Hello, Zcash, privacy & cybersecurity news fans! A new version of the zCat - the Android app was released! Please check if you run the latest version 0.1.10. What is new?
Home screen
The home screen got extended. What can you find here now:
Tor Network
Posibility to reroute app (only zCat app) traffic through Tor. It stays, it should be more stable after clean-up. Unfortunately, some endpoints (websites/data providers) block Tor traffic. The app can get slower and some data will not be possible to fetch :/
ZK Radio
Still here and will stay. Listen to ZK Radio (even with a locked screen). Does not work with the Tor network, tho (I did not find how to redirect it, but maybe in the future).
Price Panel
Mainly Coingecko data. Graph of the price development in the last 7 days, data from different aggregators (Coingecko, Messari, Coincap - Coincap does not work since the API got closed on credit system, it might get removed in the future).
DeFi Panel
A brief overview of DeFi products that support Zcash. For now only Rhea Finance and Maya Protocol. Works based on sniffed (tracked through browser) calls. It might be questionable how long it will work but that's valid even for official APIs too (many such cases, especially with DeFi projects).
News
News from cyber security and Zcash. Depends on what you select to track.
Free2Z
Aha! Now you can track all the latest articles posted on this (Free2Z) platform, save your favorite ones, or add your favorite creators to track (It did not work with Tor when tested, HTTP-403).
Zcash Forum
Keep track of the recent topics discussed in the Zcash Forum. I do not know if there is an official API, but I guessed this one was sniffed.
ZK Podcast
I did not include an option to listen (because I am not sure if I can do it - shipping fast, thus did not ask for permission, but links to mp3 are public on RSS. Let's see in the future)
Donations
List of selected projects that ask for a contribution from their users and the public. Feed your favorite projects, not washed-up 'celebrities' with useless memecoins.
ZK Podcast
Surprise! Are you curious about ZK? You can check the ZK Podcast about anything ZK-related. List of episodes and links to them, based on the RSS. There is no option to play episodes for now.
Maya Protocol
API calls sniffed from Mayascan (thanks Zerodartz) that works for us. Now you can observe the activity of Zcash through Maya protocol, e.g. liquidity ~ TVL and trading volume. Enjoy while it lasts.
Free2Z latest articles
Based on feedback from SheEmprende. You can track the latest articles posted here by anyone from the zCat app. It was limited before to track per creator (you can create a section in the app). Try to let me know how you like/hate it.
Smaller bug fixes
Ha, always this...
Tor stabilization
Vibecoding sucks, initial implementation was done together with AI, then adjusted, then completely removed and rewritten. Now it should work 'better'. For anyone curious how I use (used - adapted lately again) it you can have a look here.
Layout issues
Graphs for DeFi projects were adapted with some labels, here and there some paddings, etc. Probably there will be more missed, you can report to me when you find some.
tl;dr
- Added more panels to the home screen
- Added tracking of Maya protocol
- Added episode list of ZK Podcast
- Added tracking of recent posts on Free2Z
Conclusion
It was looooong 4 days, tired. Read the post :) Future improvmenets? No idea now. I wish you to have a great monday, especially to all 14 users who updated to 0.1.9 (Google play data) :D