Updates & What's New
Announcements, milestones and moments from the Zcash India community, freshest first, straight from our X.
- PinnedAnnouncement2 Sept 2026
New bounty: Explain Zcash Like I'm New
New bounty is live. Explain Zcash to someone who has never heard of it. 16 winners, $150 prize pool in ZEC.
- Milestone28 Aug 2026
Telegram crosses 1,300 members
Telegram grew 62% in one month, from 824 to 1,332. Driven by the Surat event and Mini Meetup Bounty #2.
- Milestone26 Aug 2026
Mini Meetup Bounty #2: 12 hosts taught Ironwood and Zakura
12 community members ran meetups in canteens, cafés, hostels and co-working spaces, every one covering Ironwood (NU6.3) and Zakura. $150 in ZEC paid across all 12.
- Announcement24 Aug 2026
Instagram launched
Started @zcashind on Instagram as a voluntary contribution. Not part of any KPI. We saw an opportunity and took it.
- Milestone20 Aug 2026
Zodl Hindi localization PR
Raised a Hindi language localization PR for the Zodl Android wallet, making Zodl accessible to 600 million+ Hindi speakers.
- Event13 Aug 2026
Surat IRL: 160 students, 150+ wallets
160 attendees in Surat. 150+ brand new Zodl wallets created on the spot.
- Partnership10 Aug 2026
NEAR Legion x Zcash India: Ahmedabad
Joint event with NEAR Legion in Ahmedabad. 50+ attendees, 50+ new wallets. Covered CrossPay and the Zcash-NEAR dev landscape.
- Milestone3 Aug 2026
5 businesses now accept ZEC in India
India now has 5 active business listings on ZecMap accepting ZEC as payment.
- Announcement26 Jul 2026
Regional language content bounty: 27 submissions
First-of-its-kind bounty for Zcash content in Indian regional languages. 27 submissions across Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, and more. Prize pool increased from $150 to $200.
- Milestone22 Jul 2026
First ZecMap business in India
Raj NX Mobiles in Ujjain is now listed on ZecMap as a Zcash-accepting business. The first merchant adoption driven by Zcash India.
- Milestone18 Jul 2026
Light client infrastructure live in Mumbai
Deployed an independent lightwalletd node in Mumbai. Live, wallet-usable, fully open-source.
- Event13 Jul 2026
Bhopal IRL: 216 students
216 attendees at our Bhopal edition. Every attendee walked out with a Zodl wallet and real ZEC.
- Milestone5 Jul 2026
X crosses 1,300 followers
X grew from 390 to 1,310 in a single month. All organic, zero paid promotion.
- Event28 Jun 2026
First developer workshop
38 developers joined our first-ever dev event covering Zcash architecture, ZK proofs, and dev tools.
- Milestone27 Jun 2026
Mini Meetup Bounty #1: 14 hosts, pool raised to $200
The community hosted their own Zcash meetups in colleges, cafés and co-working spaces across India. 14 hosts. We raised the pool from $150 to $200, the third increase in a row.
- Event18 Jun 2026
Vadodara IRL: 229 students
229 students showed up at our Vadodara offline event. Wallets created, ZEC distributed, real-time engagement.
- Milestone6 Jun 2026
Video bounty: 24 explainers in a week
24 original Zcash explainer videos from the community for the #ZcashIndiaExplainer bounty. $100 in ZEC paid to 11 winners.
- Milestone2 May 2026
Meme bounty: 22 memes, pool raised to $120
The #ZcashIndiaMeme bounty pulled in 22 original memes. Posts crossed 1,000 views organically. We raised the pool from $100 to $120 and paid 10 winners instead of 5.
- Event14 Apr 2026
First online event: 77 attendees
Zcash India Live #01 delivered 77 live attendees on Google Meet, exceeding the 65+ target on day one.
- Milestone30 Mar 2026
ZecHub grant received
ZecHub funded two months of structured execution: one campus workshop a month, one online event a month, and continued content and bounties.
- Milestone28 Mar 2026
Thread bounty complete: 21 submissions, pool raised to $150
21 threads came in for a $100 pool. We added $50 and paid 10 winners $150 in ZEC within days. One developer built a working Zcash demo on top.
- Announcement5 Mar 2026
First bounty: $100 in ZEC for the best Zcash thread
Two weeks after launch, the first Zcash India bounty went live: write an original thread about Zcash and get paid in ZEC. HackTour India amplified it to 900+ developers.
- Milestone22 Feb 2026
Zcash India launched
Zcash India officially launched with 1 follower on X and 5 members on Telegram. The mission: bring financial privacy education to India.