Favour4712 · Oct 3, 2026 · Oct 10, 2026 · Oct 10, 2026 · Oct 10, 2026 · Oct 10, 2026
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+# Zcash Ecosystem Digest | October 3rd
+
+Zebra 6.4.2 Emergency Release, Zebra 7.0.0-rc.0 Brings NU7 to Testnet, Zakura 1.6.0 Adds NU7 Testnet Support, Zebra NU7 Code-Complete, 4M+ ZEC Now Secured by Ironwood, Shielded Labs Launches Epoch, ZEC Pool Live on THORChain, Tachyon × Zakura Common, Gemini Moves Zcash Infra to Zakura, Coinbase Adds ZEC Borrow, Grayscale Executes ZCSH 3-for-1 Split, zkSNARKs Launches ZECATHON $100K Hackathon, Valour Lists ZEC ETP in Sweden, Noir Protocol Announced, CipherScan Becomes ZecBlock, OpenZcash Monthly Debuts, ZecHub September Report, Zcash Arabia First Syria Meetup, Zcash India Nagpur Connect + Mumbai Zcash World, Q3 Retroactive Grants Results Posted — ZODL Grant Approved!
+
+Curated by [Favour Abidoye](https://x.com/FavourAbidoye)
+
+---
+
+# Zcash Updates ⓩ
+
+### ZODL, Valar Group, Zcash Foundation & Shielded Labs 🛠️
+
+* [Zebra 6.4.2 is an emergency security release - @ZcashFoundation](https://x.com/ZcashFoundation/status/2104629951710248991)
+* [Zebra 6.4.2: Emergency Fix for a Remotely Triggerable Crash](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zebra-6-4-2-emergency-fix-for-a-remotely-triggerable-crash/57872)
+* [The recording of yesterday's Zcash Arborist Call is live! - @ZcashFoundation](https://x.com/ZcashFoundation/status/2105964584746057859)
+* [NU7 is now code-complete in Zebra - @zodl_co](https://x.com/zodl_co/status/2106007961642422509)
+* [Zebra 7.0.0-rc.0 is here — NU7 arrives on Testnet - @ZcashFoundation](https://x.com/ZcashFoundation/status/2106072648501391820)
+* [Zebra 7.0.0-rc.0: NU7 Arrives on Testnet](https://zfnd.org/zebra-7-0-0-rc-0-nu7-arrives-on-testnet/)
+* [September was an incredible month for Zakura, and for Zcash generally - @ZakuraZcash](https://x.com/ZakuraZcash/status/2105433019142299955)
+* [New Zakura Release: 1.6.0 — Testnet support for NU7 - @ZakuraZcash](https://x.com/ZakuraZcash/status/2105747604030267597)
+* [Zakura 1.6.0](https://zakura.com/announcements/zakura-1-6-0/)
+* [https://zcashinfo.com is now running Zakura! - @FoundryServices](https://x.com/FoundryServices/status/2106052872043663518)
+* [Zcash now has two independent full-node implementations - @Zcash](https://x.com/zcash/status/2106062292010016873)
+* [Zodl 3.15.0 is now available on iOS and Android - @zodl_support](https://x.com/zodl_support/status/2104594394468786454)
+* [Viewing key export is now available on iOS and Android - @zodl_app](https://x.com/zodl_app/status/2104600789352357905)
+* [September was a busy month — Swap, CrossPay, viewing-key export - @zodl_app](https://x.com/zodl_app/status/2105754953855689117)
+* [ZODL September write-up - @zodl_co](https://x.com/zodl_co/status/2105753650635133391)
+* [More than 4 million ZEC, nearly $5.8 billion at today’s prices, is now secured by Ironwood - @zodl_co](https://x.com/zodl_co/status/2105401426209845399)
+* [Zcash coinholders have approved ZODL’s retroactive grant for our Q1–Q2 core protocol work - @zodl_co](https://x.com/zodl_co/status/2105336671327727790)
+* [Introducing Epoch, Shielded Labs’ new research and engineering project - @ShieldedLabs](https://x.com/ShieldedLabs/status/2105702387209937245)
+* [Epoch Phase 1: Research and Design - @ShieldedLabs](https://x.com/ShieldedLabs/status/2106125168737157300)
+* [Zcash is now live on THORChain - @ShieldedLabs](https://x.com/ShieldedLabs/status/2105979365402321120)
+* [The $ZEC pool is now live on THORChain - @THORChain](https://x.com/THORChain/status/2105953209579663448)
+* [Zcash's consensus mechanism is at a crossroads - @ZcashFoundation](https://x.com/ZcashFoundation/status/2105654938621595948)
+* [Introducing OpenZcash Monthly - @openzcash](https://x.com/openzcash/status/2105739919448518700)
+* [September 2026 · OpenZcash Monthly](https://openzcash.org/monthly/2026-09)
+* [Zcash just gave away more than $8m in retroactive grants - @zooko](https://x.com/zooko/status/2105514201917825099)
+* [Last call: Q3 retroactive grants coinholder polling closes today at 20:00 UTC - @zodl_app](https://x.com/zodl_app/status/2104892494081069386)
+* [Private money in motion beats digital gold at rest - @zodl_app](https://x.com/zodl_app/status/2104975741117247752)
+* [We're beginning to integrate Tachyon's cryptography with Zakura Common - @TachyonZcash](https://x.com/TachyonZcash/status/2104557940040741189)
+* [Tachyon grafts a Zcash wallet's state machine over a tree of recursive SNARKs - @TachyonZcash](https://x.com/TachyonZcash/status/2105074960477962332)
+* [Building Tachyon's Proof Tree with Shared Evidence](https://tachyon.z.cash/blog/building-tachyons-proof-tree-with-shared-evidence/)
+* [recursive proofs landing in Zakura - @Zcash](https://x.com/Zcash/status/2104584643286884838)
+* [Gemini now runs Zakura for Zcash - @Gemini](https://x.com/Gemini/status/2105014447597043998)
+* [Gemini Preps for Faster Zcash with Move to Zakura](https://www.gemini.com/blog/gemini-preps-for-faster-zcash-with-move-to-zakura)
+* [Assets you swore you'd never sell: HYPE, ZEC - @coinbase](https://x.com/coinbase/status/2104949378280771873)
+* [Grayscale Executes 3-For-1 Forward Share Split Of Zcash ETF - @BSCNews](https://x.com/BSCNews/status/2105307738863509715)
+* [Project Tachyon is accelerating with Udon - @ShieldedLabs](https://x.com/ShieldedLabs/status/2104967049826935098)
+* [Zcash, folks. It's not rocket science. But it is moon math - @ShieldedLabs](https://x.com/ShieldedLabs/status/2104895623463829727)
+* [Money should be private - @zodl_app](https://x.com/zodl_app/status/2104654099061035109)
+* [Where were you on October 28th, 2016? - @zodl_co](https://x.com/zodl_co/status/2104578991965495427)
+* [DeFi Technologies' Subsidiary @ValourFunds Launches Zcash ETP - @DeFiTechGlobal](https://x.com/DeFiTechGlobal/status/2104921945070579773)
+* [Valour Launches Zcash (ZEC) ETP](https://valour.com/en/newsroom/valour-launches-zcash-zec-etp)
+
+### Zcash Community Grants 🏛️
+
+* [Zcash Community Grants (ZCG) Meeting Minutes 9/28/2026](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zcash-community-grants-zcg-meeting-minutes-9-28-2026/57928)
+* [ZCG application: VaihtoFX shielded ZEC on/off-ramp via M-Pesa and Airtel Money in Kenya](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zcash-community-grants-application-vaihtofx-shielded-zec-on-off-ramp-via-m-pesa-airtel-money-in-kenya/57939)
+* [September 2026 · OpenZcash Operations](https://openzcash.org/monthly/2026-09?publication=operations)
+* [Q3 Coinholder-Directed Retroactive Grants Program RESULTS](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/q3-coinholder-directed-retroactive-grants-program-results/57909)
+* [Coinholder Directed Retroactive Grants results - OpenZcash](https://openzcash.org/coinholders/results)
+* [The Hand of God: what Q3’s coinholder retroactive grants vote tells us](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/the-hand-of-god-what-q3s-coinholder-retroactive-grants-vote-tells-us/57910)
+* [Q3 Coinholder-Directed Retroactive Grants Program Voting Now Open!](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/q3-coinholder-directed-retroactive-grants-program-voting-now-open/57650)
+* [ZODL Q1–Q2 core protocol retroactive grant application](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/retroactive-grant-application-zodl-q1-q2-2026-core-protocol-development/57027)
+* [Join the Zcash workshops - @ZcashCommGrants](https://x.com/ZcashCommGrants/status/2104662430303572436)
+* [3 Zcash workshops coming up for Crypto World's Fair - @colosseum](https://x.com/colosseum/status/2104576989269274635)
+* [Grant Application: Zcash Global Community & Marketing Operations](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/grant-application-zcash-global-community-marketing-operations/57860)
+* [<6 hours left until the Coinholder vote - @JustZappIt](https://x.com/JustZappIt/status/2104980663841558587)
+
+# Community Projects 🌐
+
+* [Here is what we have been up to in September - @ZecHub](https://x.com/ZecHub/status/2105812108592177167)
+* [ZecHub September report](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zechub-2026/53686/63)
+* [Crosslink workshop + fun! - @ZecHub](https://x.com/ZecHub/status/2106098024867123226)
+* [September was a great month for Zcash — OpenZcash and Zarvis - @michael2xl](https://x.com/michael2xl/status/2106044072443994219)
+* [It’s important for your future that you understand Zcash - @balajis](https://x.com/balajis/status/2106110952664142084)
+* [A lot of new people have been joining Zcash recently - @ZecMap](https://x.com/ZecMap/status/2106190297139187889)
+* [Zcash wallet setup guide](https://zecmap.com/zcash-wallet-guide)
+* [Ztreamer is a new heavily optimized indexer and lightwallet protocol - @ZecHub](https://x.com/ZecHub/status/2105637228559114599)
+* [CipherScan is now ZecBlock - @zecblock](https://x.com/zecblock/status/2105650816141128187)
+* [zecblock.com](https://zecblock.com)
+* [So apparently an app on Solana has been giving people tokens backed by ZEC - @zooko](https://x.com/zooko/status/2105044462397485491)
+* [Solana ZEC to Shielded — ZecHub Wiki](https://zechub.wiki/using-zcash/solana-zec-to-shielded)
+* [@ZcashIND Dev Meetup #04 is Live - @ZcashIND](https://x.com/ZcashIND/status/2105232482694009069)
+* [Nagpur showed up for privacy — 192+ at Priyadarshini College - @ZcashIND](https://x.com/ZcashIND/status/2105374687186596157)
+* [Zcash World — Mumbai, 1 November 2026 - @ZcashIND](https://x.com/ZcashIND/status/2105302651105935499)
+* [Zucchini Wallet 0.5.2 released](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zucchini-wallet-0-5-2-released-redesigned-extension-website-payments-and-developer-sdks/57859)
+* [Introducing Noir Protocol](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/introducing-noir-protocol-a-multi-token-economy-and-defi-for-zec-holders-while-zcash-stays-zec-only/57889)
+* [Documentary: Zcash, from Zidelined to Zillions](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/documentary-zcash-from-zidelined-to-zillions/57926)
+* [Who Uses Zcash, and Why Does it Still Matter? - @BSCNews](https://x.com/BSCNews/status/2105237468148900072)
+* [Privacy isn’t about having something to hide - @hardaeborla](https://x.com/hardaeborla/status/2105368308782641439)
+* [zkSNARKS presents ZECATHON — a $ZEC privacy hackathon - @zksnarks_](https://x.com/zksnarks_/status/2104606505177899314)
+* [ZECATHON // TRACKS_ $100K total prizes - @zksnarks_](https://x.com/zksnarks_/status/2104699877011923155)
+* [Kicking off ZECATHON’s Wildcard track with a $5,000 USD bounty - @zksnarks_](https://x.com/zksnarks_/status/2104718302606205130)
+* [thezecathon.com](https://thezecathon.com)
+* [Our Spotlight this Week is @ZecMap - @ZecHub](https://x.com/ZecHub/status/2104568315020562561)
+* [Zpackets are claimable ZEC links you can create using @JustZappit - @ZecHub](https://x.com/ZecHub/status/2104686737696133222)
+* [¡Estamos muy emocionados de hablar sobre Zapp - @JustZappIt](https://x.com/JustZappIt/status/2104987055369666794)
+* [Next NozyWallet drop is built and not released yet — no new download - @Nozywallet](https://x.com/Nozywallet/status/2104628183018439160)
+* [Say hi to Noir Protocol - @noir_wallet](https://x.com/noir_wallet/status/2104951380146610625)
+* [JUST IN: @noir_wallet has announced Noir Protocol - @cypherpunk](https://x.com/cypherpunk/status/2104954111053762692)
+* [we put zakura common under a zcash shielded payment - @saplingdotcash](https://x.com/saplingdotcash/status/2104982947753603202)
+* [We’re back around the fire for another ZEC FIRESIDE conversation with @Kenzo - @zec_forge](https://x.com/zec_forge/status/2104906884662604236)
+* [Less than 30mins before the fireside is lit - @zec_forge](https://x.com/zec_forge/status/2104988435064787372)
+* [ZEC FIRESIDE EPISODE 1 live on YouTube - @zec_forge](https://x.com/zec_forge/status/2104879977070039124)
+* [🇸🇪 Valour has launched a new Zcash (ZEC) ETP - @ZecZcashcom](https://x.com/ZecZcashcom/status/2104989186772054182)
+* [🚨 ZCASH SECURITY ALERT — Zebra 6.4.2 - @ZecZcashcom](https://x.com/ZecZcashcom/status/2104860254643028432)
+* [Shielded Magazine #38 - @zcashbrazil](https://x.com/zcashbrazil/status/2105808211744002528)
+* [Shielded Magazine #38](https://zcashbrazil.substack.com/p/shielded-magazine-38)
+* [ZEC Insider | Chamada da Comunidade Zcash Brasil - @zcashbrazil](https://x.com/zcashbrazil/status/2105794879779737746)
+* [Zebra Talk AO VIVO | 07/10 às 19h - @zcashbrazil](https://x.com/zcashbrazil/status/2106160513289683209)
+* [Protocol Study #9: Hashes, Curves, and PRFs - @zcashbrazil](https://x.com/zcashbrazil/status/2104950685515333731)
+* [Zcash Engineering Office Hours Sessão 9 — 29/09 - @zcashbrazil](https://x.com/zcashbrazil/status/2104632787626053826)
+* [Bootcamp: Intro Zero Knowledge | 30 Sep 15:00–16:00 - @zcashbrazil](https://x.com/zcashbrazil/status/2104990489753567292)
+* [Zona Z Edição #56 com @AAmandita_ - @zcashbrazil](https://x.com/zcashbrazil/status/2104947761011671349)
+* [Turismo Fácil com Blockchain - @zcashbrazil](https://x.com/zcashbrazil/status/2105417689397379327)
+* [Boletín Zcash en Español - Nº 41 - @zcashesp1](https://x.com/zcashesp1/status/2105765016657944648)
+* [Boletín Zcash en Español - Nº 41](https://zcashesp.substack.com/p/boletin-zcash-en-espanol-n-41)
+* [⚠️ ¡ALERTA! ZSAs are experimental - @zcashesp1](https://x.com/zcashesp1/status/2106152999580287458)
+* [Zcash Shielded News | @ZecHub en 🇪🇸 Volumen 37 - @zcashesp1](https://x.com/zcashesp1/status/2104684574143869160)
+* [Resumen del ecosistema Zcash | septiembre 27 - @zcashesp1](https://x.com/zcashesp1/status/2104588372945584197)
+* [Cerramos septiembre con otro episodio de Zcash 360.º - @zcashesp1](https://x.com/zcashesp1/status/2104649593476784636)
+* [ZAPP - Ciclo de Billeteras Zcash 2026 - @zcashesp1](https://x.com/zcashesp1/status/2104912074052710566)
+* [🔴 ¡EN VIVO! TODO lo que ofrece @JustZappIt - @zcashesp1](https://x.com/zcashesp1/status/2105444837785027001)
+* [Conéctate a la Mixnet de @EspanolNym desde @ZingoLabEsp Wallet - @zcashesp1](https://x.com/zcashesp1/status/2104972219457974686)
+* [⚠️ Cuidado con los falsos equipos de soporte en Zcash - @zcashesp1](https://x.com/zcashesp1/status/2105383680512348173)
+* [¿Cómo administrar tus billeteras en @vizorwallet? - @zcashesp1](https://x.com/zcashesp1/status/2105335362327548284)
+* [¿Vives en Europa? Ahora puedes acceder a Zcash a través de SwissBorg - @zcashesp1](https://x.com/zcashesp1/status/2105425707698376902)
+* [Comprar y regalar GiftCards con ZEC ahora es posible con Vizor Wallet - @zcashesp1](https://x.com/zcashesp1/status/2105788850325139908)
+* [Guía zcashto.cash - @zcashesp1](https://x.com/zcashesp1/status/2104621156074692642)
+* [Tachyon’un kriptografisi Zakura Common ile entegre ediliyor - @ZcashTR](https://x.com/ZcashTR/status/2104613418317541626)
+* [Zcash NU7 Testleri Başladı - @ZcashTR](https://x.com/ZcashTR/status/2104590308679835727)
+* [Zodl 3.15.0 iOS ve Android’de yayında - @ZcashTR](https://x.com/ZcashTR/status/2104967878583652695)
+* [Noir Protokolü: ZEC sahipleri için gizlilik odaklı DeFi - @ZcashTR](https://x.com/ZcashTR/status/2105326661151457713)
+* [Zcash Q3 Hibe Sonuçları Açıklandı! - @ZcashTR](https://x.com/ZcashTR/status/2105746103031456142)
+* [The Zcash wallet setup guide is now live - @ZcashTR](https://x.com/ZcashTR/status/2106193255352381885)
+* [اللقطات الأولى من تجمع أعضائنا في سوريا! - @ZcashArabia](https://x.com/ZcashArabia/status/2104879575683747989)
+* [That’s a wrap for the October 1 Zcash Arborist Call! - @ZcashNigeria](https://x.com/ZcashNigeria/status/2106115708585472042)
+* [The Zcash Nigeria Onboarding Program is open - @ZcashNigeria](https://x.com/ZcashNigeria/status/2105399785993732319)
+* [Keeping your $ZEC safe and shielded - @ZcashNigeria](https://x.com/ZcashNigeria/status/2104654864840356033)
+* [Prescribed 100mg of pure Zcash daily - @ZcashNigeria](https://x.com/ZcashNigeria/status/2104653145519317193)
+* [Zebra 6.4.2 Yoruba security alert - @ZcashNigeria](https://x.com/ZcashNigeria/status/2105382804389335371)
+
+# Meme of the week!
+
+* [Don’t be a target. - @SpamFriedRice01](https://x.com/SpamFriedRice01/status/2104616626058604550)
+* [Prescribed 100mg of pure Zcash daily - @ZcashNigeria](https://x.com/ZcashNigeria/status/2104653145519317193)
+
+# Jobs in the Ecosystem
+
+1. [ZecHub Bounties](https://bounties.zechub.wiki/home)
+2. [ZODL Careers](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/zodl)
+3. [ZK AV Club Opportunities](https://zkav.club/opportunities/)