Deus ex machina. ECC Update

Ecosystem Updates
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Man is not reducible to a static number.

And yet, many are attempting to do just that, assigning each man a number to solve a problem the playwright of the universe didn’t intend for us to solve.

Digital identity was a topic discussed in a roundtable among industry and regulatory leaders last week and at the DC Privacy Summit. It is clear that we are in a race to determine who gets to define what it means to live as humans alongside the digital tools we are creating.

If our goal is for humans to flourish, we cannot attempt to own other humans by branding them as we would cattle. Instead, we should honor human agency and allow for the continual reinvention of ourselves, free from the limits of state-given number, and not cede intractable problems to the state’s “God from the machine.”

I am not naive. Businesses and governments may need proof of certain facts to provide essential or desired services. And I am encouraged by the John Hancock Project, a framework outlined by Peter VanValkeburgh and Ian Miers, as well as the strong commitment of many to find pragmatic solutions that protect human liberties.

But money must be independent of identification. Tightly coupling these two things will fundamentally constrict flourishing by concentrating power in the hands of those who control both.

Money must be universally accessible, free from arbitrary rules, and encrypted to ensure security and prevent censorship. It must be incorruptible.

Zcash is built for this purpose. It was built for a sovereign people who truly need unstoppable private money.

Here’s what we built this week:

Zashi

What we did:

  • Zashi 2.4.3 released to production with bug fixes and UX/UI updates. :rocket:

  • Worked on Zashi 2.4.4 with more bug fixes and UX/UI improvements.

  • Implemented a new support system.

  • Worked with the Near team to resolve user-reported Swap/CrossPay issues.

  • Prepared a hiring plan to scale up the Zashi team.

  • Finalized the first iteration of Zashi Knowledge Base.

What’s up next:

  • Release Zashi 2.4.4.

  • Implement ephemeral transparent addresses for NEAR Intents functions.

  • Continue to focus on debugging user issues, bug fixing, tech debt, and making incremental improvements.

  • Review and finalize designs for Transparent Address Rotation, Ledger Hardware Wallet support, Multi-Account support, and the first design iteration of the Knowledge Base.

  • Finalize open designs for Reset Zashi revamp + Keystone fixes, error handling improvements, and Duress/Decoy Wallet feature.

iOS Analytics

  • Unique Installs: 17.5k (2.9k increase)

  • ​​​​​​​​​Total Downloads: 20.4k (3.3k increase)

  • ​​​​​​​​​AppStore Rating: 4.9* (unchanged)

Android Analytics

  • Total Install Base: 7.19k (1.5k increase)

  • ​​​​​​​​​Total Installs (incl. Open Beta): 27.3k (1.8k increase)

  • ​​​​​​​​​PlayStore Rating: 4.314* (-0.01)

Swap Analytics

  • Swap volume (to date): 228k ZEC

  • Avg volume per day (to date): 7k ZEC

Zcash Core

What we did:

  • Progress toward supporting transparent address rotation for one-time use cases (librustzcash#1939).

  • Zashi bug fixes and support associated with mempool detection changes; also pushed through to SDKs.

  • Final NU6.1 specifications merged (zips#1099).

  • The quantum recoverability draft ZIP has been finished and is ready for review (zips#1104, zips#962). This also adds general support for Mermaid diagrams in ZIPs.

What’s up next:

  • Support for P2SH multisig (almost ready to be merged: librustzcash#1962).

  • Qedit Orchard PR Review.

  • Finish work on rotating transparent addresses.

  • Implement account deletion for zcash_client_sqlite (librustzcash#1633).

  • Continued work on Zallet Beta and zcashd deprecation.

  • Allow marking received transactions as trusted to reduce the number of confirmations required before spending.

  • Finish draft ZIP for key rotation (ZSA issuance keys and lockbox FROST multisig disbursement keys) in NU7.

  • Update FROST key generation spec.

Other:

Held the DC Privacy Summit, Roundtable, & Dinner: photos and livestream.

Filed Bootstrap/ECC tax returns.

Various meetings related to opportunities to increase Zashi and Zcash reach.

We are finalizing and will publish a Q4 ECC roadmap soon.

That’s all for this week!

For all the sovereigns,

Onward.

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