Zcash's Genius Loci: A reflection on place, community, and the engineering meritocracy shaping the privacy project's evolution

The author reflects on Zcash's "Genius Loci," drawing on a stay in Stari Grad, Croatia, and a recent walk with Sean Bowe, who now leads Tachyon. Bowe described Zcash engineering as a meritocracy of ideas, which the author says has shaped the project since 2016. Weekly updates: Zodl Wallet shipped versions 3.9.3–3.9.5 and 3.10.0 with Orchard-to-Ironwood migration and Coinholder Polling; Zcash Core cleared eleven Zallet audit items, repaired zcashd wallet migration, and published zcashclientbackend 0.24. NU7 polling begins this week.

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