This week, we opened access to a portal that connects anyone who values financial privacy with the rest of the world. NEAR Intents provides the portal. Zashi provides the gateway. Science fiction, brought to life.
Zashi CrossPay allows you to pay someone in the currency of their choice, using your shielded ZEC. The recipient receives the exact amount of the currency they desire, while you keep your balance and transaction history private. It’s easy and only takes a couple of clicks.
It has been ECC’s ambition to catapult Zcash “across the chasm.” I shared that strategic focus in 2024, and we’re accomplishing it. @artkor wrote an article earlier this year that describes “the chasm” and strategies for driving mainstream adoption. Today, we have made ZEC easy to use, are aligning with market momentum, and delivering differentiated value.
Stablecoins have already crossed the chasm, driving trillions in global transactions. They, along with other cryptocurrencies, will be used pervasively, globally. We will ride that tide with an interoperable user experience that offers you control and security of your money. Power in your hands to live freely.
We have built and will continue to evolve Zashi to deliver ZEC to the mainstream. You are onboarding the world with your stories, driving adoption, and using your voice to reach the unaware.
Together, we are unstoppable.
Here’s what we did to cross the chasm this week:
Zashi
Over $1 million in Zcash has been swapped through Zashi since we launched a couple of weeks ago, with a total volume of 22.5k $ZEC, averaging over 1100 ZEC per day.
What we did:
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We released CrossPay to production!
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Swap to ZEC - testing, prototyping, and building out the experience.
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We made progress on implementing Mempool detection.
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We finalized Maya DEX integration designs and caught up with the dKiT team.
What’s up next:
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Finalize Swap Detail and release to beta testers.
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Adopt changes for confirmation configurability from the Core Team. This enables trusted transactions with faster confirmation times.
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Focus on reviewing & finalizing all open designs, and progressing with new ones - Transaction Detail update, Duress/Decoy Wallet, Transparent Address Rotation & Ledger Hardware support.
iOS Analytics
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Unique Installs: 10.4k
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Total Downloads: 12.4k
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AppStore Rating: 4.9*
Android Analytics
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Total Install Base: 4.19k
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Total Installs (incl. Open Beta): 23k
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PlayStore Rating: 4.324*
Zcash Core
What we did:
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MASSIVE: Released Zallet alpha!
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Released protocol spec version 2025.6.0, which covers NU6.1. The only remaining specification item for NU6.1 is the one-time lockbox disbursement address for Mainnet.
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Considerable progress on zcash_script refactoring.
What’s up next:
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Perform the ceremony to generate the Mainnet lockbox disbursement address.
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Release Zcashd supporting NU6.1 on Mainnet.
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Prepare draft ZIPs for NU7: Quantum Resilience, Key Rotation, Ongoing Lockbox Disbursement.
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Support transparent key rotation for swaps and Coinbase.
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Respond to feedback on the Zallet alpha.
Other:
Hosted the PGP* meeting on Wednesday. In-person attendance was very strong, and the livestream had over 1k views. ECC and Zcash had a powerful brand presence at this meeting! See here, here, here, and here.
@paulbrigner attended the inaugural Fiternet Labs dinner. See here and here.
@tonym led the Blockchain Association TAB Working Group Meeting & Presentation.
Finalized our coinholder grant application for H1 2025, to be posted next week.
Participated in the @ZecHub town hall on the coinholder retroactive grant model.
icymi, a terrific essay: Freedom Engineered in Code
Catapulting,
Onward.