ZecHub 2025: An Education Hub for Zcash

[squirrel]

Hello Zcash, please see ZecHub’s recent project updates:

Major Achievements

• DAO Proposal A74 - Zcash FUTO Meetup (rejected)
• DAO Proposal A75 - Local Zcash Initiative: Lukoja Meetup Proposal (rejected)
• DAO Proposal A76 - Increase DAO Vote period to 5 days (passed)
• DAO Proposal A77 - Zcash Privacy and Awareness Education for students in Europe (rejected)
• DAO Proposal A78 - Zcash Meetup at FUTO (rejected)
• DAO Proposal A81 - Add new DAO member: Kroy! (passed)
• DAO Proposal A84 - Zcash Korea Ambassador Proposal (passed)

Project Updates

At the start of the month we joined Nym to discuss Zcash and ZecHub. We are currently scheduling an event between the Nym Squad League + ZecHub Community.

We hosted a Zcash Town Hall on Lockbox Distribution & Governance organised by Vito. Thanks to everyone who joined in the conversation!

Towards our aim of building community in the shielded ecosystem we held a Twitter Spaces with dajohns and AmyV from Pirate Chain.

ruZcash’s new address parser has been added to EduZEC. To complete the app we are next adding memo detection and media to pages.

The Penumbra Bounty Program is progressing well, we have started up a Penumbra node with the aim of gathering network metrics. We’ll also be joining a Penumbra Community Call on May 14th.

Dismad has tested operating a locally hosted zcash explorer using zcashd. Using tailscale this is accessible anywhere. He’s also updated the scripts we use to collect network metrics for zebrad support as well as the open source zebraUtilities

Dismad has also been helping test zebrad + zaino, he found some bugs: bug1,bug2

@Dismad notified zcash block explorer of the needed zcashd update

Dismad is also helping manage the on going coinvote as an election authority as well host the election urls url1 , and here url2

@Vito has been managing our social channels, doing production on all tutorials, creating the Shielded Newsletter and reaching out to new projects for future events.

ZecHub Video Content

• Penumbra Threshold Custody
• Using Shielded Zcash (ZEC) on Brave
• Keystone x Zashi Tutorial
• Current Landscape of Private Stablecoins (short)
• What is Pirate Chain?

Community Meetings

• ZecHub Sync Meeting 01/04
• ZecHub Sync Meeting 15/04
• ZecHub Sync Meeting 29/04

Our April educational content:

• Using Shielded ZEC on Brave
• Zcash Shielded Newsletter vol.25 / vol.26 / vol.27 / vol. 28
• DYK Series: Zcash’s onchain private newsletter
• DYK Series: Trial Decryption explained
• DYK Series: Accepting Zcash is easier than you think!

Community Contributions

Zcash Event Calendar
This month the calendar was kept very up to date with all Zcash events thanks to UknowZork.

Zcash Event Calendar · Events Calendar

PaywithZcash
@speedfox completed development of the new Paywithz.cash website! He presented the project during our sync meeting. Next step is to point the existing domain to it.

Maine
Special shout out to Maine for creating animated videos for @Zcash, Zashi, Zingo and Veil DEX on Penumbra!

Zcash Ecosystem Digest
Very big thanks to: UnknowZork, @Greatnessone, Xuccesful & Onikhe_biss for curating the community newsletters.

ZecHub | Substack

ZecHub Wiki

• Project Tachyon added to Zcash Projects
• Wiki page added for Mobile Top Ups

Bounty Program
Zcash Contributors: 15
ZEC towards bounties: 42.56
ZEC towards DAO Proposals: 83
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Feel free to share any ideas or feedback!

[dismad]

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Here is our April KPI report!

Highlights:

• Number of Twitter posts by month
  • 28 (Nov)
  • 24 (Dec)
  • 33 (Jan)
  • 28 (Feb)
  • 32 (Mar)
  • 40 (April)

Here is a brief snapshot of Twitter impressions per month for the last 26 months

• Only negative is the top post by impression

• Nice improvement of PR’s submitted

• Twitter Performance

  • Total Avg monthly impressions: 61723
  • Total Avg “Best Post” impressions: 12066
  • Follower count up 4%

• Top contributors to our Github(s) this month include:

  • Hardaeborla
  • Tec-wiz111
  • romashka-btc
  • decentralistdan
  • Chionerky
  • PixelPil0t1
  • gorgagian123
  • UknoZork
  • Manuelthegoat
  • TheRhipper
  • Jenneth-prettier
  • teslasdev

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Shielded Metrics Data update

Announcement

Happy to see ZecHub is being advertised by DDG’s default search result for Dework!

Thank You!

Any questions let us know

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ZecHub Github

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Twitter

• April

Analytics

Top Posts

Zcash Ecosystem Digest

Zashi + Keystone Tutorial!

Shielded Pools Visualized!

Zcash Town Hall!

Zcash Event Calendar!

CBDC’s Compared!

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Newsletter

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YouTube

Top Videos

Top Shorts

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Dework

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Free2Z

Zcash Ecosystem Digest | April 27th

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Office Hours

• Zebrad Tech support with zebraUtilities, helped anon get visualizeMempool.sh working on a Windows machine

• Zcash Coin Vote 2.0 / Zebrad Testing

If anyone needs extra help with anything please reach out

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Thank you

[decentralistdan]

Super cool!

[zerodartz]

can confirm its there on duckduckgo search.
but no other search engine i tried shows this sort of expanded results under it.

[squirrel]

Hi all! Please review ZecHub project activity over the past few weeks:

Major Achievements

• DAO Proposal A92 - Zcash Luma Calendar Management (pending)
• DAO Proposal A91 - Zcash Arabia (June - August) (pending)
• DAO Proposal A90 - Zcash Ukraine Regional Community Initiative by Beyond (pending)
• DAO Proposal A89 - Grant Proposal: Decentralized Identity Wallet (pending)
• DAO Proposal A86 - Unstake STARS and KUJI from the ZecHub Treasury (passed)
• DAO Proposal A85 - Convert all ZecHub Treasury IST into UM (passed)

Project Updates

Dismad is running a Namada node collecting network metrics for the Wiki Dashboard. He has recently joined the Namada Shielded Support Team! He is also currently performing in-person surveys on behalf of Brave, gathering feedback on UX.

@TheKroy created several posters DYK series, Events & Zero to Zero Knowledge. We made updates to the Discord server: operations channel restored + Bridges to Zcash Turkey/Zcash Nigeria Telegram channels. We continue to monitor and engage with the community.

Squirrel and Dismad took part in the Penumbra Community Call on May 14th.

Squirrel added formatting to the Dashboard Privacy Set visualisation, has been editing & reviewing Ecosystem Digests + sending out ZecHub Shielded Newsletters on Sundays.

We will be adding Penumbra network metrics to the Wiki Dashboard over the next few days. We hosted a Zcash x Penumbra Quiz in the #Penumbra portal channel.

Vito kept our social media accounts updated, including Twitter, Bluesky, and now resumed activity on Mastodon. Instagram is coming soon with Zork currently updating our TikTok. He curated the Zcash Shielded News + Arborist Call Summaries via Substack.

He connected with moderators from the Bluesky server towards a possible future podcast/event.

Piratechain created a group with us to collaborate on future events between both communities.

Vito assisted in organizing the “Crosslink Milestone #2” event with Jason McGee, he handled the recording, editing, and coordination during the call (Thank you, Mine, for the artwork).

Squirrel will be attending Berlin Blockchain Week with the zkAV Club where a recording station will be set up. There is an ongoing fundraiser to support a Zcash Recap Livestream. More details: Zk Av Club Recording Station at Berlin Blockchain Week 2025

We have an upcoming Community Call scheduled with Citrea on June 2nd @ 21:00 UTC.

ZecHub Video Content

• ZecHub Podcast - Z3 and Zashi
• Best Zcash wallet for Private Messaging?
• Project Tachyon is a new initiative launched by Sean Bowe
• In our world Privacy also means Community
• Brave wallet now supports shielded transactions

Shorts

• Zancas’ role at Zingo Labs
• What is Z³?
• How Zingo stands out from other wallets
• What is ZeWIF?

Community Meetings

• ZecHub Sync Meeting - 27th May
• ZecHub Sync Meeting - 13th May

Our May educational content:

• Zcash Shielded News vol.29 / vol.30 / vol.31 / vol. 32
• Introduction to Zenith
• Zcash extensible Wallet Interchange Format (ZeWIF) Thread
• How Zcash prevents double spending while allowing users to make payments with full privacy
• Looking for apps to boost your security and privacy?
• jswihart talks about how common kidnapping threats are in the crypto space.
• Zero to Zero Knowledge | What Is Bluesky and How It Compares to X
• If you accept Zcash (ZEC) register your business/service today.
• The Private DEX from Penumbrazone
• Privacy on IBC with Penumbra Poster
• Penumbra Threshold Custody Poster
• Penumbra May Newsletter

Community Contributions

PaywithZcash

@Speedfox successfully re-launched the site! It sends an automated notification into the Zcash Global Discord when a new business registers.

Pay With Zcash

Zcash Event Calendar

Uknowzork has been updating the calendar with all ecosystem events. Please subscribe or bookmark to stay informed!

Zcash Event Calendar · Events Calendar

Zcash Espanol
@Edicksonjga has shared the translated Ecosystem Digests via the ZcashEsp Blog and X.

Zcash Brazil

Artwork for the 4 editions of Zcash Shielded News were made by @Iogy.

Maine

Maine created very cool animated videos on: Zcash Community Projects, Noctis Explorer, Zingo Wallet and Veil DEX.

Zcash Ecosystem Digest

Newsletters this month were written by: Chionerky, Gorga, Rems & @Hardaeborla.

ZecHub | Substack

ZecHub Wiki

• Donations page has been revamped thanks to Snr_Dev Donate now | Zechub
• Shielded Supply for Namada assets added to Dashboard thanks to Snr_Dev Dashboard | Zechub
• The dashboard now has animated transitions thanks to Snr Dev Zcash add Transition by teslasdev · Pull Request #176 · ZecHub/zechub-wiki · GitHub
• Visualisation of the Sapling & Orchard Privacy Set using real transaction data.
• Updated wiki for Livestreaming on Free2Z thanks to @Cjfrankie Create Update Free2Z livestreaming Guide - ZecHub Wiki by frankchukwurah · Pull Request #1192 · ZecHub/zechub · GitHub
• Added icons to side menu thanks to Qdev Update Icons by qdev.ts by Henryquincy · Pull Request #174 · ZecHub/zechub-wiki · GitHub
• Bug fixes + UI Improvements made thanks to Jenneth Navbar for mobile and desktop view fixed by Jenneth-prettier · Pull Request #159 · ZecHub/zechub-wiki · GitHub
• New DEX listings added thanks to Charlotte. Create dexListingConfig.js by Charlottebreed · Pull Request #1189 · ZecHub/zechub · GitHub

Bounty Program

Zcash Contributors: 23
ZEC towards bounties: 23.4
ZEC towards DAO Proposals: 25
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Please provide any feedback!

[dismad]

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Here is our May KPI report!

Highlights:

• Number of Twitter posts by month

  • 28 (Nov)
  • 24 (Dec)
  • 33 (Jan)
  • 28 (Feb)
  • 32 (Mar)
  • 40 (April)
  • 31 (May)

• Our PR’s merged on the ZecHub repo are down, as well as our Twitter monthly impressions

• Nice improvement of PR’s submitted on ZecHub-wiki however (

• Twitter Performance

  • Total Avg monthly impressions: 61455
  • Total Avg “Best Post” impressions: 10079
  • Follower count up slighly down

• Top contributors to our Github(s) this month include:

  • Tmahn001
  • jhei001
  • Henryquincy
  • BeyondKarto
  • Charlottebreed
  • frankchukwurah
  • rems-15
  • Hardaeborla
  • Chionerky
  • gorgagian123
  • UknoZork
  • Jenneth-prettier
  • teslasdev

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Shielded Metrics Data update

Shielded Orchard usage since NU6 has never been higher!

The following metrics are collected from a running Zebrad

This second picture shows just how much ZEC, by week, is flowing into the Orchard shielded pool.

Thank You!

Any questions let us know

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Bluesky

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Twitter

• May

Analytics

Top Posts

Privacy is about Protection and Freedom

In our world Privacy also means Community

Zcash Ecosystem Digest | May 18th

Over 1 million shielded ZEC used to vote

Zcash Ecosystem Digest | May 25th

Privacy Set Visualization

PaywithZ.cash v2

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Newsletter

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YouTube

Newest Videos

Newest Shorts

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Dework

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Free2Z

Zero to Zero Knowledge | What Is Bluesky and How It Compares to X

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Office Hours

• Running Penumbra and Namada full nodes
• Participated in the Crosslink Workshop
• Fixed a bug in Penumbra documentation PR
• Refactored our open source data; now includes penumbra and namada

If anyone needs extra help with anything please reach out

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Thank you

[UknowZork_12]

A big kudos to Y’all for the great work. Zcash to the world