The #Zcash ecosystem roundup this week features: - @VitalikButerin & @zooko on @pgpforcrypto Podcast 🎙️ - ZF Q2 Transparency Report 🔍 - @ZcashFoundation Minor Grants proposals 📄 Subscribe to the newsletter!

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Required weekend viewing 🍿🍿🍿 @VitalikButerin and @zooko join the @pgpforcrypto Podcast to discuss #PrivacyPools, a new privacy protocol for #Ethereum proposed by Vitalik, @ameensol , and others. #privacyisnormal #zcash

Head of U.S. Policy & Strategic Advocacy @ElectricCoinCo , @paulbrigner talks about the “Keep Your Coins Act”, an incredibly positive piece of legislation from industry champion, @WarrenDavidson .

Tomorrow at 11am PST we'll be meeting @ZecHub to talk about our proposal in @ZcashFoundation Minor Grants to establish a Brazilian Privacy Alliance. We invite everyone to join us! 🗓️ 09/13/2023 - 11 AM PST 💬https://t.co/czJNvtrgHu @zcashbrazil @ZFAVClub @zcashesp @zcash

“We do feel like one of the key components for the success of #Zcash is how do we add functionality and how do we enable not only users to use applications on Zcash but also developers to build on Zcash” - @BenarrochDaniel at #Zcon4

“At the core, this is one of the only ecosystems that is a counterweight to all those oppressive things and intrusive things that we hear. And we have to keep this force…” - @jonrouach at #Zcon4 #Zcash

#Zcash Arborist Call was held earlier today ! We covered a myriad of interesting Development & Research topics Full summary here 👇 $ZEC @ZcashCommGrants @ElectricCoinCo @ZcashFoundation

An update on @ElectricCoinCo 's Proof-of-Stake R&D:

Join the #Zcash LCWG Call starting in 30min: (5pm UTC)

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@thecodebuffet @nighthawkapps @nuttycom @ZingoLabs @EdgeWallet @unstoppablebyhs @eiger_co @ChainSafeth

💫 Dev fund town hall TODAY!

#Zcash Foundation Youtube Shorts are also live! Subscribe & Keep an eye out for more clips

The #Zcash Foundation now has an Instagram! Follow us there for updates, content, & more…

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The #Zcash Foundation Monthly Newsletter is out. 🧵

Join @aquietinvestor and @decentralistdan on Thursday, September 7 at noon PDT / 3pm EDT / 19:00 UTC to discuss Zcash Dev Fund 2024. Speakers include @zooko from ECC, @JackGavigan and @socrates1024 from ZF, @jswihart , @iansagstette , and @roommatemusing .

Zcash Brasil no #DWebCamp 🏕️ O #DWebCamp é um evento que reúne entusiastas da Web Descentralizada, uma abordagem da internet que busca eliminar a dependência de grandes empresas e governos, dando controle direto aos usuários e promovendo a privacidade e a segurança online. O evento acontecerá em Ubatuba nos dias 7 a 10 de setembro com apoio da @ZcashFoundation .

Starting now in the #Zcash Global Discord! https://discord.com/events/978714252934258779/1145416062653960263…

Heck YES! See you in Brazil!!

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It was such an honor to receive this award and is an inspiration for the future, thank you again! It has also been a wonderful experience to collaborate with @e1izabethcrites and Mary Maller- they are both amazing people as well as talented cryptographers ❤️💪 🙌

“Privacy, for All, & Liberty” #Zcash 🧵

This #Zcon4 poster was inspired by the fact that 40% of those holding crypto in Brazil earn below the minimum wage. #Zcash can transform the lives of residents in favelas by creating financial inclusion and opportunities.

🧵 Did you know the US government purchases commercially available information (CAI) from private data brokers? Including your location, credit history, insurance claims, criminal records, employment history, income, ethnicity, purchase history, & personal interests. #Zcash

Stay up-to-date with the latest in the #Zcash ecosystem! This week's edition features: @ZcashFoundation Minor Grants opens for Applications! 💁 @ZcashEsp 's Zcon4 recap livestream @ZFAVClub Community Grants Pilot episode ▶️ Read below for more!

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#Zcon4 Talks I personally attended to and that no one should miss a thread

Arborist🌳Megathread! Read about: Zebra updates, Mobile SDK's, FROST audit, 🛡️ Shielded Assets & more #Zcash $ZEC @Zcash_Community @ZcashCommGrants @ElectricCoinCo @ZcashFoundation

So exciting. I love the innovation this fosters. Especially when I'm helping contribute to it.

Opening Applications for the 2nd Round of #Zcash Minor Grants 🧵 The deadline to submit a grant application is 20:00 UTC on Monday 18th September. The maximum grant size is $25,000, and the total budget of the program is $75,000

Inédito!🍿 Conhecendo o projeto FROST. Temos o prazer de convidar o Conrado Gouvea | @conradoplg para mais uma Community Call para aprendermos sobre este novo projeto. Data: 29/08 as 20hrs no Discord ->

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#Zcash Arborist Call tomorrow at 15:00 UTC Make sure to use the new ZF Zoom link to register:

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FROST Demo!

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🚀 Get ready for a deep dive into Zcash collaboration! Join us for a chat with Zcash community grantees. Together, we'll shape the future of Zcash. Don't miss it! #WeAreTheZeal #Zcash $ZEC @zcash @free2zcash @iansagstette @ZecHub @AlphadayHQ

My sincere thanks to the entire #Zcash community for what we experienced and learned at #Zcon4. In this zpage I mention members of the foundation, the ECC, the ambassadors, collaborators, speakers, the Audiovisual Club, and other great people that I met

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@ZcashFoundation @JackGavigan

The FROST demo I did at #Zcon4 is now online! (After an internet mishap during the original presentation, @nighthawk24 and @thecodebuffet kindly allowed me to retry it during their wallet session)

ZFAV and @zcashbrazil will be joining @GETDWeb Brazil at #dWebCamp in Ubatuba next month 💻🏕️ Can't wait for this amazing opportunity to build cool tech and beautiful connections between our communities 🥰 ⚡️ @ZcashFoundation ⚡️ @internetarchive ⚡️

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Zcon Sessions: Nate Wilcox on Zcash Proof-of-Stake

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via @YouTube Proof-of-Stake is the missing puzzle piece 🧩 $ZEC #ZECHUB

Check out the Zebra Update talk from #Zcon4

Zcon4: The Future Has Not Been Written This conference strove for all attendees to not only learn about updates in the ecosystem but we hoped to inspire positive change within the cryptography world as well. Video by @robmarn #WeAreTheZeal @zcash #Zcash #Zcon @ZcashFoundation …

Three great talks from Zcon4: 1) History of financial surveillance, case study of Gilead, & avoiding normalization 2) Overview of programmable privacy, incl how to think about composable anonymity sets 3) Latest ZKP developments, ZKProof standards, & education (Links below)…

We're excited to share the news that the @ElectricCoinCo and @ZcashFoundation have agreed to collaborate on transitioning core Zcash protocol development from zcashd to Zebra! 🦓

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Zebra can now generate block templates, so mining pool operators can use it as a backend for their mining operations. We would like to invite any mining pool operators or solo miners to try Zebra. #Zcash

my research report for the @ZcashFoundation (non-KYC research) reviews some potential use cases around Zcash + Cosmos interoperability. if you'd be interested in chatting about that, please reach out.

#Zcon4 Day 3 is starting now! Track 1:

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Track 2:

Who else can't get the #Zcash songs by @zecmec21 out of their dreams? #WeAreTheZeal @ZcashFoundation @ZcashCommGrants $ZEC

We are not there, but kind of are... Não estamos lá, mas meio que estamos... Best community ever! @zcashbrazil @ZcashFoundation @ZFAVClub

community panel going on now! these people are a great example of the Zcash dev fund helping drive grassroots adoption

Zcash Ecosystem security lead @DefuseSec on auditing #zcash grant projects “Security is about consent. Users have to be aware of what’s happening. So if there are no warnings for transparent $ZEC tx, I consider that a security bug.” #zcon4 @ZcashFoundation #barcelona

RT @zcash: Gm zcashers 🛡🦓 Reminder that today's Arborist Call is at 22:30 UTC! Join us to hear general status updates from the protocol's…

ZF Board Member @MartaBelcher on: - Mass Surveillance of the Financial System + Crypto - 3rd Party Doctrine - Infrastructure Bill - Financial Privacy Battle

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ZF Board of Directors Call w/ @MartaBelcher & @JWVerret is out now! Topics Include: - legal climate of privacy-preserving crypto - the battle for financial privacy - outsider perceptions of Zcash - the future role of ZF in the #Zcash ecosystem. + more

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We are delighted to present the first cohort of Zcash Minor Grants recipients, as selected by the Zcash community: - Unified Address parsing and construction library for .NET by @aarnott - Research on Zcash’s KYC-Free Infrastructure by @iansagstette - Dizzy Wallet: A Dedicated…

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