# March 19, 2021 - weekly forum update

**URL:** <https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/march-19-2021-weekly-forum-update/38898>\
**Category:** Weekly Forum Updates\
**Created:** [March 19, 2021, 9:17pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/march-19-2021-weekly-forum-update/38898 "2021-03-19T21:17:36Z")\
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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:** [March 19, 2021, 9:17pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/march-19-2021-weekly-forum-update/38898/1 "2021-03-19T21:17:37Z")

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**Here are your weekly Zcash updates:**

- ECC welcomes [Christina Garman](https://electriccoin.co/blog/garman-joins-ecc-board-of-directors/) as a new board member. Garman is one of the seven founding scientists who invented Zerocash, the protocol that would eventually become Zcash.
- [Signal](https://signal.org/donate/#cryptocurrency) now accepts crypto donations - including Zcash.
- [CoinHako](https://twitter.com/coinhako/status/1370315794043695104?s=20) now supports Zcash.
- I recently caught up on this[Pool Deprecation](https://github.com/zcash/zips/issues/452) proposal Nathan posted. This topic was also covered in a recent [Arborist call](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_xaz1t49dk&list=PLVm6KZ09QEQyN0hbk_zbH7MUqbA0fNGI4&index=5&t=1374s). Arborist calls are now every two weeks.

**Mark your [calendars](https://electriccoin.co/events/) -**

- 3/23 - Zooko is speaking at [Orchid’s Priv8 Summit](https://www.orchid.com/priv8) along with speakers like Edward Snowden, Audrey Tang and Cindy Cohn.
- 3/25 - Arborist calls are now biweekly. These regular community calls center around network upgrades and protocol development. [Register here](https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_vdjDVeyMRn2BjFW80AjZcA).
- 3/30 - This month’s Zeal call features Yan Zhu from Brave and Jay Graber from [Happening.net](http://Happening.net). [Register here](https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_wnbYyNCaRzGdDJp9FAoEsg).

**In the news,** [Georgia HS students may be learning about crypto](https://cointelegraph.com/news/students-in-georgia-set-to-be-taught-about-crypto-at-high-school) as part of a new financial literacy initiative. Journalist [Maria Bustillos](https://popula.com/2021/03/13/you-dont-understand-bitcoin-because-you-think-money-is-real/) talks about the myth of money and Bitcoin. An [NFT art heist](https://twitter.com/michaelmiraflor/status/1371250201894133763?s=20) reminds us of the importance of self-custody and carefully reading the TOS.