Zcash's NU7 Mainnet activation height is being set to 3,543,405 (~November 5) as part of final changes to ZIP 259. We've reflected this on our NU7 dashboard: zakura.com/nu7/

gm frens 🤍 we've looked at different wallets building around Zcash. today, let's look at one that's bringing several parts of the Zcash experience together. 𝐕𝐢𝐳𝐨𝐫. what i find interesting about Vizor is that it's not just focused on helping you hold and send ZEC. it's also trying to make the whole experience easier to navigate. @vizorwallet is an open-source, self-custodial Zcash wallet built by the team behind Keplr. you can create or import a wallet, manage multiple accounts, receive ZEC through shielded Unified Addresses or transparent addresses, and send from your shielded balance. and if you receive transparent ZEC, you can shield it before spending. but there's another feature i really like. 𝐙𝐄𝐂 𝐠𝐢𝐟𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬. with Vizor, you can create personalised gift cards containing ZEC, share them with someone through a link or QR code, and let them redeem the gift in Vizor. it's a different way to share ZEC with someone, beyond simply sending them a wallet address. but that's not all. Vizor also supports cross-chain swaps powered by NEAR Intents, giving users access to hundreds of assets across different networks. it supports Keystone hardware wallets too, allowing users to keep their keys offline while signing transactions through an air-gapped QR process. and there's even a coinholder voting feature in beta, allowing ZEC holders to participate in Zcash community votes. what i like about this approach is how much of the Zcash experience Vizor is bringing into one place. from managing your ZEC to gifting it, swapping across networks and keeping your keys offline. it's all part of making private money easier to use. 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐙𝐄𝐂. 𝐠𝐢𝐟𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬. 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬-𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐰𝐚𝐩𝐬. 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭. that's Vizor. study privacy. study @Zcash.

Zcash nodes must stay useful under attack. Here’s how our new P2Pv2 stack uses resource budgets and backpressure to limit the work peers can trigger. zakura.com/engineering/p2pv2…

Scaling Zcash to Visa-level throughput requires a next-generation networking stack. We're excited to share P2Pv2, which you can try out today in Zakura! zakura.com/engineering/p2pv2…

Scaling Zcash to Visa-level throughput requires a next-generation networking stack. We're excited to share P2Pv2, which you can try out today in Zakura! zakura.com/engineering/p2pv2…

Tachyon has been focused on a maximally out-of-band payment and backup protocol for Zcash, though I spent a couple days last week with a fellow cryptographer who is working on a clever (Tachyon-compatible) PIR-based scheme that works surprisingly well!

How we’re making Zcash quantum unlinkable through the use of one-time IVKs! In this video, I talk about how sharing your shielded address opens you up to a specific quantum attack, and how we solved this linkage for a common feature you probably exposed yourself to already.