# October 22, 2021 - forum update **URL:** \ **Category:** Weekly Forum Updates\ **Created:** [October 22, 2021, 10:20pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/october-22-2021-forum-update/40345 "2021-10-22T22:20:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![janie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/46a35a/32.png) [@janie](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/janie)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2021, 10:20pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/october-22-2021-forum-update/40345/1 "2021-10-22T22:20:16Z")
Hello Zcashers, Welcome back to the Friday Forum Update! Here’s the freshest batch of updates from the land of ECC. Zcash updates - ECC has welcomed Beth Patterson as our new Head of Strategic Alliances! - ECC released the latest [Transparency Report](https://electriccoin.co/blog/ecc-transparency-report-for-q4-2020-and-q1-2021/), covering Q4 2020 and Q1 2021. - [This post](https://electriccoin.co/blog/coin-holder-poll-results-summary/) on the ECC blog outlines poll results from a recent non-binding, coin-weighted ZEC-holder poll. - [New Release 4.5.1-1](https://electriccoin.co/blog/new-release-4-5-1-1/) is a required update for all testnet nodes and is highly recommended for some mainnet nodes. - As part of ECC’s third planning term of 2021, we outlined a multi-year [“North Star,”](https://electriccoin.co/blog/eccs-north-star-building-a-world-class-ux-for-zec/) including plans across departments for the next four-month term. The focus? To deliver a world-class user experience for ZEC. - [ECC has begun surveying visitors](https://electriccoin.co/blog/web-surveys-provide-info-on-zcash-usage-and-reputation/) to z.cash and [electriccoin.co](http://electriccoin.co) websites as part of a new product strategy that focuses on user feedback and market research… - Digital currency asset manager [Grayscale announced](https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2021/10/18/2315679/0/en/Three-Additional-Grayscale-Products-Now-Trading-on-OTCQX-Market.html) that trading has commenced for Grayscale Zcash Trust. - ECC is looking to hire a stellar Head of Product Marketing. [Learn more](https://electriccoin.co/jobs/) about it and all of our career opportunities on our website. DevSecOps - Phase 1 of pipedream/pushover complete - Resolved minor CI issues - Completed research spike on existing monitor/exporter tooling - Completed initial redesign of ecc\_zcashd\_exporter - Completed initial docker-compose deploy of ecc\_zcashd\_exporter - Completed initial grafana geo panel for zcash peering information - Updated NU5 development guide: [Network Upgrade Guide — Zcash Documentation 5.2.0 documentation](https://zcash.readthedocs.io/en/latest/rtd_pages/nu_dev_guide.html#nu5) - Updated zcashd rpc docs: [https://zcash.github.io/](https://zcash.github.io/) Core - Released Zcashd versions [4.5.1](https://electriccoin.co/blog/new-release-4-5-1/) and [4.5.1-1](https://electriccoin.co/blog/new-release-4-5-1-1/) - 4.5.1 included two Testnet Orchard circuit changes and fixed a regression in the getbalance RPC method - 4.5.1-1 added v5 transactions to standard rules and added a [listaddresses](https://zcash-rpc.github.io/listaddresses.html) RPC to replace the getaddressesbyaccount RPC - ZIPs 32 and 316 were [updated](https://github.com/zcash/zips/pull/564) to handle HD viewing key derivation - ZIP 239 was [updated](https://github.com/zcash/zips/pull/545) to clarify the intended behaviour for unrecognized inventory types - Made progress on the necessary [refactors](https://github.com/zcash/orchard/pull/187) to prepare for recursion in Halo 2 - Made great [progress](https://github.com/zcash/zcash/pull/5306) on converting the Zcashd wallet to derive all new addresses from mnemonic seed - The major lemma for the Halo 2 security proof is almost done - [Updated](https://github.com/zcash/zips/issues/560) the protocol specification to reflect the Orchard circuit changes made in Zcashd 4.5.1 Wallet - Android SDK: - Gradle plugin updates and improvements - Secant Wallet - Kotlin Multiplatform + JetPack Compose Research Spike - Could allow us target Desktop and Web with (mostly) the same codebase - Bootstrap of the project’s environment In progress - iOS SDK: - Rust-Less Builds Research Spike concluded. - Will Help SDK users to speed up their build jobs by 2 to 5 minutes - Swift Package Manager Research Spike Concluded - Depends on Rust-Less builds (which partners seem happy about) - Secant Wallet iOS - Onboarding Flow Screen with (semi) Final Designs In Progress - Recovery Phrase Flow in Progress - Custom UI-Components In flight - App Architecture Research Spike Concluded - App Will use The Composable Architecture for State Management, dependency injection, etc ,etc ,etc. [https://github.com/pointfreeco/swift-composable-architecture](https://github.com/pointfreeco/swift-composable-architecture) - UX / UI Design - Design Guidelines v1 Completed - Design Guidelines (in progress) - Feedback loop on UI-Components for iOS - Home screen guidelines and Lottie animations (In progress) In the news, Time Magazine [explores conversations](https://time.com/6106706/bitcoin-black-investors/) about liberation and money in the Black Bitcoin community. The Department of Justice [announced plans](https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2021/10/06/doj-to-launch-national-crypto-enforcement-team-report/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NODE%20OCT%207%202021&utm_term=The%20Node) to launch a crypto enforcement team. Ashkan Soltani, former chief technologist for the U.S. FTC, was [named executive director](https://www.reuters.com/legal/legalindustry/former-ftc-technologist-soltani-head-california-privacy-agency-2021-10-04/) of California Privacy Protection Agency. Bon week-end!