# January 29, 2021 - weekly forum update **URL:** \ **Category:** Weekly Forum Updates\ **Created:** [January 29, 2021, 10:55pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/january-29-2021-weekly-forum-update/38472 "2021-01-29T22:55:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [January 29, 2021, 10:55pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/january-29-2021-weekly-forum-update/38472/1 "2021-01-29T22:55:26Z")
What a time to be alive! @cryptoserrano said it best, “[2021 could not write a better script for decentralization.](https://twitter.com/cryptoserrano/status/1354799621743144960)” This week, we also celebrated [Data Privacy Day](https://twitter.com/ElectricCoinCo/status/1354902755140399115?s=20). Here are your weekly Zcash updates: - ECC is proud to be a member of the [Blockchain Association](https://twitter.com/BlockchainAssn/status/1354811872801787904?s=20). We applaud their push against FINCEN’s[“unhosted” wallet rule](https://blockchainassoc.medium.com/ba-urges-treasury-to-extend-comment-period-for-proposed-unhosted-wallets-regulation-5474490e209b). Check out all of their [policy positions here](https://theblockchainassociation.org/policy-positions/). - You can fight [cancer with crypto](https://twitter.com/jswihart/status/1354786610638798849?s=20) - specifically Zcash! - Flexa just released their [2020 Year in Review](https://medium.com/flexa/flexas-2020-in-review-4bd70927317d). [Zcash’s Birthday campaign](https://medium.com/flexa/help-celebrate-zcashs-4th-birthday-8b40836cbe11) got a mention. - [Bibox now supports Zcash](https://twitter.com/Bibox365/status/1354331536724684802?s=20). - ZOMG Board Member Sarah Jamie Lewis resigned over the weekend. We wish her well in her future endeavors. @sudo_ml, a runner-up candidate, has accepted the invitation to join the board. More information is available on the [Zcash Foundation blog](https://www.zfnd.org/blog/moving-forward-addressing-zomg-seat-vacancy/). - There are great opportunities at ECC and ZF; there’s never been a better time to work on Zcash: - [Developer Relations and Documentation Lead](https://apply.workable.com/electric-coin-company/j/790A69ADD6/), ECC - [Senior DevOps Engineer](https://apply.workable.com/electric-coin-company/j/B9DF3D04B8/), ECC - [Cryptography Engineer](https://www.zfnd.org/blog/open-position-cryptography-engineer/), ZF - BONUS - our friends at BoltLabs are hiring a [Junior Rust Engineer](https://twitter.com/boltlabsinc/status/1352242906946535424?s=20). Mark your [calendars](https://electriccoin.co/events/) - - Tues, Feb 9: [Gardening Club](https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUtcumrpjgqE9yzY8TUG1MPgKENUcaXP-ub), Halo + Wallets discussion plus Grants Q&A from ZOMG - Thurs, Feb 11: [Arborist Call](https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_vdjDVeyMRn2BjFW80AjZcA), NU5 feature discussion - Tues, Feb 23: [Zeal Call](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zeal-calls-jan-feb-mar-2021/38165), special guests from Blockchain Association. **Community Shout Outs** - Shout out to @herou for his contributions this sprint in the wallet SDKs. Shout out to the Nighthawk and the Unstoppable teams. Shout out to @elliotblanchard for the [zdash metrics board](https://www.zdash.info/). Shout out to Michael Harms for CRUSHIN’ IT on [ZECpages](https://www.z2z.to/z/all/1). Check out the new features and spin up your own board. DevInfra - - Upskilling on Tekton - Connecting Github → Tekton → Travis for Apple related CI, first platform will be iOS - Base full build and test suite of zcashd complete on Tekton. Core - - [Draft PR](https://github.com/zcash/zips/pull/441) making a start on the ZIP 224 specification - Merged a [faster square root implementation](https://github.com/zcash/halo2/pull/120) for the Pasta curves - Implemented [developer tooling](https://twitter.com/str4d/status/1353044132151898113?s=19) to help with circuit implementation - Started writing an architecture design book for Zcashd - [Transaction ID Non-Malleability and Signature Hashing ZIP](https://github.com/zcash/zips/pull/433) ready for final review. Security- - [ZIP 314 continues](https://github.com/zcash/zips/pull/437) - Kestrel close to unblocked (thank you Str4d!) - Mobile project responsible disclosure agreement organized and merged - Added [requirements](https://github.com/zcash/orchard/pull/6) to ZIP 224 PRD. Wallet - - Two more merged PRs from @herou, amazing community contributions! - Data Access API is merged; the next ECC builds will have it baked in - Nighthawk team filed a PR back to the SDK to add [ktlint](https://ktlint.github.io/), a code linter for Kotlin. That’s all y’all. Have a great weekend! 🤠 ---
**Author:** ![tromer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/tromer/32/14860_2.png) [@tromer](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/tromer)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2021, 2:30pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/january-29-2021-weekly-forum-update/38472/2 "2021-01-30T14:30:38Z")
> [@elenita](#): > > Security- > > - [ZIP 314 continues](https://github.com/zcash/zips/pull/437) Following this link, I’m see just a zero-content placeholder ZIP template. What am I missing? What’s planned? ---
**Author:** ![tromer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/tromer/32/14860_2.png) [@tromer](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/tromer)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2021, 3:14pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/january-29-2021-weekly-forum-update/38472/3 "2021-01-30T15:14:30Z")
> [@elenita](#): > > Added [requirements](https://github.com/zcash/orchard/pull/6) to ZIP 224 PRD. (See also the [nicely-rendered latest version of these Pollard/Orchard requirements](https://github.com/nathan-at-least/pollard/blob/requirements-first-draft/book/src/requirements.md).) Excellent! This is really helpful for facilitating some parts of the discussion. _Edit:_ Specific discussion moved to a [separate post](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/ecc-rejecting-user-defined-asset-precursor-support-in-orchard/38482).