ZCAP Poll Now Open: NU7
Today, we opened a SIV poll of the Zcash Community Advisory Panel (ZCAP), which will run until Monday, September 14th, 19:00 UTC, concurrently with the coinholder poll. The purpose of this poll is to resolve the outstanding scope questions for NU7. Deciding the Scope of NU7 This poll follows the NU7 Sentiment Polling from earlier […]
Zcash Foundation Q2 2026 Report
The Zcash Foundation is committed to transparency and openness with the Zcash community and our other stakeholders. Today, we are releasing our Q2 2026 report, which provides an overview of the work undertaken by our engineering team, as well as an overview of other activities during this period. As with our previous quarterly reports, this […]
Zebra 6.2.3 Release
Zebra 6.2.3: Peer Connectivity Hardening This is an optional release with a set of peer connectivity improvements. It is targeted at operators who see issues with their node’s peer set. Improvements Outbound Slots No Longer Fill With Non-Serving Peers During Sync Outbound peer slots could previously fill up with peers that advertise no services, which […]
Zebra 6.2.1 Release
Zebra 6.2.1: Security Hardening and a Testnet Template Fix We are pleased to announce the release of Zebra 6.2.1. This patch release adds two security hardening improvements to chain synchronization and mempool verification, and fixes a Testnet-only block-template timing issue. All node operators are encouraged to upgrade. Security Advisories GHSA-x93j-mj2f-q338: Poisoned Blocks Can Delay Download […]
Zebra 6.0.0-rc.0 Release
Zebra 6.0.0-rc.0: NU6.3 “Ironwood” Support and Security Fixes We are pleased to announce the release of Zebra 6.0.0-rc.0. This release candidate adds Testnet support for the NU6.3 “Ironwood” shielded pool and v6 transaction format, fixes two moderate-severity security issues, ships signed pre-built zebrad binaries for Linux, and includes a state database format upgrade. All node […]
Zebra 5.2.0: Wider Rollback Window
We have recently released Zebra 5.2.0. This release ships a robustness improvement that was merged to main after the 5.1.1 maintenance release: a significantly wider local rollback window to defend against consensus splits. All node operators are encouraged to upgrade. Nodes running Zebra 5.1.1 or earlier will reach end-of-support on approximately July 25, 2026, ahead […]
Accepting Applications for Zcon7: October 27–29, 2026 in Cancún, Mexico
Zcash Foundation (ZF) is pleased to announce that Zcon7 will take place October 27–29, 2026 at an all-inclusive resort in Cancún, Mexico. Applications to attend are now open. This year’s gathering coincides with a significant milestone for our ecosystem: Zcash’s 10th birthday on October 28th! Ten years of shielded transactions, zero-knowledge research, and a global […]
ZCAP Poll Now Open: ZCG Election – June 2026
Today, we opened a SIV poll of the Zcash Community Advisory Panel (ZCAP), which will run until Monday, June 29th, 20:00 UTC. The purpose of this poll is to fill two seats on the Zcash Community Grants committee (ZCG). Elections to the Zcash Community Grants Committee Members of the Zcash Community Grants (ZCG) committee are […]
Zebra 5.1.0 Release
Zebra 5.1.0: Sync Stall Fix and Extended Peer Diagnostics We are releasing Zebra 5.1.0 today. This release resolves a long-standing genesis-to-tip sync stall that could leave nodes stuck mid-sync, raises the minimum network protocol version to NU6.2, and extends the getpeerinfo RPC with additional peer metadata. All node operators are encouraged to upgrade. Breaking Changes […]