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ZecBlock Weekly
Weekly Zcash intelligence — protocol updates, network stats, and privacy insights. RSS-first. No email-open tracking. Just signal.
Zcash Weekly — September 27, 2026
Trustless shielded ZEC-to-EVM atomic swaps demonstrated. 38,000 new ZEC holders on Solana in six weeks. Zebra 6.4.0/6.4.1 recalled — emergency fix in 6.4.2. Zakura 1.5.0 ships faster block processing. zkDragon: Zcash is already quantum recoverable.
Zcash Weekly — September 20, 2026
NU7 confirmed: testnet Oct 6, mainnet Nov 5. Shielded Ledger support is live. Q3 retroactive grants vote open with 37 proposals. Cross-chain volume crosses $550M. Sprout recovery guide published.
Zcash Weekly — September 13, 2026
NU7 vote results: preserve halvings, 25s blocks, disable Sprout, ship by Sep 30. Record 66% participation. ZEC crosses $1,200. Zakura ships the first formally verified zk-SNARK prover. maxdesalle's dev fund essay sparks 54-post debate.
Zcash Weekly — September 6, 2026
Zakura 1.3.x brings an experimental node-validation stack to operators, while Vizor demonstrates shielded Ledger signing and cbZEC reaches Base.
Zcash Weekly — August 30, 2026
Zakura ships Common — 14x faster proving, no network upgrade needed. The Zcash ETF (ZCSH) is live on NYSE Arca. NU7 governance debate heats up with dueling positions on Sprout deprecation.
Zcash Weekly — August 23, 2026
Grayscale files to list The Zcash ETF on NYSE Arca (ZCSH), trading expected August 25. Cypherpunk Mining launches with Winklevoss Capital backing. NU7 coinholder vote snapshot lands tomorrow. Zakura teases cryptography speedups up to 350%.
Zcash Weekly — August 16, 2026
NU7 coinholder vote starts August 25. Zcash Labs launches with shielded offramp. Ironwood hits 75% migration. Record 37 retroactive grant proposals worth $9M+ submitted.
Zcash Weekly — August 9, 2026
Ironwood crosses $1B and overtakes Orchard. NU7 coinholder vote opens August 25. Fortitude drops $45M on ZEC mining. ZCG declines eight grants.
Zcash Weekly — August 2, 2026
Ironwood week one: 848K ZEC migrated, Sapling flipped in 72 hours, shielded TX share surges to 60%. Compliance Bridge grant filed. ZODL explains the 60-day sprint.
Zcash Weekly — July 26, 2026
Ironwood activates Tuesday. Zebra ships four releases in 10 days. ZCG approves five grants, declines nine. Zakura hits 1.0.4 in one week.
Zcash Weekly — July 19, 2026
Zakura 1.0.0 launches — a new Zcash node targeting 50K TPS. zcashd retires after 10 years. Dash integrates Orchard. Ironwood in 9 days.
Zcash Weekly — July 12, 2026
Ironwood mainnet activation locked for July 28. Tachyon's formal verification story goes viral. Zebra 6.0.0 ships. ZEC crosses $500.
Zcash Weekly — July 5, 2026
Ironwood lands on testnet — mainnet target July 21. New ZCG members seated. KeepKey files for Orchard hardware signing. ZecBlock ships full Ironwood integration.
Zcash Weekly — June 28, 2026
ZCG approves Feature Branch Testnet ($455K). ZODL joins Blockchain Association. Zodl 3.7 ships with Maya DEX. Shielded pool grows 71K ZEC.
Zcash Weekly — June 21, 2026
Zebra 5.2.0 hardens against chain splits. Zaino hits stable. Shielded percentage jumps 6 points in one week.
Zcash Weekly — June 14, 2026
Anthropic audits Zcash protocol — no serious bugs found. Ironwood spec finalized. Zebra forces upgrade before NU7.
Zcash Weekly — June 7, 2026
The Orchard counterfeiting vulnerability: how it was found, how it was fixed, and what comes next. A full reconstruction of the week that stress-tested Zcash.
Zcash Weekly — May 31, 2026
Zebra patches 12 vulnerabilities in two releases within 48 hours. Three wallets ship major features in one week. ZCG shuts down bounty program after AI slop overwhelms pipeline.
Zcash Weekly — May 24, 2026
ZIP 2005 quantum recoverability merged. NU7-rc0 testnet goes live with 25-second blocks. Bitstamp by Robinhood lists ZEC. Noir wallet enters private beta. Multicoin and Chamath amplify ZEC thesis.
Zcash Weekly — May 17, 2026
Grayscale files world's first privacy coin spot ETF. WSJ front page features Zcash. NU7 coinholder polling launches via Zodl wallet. ZODL hires two new engineers in 48 hours. Vizor desktop wallet ships. KeepKey seeks grant for Orchard hardware signing.
Zcash Weekly — May 10, 2026
Quantum-recoverable wallets weeks away. ZF assumes stewardship of core Zcash assets. Three critical security releases in one week. Blockspäti Berlin announced for June. ZEC crosses $590.
Zcash Weekly — May 3, 2026
Zebra 4.4.0 patches consensus-critical vulnerabilities. ZCG earmarks $1M for bug bounties. Hardware wallet ecosystem explodes with three independent projects. ZEC crosses $398.
Zcash Weekly — April 26, 2026
Robinhood lists ZEC. THORChain adds native swaps. FROST v3.0.0 goes stable. Zooko presents at the SEC. Two massive liquidity integrations land in 48 hours.
Zcash Weekly — April 19, 2026
Crosslink Season 1 goes live. ZODL hiring Principal Engineer R&D. Arthur Hayes names ZEC his top altcoin pick. Block time reduction to 25s gains momentum. Zebra 4.3.1 patches four vulnerabilities.
Zcash Weekly — April 12, 2026
Cameron Winklevoss sparks 51% ZEC rally with AI/quantum thesis. ZODL wallet pulled from Russian app stores. FlipZcash brings shielded Zcash to Flipper Zero. BTCPayServer files $42K grant for multi-account support.
Zcash Weekly — April 5, 2026
Crosslink launches incentivized feature nets April 15. Post-quantum roadmap video goes viral as Google sets Q-Day at 2029. Mining decentralizes — ViaBTC loses majority. Sapling deprecation discussion formally begins.
Zcash Weekly — March 29, 2026
Grayscale publishes dedicated Zcash research report calling privacy 'infrastructure, not a feature.' Zebra 4.3.0 ships critical security patches and ZIP-235. CipherPay launches Machine Payments Protocol for AI agent payments.
Zcash Weekly — March 22, 2026
Foundry Services launches ZEC mining pool in April. Zodl ships CrossPay via NEAR Intents. Delphi Digital confirms 30% of ZEC now shielded. ZEC hashrate hits ATH. Coinholder voting live through March 30. Zcomm 2026 is Tuesday.