Zcash Quantum Recoverability ZIP 2005 merged as Proposed. Our first major buffer against quantum soundness problems is now headed toward wallet integration. As wallets update to support the ZIP, user funds will migrate. No network upgrade necessary for this step.

We are committed to transparency and openness with the Zcash community and our other stakeholders. Today, we are releasing our Q1 2026 report, which provides an overview of the work undertaken by our engineering team, as well as an overview of other activities during this period.

LIVE NOW - Crypto Without Privacy Isn’t Crypto: The $ZEC Bull Case @Mert and @tushar_jain join us to make the case for @Zcash as crypto’s private store of value. In the episode: - why privacy may be crypto’s missing primitive, - the “private Bitcoin” thesis, - how $ZEC becomes a Schelling point, - shielded pools, quantum risk, and the return of cypherpunk money. Enjoy. -------------- TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Why Multicoin Got Interested in Zcash 5:22 Mert’s Path from Solana to Zcash 9:57 Why Zcash, Why Now? 17:01 The Institutional Path for Private Money 22:03 Zcash as a Private Store of Value 25:27 Fungibility, Tainted Coins, and Financial History 27:26 The Bear Case: Does Anyone Really Care About Privacy? 34:43 Onchain Surveillance and Government Power 39:13 Zcash Tokenomics and the Forgotten Coin Thesis 44:58 The Last PVE in Crypto 50:17 Zcash and the Quantum Threat 59:14 Shielded Pool Growth and Upcoming Catalysts

Technically, it never left, but we're so back: @Zcash lovers and soon-to-be, this one's for you: - 10+ side events, from privacy brunches to afterhours - Infamous BBQ and bar - Open-source podcast room with @ZkAv_Club - Daily courtyard co-working - Maker stalls & hands-on workshops - Resident DJs & live performances True community, all night long. 💃

Zcash Ecosystem Digest | May 17th 🔸Zcash Features on WSJ! 🔸Zodl 3.4.0 Update 🔸Vizor Wallet & Noir Wallet Unveiled! 🔸Q2 Coinholder Directed Retroactive Grants Entering Review Period 📅Upcoming Event: Protocol Study Series #3#, May 19th 11 ET Full Digest + Network Stats:

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:

Tushar @tushar_jain from Multicoin thinks ZEC's brand is more conducive to institutional adoption "if Zcash has such good privacy, why are all the criminals using Monero? ...Zcash is for the regular person who says 'I care about my privacy... not because I have anything to hide, but I don't need to reveal my transaction history to everyone" ZECisode w/ @mert and @tushar_jain out next week

Zcash now has a home at Network School, Malaysia, where 400+ techno-optimists and founders live. Two weeks ago this was a boring empty room in a hotel, a prime location right in front of the library where all the buzz of the events happens. Today it's a Zcash office, and yesterday afternoon 12 people showed up to our office hours to talk about financial privacy, many of them setting up their Zodl wallet for the first time, eager to learn how to make their first private transaction. Not because they're "hiding something", but because privacy is a recognized human right. It' in article 12 of the Universal Declaration, constitutions include it and governments defend it, or at least they say they do. Here's what's actually strange: you share your Bitcoin address to receive a payment, and the sender can now see your entire balance and every transaction you ever made. You would sue your traditional bank for doing something similar with your bank balance. You don't hand someone your bank statement when they pay you for coffee. Zcash fixes this. Same technology as Bitcoin, but with the privacy layer that zero-knowledge proofs make possible. Transparent Bitcoin is useful for institutions, banks and governments. But its transparency can harm common people like you and me. We need financial tools aligned with our basic rights. We went from an empty room to a full one in 14 days. We are organizing talks, interviews and onboarding people into their first private transactions in this booming ecosystem. Turns out "privacy is normal" is a message people want to hear. And thanks to Zcash community effort through ZCG, it is now a reality. @Zcash @ns @balajis @zcashme @michael2xl @zcash_community @thecodebuffet @shieldedmark @keiara_d @0xkivous @adamtpang

Zcash Ecosystem Digest | May 10th 🔸Zebra 4.4.1 + zcashd 6.12.3 Node Releases 🔸Zcash Foundation Welcomes New Global Events & Operations Manager 🔸Josh Swihart Speaks at Consensus2026 🔸Quantum Recoverability Proofs Coming To Mainnet! Full Digest + Network Stats:

Shielded $ZEC deserves shielded storage 🛡️ Keystone is the first hardware wallet with native shielded @Zcash support. Air-gapped keys. Private transactions. Zero compromises. The revolution is cold 🔐

Tal (@MariusMargulus) gave a talk on Project Tachyon and Ragu at zkSummit in Rome. The presentation explored recursive proving, oblivious synchronization, shielded aggregation, and the architectural primitives designed to scale shielded Zcash toward planetary scale privacy.

Tony Margarit says @zodl_app integration solves the shielded-Zcash usability problem: "Zcash had groundbreaking zero-knowledge tech since 2016, but it was isolated in its own ecosystem. Through Near Intents and Cross Pay, you can store your wealth shielded in Zcash and pay anyone in USDC, Bitcoin, ETH or any supported asset." "Same flow works for agent commerce when an agent buys on Amazon or books a flight." Privacy where you store. Flexibility where you spend.

ZF is now steward of the Zcash GitHub org, and the @zcash X handle — and we're partnering with @ZecHub to keep Zcash's public voice in community hands.