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US-based 501(c)(3) public charity that builds financial privacy infrastructure for the public good, with a special focus on the Zcash protocol and blockchain.
🎙️ Learn how ZF's COO Danika Delano approaches Zcash event planning that builds community and connection — and she describes one of her most memorable Zcash moments. Watch the full episode on @ZcastEsp 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbKM...
🎙️🗣️ Entrevista con Danika Delano, de la Fundación Zcash - EP1T6
¡Volvemos al aire! Comenzamos el 2026 con todo, y esto es muestra de lo que hemos venido trabajando desde el año pasado: hemos venido aprendiendo inglés para ofrecerles a todos más contenidos y dar…
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January 23, 2026 at 9:44 PM
🚀 Zebra 4.0.0 is live! It’s faster, more transparent, and easier to operate than ever, with new tracing, metrics, and sync improvements. zfnd.org/zebra-4-0-0/
Zebra 4.0.0 Release: Enhanced Observability and Developer Experience - Zcash Foundation
The Zcash Foundation is pleased to announce the release of Zebra 4.0.0. This release focuses on improving observability, streamlining operations, and enhancing developer experience. What’s New in…
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January 23, 2026 at 3:26 PM
🚀 The recording of today's Zcash Arborist Call is now available! These bi-weekly protocol development meetings track upcoming protocol deployment logistics, consensus node implementation issues, and protocol research. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVu2...
Zcash Arborist Call 01-22-2026
The Zcash Arborist Calls are bi-weekly protocol development meetings focused on tracking upcoming protocol deployment logistics, consensus node implementation issues, and protocol…
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January 22, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Our 2025 Year in Review is live! We strengthened stewardship and governance, convened the ecosystem, and shipped resilience-building infrastructure. Here’s what we delivered—and why it matters: zfnd.org/zcash-founda...
Zcash Foundation: 2025 Year in Review - Zcash Foundation
As we look back on 2025, Zcash Foundation (ZF) celebrates a year of progress, collaboration, and strategic growth that strengthened the Zcash ecosystem and advanced financial privacy for the public…
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January 21, 2026 at 3:33 PM
🚀 ZF has launched a native Rust DNS seeder to boost the resilience, performance, and security of Zcash peer discovery, making it easier for new nodes to join the network with modern, high-performance infrastructure. zfnd.org/strengthenin...
Strengthening the Zcash Network: Announcing a Native Rust DNS Seeder - Zcash Foundation
At Zcash Foundation, our mission is to build and support infrastructure that ensures Zcash remains a secure, private, and decentralized financial system. As always, our focus remains unwavering: we…
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January 19, 2026 at 6:28 PM
We are pleased to announce that the SEC has concluded its review and informed us that it does not intend to recommend any enforcement action or other changes against Zcash Foundation regarding this matter. zfnd.org/notice-concl...
Notice Concluding SEC Investigation - Zcash Foundation
On August 31, 2023, Zcash Foundation received a subpoena from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in connection with an inquiry designated “In the Matter of Certain Crypto Asset…
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January 14, 2026 at 5:18 PM
🚀 Great news for the Zcash network! ZF has launched five new DNS seeders in the U.S. and Europe, strengthening network reliability and performance worldwide. zfnd.org/expanding-zc...
Expanding Zcash Network Infrastructure: New DNS Seeders Launched in the United States and Europe - Zcash Foundation
When you open a Zcash wallet or start a Zcash node for the first time, it needs to locate and connect to other computers on the network. This is where DNS seeders come in. They are like a phonebook…
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January 13, 2026 at 7:56 PM
In light of recent developments @electriccoinco.bsky.social, Zcash Foundation would like to reaffirm several key facts about the Zcash network and our enduring role in the ecosystem.
January 8, 2026 at 6:09 PM
🚀 The recording of today's Zcash Arborist Call is now available! These bi-weekly protocol development meetings track upcoming protocol deployment logistics, consensus node implementation issues, and protocol research. youtu.be/8eye-YoqtDk?...
Zcash Arborist Call 01-08-2026
The Zcash Arborist Calls are bi-weekly protocol development meetings focused on tracking upcoming protocol deployment logistics, consensus node implementation issues, and protocol research.
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January 8, 2026 at 4:26 PM
🔥 ZCAP voters didn’t just turn out—they made history with the most votes ever cast! Election results available 👇 forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zcap-siv-p...
ZCAP SIV Poll - ZCG Elections - Open Now!
This December 2025 ZCG election has officially concluded! In total, 145 members (79%) of ZCAP cast their ballots in this election to fill the vacant seats held by @Aquietinvestor, @Zerodartz, and…
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December 18, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Today, we’re thrilled to confirm the dates and locations for our 2026 events. Mark your calendars and start making plans to join us! 🎉
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Save the Date: Three Exciting Events Coming in 2026! - Zcash Foundation
In August, we shared our 3-year vision for community events, a roadmap designed to support learning, collaboration, and innovation across the global Zcash community.  Today, we’re thrilled to confirm…
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December 17, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Alex Bornstein, our Executive Director, lays out a powerful blueprint for rebuilding digital freedom in an age of surveillance and financial control: "We must stop imagining privacy as secrecy and start understanding it as the construct for safety."
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December 16, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Our most recent bi-weekly Engineering update just shipped! Dig into the latest progress on Zebra, FROST, and more—plus what the team is hacking on next! forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zcash-foun...
Zcash Foundation Update (Dec 1st - Dec 14th)
These past 2 weeks we’ve been wrapping up the things we were currently working on so we could start with Hackmas. In Zebra news, the observability infrastructure for local development received a…
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December 16, 2025 at 3:56 PM
🗳️ Your vote matters! Choose your candidates before voting closes on December 18th at 20:00 UTC.

🗳️ ZCG Elections are live for ZCAP!
✅ Watch the Community Call
✅ Check your email inbox for a ballot
✅ Cast your vote

Details available here👇
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ZCAP SIV Poll - ZCG Elections - Open Now!
ZCAP SIV Poll - ZCG Elections - Open Now! Last month, with @aquietinvestor @zerodartz and @artkor’s terms ending on December 31st, FPF opened nominations for the vacant seats. 17 candidates are…
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December 15, 2025 at 2:46 PM
🚀 The recording of today's Zcash Arborist Call is now available! These bi-weekly protocol development meetings track upcoming protocol deployment logistics, consensus node implementation issues, and protocol research. youtu.be/tT9H-XQuvfM?...
Zcash Arborist Call 12-11-2025
The Zcash Arborist Calls are bi-weekly protocol development meetings focused on tracking upcoming protocol deployment logistics, consensus node implementation issues, and protocol…
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December 11, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Alex Bornstein, our Executive Director, makes the case that financial privacy is a human rights safeguard in a cashless world—and that privacy and compliance can coexist without accepting surveillance as the price of modernity.

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December 9, 2025 at 4:21 PM
🗳️ ZCG Elections are live for ZCAP!
✅ Watch the Community Call
✅ Check your email inbox for a ballot
✅ Cast your vote
🕗 Voting closes Dec. 18th at 20:00 UTC

Details available here👇
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ZCAP SIV Poll - ZCG Elections - Open Now!
ZCAP SIV Poll - ZCG Elections - Open Now! Last month, with @aquietinvestor @zerodartz and @artkor’s terms ending on December 31st, FPF opened nominations for the vacant seats. 17 candidates are…
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December 4, 2025 at 9:24 PM
In this compelling new three-part series, Alex Bornstein, ZF's Executive Director, exposes how financial surveillance is quietly stripping away our autonomy, and why this matters far more than you think. buff.ly/n9EjgKw
December 2, 2025 at 6:03 PM
🎉 Celebrating activation of NU 6.1, which brings bold ecosystem funding changes to Zcash by launching a retroactive coinholder-driven grants program and empowering community governance for transparent, sustainable blockchain innovation.
November 25, 2025 at 2:12 PM
We are pleased to announce this audit was favorable, and that we have addressed all of the suggestions in our 3.0.0 NU6.1 stable release. zfnd.org/zebra-nu6-1-...
Zebra NU6.1 Audit - Zcash Foundation
During Q3 2025, Least Authority (in their role as the Zcash Ecosystem Security Lead) undertook an audit of the changes implemented in Zebra in order to support the NU6.1 Zcash network upgrade. We are…
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November 24, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Our team recently completed a security audit of Zebra's NU6.1 Network Upgrade for @zfnd.org. You can read the full report, including our findings, here: leastauthority.com/blog/audit-o...
Zcash - NU6.1 Network Upgrade - Least Authority
Least Authority reviewed the changes made to Zebra that will be introduced in the NU6.1 network upgrade.
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November 19, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Proud to stand with @SolanaInstitute and 65+ coalition partners encouraging the Trump Administration to take action that protects developers, supports innovation, provides regulatory clarity.
November 20, 2025 at 3:04 PM
🚀 We’re thrilled to announce Zebra 3.0.0, our most feature-rich release yet! Now with NU6.1 support, faster sync, easier production runs, and wider platform availability. zfnd.org/zebra-3-0-0-...
Zebra 3.0.0 Release: Our Most Feature-Rich Release Ever - Zcash Foundation
We’re excited to announce the release of Zebra 3.0.0—the most feature-rich Zebra release ever!  In addition to supporting NU6.1, the latest network upgrade, we’ve also focused on making Zebra easier…
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November 18, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Explore new pathways for humanitarian futures with our Executive Director, Alex Bornstein, who joins an inspiring panel of practitioners and thinkers for “Humanitarian Futures: Still here, still human – what next?” on Dec 10. Register 👇 www.humanitarianleadershipacademy.org/resources/hu...
Humanitarian Futures: Still here, still human - what next?
Join us on 10 December 2025 for a bold online discussion - honest, critical, and focused on the future of aid and humanitarianism.
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November 17, 2025 at 8:16 PM
We are committed to transparency and openness with the Zcash community and our other stakeholders. Our Q3 2025 report provides an overview of the work undertaken by our engineering team, as well as other key activities. zfnd.org/the-zcash-fo...
The Zcash Foundation’s Q3 2025 Report - Zcash Foundation
The Zcash Foundation is committed to transparency and openness with the Zcash community and our other stakeholders. Today, we are releasing our Q3 2025 report, which provides an overview of the work…
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November 17, 2025 at 5:58 PM