Zcash Builds Through Chaos: Tor Support, NEAR Swaps, and a Privacy-First Future

Thu Jun 26 2025
Zcash updates its Zashi wallet with Tor and NEAR support amid personal and global turbulence. The team shares raw reflections, tech wins, and community momentum.

🕊️ Run Free: A Zcash Update for When the World Feels Heavy

War. Grief. Bombings. Burnout. Sometimes the internet feels like a never-ending doomscroll — and crypto’s not immune. But in the middle of it all, Zcash is quietly building — and choosing to focus on freedom.


💔 When It All Feels Too Much

This isn’t your usual dev update.

It starts with something raw:

“These are heavy days.”

The author, from inside the Zcash core team, shares a moment we’ve all felt — when headlines crush your chest and life feels impossible to filter. Their answer?

“Let’s run free. Not away, but toward something.”

That “something” is what Zcash was always about: 🛡️ Privacy as empowerment. 💡 Focus as resistance. 💚 Community as light in the dark.


🙌 Community Wins That Hit Different

Even amid chaos, Zcashers are showing up:

  • 🧠 A teammate at ECC who tried to save a friend’s life
  • 👨‍⚕️ A doctor accepting Zcash for censorship-resistant care
  • 🎶 A sister (now a Zcasher) finally going to that concert — no prom dress needed
  • ❤️ A Zcasher bringing handmade stickers to the Z|ECC Summit
  • 👶 An ECC teammate welcoming a baby girl into the world

This isn’t about hype. It’s about building a legacy — with privacy, choice, and humanity at the center.


📱 Product: Zashi Keeps Shipping

Zashi, the mobile wallet for privacy-first payments, just got a serious glow-up:

This Week’s Wins:

  • 🌐 Tor support for private transactions — now live on iOS & Android
  • 🔁 Swap/Pay with NEAR — UI finalized, using NEAR’s 1Click API
  • 🕵️ Decoy wallet + Multisig — early design work started

🛠 What’s Next:

  • QA for Tor toggle (for regions where it’s blocked)
  • Finish SDK migration on Android
  • Build out NEAR prototype
  • Begin Maya integration planning

📊 Zashi Stats:

  • iOS: 8.3k installs, 10k+ downloads, ★4.9
  • Android: 3.8k installs, 19.5k+ downloads, ★4.37

Privacy-first UX is no longer a dream — it’s happening line by line.


🔧 Infrastructure & Dev Work

Behind the scenes, Zcash is quietly gearing up for the next big protocol steps:

🧩 Coming Soon:

  • Debugging Zallet’s Zcashd key import
  • Backend full-block scanning support
  • NU6.1 Testnet release (pending P2SH keyholder feedback)

Zcash isn’t racing — it’s evolving with precision.


🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Community + Operations

Life moves fast, but Zcash keeps pace:

  • 👶 Janie is on maternity leave, Tony steps in for ops
  • 💸 A new grant proposal is being drafted
  • 🏛️ Paul from ECC joined a U.S. SEC Crypto Task Force meeting
  • 🎙️ This Thursday on PGP for Crypto:

    Tornado Cash, Samourai Wallet & the future of legal fights for privacy tech

And the Z|ECC Summit agenda is now locked — with attendees from: ZecHub, Zcash Foundation, ZCG, Shielded Labs, zkAV Club, red·dev, and NEAR.


🧠 What Zcash Stands For Right Now

“Zcash is about legacy — about building tools that let people choose what to focus on and what to protect.”

While others fight for clout or pump tokens, Zcash is fighting for something deeper: The right to disappear. The right to breathe. The right to live without surveillance.

It’s not loud. It’s not trendy. It’s real.


⚡ TL;DR

🕊️ The Zcash team gets personal — building through war, burnout, and pain 🛠️ Zashi wallet now supports Tor + NEAR — multisig and decoys in design 📊 Zashi installs cross 30k+ with near-perfect app ratings 🎙️ ECC joins U.S. regulators to fight for privacy tech 🎉 Z|ECC Summit confirmed — bringing together Zcash’s core leaders Zcash isn’t running away — it’s running toward a freer future.

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