Zcash Core Development Team ZODL Releases Core Strategy Roadmap: Focus on Post-Quantum, Security Enhancements, and User Experience

**Zcash Update: ZODL Unveils Zcash IV Phase, Focus on Post-Quantum Security & Scalability** On April 13, Josh Swihart—founder of the Zcash core dev team Zcash Open Development Lab (ZODL)—shared an update on Zcash’s progress, outlining a strategic focus centered on **post-quantum security, scalability, and user experience**. Drawing an analogy to NASA’s Artemis II lunar mission, he emphasized turning seemingly impossible goals into reality via technical breakthroughs. ZODL announced Zcash is transitioning into the **“Zcash IV” phase**: The team will build infrastructure analogous to a “lunar base” to scale protocol and app security for billions of users, advancing its vision of privacy-focused transactions free from mass financial surveillance. ### Product & Tech Updates - Version 3.3.x of Zcash’s mobile app is now live on iOS and Android, with new features: hardware wallet connection management, SDK updates, and user experience improvements. - Key initiatives in progress: Keystone wallet integration, address system upgrades (ZIP 316, UIVK/UFVK), resolution of multiple system bugs, and development of the Zallet alpha release. - The team is strengthening unified address standards and wallet interaction workflows to lay groundwork for future scalability and performance boosts. ### Additional Notes - ZODL reported growing application usage data and participation in a stablecoin privacy summit to deepen industry collaboration. - Due to regulatory requirements and network restriction updates, ZODL has temporarily removed its app from the Russian App Store. - The team stressed privacy is not a choice but a fundamental need in the digital age, and will accelerate delivery timelines to drive ZEC adoption and ecosystem growth. ZODL’s core mission is to build an open, self-hosted private finance platform—expanding ecosystem interoperability through collaboration and bringing secure ZEC transactions to the global mainstream.