We are thrilled to announce that we have achieved our 10 milestone of 2025.
Milestone 10 - estimated completion date: 10/31/2025
Full report for October 2025 - 100% complete
- Marketing & Growth - @Michae2xl Report
- Technical Support - @james_katz report
- Design - @Iogy & @Minevg report
- Community Support- @E-zec report
Highligths
October marked a dynamic month for Zcash Brazil, with a strong focus on community engagement, education, and partnerships that amplified Zcash’s emphasis on financial privacy and individual sovereignty.
Key highlights included hosting multiple Zebra Talks on topics like Web3 communities, career opportunities, risk management, and decentralizing law, launching the Shielded Album “Zcash Vibe” - Song, celebrating Zcash’s 9th anniversary with community calls, giveaways, and retrospectives, and reaching 2,070+ followers on X, with so many shorts, videos across our platforms.
In-person events, such as those at Tech Venture Law Summit and HackTudo, along with virtual sessions like ZCine movie nights, quizzes, and Privacy Hour podcasts, fostered deeper connections and awareness. Partnerships with entities like Modular Crypto, Nym Brazil, CastaCrypto, OffChain Brazil, and talks for next week with Pinic (Brazil’s largest crypto card provider) strengthened Zcash’s ecosystem.
The impact in Brazil was significant: through translated content (e.g., Shielded News, tutorials, memes, and threads on privacy in Layer 1, Zcash Brazil educated so many on crypto privacy, countered misinformation on topics like inflation and AI’s role in employment, and promoted shielded transactions amid rising ZEC appreciation.
This work advanced Zcash’s mission, building a vibrant Portuguese-speaking community, encouraging adoption via tools like Zashi, etc.
NOTE: We have an abundance of media, so feel free to explore our social networks, articles, videos, photos, and artwork.
James Katz Dev October Report
All hosting and API key payments are up to date.
Even though AWS had some downtime this month, none of our services were affected.
Renewed SSL certificates for:
Everything is now covered and running securely.
Zcash Metro
This month brought several improvements and bug fixes to https://zcashmetro.io.
- Improved zebra positioning and logic: trains now only leave the station when all zebras are aboard.
- Added random walk behavior to zebras, making the visuals more dynamic and fun.
- Unfortunately, the “zebras jumping onto the tracks” bug seems to have returned. More fixes are on the way.
- Some new bugs appeared (like trains not leaving at all), but they’re being tracked and patched gradually.
Bots and Automation
- Added and tested new commands for the ZecStats Discord bot, making it easier for users to access stats directly from the server.
- Built new anti-spam features for the Telegram captcha bot, including:
- Simple blacklist system
- Automatic kick for blacklisted usernames
These small improvements are helping to keep the community cleaner and safer.
ZecFaucet
The faucet has been under heavy load lately due to the recent increase in ZEC price.
Several anti-scam measures were tested to prevent automated or fraudulent claims.
An efficient, permanent solution is still under research.
Update: ZecFaucet is temporarily open only for coupon holders while testing continues.
Tools and Contributions
Released a new recovery tool for ZecWallet Lite users:
I’m happy to report that it has already helped at least one user recover their funds — a great outcome.
Dizzy Bot (Discord)
During big events like Zcash’s 9th birthday, Dizzy handled a high volume of transactions, revealing some rare bugs where a few withdrawals failed.
Spent time debugging and ensuring all users eventually received their ZEC. Everything is now stable again.
Ongoing and New Projects
- Began working on a new (secret for now) project — more details to come soon.
- zVolunteered once again to run a Vote Authority server, continuing to support Zcash governance infrastructure.
Design Team Iogy & Mine October Report
Unstoppable Private Money - The Shielded Album
Unstoppable Private Money - The Shielded Album is a project we’ve been thinking about for a while because we felt the need for music for video editing, and we thought: why keep using generic music when we can create music for Zcash? We created 5 songs that talk about the “Zcash World”.
The lyrics and melodies were conceived by the design team and generated by AI, designed to be very catchy. We decided to make them in English because it is a globally used and more accessible language. They can be used by anyone who wants to make good use of them. We’ll release 1 per week, the first was on Zcash Birthday!
Zcash Vibe - A Song to Zcash Community - Banner, Youtube Thumbnail and Vídeo
https://x.com/zcashbrazil/status/1983358334251180364
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDcKJuLMypw
Zcash 9-Year Retrospective - Banner/Thumbnail, Co-host, Record and Live Stream
https://x.com/zcashbrazil/status/1980378876741292252
https://www.instagram.com/p/DQU9KnwkglA/
@zcashbrazil.bsky.social on Bluesky
Ledger Nano Plus Give Away - Overlay, Livestram and Co-host
https://www.youtube.com/live/keJUSZ53s1M?si=kckJamsc5VDQ3MH7
Shielded News (Portuguese and English) - Banners
#50
https://x.com/zcashbrazil/status/1974175894756261920
@zcashbrazil.bsky.social on Bluesky
Zcash Shielded News | Vol.50 📰 - by Zcash Brasil
#51
https://x.com/zcashbrazil/status/1976312053234040909
@zcashbrazil.bsky.social on Bluesky
Zcash Shielded News | Vol.51 📰 - by Zcash Brasil
#52
(https://hackmd.io/_uploads/ByvnR2Z1-g.jpg)
![6940ac1b-9b29-48c8-b065-75d0e7f5b03c_1920x1080]
https://x.com/zcashbrazil/status/1979235944088674796/photo/1
@zcashbrazil.bsky.social on Bluesky
Zcash Shielded News | Vol.52 📰 - by Zcash Brasil
#53
https://x.com/zcashbrazil/status/1981401595007943088
@zcashbrazil.bsky.social on Bluesky
Zcash Shielded News | Vol.54 📰 - by Zcash Brasil
#54
@zcashbrazil.bsky.social on Bluesky
@zcashbrazil.bsky.social on Bluesky
Zcash Shielded News | Vol.54 📰 - by Zcash Brasil
Zona Z - Banner to Substack’s article escrito pela @Aamandita
#8
https://x.com/zcashbrazil/status/1975554394843455566
@zcashbrazil.bsky.social on Bluesky
O mendigo de conquistas pequenas
#9
https://x.com/zcashbrazil/status/1978095718490398938
O Dinheiro - by AAmandita_🏴 and Zcash Brasil
#10
https://x.com/zcashbrazil/status/1980669345429901752
A grande ilusão - by Zcash Brasil and AAmandita_🏴
#11
https://x.com/zcashbrazil/status/1983528814673018986
Além do fiduciário - by Zcash Brasil and AAmandita_🏴
@zcashbrazil.bsky.social on Bluesky
Zebra Talk
Decentralizing the Law - Banner and livestream
https://x.com/zcashbrazil/status/1973770257715089726
@zcashbrazil.bsky.social on Bluesky
https://www.instagram.com/p/DPT8lPkjuOl/
https://www.youtube.com/live/q68k_qEcuW8?si=Mn_d8IyC9SITDs-Z
Risk Management
https://www.instagram.com/p/DPwjTbujmt0/
https://www.youtube.com/live/iAPPpTGXAIE?si=lMiPGXy3tOQL6aAt
@zcashbrazil.bsky.social on Bluesky
Zcine - Banner and co-host
How Zcash Solved The Problem That Stumped Bitcoin’s Creator - Poster, Co-Host, Stream
https://x.com/zcashbrazil/status/1975712040368152808
@zcashbrazil.bsky.social on Bluesky
https://www.instagram.com/p/DPhtEdlkmP0/
Satoshi’s Last Wish
https://x.com/zcashbrazil/status/1983328601295728754
@zcashbrazil.bsky.social on Bluesky
Modular Crypto - Banner
True Cypherpunk Doesn’t Leave Data
https://newsletter.modularcrypto.xyz/p/mp-1-303-avan-a-no-congresso-caixa-lan-a-fundo-cripto
Zcash Shielded Pool
🔲 Brasil tokeniza US$ 1 bi & Opções de BTC disparam
Zcash Your Money Your Rules
🔲 Sem BlackRock, sem festa & x402 vive boom de pagamentos
🔲 EUA confiscam US$ 15 bi & CME de olho no Brasil
Thumbnail and Video Edition (Tutorial was a Dework task made by a community member)
Native Zec on Phantom with Solswap
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEccCDMsOa0
https://x.com/zcashbrazil/status/1978263337373741291
Zec Insider - Banner, Co-host and Record
https://x.com/zcashbrazil/status/1978540047205847042
https://bsky.app/profile/zcashbrazil.bsky.social/post/3m23nsavx5s2v
https://youtu.be/ltmU1I-Iq_A?si=-VN8m5_xRMsT7l9l
https://www.instagram.com/p/DP11mxeAeu_/
ZcashBrasil & NymPortuguese Partnership
Xpaces Privacy Hour 2 - Curation, Banner and Co-Host
https://x.com/NymPortugues/status/1979228868188713135
Zepe
https://x.com/pedamerico/status/1973381349001085223
Tachyon Project X Thread - AI Images Generated and Text
https://x.com/zcashbrazil/status/1973377980551278998
Based on Frank Braun’s article:“Privacy needs to be baked into L1” - AI Images Generated and Text
https://x.com/zcashbrazil/status/1981032667765154215
HackTudo Rio - Digital Culture Festival - Giveaways, Approach, Video Editing
Hackudo Rio, a free, interactive event aimed at democratizing access to and educating people on the use of new technologies.
We spoke with some project coordinators and discussed the importance of and concerns about privacy in new technologies.
Giveaways
Keycaps and Silicone Folding Cup
https://x.com/zcashbrazil/status/1980292599345983778
Shielded Labs
Crosslink Milestone #4 - Banner
https://x.com/ShieldedLabs/status/1979212560810266699
ZKP Comic Stripe
https://x.com/zcashbrazil/status/1980625575724175547
https://www.instagram.com/p/DQEpzg5jv2F/?img_index=1
Youtube Shorts - Edition, Translation, Subtitles
https://youtube.com/shorts/B4hbk0366W8?si=zylKS1LoLT4wSLhi
https://www.instagram.com/p/DQcHDLhDgzk/
https://youtube.com/shorts/DShxo0L5ud4?si=GmTx8bkKN-H-agia
https://www.instagram.com/p/DQZh2nujhW3/
https://youtube.com/shorts/xf7PJXEooYM?si=k1RKiGFjS06_9DtJ
https://www.instagram.com/p/DQW8WHAjgJm/
https://youtube.com/shorts/TJwJKo-0IKs?si=Yku2PxBh6-ytlpv3
https://www.instagram.com/p/DQUXJVuDvqZ/
https://youtube.com/shorts/2QoU3E41-6s?si=4NVjGU06gFjqZSsE
https://www.instagram.com/p/DQPNvQ2jgFJ/
https://youtube.com/shorts/SUf8LrKNeyM?si=VRe_2qxEjLP-arLk
https://www.instagram.com/p/DQMp4V_Dr4z/
https://youtube.com/shorts/3cS-EEXc2cs?si=XJqheeRBrM3JRkRU
https://www.instagram.com/p/DQKEJWsDpOv/
https://youtube.com/shorts/yVSccWR7C4s?si=asYo5gFR9ZQtvN7r
https://www.instagram.com/p/DQHfYkPDsXD/
https://youtube.com/shorts/armpvqdCYSk?si=sT9skxLshs1OZ4nI
https://www.instagram.com/p/DQE6f2ZjsIb/
https://youtube.com/shorts/lsAT_A_kwb8?si=3yNnoYk0n31rrqV_
https://www.instagram.com/p/DQCVwmzDozL/
https://youtube.com/shorts/qcoGLSkjEvk?si=YAg-maZUQoPOGhxQ
https://www.instagram.com/p/DP6qgzwDkup/
https://youtube.com/shorts/PCXUimfAHmI?si=5zkWuu6nxq41USqj
https://www.instagram.com/p/DQCSxW4jhIf/?img_index=1
https://youtube.com/shorts/r3U-Akw6Y80?si=brBdAGzswo94ciFT
https://www.instagram.com/p/DP6qgzwDkup/
https://youtube.com/shorts/ySuuPxOmBcQ?si=w4zkHs-v-ANhevgF
https://www.instagram.com/p/DP1ed22DvlX/
https://youtube.com/shorts/UZjInd9yBd4?si=i04ATN-y5FWEBpqo
https://www.instagram.com/p/DPy69aPDg5t/
https://youtube.com/shorts/XW53tyjerd4?si=W0gTPhrN3lKEe3dO
https://www.instagram.com/p/DPwWEVMDtMM/
https://youtube.com/shorts/MwWxvpJdQ6M?si=W51RmKUxxOQ1LN2Z
https://youtube.com/shorts/5dL-I7S8s1Y?si=e0pwy_SNS1YKsxUW
https://www.instagram.com/p/DPmC9f2joO4/
https://youtube.com/shorts/b89FwG3vWAQ?si=p-TqHnxjSOYgqDiD
https://youtube.com/shorts/CU-OTDKPNjs?si=7pSfEzH5mlTfzh3f
https://www.instagram.com/p/DPhZE6oCulX/
https://youtube.com/shorts/orWlcNSyZjk?si=XtNajewNTVsup3U-
https://www.instagram.com/p/DPejFhSimVV/
https://youtube.com/shorts/Kl_BUqFiAUE?si=xJ4SzKwtwARDi5AH
https://www.instagram.com/p/DPWoxLXDh2t/
https://youtube.com/shorts/j0QkDXFfCv8?si=QeKqa3g7rm8FWNeZ
https://youtube.com/shorts/s0Mkz0z5KEQ?si=l-_J-Q53C7TKMUaT
https://www.instagram.com/p/DPRdjo_jreV/
https://youtube.com/shorts/itqAsnBPUfI?si=2lcAq78h6u9FEPSn
https://www.instagram.com/p/DPO3vWLDoec/
https://youtube.com/shorts/tCQdJePRRxg?si=cjDXyJPtCoHHeE8l
https://www.instagram.com/p/DPMRWHLjszR/
Zepe
Pool of Privacy
https://x.com/pedamerico/status/1973381349001085223
Shielded Zepe
https://x.com/pedamerico/status/1980048390718394556
Zcash to All Zepes
https://x.com/pedamerico/status/1981443716528144666
Zepe Honors Zodlers
https://x.com/pedamerico/status/1981816511346946269
Zepe Birthday Zcash
https://x.com/taminevg
Spreading the word of Zcash
A Zcash Dream
https://x.com/taminevg/status/1976723355152597326
Almost There (5M)
https://x.com/taminevg/status/1981831957429567874
E-zec October Report
Community Onboarding & Engagement Strategy
After all the buzz Zcash made this past month, we had full onboarding for new users Provide comprehensive guidance and support to help newcomers integrate smoothly into the Zcash ecosystem.
ZEC Insider Community Call
Join us for the ZEC Insider Community Call, a live session based on the latest Zcash Digest and Zcash Shielded News. We’ll cover all the recent protocol updates and open the floor for community Q&A.
What to Expect
Updates on Zcash protocol developments
Highlights from Zcash Digest & Shielded News
Open Q&A with the community
Direct engagement with Zcash contributors
Hosted by
Me ,Michael and Iogy
Zebra Talk — Live Community Activation
Get ready for Zebra Talk, a dynamic livestream designed to energize the Zcash community! This session brings full support to our ecosystem by activating interest and interaction between participants and special guests.
What It’s All About
Strengthening community engagement
Live conversations with invited guests
Interactive Q&A and real-time feedback- Boosting visibility and excitement around Zcash
Z Cine — Zcash Media Showcase
Welcome to Z Cine, a curated video experience highlighting the most relevant materials about Zcash, privacy, and freedom. This activity is designed to inform, inspire, and activate the community through powerful media.
What You’ll See
Selected videos from the Zcash ecosystem- Content focused on digital privacy and financial freedom
Educational and thought-provoking media
Presented by
Michael, Iogy e E-Zec
Why Join?
Whether you’re new to Zcash or a long-time supporter, Z Cine offers a fresh lens into the values and vision behind the protocol. Let’s explore the stories that shape our movement.
ZEC Insider Community Call
Join us for the ZEC Insider Community Call, a live session inspired by the latest Zcash Digest and Zcash Shielded News. This is your chance to stay informed, connect with contributors, and help shape the future of Zcash.
What to Expect
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Weekly Protocol Updates
We’ll walk through all the latest changes and improvements in the Zcash ecosystem. -
Community Feedback
Your voice matters! Share your thoughts, ask questions, and help guide future developments. -
Welcoming New Members
Thanks to the recent surge in Zcash activity, we’re excited to welcome new faces into the community. -
Highlights from Zcash Digest & Shielded News
A quick recap of the most important stories and insights from the week. -
Live Q&A
Hosted by Me ,Michael and Iogy
Casta Studies Community Support
Casta is one of Brazil’s leading crypto scholars, and during this session, he guided the entire community through a live study of Zcash updates and support strategies.
What Happened
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Live Crypto Education
Casta shared directional insights and answered questions to help deepen understanding of Zcash and its ecosystem. -
Community Engagement
The session was designed to activate participation, clarify doubts, and strengthen the Brazilian Zcash community. -
Support & Strategy
Topics included technical support, protocol updates, and how to navigate recent developments in the crypto space.
Whether you’re new to Zcash or a seasoned supporter, this was a valuable opportunity to learn directly from one of Brazil’s top crypto minds.
Zcash 9th Anniversary — Year in Review
As part of the pre-celebration for Zcash’s 9th anniversary, we hosted a special retrospective session covering the most important developments and activities from the past year — and previewed what’s coming next.
What We Covered
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Key Protocol Developments
A walkthrough of major updates and technical milestones achieved by the Zcash ecosystem. -
Community Activations
Highlights from global and regional initiatives that strengthened the Zcash movement. -
Growth & Impact
Reflections on adoption, privacy advocacy, and ecosystem expansion. -
What’s Next
A sneak peek into upcoming updates, roadmap items, and community-driven goals.
This retrospective was a powerful moment to reflect, reconnect, and reignite our shared mission for digital privacy and financial freedom.
Zcine + ZecQuiz
Overview
Zcine + ZecQuiz is a light-hearted yet educational activity designed to engage the Zcash community. It combines curated Zcash-related materials with an interactive quiz to test knowledge and encourage participation.
Purpose
- Promote Zcash education in a fun and accessible format
- Encourage community interaction and expertise sharing
- Provide valuable resources and insights into Zcash technology and ecosystem
Quiz Details
The quiz was created by e-zec and is available here:
ZecQuiz on HackMD
Presented by
- Michael
- e-zec (me)
- Iogy
dizzy spend
$51.32
Michae2xl October Report
Michael’s activities in October 2025 were focused on marketing and growth for Zcash Brazil.
I am actively involved in various activities and networking in Brazil, consistently promoting Zcash and building respectful relationships within the ecosystem.
Main Social media:
Monthly Costs: $232.84
– Events budget: $1444
– Events USD remaining after: $1217
(You will be paid out in ZEC based on the USD market price at payout time.)
For all Zcash Community:
Our art, code, and work are open-source and free to use.
Thank you so much!