# February 14, 2020 - Weekly Forum Update

**URL:** <https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/february-14-2020-weekly-forum-update/36009>\
**Category:** Weekly Forum Updates\
**Created:** [February 15, 2020, 7:49pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/february-14-2020-weekly-forum-update/36009 "2020-02-15T19:49:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![elenita](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/elenita/32/14604_2.png) [@elenita](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/elenita)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2020, 7:49pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/february-14-2020-weekly-forum-update/36009/1 "2020-02-15T19:49:05Z")

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Hello friends! This update is a few days delayed on account of ETH Denver and President’s Day. **Here are the latest updates from ECC** :

- ECC released a [new update](https://electriccoin.co/blog/new-releases-2-1-1-and-hotfix-2-1-1-1/) to zcashd 2.1.1-1. It includes a soft-fork change to the consensus rules to address a security vulnerability. Kudos to the ECC team for preparing, releasing, and communicating this important update.

- There’s been quite a bit of discussion in the forum! Thanks everyone for your engagement. Topics include [Zcash chat chat](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zcash-community-chat-closing/36014/8), the [Foundation latest update](https://news.zfnd.org/archive/zcash-foundation-update-december-14-2019-january/), an open call for [community editors](https://twitter.com/mineZcash/status/1223732540344848385?s=20) and of course,[the final text of 1014](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/final-text-of-zip-1014/36002). Check out the new [community discord chat](https://discordapp.com/invite/U8xUt2v).

- Zcash updates: ZEC is now available to [NYC residents on Coinbase](https://twitter.com/coinbase/status/1226941687106351105?s=20). Zcash got lots of love at ETH Denver, including from [Vitalik](https://twitter.com/jswihart/status/1228109531194023937?s=20)! We enjoyed [pancakes](https://twitter.com/cryptoserrano/status/1228055764939530240?s=20) at the conference and [Eth-friends](https://twitter.com/zooko/status/1227653860497465344?s=20) dropped by the ECC office earlier that week.

- Dates to remember

- **Community Shout Outs** - _This new section is to celebrate and highlight the contributions to Zcash made by folks outside of ECC. Ping me if you have suggestions for next week._

**Development Infrastructure Team**

- Completed major Python2 to Python3 upgrade for infrastructure 🎉
- Completed documentation generation for Android and Lightwalletd
- Smoke testing Loki for production log management
- Completed initial re-design of download.z.cash (falco, flexible/robust downloads resource, etc.); undergoing review before initial deployment
- Continued work on Dockerhub migration
- Completed Android CI/CD research; undergoing implementation

**Core Team**

- Made good progress on Data Access API for Wallet
- Made excellent progress on Halo paper

**Security Team**

- Internal review of shielded coinbase implementation
- Community work with grin
- AFL GKE fuzz cluster PoC working

**Wallet Team**

- Lightwalletd: finished up unit tests with a mocking layer that simulates zcashd connection, working on integration tests, stress testing research
- Android: seed import, bug fixes, and robust logging for the zECC app
- iOS: send and receive and QR code generation for the zECC app
- Documentation: iOS demo app build testing and documentation done. Lightwalletd API reference calls documented, others on the way.

**This week in privacy,** Washington Post had a phenomenal story on the [CIA and its secretly owned global encryption company](https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/world/national-security/cia-crypto-encryption-machines-espionage/?utm_campaign=wp_post_most&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_most). [Mozilla has a plan for internet privacy](https://www.protocol.com/mozilla-plan-fix-internet-privacy). [Signal continues to grow](https://www.wired.com/story/signal-encrypted-messaging-features-mainstream/), reaching mainstream audiences. NYT had an [op-ed on China hacking](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/10/opinion/equifax-breach-china-hacking.html). I shared some thoughts on [privacy and consent](https://www.zcashcommunity.com/2020/02/11/privacy-is-consent/). Automated license plate readers are [a privacy problem](https://techcrunch.com/2020/02/13/surprise-audit-finds-automated-license-plate-reader-programs-are-a-privacy-nightmare/). Don’t miss the [privacy/ encryption policy debate](https://www.theverge.com/interface/2020/2/14/21136273/india-internet-rules-encryption-privacy-messaging) going on in India. E-voting is controversial. MIT released a [damning report](https://news.mit.edu/2020/voting-voatz-app-hack-issues-0213) about startup Voatz and privacy advocate Sarah Jamie Lewis gave an [interesting counter-argument](https://twitter.com/SarahJamieLewis/status/1228717024504766464?s=20).

In crypto related news, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell sees [the need for private transactions](https://twitter.com/avichal/status/1227509236592037888?s=20) of digital currencies in the United States. Coinbase surveyed over 2000 people and published a report on how [Black Americans think about crypto](https://blog.coinbase.com/coinbase-reports-black-americans-crypto-97e54cc89f84).