# November 5, 2021 - forum update

**URL:** <https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/november-5-2021-forum-update/40430>\
**Category:** Weekly Forum Updates\
**Created:** [November 6, 2021, 1:41am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/november-5-2021-forum-update/40430 "2021-11-06T01:41:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![janie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/46a35a/32.png) [@janie](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/janie)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2021, 1:41am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/november-5-2021-forum-update/40430/1 "2021-11-06T01:41:27Z")

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Hello Zcashers,

Happy Friday! Once again, the land of crypto has been full of exciting developments.

Zcash updates

- NU5 [security assessments](https://electriccoin.co/blog/nu5-security-assessments-complete/) are complete without any critical issues.
- Agoric, an open-source development company and longtime friend of ECC, [announced the launch](https://electriccoin.co/blog/ecc-agoric-and-a-path-to-composable-smart-contracts-using-zec/) of its interoperable proof-of-stake chain and economy. ECC and Agoric intend to work together to bring shielded Zcash to Agoric smart-contract developers and users.
- Zcash [turned 5](https://twitter.com/ElectricCoinCo/status/1453731196307795975)! Thank you for all the birthday wishes and the continued support.
- We have opened a new role for a Community Manager. Check out details and apply on [our careers page](https://electriccoin.co/jobs/).

DevSecOps

- Conducted several interviews for Senior DevSecOps and Senior Security Engineer
- Updated lightwalletd mainnet and testnet instances
- Last phase of Debian Zcash debug binary deployment underway
- Completed initial implementation of multi exporter environment
- Reviewed github access control settings
- Security retros

Core

- Continued work on [adding recursion](https://github.com/zcash/halo2/pull/378) to Halo 2
- Updated [SHA-256](https://github.com/zcash/halo2/issues/390) and [Poseidon](https://github.com/zcash/halo2/pull/361) gadgets, and [created benchmarks](https://github.com/zcash/orchard/pull/220) for Poseidon
- Continued making [progress](https://github.com/zcash/zcash/pull/5306) on converting the Zcashd wallet to derive all new addresses from mnemonic seed
- Made great [progress](https://github.com/zcash/zcash/pull/5300) on core Orchard and Unified Address wallet support
- The major lemma for the Halo 2 security proof is done!!
- Merged a good [PR](https://github.com/zcash/librustzcash/pull/446) from jarys (one of the Trezor developers)
- Audit reports are published! (see [this blog post](https://electriccoin.co/blog/nu5-security-assessments-complete/) for details)
- Refined and improved the solution to Unified Viewing keys

Wallet

- General project bootstrapping accomplished for devs/repos
- Secant iOS Wallet
  - Onboarding & Recovery Phrase flow finishing up
  - Scaffolding of navigation and major flows

- Secant Android Wallet
  - Onboarding & Recovery Phrase flow catching up
  - Implementing design style-guide (as is)
  - Scaffolding of navigation and major flows

In the news, India’s top securities regulator [issued a warning](https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2021/10/22/indias-securities-regulator-warns-advisers-against-dealing-in-unregulated-assets/?mc_cid=07481eb070&mc_eid=17d18120d9) against dealing in unregulated assets. The upcoming European Union’s Markets in Crypto Assets [package of crypto regulations](https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2021/11/02/unpacking-europes-looming-mica-crypto-regulation/) could simplify crypto business possibilities throughout the EU. A record number of crypto enthusiasts [descended upon New York’s NFT.NYC](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/05/technology/nft-nyc-metaverse.html) conference devoted to all things non-fungible.

Bon week-end!