New node is out! Meet Zebra 🤗

[sonya]

Zcash Foundation’s blog post: Zebra, the New Consensus-Compatible Zcash Node Client - zcash foundation

Parity’s blog post: https://www.parity.io/parity-releases-zebra-in-collaboration-with-zcash-foundation/

GitHub repo: GitHub - ZcashFoundation/zebra: A Rust implementation of a Zcash node. 🦓

News coverage so far:

• https://www.theblockcrypto.com/tiny/zcash-announces-second-software-client-hoping-to-boost-network-security/
• https://decrypt.co/7486/parity-zebra-zcash-developers

[Autotunafish]

Awesome! 20 chars…

[mistfpga]

Just because people don’t click links

@Foundation

The Zcash Foundation and Parity Technologies are proud to present Zebra, a consensus-compatible Zcash node client written in Rust, released under the GPL 3.0 license. The Electric Coin Company’s implementation is no longer the only full-fledged Zcash node software available.

Emphasis is mine. This is an incredible day for the ECC, ZEC, ZFO and Parity. This instils such a lot of confidence that there is a future for the community to be able to start to use the amazing thing the ECC has created. Im purposely avoiding certain keywords, but that sapling is growing up quick!

Im so happy for this, im getting a bit over excited. Well done!!