Zcash Private News | Issue 33 This week’s highlights from the Zcash ecosystem: Cypherpunk makes large-scale entry into Zcash mining Following a $33.33 million agreement with Winklevoss Capital, Cypherpunk has launched a Zcash mining operation with approximately 4.2 GSol/s capacity—equivalent to roughly 18% of the network’s hash rate at launch. Zodl relaunches the Coinholder Survey Zodl has reintroduced the Coinholder Survey with version 3.10.0 on iOS and Android. Ironwood ZEC holders can now participate in the upcoming NU7 vote while preserving their privacy. ZCG grants $95,000 to ELLIPAL The Zcash Community Grants program has approved a $95,000 grant to support ELLIPAL’s development of Ironwood compatibility. The committee also evaluated enhancing scalable support for lightweight client infrastructure. Zakura improves Ironwood performance Zakura’s new cryptographic optimizations deliver a 16–20% performance boost in specific batch operations during Ironwood wallet scanning. ZecBuy launches private ZEC payments ZecBuy now enables users to directly purchase products and services using private Ironwood ZEC without creating an account. Initial offerings include Mullvad VPN subscriptions and eSIMs. PGPZ transitions to independent structure Pretty Good Policy for Zcash has launched as an independent 501(c)(4) organization focused on financial privacy, regulatory policy, and Zcash advocacy. Infrastructure, mining, governance, and everyday use cases within the Zcash ecosystem continue to advance. Details: https://t.co/SB9sLKwHeI #Zcash #ZEC #Privacy #Ironwood