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Network Stats | December 14th - 21st Transfer Count: 111,808 O: 21,701 S: 3364 T: 86,743 Transaction Count: 46,596O: 7313 S: 1728 T: 37,678  Net Flow (+OUT,-IN)O: -7310S: 3560 Chain Supply (ZEC): 16,447,757O: 4,171,300S: 635,904T: 11,614,960SP: 25,591Lockbox: 5710 Total Shielded Supply: 4,832,796 Node Count: 218Zebrad: 89Zcashd: 129

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Zcash Updates ⓩ

ECC, Zcash Foundation & Shielded Labs 🛠️

• Zooko Wilcox speaks at the SEC Crypto Task Force roundtable on financial surveillance and privacy - @PaulBrigner

• Hi — I’m joining @ElectricCoinCo to lead business development - @txds_

• Welcome @jswihart as advisor to Cypherpunk

• I’ve been engaging with regulators and policy makers for 8 years - @jswihart

• What to expect at tomorrow’s PGP (Pretty Good Policy) for Crypto meeting - @PaulBrigner

• The Window — Zcash update

• ZCAP voters made history with the highest turnout ever — election results available

• Now available: Zebra 3.1.0 — stronger Docker support on ARM64/AMD64 - ZcashFoundation

• Zcash Foundation confirms dates and locations for 2026 events

• Alex Bornstein lays out a blueprint for rebuilding digital freedom

• Zcash Foundation Update (Dec 1st – Dec 14th)

Zcash Community Grants 🏛️

• Grant Application — Zcash Community Media Infrastructure & Support | Zk Av Club 2026

• Proposal to switch ZCG elections to Token Holder Voting

• Zcash Global Turkish 2026 Q1-2 Grant Application

• Grant Application - hanh - Maintenance and Improvements to Coin Voting Update

Community Projects 🌐

• Swap into ZEC — No KYC. No Permission. - @Shapeshift

• [Proposal] Trustless Bridging for Zcash - zksync

• Spending encrypted Bitcoin made easy with Zashi Crosspay - @Genzcash

• Zcash Nigeria Campus Connect meetup at ESUT - BlockchainESUT

• ZcashFi by RHEA is now LIVE! - @RheaFinance

• Swaps on Zashi Article - @ChildofPrivacy

• SEC Commissioner Paul Atkins calls public blockchains more transparent than legacy finance - CoinDesk

• Financial Privacy vs Control - Zcash Nigeria

• Thanks to Zcash Brazil for supporting youth sports event - @Millennium_FA

• New Zkool v6.8.1 release

• The Syntax of Sovereignty — why freedom is a battle over truth - @DarklightZ

• Thank you for making the trip, @Zooko. It would be worth it even if you spoke for ten seconds. - @PaulBrigner

• What is @0xmert excited about in Zcash over the next six months? - @Genzcash

• Latest Zcash Protocol R&D updates from Arborist Call #115 - @Zechub

• Zcash + education = real adoption of privacy - Zcash Ukraine

• Join Zcash Ghana for a hands-on Introduction to Zcash Node Setup Dec 21

• Concerns over Orchard outflows after Arkham coverage - ruZcash

• Web3PrivacyNow Privacy Awards 2025 - @LukeMulks x @Brave

• Zcash x Meile dVPN X Space

• How to stay ahead in the $ZEC ecosystem in 2026 - @dismad8

• #12DaysOfZECmas challenge - @CQ_Elzz

• $ZEC works — Zashi connected via public and self-hosted Zebra nodes - @jenkin27

• Having access to your bank doesn’t equal control - @CJfrankie_13

• Zcash events confirmed for 2026 - @ZcashBrazil

• Money that isn't private, is not money. It's a liability- Blockhaus

• Web3Privacy now Awards 2025 - Ying Tong

• Swapped USDT to ZEC anticipating good news - @TraderAndino

• ZEC Insider — Christmas Special - @ZcashBrazil

• RHEA ZcashFi — the new layer of shielded DeFi - Zcash Turkey

• ShapeShift integrates Zcash across all platforms

• Zebra Talk — Privacy and infinite scale: welcome to ZTARKNET - Millenium_FA

• Let's get started! We are waiting for you- ZcashEsp

• TuringBitchain x Zcash Spaces

• Zebra 3.1.0 available — Docker, mempool and RPC improvements - @ZcashEsp

• Introducing Zypherscan: The Privacy-First Blockchain Explorer for Zcash!

• Partner now accepting payments in shielded ZEC - Zcash Ukraine

• Enjoying this pleasant chat about @Zcash with Chema from Tutellus and @gordonesTV from @zcashesp - YoditarX

• Zcash ZSAs need more discussion until it lands or doesnt - Zerodartz

• Who was the man who received the first Bitcoin in history and why is his vision the soul of modern privacy? - @ZcashEsp

• Zcash Nigeria weekly quiz wrapped up

• Zcash stuck in a wallet? Check here! - Zancas

• Zcash Nigeria Zealy Sprint — Merry Zecmas

• Our standards for privacy have been quietly slipping - @naomibrockwell

• ZecWallet Lite users — server migrated to zec.rocks - Zcash Turkey

• Run Zcash like Bitcoin — full node on Raspberry Pi - ruZcash

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