Hi Zcash, this month was packed with activity check out our progress updates below:
Major Achievements
- DAO Proposal A139 - Request for Permanent Moderator Appointment
- DAO Proposal A138 - DAO Membership Proposal – Contribution & Ongoing Commitment
- DAO Proposal A136 - Retroactive Grant Proposal – Zcash Luma Calendar Management (January)
- DAO Proposal A135 - ZECHUB SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGEMENT & UGC PROPOSAL
- DAO Proposal A134 - Zcash Luma Calendar Mangement
Project Updates
In February the core team participated in a few community events. Squirrel virtually joined an IRL meetup hosted by Dre to cover the ZecHub Bounty Program. The Zcash Contributors Workshop organised and hosted by @elzz-ux had a presentation on Day 1 & 2 with Squirrel and Dismad & Tripleyouwu joining Day 3. Thank you to @Iogy & ZKAV Club for the assist restreaming across the 3 days!
We were very happy to be invited onto the Zcast podcast, it was an awesome discussion centered on ZecHub & Zcash - thank you Roosevelt.
This month we also held a Valentines Day Encrypted Memos campaign with community members sharing messages for Zcash.
Squirrel completed the ZecHub Store redesign. Check it out and give feedback!
Dismads Contributions Listed:
- Fixed a bug in our lockbox script after 1st sucussful deployment of community funds multi sig
Coinholder-Directed Retroactive Grants Program RESULTS Nov 2025 - #19 by FPF - Updated namada validator ot neweset patched cometbft
CometBFT has inconsistencies between how commit signatures are verified and how block time is derived · GHSA-c32p-wcqj-j677 · GitHub Advisory Database · GitHub
Release v0.37.18 · cometbft/cometbft · GitHub - Created a coinholder auth log reader for community
zechub/site/guides/coinholder_log_parser/help.md at main · ZecHub/zechub · GitHub - Setup a new development server for team
running zebrads + lwd’s in testnet
testing of zec bounties ongoing! - setup local zingo-cli connected to our development server for testing. Found some bugs, working directly
with zingo devs on signal
https://x.com/dismad8/status/2020169525963243621?s=20
Optimize command help text by dismad · Pull Request #2137 · zingolabs/zingolib · GitHub
GitHub - dismad/zingoHelper: Helper scripts for zebrad, zaino, and zingo-cli
Exporting transaction history to JSON/CSV from UFVK/seed - #6 by dismad - helped test laminar
[Grant Application] - Laminar — The Tactical Spike: Batch Payment Infrastructure for the Zcash Shielded Economy
Memo length · Issue #2 · darklight-labs/Laminar · GitHub
Update input paths in run_demo.sh to use parent directory by dismad · Pull Request #1 · darklight-labs/Laminar · GitHub - helped test zcash-txshape
fetch block failed · Issue #1 · hyperlander/zcash-txshape · GitHub - Partipated in elzzs day 3 workshop!
https://x.com/pedamerico/status/2024161314717696351?s=20
zechub/site/guides/workshops/zcashContributorWorkshopDay3.md at main · ZecHub/zechub · GitHub - Tested Zkools graphiQL features. FROST works programmaticaly! Also created a simple balance checker application
that works locally
https://x.com/dismad8/status/2022094725063585829?s=20
https://x.com/dismad8/status/2024908908561866885?s=20 - Continued testing zallet. Helped test and verify new verifymessage RPC
Coinholder: Protocol Feature Sentiment Poll - #47 by dismad
https://x.com/dismad8/status/2024922806325313876?s=20 - Finished my role as a coinholder vote AUTH and discussed results with community
https://x.com/dismad8/status/2024960629719925016?s=20 - tested and created Zcash Brasil’s new pfp designer
https://x.com/dismad8/status/2025980175012573395?s=20 - created spvisualizer to help visualize the zcash protocol
https://x.com/dismad8/status/2027236220951216506?s=20
GitHub - dismad/spvisualizer: Visualize the Zcash protocol - Reported the sunsetting of spedn app
https://x.com/dismad8/status/2021066486014742757?s=20 - Created the backend for ZecHub wiki’s new proposal page and open sourced
zechub-wiki/public/data/juno/DaoDao_ProposalsExtractor at main · ZecHub/zechub-wiki · GitHub
DAO Governance | Proposals - Setup and tested ZSA testnet locally
- Reported but in zebrad
There is now a ZIPs & Grants page on the wiki
An article on the Zcash Visualizer article was recently shared. The new learning tool will help new users build a complete understanding of Zcash by using step-by-step bite size slides in gradually more technical modules with Quiz questions at the end of each section.
Vito kept community informed via the annoucement channel in the Global Discord with updates and cleanup to the channels. Vito made contact with head of marketing at Shapeshift towards future community calls. He created shorts for the shielded labs workshop. Post production on Z|ECC Summit interviews for Str4d & Antoine as well as creating shorts for them. He Created ZSN editions & Arborist Call Summaries and restreamed Arborist Calls to the server & created meeting notes for ZecHub Sync Meetings.
Kroy created thumbnails for our video releases and has begun work replacing icons throughout the wiki & formalising ZecHub’s Brand/Visual Identity. Tron worked on adding the DAO proposals dashboard to the wiki with the help of Dismad
The ZEC Bounties platform is now accessible on https://bounties.zechub.wiki. We are still in testing with rollout to the community to take place over the coming few weeks.
ZecHub Content
Our February educational content:
- ZASHI → ZODL
- Share the love with Zcash
- Love Shielded
- Demo showing Zucchini Browser Wallet
- Tachyon is one of the most anticipated Zcash upgrades
- Zcash Ecosystem Digest Feb 1st / Feb 8th / Feb 15th / Feb 22nd
- Zcash Shielded News Vol. 4 / Vol. 5 / Vol. 6 / Vol. 7
- Arborist Call #119 Summary Zebra Updates / Zcashd core libraries / Zaino Updates / zcashd Deprecation Updates / NSM Updates / Crosslink Updates
- Arborist Call #118 Summary Zebra Updates / Former ECC Updates / Zcashd deprecation Updates / NSM Updates / Zcash Shielded Assets Updates / Crosslink Updates
Videos and Shorts
- Z|ECC Summit 2025 | Str4d
- Z|ECC Summit 2025 | Antoine Rondelet
- What is ZSA?
- Zcash × ShapeShift: How to Swap ETH into ZEC (Ready to share)
Community Meetings
- ZecHub Sync Meet 02/17 | Summary
- ZecHub Sync Meet 02/03 | Summary
- MFZ v2 Meetings 02/02 / 02/09 / 02/23 (unrecorded)
Community Contributions
My First Zcash v2
MFZ v2 has made good progress! Thanks to Elzz & @vaspholdings Chapters 1-3 text was updated and added to main text. Thanks as well to @Speedfox & @Autotunafish Chapters 4-8 has comments for main text text updates. In parallel, Monsignore created a draft for a new v2 cover. Translations for Chapters 1-3 are in progress thanks to Yoditar, Michae2xl, Mostafa, Beyond, Speedfox and UknowZork.
TikTok & Instagram
@Omegaonchain created several posts for our social channels - these have continued to grow the accounts considerably!
Zcash Ecosystem Digest
Newsletters this month were curated by Gorga, Onikhe and Rems
ZecHub Wiki
- Feature/zec gov zip grants by amochuko · Pull Request #381 · ZecHub/zechub-wiki · GitHub
- Updated card img and downloads (Zashi → zodl) by KenzyNuel · Pull Request #377 · ZecHub/zechub-wiki · GitHub
- DAO proposals module created by AustinChris1 · Pull Request #375 · ZecHub/zechub-wiki · GitHub
- Fix nav layout by amochuko · Pull Request #371 · ZecHub/zechub-wiki · GitHub
- Add Quiz Module to Basic Advanced Contributors sections by hyperlander · Pull Request #369 · ZecHub/zechub-wiki · GitHub
- Updated VisualizerHub.tsx by Henryquincy · Pull Request #367 · ZecHub/zechub-wiki · GitHub
- Global ambassador section by slythegod · Pull Request #366 · ZecHub/zechub-wiki · GitHub
Full LIst: Pull requests · ZecHub/zechub-wiki · GitHub
Bounty Program
Zcash Contributors: 18
ZEC towards bounties: 11.21
ZEC towards DAO Proposals: 4.23 view tasks https://dework.zechub.org
Feedback is welcomed! KPI’s to follow.