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Network Stats | April 26th - May 3rd Transfer Count: 91,683O: 22,814 S: 2911 T: 65,958  Transaction Count: 38,003 O: 9372S: 1510T: 26,315  Net Flow (+OUT,-IN)O: -7169S: -646 Chain Supply (ZEC): 16,691,704O: 4,529,105S: 599,506T: 11,503,384SP: 25,409Lockbox: 34,298 Total Shielded Supply: 5,188,319 Node Count: 85Zebrad: 53Zcashd: 32

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Zcash Updates ⓩ

ZODL, Zcash Foundation & Shielded Labs 🛠️

• Zcash Foundation Welcomes a New Platform Engineer - @ZcashFoundation

• Zcash Arborist Call 04 - 30 -2026 - @ZcashFoundation

• Zebra 4.4.0 Fixes Critical Security Bugs - @ZcashFoundation

• Search our growing knowledge base for help with @zodl_app’s features: - @@zodl_support

• New Engineer Joins Shielded Labs - @aquietinvestor

• Zcash Z3 updates May 1st - @pacu

Zcash Community Grants 🏛️

• ZCG Earmarks $1M for Zcash Security - @ZcashCommGrants

• ZCG Security & Vulnerability Disclosure Initiative - @ZCG

• Zcash Community Grants Meeting Minutes April 27, 2026 - @ZCG

• ZCG has officially closed applications for representatives at DWeb. - @ZCG

• Retroactive Grant Application: Open-Source Zcash Hardware-Wallet SDK - @white_rabbit

• Retroactive Grant Application: Zafu Wallet - @hitch

• Retroactive Grant Application for expanding Zcash in Unstoppable Wallet: Liquidity, Swaps & Distribution - @Dadybayo

• Grant Application: Zcash Gold Sponsorship Kenya @ KBCC 2026 Activation & Privacy Workshop - @doctoreth

• Grant Application: Using Zcash in an internet freedom crowdfunding campaign - @alsmith

• Grant Application: Rhea Finance – Zcash Gateway (Browser Wallet + Cross-Chain DeFi) (Zcash wallet extension demo.) - @kruzzz-rhea

• A Path Forward for Ledger and Zcash: Current Integration Status - @abhi-ledger

• Grant Application: Zcash University Outreach Initiative – Mexico 2026 (CodeRaiz Proposal) - @savinocalebresi

• Grant Application: Pesa Ya Siri: Making Zcash a Household Name in Tanzania - @clemencedouglas

• Grant Application - Quantir Privacy-Safe Risk Intelligence for Zcash Infrastructure - @Quantir

• Grant Application - Hito Hardware Wallet - Zcash Cold Signing (Orchard) - @hito

• Grant Application: ZcashArabia - (May to September 2026) - @ZArabia

• Bi-weekly Update: Mastering Zcash Video Series - @maxdesalle

• Grant Update: Zebra Coverage-Guided Fuzzing Infrastructure: Month 1 - @robustfengbin

• Zcash Developer Relations Engineer | Executive Summary April 2026 - @pacu

• Zcash Z3 (zcashd deprecation) updates - Pacu

• April 30th Arborist call summary update - @lisa001

• Grant Update: Zcash Community Media Infrastructure & Support | Zk Av Club 2026

• Zcash Brazil | 2026 achieved 04 milestone of 2026 - @Michae2xl

• Zcash Nigeria – Monthly Activity Report - @lisa001

• ZecHub 2026 Monthly Update

• Grant Update: ZcashArabia - Q1 2026 April 2026 - ZcashArabia. - @ZArabia

• Zcash Ghana (April 2026 - June 2026) April Report - @ogasky

• Global Ambassador Elzz April 2026 Report - @elzz-ux

• Grant Application - Grassroots Marketing Team at DWeb Camp APPROVED - @ZCG

• Grant Application - Zcash CIS Educational Media Initiative 2026 APPROVED - @ZCG

• BTCPayServer Multi-Account and 0conf Mempool Notifications APPROVED - @ZCG

Community Projects 🌐

• Zafu Advances Light Client Development - @hitch

• Went to chipotle for another bowl - @Vladcostea

• The Spanish-speaking Zcash community now has its own node! - @gordonesTV

• People seem to forget that ZEC is the best-performing asset in crypto over the last year - @PhilJBonello

• zcash $ZEC is freedom money 🤝 - @wallstreetbets

• Open-source Orchard-based Wallet Service for Enterprises – Looking for Users & Feedback - @robustfengbin

• ZIP 316: Unified Addresses and Unified Viewing Key [ Rev 2 ] discussion - @dismad

• Looking for a specific transaction but can’t find it? - @ZingoLabs

• DWEB Virtual Meetup - @ryan.taylor

• ZecVault, a goal-based savings wallet built on Zcash shielded transactions UPDATE - @gorusys

• Now take the next step: - @UknowZork

• One thing about me… I’ll always appreciate thoughtful gifts 🤭 - @Web3Tems

• From Overwhelming DMs to Active Zcash Contributors: Here’s Your Starting Point - @CQ_Elzz

• Zcash ETF Volume Doubles as Shielded - @TheBlockCo

• Interested to try a new Zcash wallet? - @ZecHub

• In this video, I show you all the features of #ProtonMeet from @ProtonPrivacy - @gordonesTV

• Today, in #Barcelona, the projects @zcash and @Logos_network are coming together to raise awareness about privacy. - @gordonesTV

• AI is a🌶️ topic, learn about Naomi’s perspective on how to manage . Share your insights in the comments below: ⤵️ $ZEC - @ZecHub

• We want to thank all the contributors in April. Here is what we have been up to: ⤵️ $ZEC - @ZecHub

• Sunday reading 📰 - @cipherscan_app

• New on CipherScan: Rich List. - @cipherscan_app

• How NOT to use Zcash: - @cipherscan_app

• If you be Yoruba and you never sabi how to use @zodl_app - @hardaeborla

• The fact that you can send encrypted memos without anyone knowing - @hardaeborla

• My favorite part of @zookopresentation was when he explained @Zcash in layman term using Bitcoin - @hardaeborla

• omw.zcash - @ZcashNames

• 188.114.96.0 is the IP address for http://bitcoin.org. - @ZcashNames

• Today, Zcash enables private payments online, but people hesitate when copy/pasting Zcash addresses across apps or scanning unknown QR codes. - @ZcashNames

• Getting a referral link is simple. It arrives in your inbox after you join the waitlist, where you can also opt in to email updates. - @ZcashNames

• I signed up to @ZcashNames because Zebra Head asked me to and claimed CRYPTOWENDYO.ZCASH - @CryptoWendyO

• Sending and receiving $ZEC will be much easier with @ZcashNames. - @cryptokeeper8

• @ZkAv_Club told me they would pay me for this workshop. I want them to donate that ZEC amount to @ZecHub instead. - @ZkAv_Club

• Digital Self-Defense - @zkradioz

• $ZCSH daily volume more than doubled month-over-month, averaging ~$1.7M in April, per @TheBlockCo - @Grayscale

• The Bloc - @zkradioz

• #Zcash | $ZEC is so private that you can pay anyone who receives BTC, USDC, USDT and they won’t even notice. - @palmarzk

• Arborist Call is live right now on the Zcash Global Discord. Core devs. Protocol R&D. The real thing. - @pedamerico

• Zcash (ZEC) Leads the Charge: Privacy Coin Surges on Rising Volume and Market Momentum - @LunarCrush

• Monero, Zcash and ______ - @unstoppablebyhs

• The super easy process to get shielded Zcash $ZEC: - @zodl_app

• Zcash Social Activity Doubles as Privacy and Quantum Narratives Drive Crypto Buzz - @LunarCrush

• We’ve added Zcash support on @Quicknode⚡ @zodl_app and @near_intents - @Quicknode

• ZEC is freedom money. -@takegreenpill

• This is exactly why we built CipherPay. - @cipherpay_app

• Your AI agent needs a wallet. We built one. - @cipherpay_app

• Your payments are public. Ours aren’t.- @cipherpay_app

• Stripe just launched agent wallets. @cipherpay_app does the same, but with Zcash. - @k6nb4k

• We built this for Zcash. - @cipherpay_app

• 3 things we want to remind you of today: - @ZingoLabs

• Do you know how to protect your ZEC? - @ZingoLabs

• Looking for a powerful and easy-to-use digital wallet for your desktop? Zingo!🍃PC is the answer. - @ZingoLabs

• One of the things we love is the possibility of sponsoring the #ClubesZcash. - @ZingoLabs

• Zcash is the Second Amendment of the digital world. - @arjunkhemani

• Why Zcash is still less than $5k, etc - @cypherpunk

• “In every act of rebellion, the rebel simultaneously experiences a feeling of revulsion at the infringement of his rights and a complete and spontaneous loyalty to certain aspects of himself.” - @cypherpunk

• 🎥 @will__mcevoy tells @jennsanasie his case for $4000 Zcash: - @CoinDesk

• First-ever @ZcashIND offline event ,and it delivered. - @ZcashIND

• Who should have the right to see your financial life? - @Grayscale

• Difficult to ban what you can’t see Zcash $ZEC is freedom money - @BarrySilbert

• ZCASH 360º - EP 52 - @zcashesp

• 🚨 NEW EPISODE - @zcashesp

• What Satoshi failed to achieve with Bitcoin was successfully implemented years later by Zcash. - @zcashesp

• Zcash 2026 Wallet Cycle - Ywallet as a Cold Wallet - @zcashesp

• 🧵1/4 How to use #Zcash? - @zcashesp

• ❓How to View and Save Your Seed Phrase in CakeWallet- @zcashesp

• QEDIT has been developing the Zcash Shielded Assets (ZSA) to offer alternative uses for this network in areas such as DeFi, NFT, private stablecoins, and more. - @zcashesp

• The #ClubZcashBCN Meetup and @Logos_network are about to begin - @ZcastEsp

• We have a new #ZcastLive! - @zcashesp

• “Who Wants to Be Zcasher?”, a fun activity for learning as a community. - @ZcastEsp

• 📣 Zcash Wallets: Zingo Wallet - @zcashesp

• Just as if it were a biblical story brought to our century, in the blockchain there is also a silent confrontation for #Privacy. - @mbbevilacqua

• 🚨 We’re about to start! - @zcashesp

• How to create payment links in @zcashme? - @zcashesp

• In this tutorial, ZecHub shows you how to acquire the services of @MeileDVPN with #Zcash and use them to protect your digital security. - @zcashesp

• ZCG allocates 1 million US dollars to fund rewards for vulnerabilities responsibly disclosed that affect Zcash’s core repositories. 🛡️ - @zcashesp

• 💥 Sponsor Announcement! We’re excited to welcome @Zcash as a Sponsor for #IBW2026! - @IstanbulBlockWk

• Zcash Bulletin in Spanish - No. 36 - @zcashesp

• Now Cipherscan shows the intervals between blocks on the blocks page. - @zcashesp

• Exchanges are now available in the new Ledger wallet, and $ZEC is gaining ground. - @zcashesp

• Cipherscan, the Zcash blockchain explorer, has integrated Zcash Names. - @zcashesp

• 🚨 Version 4.4.0 of Zebra includes fixes for multiple security vulnerabilities, including several critical issues for consensus. We strongly recommend that all node operators update immediately. - @zcashesp

• Swap any asset for $ZEC shielded in less than 5 minutes on CipherScan. - @zcashesp

• The Zcash developers’ meeting covered updates from core teams such as the Zcash Foundation, Shielded Labs, and Zingo Labs, with a focus on: - @ZcashArabia

• Today, ZCG is allocating one million US dollars to fund bug bounty rewards for responsible disclosures of security vulnerabilities that affect Zcash’s core repositories. 🛡️- @ZcashArabia

• The Zcash $ZEC Live Tracker Zectastic.com - @BTCTurtle

• ZEC TRIVIA 🧠 - @zcashbrazil

• In privacy, trust isn’t improvised. It is built into the protocol, into design decisions, and into the work that keeps Zcash solid over time. 🧵 - @zcashbrazil

• ZONA Z 🧠 - Edition #35 with @AAmandita_ - @zcashbrazil

• Shielded Magazine #16📰- @zcashbrazil

• In a world where almost everything tends to become data, protecting your financial life is no exception. - @zcashbrazil

• ZecFi Treasury Update: 05/02/2026 - @zec_fi

• SHIELD YOUR WEALTH - @zec_fi

• Satoshi wanted both messages and anonymity for bitcoin. What if satoshi didnt disappear, just moved onto building Zcash? They wanted messages + anonymity and $ZEC delivers both. - @nextiscrypto

• Zcash Z3 Updates - @ZcashTR

• Tree Care Expert Call | Zcash Protocol Updates Summary 🧵👇 - @ZcashTR

• Zec Map Coming Soon! - @ZecMap

• 🚨 Zebra 4.4.0 Released – Critical Security Update - @ZcashTR

• Zcash Community Grants Committee’s April 27, 2026 meeting notes have been released 🛡️ - @ZcashTR

• Zcash Shielded News | Volume 16 - @ZcashTR

• What is ZcashNames?- @ZcashTR

• Today, ZCG has announced a $1M USD bounty to reward those who discover bugs or vulnerabilities affecting the core Zcash shielded storage protocol, provided they are disclosed responsibly. - @ZcashNigeria

• You said “look for projects using zk-SNARKs” (serious privacy tech), but it sounded like “SK-snacks” to someone not familiar, so they’re out here thinking it’s about food instead of crypto 🤣 - @ZcashNigeria

• ⚙️ Zebra development remains focused on security hardening. - @ZcashNigeria

• The Zcash Ecosystem for this week is now available in Yoruba Language. - @ZcashNigeria

• ⚠️ Accelerated Zcashd deprecation is becoming critical as AI-assisted vulnerability discoveries push teams toward faster, more pragmatic transition strategies. - @ZcashNigeria

• Massive spike in Zcash fully shielded transactions. Biggest since Feb 16th. This is the only notable on-chain news flagged by the engine in the last week (link below). - @jeremiahrogers

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Jobs in the Ecosystem

• Principal Cryptography & Protocol Engineer - Zodl

• Principal Engineer - Zodl

• Principal Engineer, R&D - Zodl

• Senior Mobile QA Lead - Zodl

• Marketing Assistant - Zodl

• Dework Tasks posted every Monday - ZecHub

• ZKAV Club Opportunities