The Zcash Network: Strength in Decentralization, Unity in Purpose
In light of recent developments at Electric Coin Company, Zcash Foundation would like to reaffirm several key facts about the Zcash network and our enduring role in the ecosystem. Zcash is—and always has been—a decentralized, open-source protocol. No single contributor, team, or organization controls Zcash. In fact, Zcash was deliberately designed for resilience. Its codebase […]
Zebra 3.1.0 Release
The Zcash Foundation is pleased to announce the release of Zebra 3.1.0. Hot on the heels of the Zebra 3.0.0 release, Zebra 3.1.0 is a stability and infrastructure-focused release that improves Docker support across architectures, tightens mempool hygiene with a new dust filter, and makes Zebra’s RPC interface more capable for power users. It also […]
Zebra NU6.1 Audit
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 pleased to announce that the audit was favorable and that, at the time of writing, we have addressed all of the […]
Zebra 3.0.0 Release: Our Most Feature-Rich Release Ever
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 to run in production, faster to sync, and available on more platforms. Zebra 3 at a Glance Here’s what’s new in this release: New Versioning […]
Introducing the New Zcash Foundation Website
Today we’re proud to unveil the newly redesigned Zcash Foundation website at zfnd.org—a reimagined digital home that reflects our evolution and reaffirms our commitment to advancing financial privacy infrastructure. With an intuitive, streamlined design, the site now makes it easier than ever for both long-time community members and newcomers to connect with our mission, dig […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]