Zcash Foundation 2026: Stewardship and Innovation
As we begin 2026, the Zcash Foundation (ZF) stands at a pivotal moment in its mission to steward privacy-preserving financial infrastructure for the public good. This year our priorities reflect both maturity and ambition. Across engineering, community engagement, and humanitarian initiatives, we are strengthening the tools that make privacy possible, deepening our collaborative partnerships, and […]
Zcash Foundation: 2025 Year in Review
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 good. Across technical development, governance, and community initiatives, our shared work this year reflected the Foundation’s enduring belief that privacy is essential infrastructure for human […]
Zcash Foundation Announces New Leadership Appointments
The Zcash Foundation (ZF) is proud to announce the appointments of Pili Guerra and Danika Delano to our leadership team, reflecting our commitment to promoting from within and recognizing the exceptional talent that has been instrumental to our success. Pili Guerra: Head of Engineering Pili has been promoted from Engineering Manager to Head of Engineering, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Zcash Foundation Bids Farewell To Jack Gavigan
Today marks a bittersweet milestone for the Zcash Foundation as we bid farewell to Jack Gavigan (aka Dodger), our Executive Director, who stepped down after four years of dedicated service. Jack’s tenure has been nothing short of transformative, and his leadership has left an indelible mark on the Zcash ecosystem. Jack began his career working […]
Changing of the Guard
My first involvement in Zcash was nearly ten years ago. At the time, Zooko was trying to raise funding to build Zcash, and I gave him some feedback on his investor pitch. We stayed in contact, and I became an advisor to the Zerocoin Electric Coin Company (as ECC was then known). About a month […]
Welcoming a New Chief Communications Officer
We are delighted to announce that Elise Hamdon will be joining the Zcash Foundation as our Chief Communications Officer. Elise will oversee all facets of our communications strategy and we are confident that her leadership will enhance our efforts to promote transparency, foster community trust, and drive the adoption of Zcash. Elise brings a wealth […]
ZF says Farewell (but not goodbye) to Dan
Today the Zcash Foundation bids farewell to Dan Wolande, better known as decentralistdan amongst the Zcash community. Dan joined us in October 2021 as Ecosystems Relations Manager and, during his tenure at ZF, he was embraced by the Zcash community, who recognized his enthusiasm and deep commitment to Zcash. One of Dan’s primary responsibilities was […]
Farewell, Chelsea
Chelsea Komlo joined the Zcash Foundation (ZF) in August 2019, as a core engineer and researcher, and was later appointed to the role of Chief Scientist, leading ZF’s research efforts. Prior to joining ZF, Chelsea worked as an engineer on open source security and privacy projects, most notably Tor and the Off-The-Record (OTR) messaging protocol. […]