Trustless Shielded ZEC to EVM Atomic Swaps — No New Signing Primitives
A team demonstrated fully trustless atomic swaps between shielded Zcash and Ethereum, without requiring new signing primitives. The breakthrough leverages Zcash's Segregated Witness scheme (v5 ZIP-244) and works despite Zcash having no scripting. The thread drew 22 posts and immediate interest — a follow-up explored whether the 52-byte context window is expressive enough for cross-chain programmability while keeping the sender anonymous. If this holds up, it's a meaningful step toward shielded DeFi without bridges. Thread · Cross-chain programmability follow-up
38,000 New ZEC Holders on Solana in Six Weeks
Ben, CMO at Raydium, posted about the rapid growth of ZEC distribution on Solana — 38,000 new holders in six weeks. The thread (20 posts, 477 views, 52 likes) is the most-discussed topic of the week. The question it poses is straightforward: this happened, now what? The community discussion explores what wrapped ZEC on Solana means for privacy, whether these holders will discover shielded Zcash, and what the ecosystem should do about it. Thread
Zebra 6.4.0 and 6.4.1 Recalled — Upgrade to 6.4.2 Immediately
A high-severity bug in Zebra 6.4.0 and 6.4.1 allowed any peer to crash a node with a single network message — no handshake or authentication required. Both versions are recalled. Zebra 6.4.2 fixes the vulnerability and also includes the sync stall fix from 6.4.1. Zebra 6.3.0 and earlier are not affected. All operators should upgrade immediately. Security advisory · Original release thread