The roadmap emphasizes privacy upgrades, hardware wallet integration, and stronger fund management as Zcash’s shielded supply surpasses 4.1 million tokens and its price rallies more than 700% since mid-September.
Electric Coin Company (ECC), the developer behind Zcash (ZEC) and the Zashi wallet, has released its Q4 2025 roadmap, signaling a renewed push to strengthen privacy, usability, and infrastructure across the ecosystem. The announcement follows a massive rally in Zcash’s price — from around $50 in mid-September to roughly $420 — alongside a surge in its shielded supply, highlighting renewed demand for private, zero-knowledge transactions.
Zcash Q4 Roadmap Priorities
According to ECC’s official update, the four core initiatives for the quarter include:
- Ephemeral addresses for every swap using the NEAR Intents protocol to enhance privacy in decentralized transactions.
- Automatic creation of new transparent addresses once existing ones receive funds, reducing address reuse and improving on-chain privacy.
- Hardware wallet upgrades for Keystone users, including device resync capabilities and support for Pay-to-Script-Hash (P2SH) multisig wallets.
- Implementation of a multisig wallet to manage Zcash developer funds securely.
“This quarter, ECC’s focus is on reducing technical debt, improving privacy and usability for Zashi users, and ensuring smooth dev fund management,” the company said, noting that its approach will remain flexible amid shifting market conditions.
Growing Demand for Private Transactions
Zcash’s latest roadmap builds on recent launches, including Zashi’s decentralized on-ramp and off-ramp features introduced earlier this year. ECC previously disabled its Coinbase on-ramp after privacy concerns over new session-token rules, further reinforcing its stance on user confidentiality.
The shielded supply in Zcash’s Orchard protocol — its latest privacy layer compatible with earlier Sprout and Sapling versions — has now surpassed 4.1 million tokens, according to ZecHub data. Most of the growth has occurred since September, coinciding with rising on-chain activity.
Zcash’s market capitalization recently overtook Monero’s, marking a symbolic milestone for the privacy sector. Analysts attribute the shift to Zcash’s technological refinements and growing institutional interest in zero-knowledge proof systems, which offer compliance-friendly privacy solutions.
As ECC refines Zcash’s infrastructure and focuses on multichain interoperability, the roadmap underscores a clear theme: enhancing privacy without sacrificing usability or transparency. The company’s initiatives suggest that the next phase of Zcash’s evolution could position it as a leading privacy-focused blockchain in the coming year.
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