Source code is no longer a moat. Any code can be quickly replicated. For Zcash, 10 years of fair POW distribution cannot be replicated. And now, the software stack on top is shipping and being optimized faster than you can blink.

AI / vibe coding is unlocking amazing velocity. Watch @zodl_co and @zodl_app. With discipline and care, we are building a new foundation for innovation with the highest standards for privacy, security and safety. ZEC in the hands of billions. Cooking.

Yesterday, Ledger shared a version of its app with us and other wallets, along with instructions for sideloading it for testing while it's being audited. @zodl_app will support Ledger once its audit is complete.

So good! @Gemini is the only exchange to support shielded withdrawals, Ironwood. All other exchanges leak the value of your withdrawals, and thus the aggregate value of all the money you've offramped and self-custodied. @Gemini -> 🛡️@Zcash -> @zodl_app 💪

What is often lost in the noise is that there are people working relentlessly to push Zcash forward. Private, trusted, hard money. On the "inside," I get to see it every day. But you can verify it all. The Orchard soundness vulnerability was disclosed to our engineers at 11:53 PM on Friday, May 29. It was fixed in 5 days, requiring both a soft fork and a hard fork. That speed was only possible because the process was already there. Disclosure procedures and coordination channels were already in place. We were prepared. Then we built the new pool, independently audited, with 60 pull requests of machine-checked proofs. We retired zcashd after a decade and rebuilt the stack: Zallet, the new wallet, went from alpha to beta. 146 PRs Zebra was hardened. 296 PRs Zakura was brought to life. 442 PRs librustzcash and the mobile SDKs updated. 460 PRs Indexers were rebuilt. Zodl rebuilt on top. 238 PRs across iOS and Android And not just code. Comms. Coordination. Miner and exchange outreach. To date: 51 people wrote code 1,391 pull requests merged 60 days No weekends Wartime mode. 14 of those 51 are ZODL engineers. They authored half the merged changes and 82% of the changes in the protocol and wallet repos. Every consensus node has moved to zebrad or Zakura. The wallets have not. Some run on a bridge Valar built to buy time. There is still work to be done. Orchard was fixed in 5 days and replaced in 60. Ironwood activates in less than 36 hours. Track the migration: Many people are working not for personal glory or price charts, but because this work is so important. Freedom isn't free; it must be built.

The ZODL Summit is a twice-yearly gathering of Zcash contributors and ecosystem partners. Our next summit is this July and community applications are now open. More details and the application link are available here:

We’re adding Zcash coinholder polling in @zodl_app with the first poll targeted for June. Soon, anyone using Zodl will be able to share their opinion on the direction of the Zcash protocol by voting their coins. The voting protocol will also be available for integration with other shielded ZEC wallets. The draft questions and timetable for the Zcash Network Upgrade 7 (NU7) poll are available here: Thanks to @zkDragon and his team for all their work building and helping us integrate the new voting protocol.

Happy birthday Zcash. The Bitcoin paper was published in October 2008, Zcash launched in October, 8 years later, on the 28th day, 28 is a perfect number (1 + 2 + 4 + 7 + 14), 8 is a lucky number, and rotated on its side: ∞ 🤔