Hello friends! Here’s your regular update on ZF and the Zcash ecosystem, covering October 8 – 22, 2019.

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The second Zcash Protocol Hangout about development funding is scheduled for Wednesday, November 6, starting 2pm PT / 5pm ET. Sign up to participate!

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Speaking of governance, Arianna Simpson of Autonomous Partners shared her thoughts on the Zcash Community Forum.

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Check out Prastut Kumar and Aviral Srivastava’s grant project, the Zcash Service Status Dashboard. Here’s what the health check of ZEC exchanges looks like:

The team has plans to improve UX, which you can read about on ZF Grants.

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Don’t forget to save the date: Zcon2 will take place in Lima, Peru, from June 22 – 24, 2020. Email antonie@zfnd.org to discuss sponsoring travel scholarships ✈️

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Coda Protocol and the Ethereum Foundation are hosting The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Zero Knowledge in San Francisco on October 30.

The event organizers kindly offered a discount code for the Zcash community: ZCASHCOMMUNITY gives you 50% off any ticket, including student tickets.

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Zero Knowledge: How to Use SNARKs Tickets, Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 9:30 AM | Eventbrite Get hands-on experience developing applications with SNARKs

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“Zecwallet-CLI can now encrypt your wallet, protecting your private keys while stored on disk and in memory.” Exciting new release, fresh off GitHub!

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Help fund the Tails operating system by donating ZEC to the project’s shielded address. Tails “aims at preserving your privacy and anonymity” in order to circumvent censorship (among other reasons).

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Buying a domain name with shielded ZEC:

Privately Buying a Domain Name with Zcash - Michael Harms - Medium This morning, bought and set up a custom domain using Zcash. Nobody had to know. The WHOIS information is non-existent, the transaction…

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Lastly, if you’re in the mood for cryptography papers, HashCloak summarized the highlights of SNARKtember.

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Until next time 👋