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CipherScan Weekly
Weekly Zcash intelligence — protocol updates, network stats, and privacy insights. No tracking pixels. No surveillance. Just signal.
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.