Zebra Update
summary
Zebra is an independent Zcash node written in Rust that now activated NU5 on mainnet and testnet and fully validates consensus rules; it implements a mempool, gossips blocks and transactions via the Zcash network protocol, and supports lightwalletd RPCs and a backend RPC crate. The project has 10 alpha and 13 beta releases, Prometheus/Grafana dashboards, a reusable Zebra consensus crate, and sent its first Zcash transaction via lightwallet in May; full-chain sync tests run in about 10–15 hours and a security audit and binary releases are planned.
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chapters (20)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:31NU5 activation progress
- 5:01Consensus rules and Rust
- 7:09Lightwalletd RPCs first tx
- 8:54Zcash network protocol
- 11:02Diagnostics and testing
- 13:10Future plans beta roadmap
- 14:58Q&A
- 15:19Peer-to-peer feasibility
- 16:01Protocol performance changes
- 17:04Ecosystem integration
- 18:50Zebra on Raspberry Pi
- 19:56Tor integration privacy
- 21:23Tor transaction broadcasting
- 22:04Full node wallet backend
- 22:45Zcashd interoperability challenges
- 24:33Rust for Zebra impressions
- 25:59Distributed team work
- 28:29Working for Zcash Foundation
- 29:11Closing remarks
