# October 9, 2020 - weekly forum update
**URL:** https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/october-9-2020-weekly-forum-update/37548
**Category:** Weekly Forum Updates
**Created:** [October 9, 2020, 10:25pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/october-9-2020-weekly-forum-update/37548 "2020-10-09T22:25:12Z")
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### Author:  [@elenita](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/elenita)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2020, 10:25pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/october-9-2020-weekly-forum-update/37548/1 "2020-10-09T22:25:12Z")
Here are the updates from this week:
- Zcash hit its [millionth block](https://twitter.com/ElectricCoinCo/status/1314376165277089793?s=20).
- Open-source wallet apps localized into [5 additional languages](https://electriccoin.co/blog/open-source-wallet-apps-now-available-in-5-additional-languages/).
- ECC published the [Transparency Report for Q1 2020](https://electriccoin.co/blog/ecc-transparency-report-for-q1-2020/).
- MGRC met this week. [Here are the minutes](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/mgrc-update-10-8-2020-and-meeting-minutes/37537) from their first meeting.
- There are now 23 places where you can [pay with _shielded_ Zcash](https://twitter.com/paywithzcash/status/1314016760249626624?s=20).
- Zooko quoted in Coindesk Op-Ed, [The Web Wasn’t Built for Privacy, but It Could Be](https://www.coindesk.com/web-privacy-surveillance-2030) and DC was interviewed on [Staking Defense podcast](https://stakingdefense.substack.com/p/episode-3-david-campbell-on-pow-and).
- ICYMI, here are recordings from past events
Mark your [calendars](https://electriccoin.co/events/),
- 10/13 - CoinDCX Youtube Livestream (India), [link](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3tRLIiVt1HdFsfJQu-9rzA/)
- 10/13 - Can Privacy and Regulation Coexist? with Gemini and Perkins Coie, [link](https://electriccoin.co/event/can-privacy-preserving-cryptocurrency-and-regulation-coexist/)
- 10/14 - MetalPay AMA, [registration link](https://zoom.us/webinar/register/8415996309431/WN_OZ8P7nXrQOqDr7y3W9otEw)
- 10/19 -[ZKP Privacy Conference](https://zkp-privacy-summit.dystopialabs.com/) hosted by Dystopia Labs
- 10/27 - Zeal calls are back!
- 10/28 - Zcash 4th Birthday 🎉
- 11/3 - November Gardening Club
- 11/5 - November Arborist Call
- 11/18 - Canopy Activation 🌲
**Documentation**
- Zcashd forking and connecting to upstream instructions
- Debian packages build instructions
- Updated a broken link via community feedback form
**DevInfra**
- Phase 1: Travis CI full support for native Mac
- Phase 1: Public and private namespacing mechanics for production Tekton
- Kustomize implementation of prior kubernetes BlockExplorer
- Updated mainnet and testnet seeders staged for deployment
- Phase 1: Grafana alternative cloud solution
**Core**
- Updated almost all our dependencies (including ZeroMQ)
- Removed OpenSSL
- Merged several upstream Bitcoin Core PRs
- Check out these PR Statistics from last quarter
| Repo | Open at Start of Q3 | Opened in Q3 | Total Opened | Closed in Q3 | Open at Start of Q4 | Reduction |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| zcash | 108 | 87 | 195 | 130 | 65 | 40% |
| librustzcash | 14 | 33 | 47 | 38 | 9 | 36% |
| zips | 14 | 7 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 21% |
| Total | 136 | 127 | 263 | 185 | 84 | 38% |
**Security**
- Finalizing Jesse deprecation
- Handled two internal security responses
**Wallet**
- Localization to ECC wallet in five languages (iOS and Android)
- Security improvements around seed handling (iOS)
- Fixed rust interfacing issue (iOS)
- General app maintenance (iOS)
- Better use of viewing keys and less reliance on seeds (Android)
- Discovered and patched a critical issue in dependency library (Android)
- Proposed protocol for autoshielding
**Community Shout Outs** - Shout out to PaywithZcash for maintaining a directory of Zcash merchants. Shout out to rex4539 and linuxion for submitting community PRs.
**This week in privacy,** [DOJ](https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/attorney-general-william-p-barr-announces-publication-cryptocurrency-enforcement-framework) announces a new [Cryptocurrency Enforcement Framework](https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/attorney-general-william-p-barr-announces-publication-cryptocurrency-enforcement-framework). The framework includes some troubling statements around anonymity enhanced cryptocurrencies or “AECs.” Jerry Brito from Coincenter [weighs in](https://twitter.com/jerrybrito/status/1314254250512396289?s=20). Did you know about “[keyword warrants](https://www.cnet.com/news/google-is-giving-data-to-police-based-on-search-keywords-court-docs-show/)”?
Other headlines: [“Do Not Track” is back](https://www.wired.com/story/global-privacy-control-launches-do-not-track-is-back/). The Markup reports on algorithms [violating fair housing laws](https://themarkup.org/locked-out/2020/09/24/fair-housing-laws-algorithms-tenant-screenings). EFF shared [tools for police surveillance](https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/09/three-interactive-tools-understanding-police-surveillance) and [school recordings raise questions from a privacy lawyer](https://iapp.org/news/a/covid-19-privacy-and-school-recordings/). I came across this [2015 paper](https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3824&context=dlj) that explores privacy as a public good - it would be fun to think about how privacy fits into[Ostrom’s principles](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/jinglan-wang-on-elinor-ostrom-for-cybercoins/36135).
**In crypto news,** crypto crackdowns continue, [John McAfee](https://www.coindesk.com/sec-alleges-john-mcafee-pumped-tokens-for-profit) was arrested earlier this week. [Belarus dissidents](https://www.coindesk.com/belarus-dissidents-bitcoin) use bitcoin.
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### Author:  [@jmsjsph](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/jmsjsph)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2020, 5:55am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/october-9-2020-weekly-forum-update/37548/2 "2020-10-10T05:55:16Z")
Thank you for this 😊