The Zcash Foundation’s Q2 2025 Report
The Zcash Foundation is committed to transparency and openness with the Zcash community and our other stakeholders. Today, we are releasing our Q2 2025 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 […]
FROST 2.2.0 Release
We have released FROST v2.2.0, which includes a security fix. There are no breaking changes in this release. For full details, please refer to the release notes. Security Fix This release adds validation for the min_signers parameter in the frost_core::keys::refresh functions. Before, it was not clear that it was not possible to change min_signers with […]
Zcash Foundation Launches New Initiative to Champion Privacy-Preserving Humanitarian Aid
Privacy is not a privilege—it’s a human right From the moment the Zcash Genesis block was mined, a fierce and unwavering conviction has anchored our mission: privacy is not a privilege seized by the few, but an inalienable human right that belongs to us all. In an era shadowed by relentless surveillance and rampant exploitation, […]
Announcing ZF’s 3-Year Vision for Community Events
The Zcash Foundation is excited to share our roadmap of events for the next three years. This tentative plan is designed to support learning, collaboration, and innovation across the global Zcash community. While the overall vision is represented below, specifics may shift over time in response to factors like available resources, community needs, and partnership […]
Zebra 2.5.0 Release
We’re excited to announce that Zebra 2.5.0 was released on 08-07-2025, with the most notable update being the implementation and deployment of NU6.1 in the Zcash public Testnet. The network upgrade was successfully activated on 08-11-2025. For full details, see the 2.5.0 release notes. NU6.1 was scheduled to activate at Testnet block height 3,536,500, following […]
Zebra 2.4.2 Release
We have released Zebra v2.4.2. Included are security fixes, bug fixes, and new features. If you are currently using Zebra, please take note of any breaking changes. For full details, please refer to the release notes. We had to pull an earlier release due to a database upgrade bug that was introduced in v2.4.0. If […]
Announcing Pili’s Sabbatical
After nearly 5 years of dedicated service as an Engineering manager at Zcash Foundation, we’re excited to share that Pili will be taking a well-deserved, brief sabbatical. From July 1, 2025 through September 30, 2025, Pili will be stepping away to recharge and spend quality time with her family. We wholeheartedly support Pili’s decision to […]
The State of FROST for Zcash
FROST, which stands for Flexible Round-Optimized Schnorr Threshold, is an advanced cryptographic protocol designed to improve threshold signature schemes. Unlike traditional single-party signatures, FROST enables a group of participants to collaboratively generate digital signatures using shares of a private key, so that only a specified threshold of participants is needed to authorize a transaction. This […]
Zebra 2.3.0 Release
The Zcash Foundation is pleased to announce the release of Zebra 2.3.0. This release includes a number of improvements to regtest mode, by adding methods to reconsider and invalidate blocks, as well as fixing a bug that was preventing some transparent transactions from being served by Zebra in regtest mode. Additionally, this release restores Zebra’s […]
The Zcash Foundation’s Q1 2025 Report
The Zcash Foundation is committed to transparency and openness with the Zcash community and our other stakeholders. Today, we are releasing our Q1 2025 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 […]