# ZecWeekly #76

By [ZecHub](https://paragraph.com/@zechub) · 2024-01-07

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Welcome to ZecWeekly
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Hello, what an excellent start to the year! This week we received the date for the ECC x Community Zeeboot event, and a huge amount of community voices around the Sovereign rollup idea on the Zcash Forum, Josh Swihart appears on the Zcash Podcast, the results are in from the ZCG Election Poll & ZF confirms a complete Shielded Ledger app submission.

#### This Week's Education Piece

P2P crypto payments solve a major problem many people in developing countries still endure. Learn more about it on Free2Z's newest post:

The Challenges of sending money to Mozambique - Personal Insight

[https://free2z.com/alberdioni8406/zpage/the-challenges-of-sending-money-to-mozambique-a-personal-insight](https://free2z.com/alberdioni8406/zpage/the-challenges-of-sending-money-to-mozambique-a-personal-insight)

Zcash Updates
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### ECC and ZF Updates

[https://twitter.com/ElectricCoinCo/status/1743053064075141442](https://twitter.com/ElectricCoinCo/status/1743053064075141442)

[https://twitter.com/jswihart/status/1743243623099990309](https://twitter.com/jswihart/status/1743243623099990309)

[https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/ecc-update-for-jan-5/46469](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/ecc-update-for-jan-5/46469)

[https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zeboot-ecc-community-workshops/46331?u=squirrel](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zeboot-ecc-community-workshops/46331?u=squirrel)

[https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/official-shielded-support-for-zcash-in-ledger-hw-wallet/45965/38](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/official-shielded-support-for-zcash-in-ledger-hw-wallet/45965/38)

### Zcash Community Grants Updates

[https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zcg-committee-election-december-2023/46047/19?u=squirrel](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zcg-committee-election-december-2023/46047/19?u=squirrel)

### Community Projects

[https://twitter.com/free2zcash/status/1741902796965003384](https://twitter.com/free2zcash/status/1741902796965003384)

[https://twitter.com/ZecHub/status/1742992649382981692](https://twitter.com/ZecHub/status/1742992649382981692)

[https://twitter.com/gordonesTV/status/1742651301643624946](https://twitter.com/gordonesTV/status/1742651301643624946)

[https://twitter.com/ruzcash/status/1743613168683762168](https://twitter.com/ruzcash/status/1743613168683762168)

### News and Media

[![]({{DOMAIN}}/editor/youtube/play.png)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGebV7HP4iY)

[https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/01/05/celsius-to-unstake-thousands-of-ether-possibly-easing-eth-selling-pressure](https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/01/05/celsius-to-unstake-thousands-of-ether-possibly-easing-eth-selling-pressure)

[https://www.theblock.co/post/270707/dcg-says-it-completed-payoff-of-all-short-term-loans-from-genesis](https://www.theblock.co/post/270707/dcg-says-it-completed-payoff-of-all-short-term-loans-from-genesis)

[https://protos.com/israel-allegedly-used-crypto-to-conceal-its-hunt-for-hamas-in-turkey/](https://protos.com/israel-allegedly-used-crypto-to-conceal-its-hunt-for-hamas-in-turkey/)

[https://dydx.exchange/blog/sushi-yfi-incident](https://dydx.exchange/blog/sushi-yfi-incident)

[https://www.trustnodes.com/2024/01/05/the-bitcoin-etfs-are-unofficially-approved-as-blackrock-amends-19b-4](https://www.trustnodes.com/2024/01/05/the-bitcoin-etfs-are-unofficially-approved-as-blackrock-amends-19b-4)

[https://www.theblock.co/post/270426/curve-finance-zetachain-native-bitcoin-cross-chain-swaps](https://www.theblock.co/post/270426/curve-finance-zetachain-native-bitcoin-cross-chain-swaps)

### Tweets about Zcash

[https://twitter.com/TradeOgre/status/1743140246165078142](https://twitter.com/TradeOgre/status/1743140246165078142)

[https://twitter.com/nextiscrypto/status/1743239809814909297](https://twitter.com/nextiscrypto/status/1743239809814909297)

[https://twitter.com/nikzh/status/1741881207183356321](https://twitter.com/nikzh/status/1741881207183356321)

[https://twitter.com/ZcashEclaireur/status/1742616340530332138](https://twitter.com/ZcashEclaireur/status/1742616340530332138)

[https://twitter.com/OrcaStraya/status/1743395185399390460](https://twitter.com/OrcaStraya/status/1743395185399390460)

[https://twitter.com/ZforZcash/status/1743879998241472688](https://twitter.com/ZforZcash/status/1743879998241472688)

[https://twitter.com/jswihart/status/1743510553602015694](https://twitter.com/jswihart/status/1743510553602015694)

[https://twitter.com/TheDesertLynx/status/1743323805764792631](https://twitter.com/TheDesertLynx/status/1743323805764792631)

[https://twitter.com/michae2xl/status/1742259771133034780](https://twitter.com/michae2xl/status/1742259771133034780)

[https://twitter.com/zerodartz/status/1743743931282592232](https://twitter.com/zerodartz/status/1743743931282592232)

[https://twitter.com/Route2FI/status/1743240721627299841](https://twitter.com/Route2FI/status/1743240721627299841)

[https://twitter.com/TheZebraLounge/status/1744028012486574585](https://twitter.com/TheZebraLounge/status/1744028012486574585)

[https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zcash-to-sovereign-rollup/46404/92](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zcash-to-sovereign-rollup/46404/92)

[https://twitter.com/john\_justgo/status/1743313553623236921](https://twitter.com/john_justgo/status/1743313553623236921)

[https://twitter.com/In4Crypto/status/1743336398206484538](https://twitter.com/In4Crypto/status/1743336398206484538)

### Zeme of the week

[https://twitter.com/lukas\_kozak\_/status/1743983604361810343](https://twitter.com/lukas_kozak_/status/1743983604361810343)

### Jobs in the Ecosystem

[https://app.dework.xyz/zechub-2424](https://app.dework.xyz/zechub-2424)

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