Zcash Developer Relations Engineer

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July 2025

Hello! This is my progress report for milestone 11. Thanks to everyone who collaborated with me. If I could achieve any of this is because of you folks!

Executive Report

The month focused on outreach and coordination activities for Zcashd deprecation, including ongoing communication with exchanges regarding NU 6.1 testnet and Zcash 6.2.0 EOL, hosting the 100th LCWG Light Client protocol steering call, and aligning cadence for collaboration meetings to improve productivity. Development highlights included contributing to CoinMarketCap’s CirculatingSupply API and ChainSafe’s Zcash Metamask Snap, along with continued collaboration on key wallet functionalities such as “Send Max.”

Developer Relations activities involved assisting ChainSafe’s Metamask Snap launch, attending the Z|ECC summit, engaging in PR reviews, reporting UI bugs in Brave wallet and NEAR Intents, collaborating on Ledger’s next steps with Zcash alongside ZCG, and providing ecosystem support through regular office hours and Arborist calls.

Extended Report

DevRel July 2025
Zcashd Deprecation

  • Outreach to Zcashd users: added one more exchange to our list of contacts. We also started to do the NU 6.1 testnet and Zcash 6.2.0 EOL outreach.
    • Community Updates:
    • Coordination:
      • Continue to host Zaino API workgroup
      • Hosted 1st LCWG Light Client protocol steering call. Which was call #100!
      • Resulting PR
      • Notes
      • Zcash deprecation collaboration calls:
        • I took ownership of these in accordance with ZF and ZCG.
        • We agreed on cadence and attendance requirements with the intention of lowering overhead and boosting productivity and meaning.
    • Development:
    • Worked on specific divergence in Zcashd and Zebrad responses for GetBlockchainInfo methods.
    • Continued to collaborate with Kris Nuttycom on “Send Max”

Development

  • Completed API requirements for CoinMarketCap and their CirculatingSupply data endpoint needs
  • Contributed to ChainSafe’s Zcash Metamask Snap shielding feature

DevRel

  • Helped ChainSafe on their Metamask Snap launch
  • Attended Z|ECC summit and published updates for the community
  • PR Reviews:
  • Ad Hoc Ecosy​​stem response:
    • I reported two UI bugs involving NEAR Intents and Brave wallet. Details here
  • Worked with ZCG on Ledger Next Steps with Zcash
  • Attended Arborist Calls
  • Office Hours:
    • RedDev weekly syncs
    • [Anonymous new Zcasher]: Went over possible projects this person could collaborate on.
    • Zaino syncs
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