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Zakura 1.3.x brings an experimental node-validation stack to operators, while Vizor demonstrates shielded Ledger signing and cbZEC reaches Base.
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.
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%.
NU7 coinholder vote starts August 25. Zcash Labs launches with shielded offramp. Ironwood hits 75% migration. Record 37 retroactive grant proposals worth $9M+ submitted.
Ironwood crosses $1B and overtakes Orchard. NU7 coinholder vote opens August 25. Fortitude drops $45M on ZEC mining. ZCG declines eight grants.
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.
Ironwood activates Tuesday. Zebra ships four releases in 10 days. ZCG approves five grants, declines nine. Zakura hits 1.0.4 in one week.
Zakura 1.0.0 launches — a new Zcash node targeting 50K TPS. zcashd retires after 10 years. Dash integrates Orchard. Ironwood in 9 days.
Ironwood mainnet activation locked for July 28. Tachyon's formal verification story goes viral. Zebra 6.0.0 ships. ZEC crosses $500.
Ironwood lands on testnet — mainnet target July 21. New ZCG members seated. KeepKey files for Orchard hardware signing. CipherScan ships full Ironwood integration.
ZCG approves Feature Branch Testnet ($455K). ZODL joins Blockchain Association. Zodl 3.7 ships with Maya DEX. Shielded pool grows 71K ZEC.
Zebra 5.2.0 hardens against chain splits. Zaino hits stable. Shielded percentage jumps 6 points in one week.
Anthropic audits Zcash protocol — no serious bugs found. Ironwood spec finalized. Zebra forces upgrade before NU7.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.