Journal

CipherPay adds in-person payments: a merchant POS PWA with PIN-protected sessions and scoped API access, so shops can accept shielded ZEC at the counter — not only online checkout.

CipherSwap launches as a standalone on-ramp: swap from 15+ chains into shielded ZEC via NEAR Intents. Non-custodial, no account required, with privacy-aware amount suggestions built in.

Zipher ships Agent Wallet v0.2: an OWS-backed vault, human-in-the-loop approval for agent spends, and an MCP server so AI clients can operate the wallet under policy — not just humans tapping buttons.

Zcash Community Grants funds the integration of Zcash into the Open Wallet Standard, backed by PayPal, Circle, Solana Foundation, and 15+ others. Zcash becomes the first privacy chain in OWS, with shielded PCZT signing via Zipher.

Two npm packages ship: @cipherpay/x402 — HTTP 402 paywall middleware for shielded ZEC micropayments — and @cipherpay/mcp — an MCP server so AI agents can create invoices, check rates, and manage payments programmatically.

CipherPay launches as a non-custodial Zcash payment processor. Shielded Orchard trial decryption, ~5-second mempool detection, merchant dashboard, hosted checkout, and webhook integrations — like Stripe, but for Zcash.

The Zcash Community Grants committee funds CipherScan infrastructure — wallet scanner, API v2, privacy index, and ZSA readiness.

Replaced the CipherScan Node.js indexer with a Rust engine processing 1000+ tx/s. Added Zebra gRPC streaming and WebSocket push infrastructure. Block detection dropped from ~30s to under 1s.

Shipped the first frontend WASM-powered Zcash transaction decoder. Shielded memos decrypted entirely in the browser — no server, no keys ever leave the device.

CipherScan was built from zero to a working Zcash block explorer at the Zypherpunk hackathon — the world’s first Zcash privacy hackathon. Won four tracks: Project Tachyon, Gemini, Raybot, and Network State.