The Zcash Foundation released its strategic priorities for 2026, which include: 1. Implementing Zebra as the sole consensus node: focusing on performance improvements, completing the NU7 ZIP implementation, and advancing the Z3 technology stack to replace zcashd; 2. Continuing to advance the FROST threshold signature scheme: planning to release version v3, finalize ZIP-312, and introduce a distributed key generation (DKG) protocol; 3. Privacy protection assistance program: promoting a "privacy is the default" digital cash assistance model and exploring identity solutions based on zero-knowledge proofs, striking a balance between compliance, accountability, and privacy protection. In addition, the Zcash Foundation stated that it plans to hold three major events in 2026: Zcomm (online) on March 24, the Zcash Dev Summit in Rome, Italy on May 8, and Zcon7 in Cancun, Mexico from October 27 to 29.