshield

• Zcash is unstoppable money. - @will_mcevoy

• The need for Zcash has never been greater - @will_mcevoy

• What’s beautiful about the Zcash is everyone gets it - @will_mcevoy

• Cypherpunk advisor @arjunkhemani on why privacy matters even more in the AI era - @will_mcevoy

• .@ebfull on why Zcash has never needed a privacy upgrade - @will_mcevoy

• Surveillance is the default. Zcash is the exit. - @will_mcevo

• Mert on what most of crypto missed about Zcash - @will_mcevo

• TIL the Zcash protocol spec has a dark mode - @craftsoldier

• Our May #Zcash summary is now available on YouTube - @zcastEsp

• We’re about to get started! Join us on day 1 of #ZcastRecap talking about the Barcelona Cypher conference - @zcastEsp

• Now we talk about #Linux, privacy and security. - @zcastEsp

• We must use and support the privacy ecosystem - @zcastEsp

• Privacy is not a lost battle.- @zcastEsp

• The May Summary from @ZcastEsp is about to begin! Catch up with the Zcash podcast in Spanish. - @yoditarzk

• Are they watching us on the #ZcastRecap for May?- @zcastEsp

• In April #Zcash arrived on Robin Hood. And we explained it to you in our episode - @zcastEsp

• A new hackathon from @ZecHub! Spread the word! - @zcastEsp

• Thank you, @zcashbrazil! A very important security warning. And we explain it to you in this episode - @zcastEsp

• Today! See you in the Zcash 360º episode - @zcastEsp

• What real impact does a node have within #Zcash? - @zcastEsp

• When we talk about financial privacy, we’re also talking about infrastructure. 🛡️ - @zcastEsp

• At #ZcastESP we believe that learning about nodes, wallets, and decentralization is also part of strengthening the community. - @zcastEsp

• Each connected node shares information with other nodes around the world. - @zcastEsp

• We’re live! Talking about the #Zcash Spanish-speaking community node. - @zcastEsp

• From the #ZcashEnEspañol community, we made a recap of your event. Spectacular! - @gordonesTV

• We are live now - @ZingoLabs

• Want to learn how to use #ZingoWallet step by step? - @ZingoLabs

• Prefer a desktop? ZingoPC continues to be developed to expand the options within the ecosystem - @ZingoLabs

• Zingo Labs continues to develop tools focused on financial freedom and digital privacy. - @ZingoLabs

• Available for iOS and Android. #ZingoWallet aims to make financial privacy accessible to more people - @ZingoLabs

• ZingoWallet makes using financial privacy much simpler. Install, sync, and start using your wallet in minutes - @ZingoLabs

• Protect your privacy with @nym - @ZingoLabs

• New version of #ZingoPC available. Now with support for Zcash Names (ZNS) - @ZingoLabs

• Some features of #ZingoWallet: Unified addresses, Private memos, Contacts, Automatic syncing and Built-in privacy- @ZingoLabs

• Follow the latest news and developments of #ZingoWallet on its official channels - @ZingoLabs

• Swaps are live in Vizor. Move in and out of ZEC, right from your wallet. - @vizorwallet

• Vizor is now on Windows. Linux too. The penguin insisted. - @vizorwallet

• S/O to Zebra for getting these in. All RPC’s please update, lots of fixes in! - @zkDragon

• Huge milestone! You’ll be able to privately vote from the wallets! Try it out on the NU7 scope vote June 10th! - @zkDragon

• Why is there such a big Hyperliquid <> Binance funding rate arb on ZEC? - @zkDragon

• Zodl 3.5.0 is now live! - @ZcashTR

• We wish that Kurban Bayramı brings peace to hearts, abundance to homes, and happiness to your life. - @ZcashTR

• Important development for the Zcash ecosystem: red·bridge is gearing up for its official launch process. - @ZcashTR

• Zcash Core Update (Including R&D) - @ZcashTR

• ZODL Weekly Update - @ZcashTR

• Critical Threshold Surpassed in Zcash Infrastructure - @ZcashTR

• Zcon Voices 2 TODAY - 05/30 starting at 10am at FIAP | Paulista, 3rd floor - @zcashbrazil

• Zebra node 4.5.0 is now available. This version fixes several security vulnerabilities related to consensus and the network.- @zcashbrazil

• Shielded Magazine #20 - @zcashbrazil

• The future of technology is built with education and privacy. - @zcashbrazil

• ZEC Trivia is the most fun way to test your knowledge about Zcash! - @zcashbrazil

• ZONA Z 🧠 - Edition #39 with @AAmandita_ Financial Surveillance - Understand the Impacts and Protect Your Financial Future - @zcashbrazil

• “The era of privacy has begun” @castacrypto and @michael2xl discuss narratives, market, and the new crypto cycle. - @zcashbrazil

• We are pleased to announce that Zcash Brazil will support Red·bridge, a decentralized bridge between Zcash and the crypto market, as a Node operator/support. - @zcashbrazil

• Shield your money - @zcashbrazil

• Recent Crosslink releases introduced BFT peer discovery and improved network visibility tools. - @ZcashNigeria

• Shielded Labs will host its next Office Hours session on June 2 at 15:00 UTC - @ZcashNigeria

• Crosslink testing has already surfaced valuable insights. - @ZcashNigeria

• Shielded Labs is wrapping up key Network Sustainability Mechanism (NSM) development work - @ZcashNigeria

• Zcash Shielded Assets (ZSA) development continues to advance, with QEDIT refining Orchard validation logic - @ZcashNigeria

• The next major milestone is achieving full lightwalletd parity in upcoming Zaino releases. - @ZcashNigeria

• Here’s my short explainer on Zcash, privacy, and zk-SNARKs, made beginner-friendly for anyone entering Web3. - @tushar1962005

• Here’s my explainer video about Zcash, privacy, and ZK proofs. - @0xsalsa

• Privacy is not about secrecy. It’s about freedom, security, and ownership of your personal data. - @ZcashIND

• The upcoming #RedBridge initiative - @ZcashGH

• Huge shout-out to @ZcashGH for hosting and sponsoring an amazing event in Kumasi, Ghana - @iam_t_money

• This is a short video of the Zcash Privacy Day - @ZcashGH

• Protect your privacy with Nym VPN - @ZingoLabEsp

• One of the things we love is the possibility of sponsoring the #ClubesZcash. It’s an opportunity to connect technological development with the community. - @ZingoLabEsp

• Do you know what Ztips are? - @ZingoLabEsp

• Thank you to the entire community that continues to support, test, and share #ZingoWallet - @ZingoLabEsp

• Follow the latest news and developments of #ZingoWallet from its official channels - @ZingoLabEsp

• Surveillance and the extraction of data and metadata have intensified in recent years. This generates various dangers to our privacy. - @ZingoLabEsp

• Privacy is not about hiding. It’s your right to share only what you decide. - @ZingoLabEsp

• Zingo! supports all types of transactions: transparent, shielded, and unified. - @ZingoLabEsp

• zingo-pc-2.0.16-153 - @ZingoLabEsp

• Remember that at the start of each month we have a summary of everything that happened during the previous month in Zingo! - @ZingoLabEsp

• Would you like to discover everything Zingo🍃 has to offer you? - @ZingoLabEsp

• The Zcash engineering team continues its educational series - @ZcashArabia

• Zcash Protocol Development Meeting Recording Now Available - @ZcashArabia

• Collaboration with Nym to integrate more private transport protocols in the future. - @ZcashArabia

• Dynamic Fees in Zcash from @ShieldedLabs A new fee system that gives users faster transactions and greater flexibility - @ZcashArabia

• The Arab Zcash community is pleased to announce its support for the Red·bridge project as a node operator - @ZcashArabia

• Zcash Updates .... Each update built upon the previous one to deliver a more secure, private, and efficient Zcash network - @ZcashArabia

• Blessed Eid al-Adha 🌙 As is customary in our beautiful Arab culture to exchange Eidi, we have launched the “Eidi” event 🎁 presented by the Arab Zcash Community, with a chance to win distinctive physical prizes! - @ZcashArabia

• We are thrilled to announce the launch of new sections in the Arabic Zcash Academy. @ZcashArabia

• You can’t build on what you don’t understand. For Session 3 of the Zcash Developer Workshop, we’re bringing in a special guest - @thedrekal

• Does Zcash have a backdoor? - @InsideZcash

• ZEC: privacy at the asset layer. Confidential Intents: privacy at the execution layer. - @NEARProtocol

• what just started as a simple appearance at KBCC 2026 has led us to the point of hosting our first meetup. - @ZcashEastAfrica

• So nobody bought pizza with 10,000 $ZEC . But how will you know? You can’t! We’re shielded with Zcash 🛡️😂 - @ZcashEastAfrica

• these are a few pictures from the event - @ZcashEastAfrica

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