The Assist. ZODL Update

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The “Joker,” Nikola Jokić, is a monster 6’11” Serbian basketball player on the Denver Nuggets, my home team. I love watching this guy. He looks like he’s always scratched up, exhausted, and uncomfortable on the court. And, he is one of the greatest players of all time.

A few stats:

  • Second all-time in triple-doubles (points, rebounds, and assists). He’ll easily break that record.

  • Highest single-season player efficiency rating in history.

  • Three-time MVP, Finals MVP, world champion, and eight-time all-star.

I was watching the Nuggets play against the Lakers this week. Multiple times, one of the commentators seemed flabbergasted that Jokić, who had a clear lane to the basket, was passing the ball instead. The other commentator spoke up and said something like, “You know, his teammates play harder because he does that. They know he’ll feed them the ball.”

And when the Joker is passing, he’s a lot of fun to watch. He’s the GOAT of no-look passes. It makes everyone around him better.

The ZODL team has been on my mind a lot this week too. We’ve been through challenging things together. We’re galvanized and bonded. And it’s full of all-stars who have delivered innovation well beyond their size or the resources available to them.

There isn’t any one star at ZODL, no one champion, no single point of failure. It’s a team. We build together. The same is true with the broader Zcash ecosystem.

Passing isn’t a sacrifice. It keeps the full team in the game and the defense unsure of where to attack. It’s the key to winning, and a lot of fun to watch when it happens.

Here’s how we assisted this week:

Zodl (formerly Zashi)

  • Zodl went live on Google Play. The rebrand from Zashi to Zodl is now complete on both the App Store and Google Play. Rebranding work for F-Droid, GitHub, and the Solana dApp Store is next.

  • Finalized scope for Zodl 3.1.0, which brings major Swap/Pay UX improvements — expected release next week.

  • Updated release cycles to ship new app updates every two weeks.

  • Progressed on initial designs for Coinholder Polling.

Zodl iOS

  • Unique Installs: 37.8k

  • Total Downloads: 44.4k

  • App Store Rating: 4.9★

Zodl Android

  • Install Base: 13.5k

  • Total Installs (incl. Open Beta): 44.9k

  • Play Store Rating: 4.22★

Zcash Core

Priorities:

  • Review and provide feedback on the new Coinholder Polling mechanism.

  • Contribute to the NU7 engineering proposal.

  • Continued focus on Zallet alpha.4 release scope.

  • Finalize iOS SDK/FFI reunification.

Other

  • Continued operationalizing policy and regulatory strategy. Prepared a draft analysis of the EU’s MiCA framework and its restrictions on privacy-enhancing crypto assets, with a focus on implications for the Zcash ecosystem.

  • Attended the Milken Future of Finance meetings in DC, connecting with key stakeholders. Exploring participation in EU-focused regulatory roundtables (DARTE series) at EthCC later this month.

  • Spartablock published a detailed analysis of how reducing Zcash’s target block spacing from 75s to 25s impacts difficulty adjustment.

  • A friend from the NEAR community created an epic symphonic rock anthem about Zcash. :sign_of_the_horns::guitar:

Winning,

Onward.

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