Zcash’s creator, Electric Coin Co. (ECC), has unveiled a comprehensive roadmap to enhance privacy and innovation through late 2025, following a dramatic surge in the cryptocurrency’s value.
The ZEC token has seen its price climb over 160% in the past month, pushing its value to around $394.76 USD. This marks a nearly 170% increase in the last 30 days and more than 960% over the past year, according to market data.
This significant rally has allowed Zcash to recently surpass the market capitalization of its privacy-focused rival, Monero. ECC’s new strategy aims to capitalize on this momentum with four core pillars.
🚀 Zcash announces new roadmap for Q4 2025
ECC focuses on four pillars to improve ZEC's privacy and innovation.
ZEC token has increased over 160% in a month, reaching USD $394.76.
Ephemeral transparent addresses and rotation will be implemented…
The roadmap, detailed on ECC’s official blog, focuses on improving privacy and usability for users of the Zashi wallet, which ECC also developed. It also seeks to reduce technical debt and ensure efficient management of the Zcash development fund.
“This quarter, ECC’s focus is on reducing technical debt, improving privacy and usability for Zashi users, and ensuring smooth management of the development fund,” the company stated.
ECC emphasized its adaptive strategy, noting that market conditions will influence its future focus. “As market conditions and other factors impact ECC’s revenue, we will adjust our focus, reorient our efforts, and step on the gas,” the team added.
The four key priorities for the Q4 2025 roadmap are designed to strengthen the network and improve user experience.
The plan includes implementing ephemeral transparent addresses, which are temporary addresses generated for each ZEC exchange using the NEAR Intents protocol. This aims to reduce transaction linkability and enhance privacy.
Transparent address rotation will also be introduced, automatically generating a new transparent address each time an existing one receives funds. This complicates tracking patterns of use and boosts anonymity.
For Zashi users with Keystone hardware wallets, the roadmap will enable resynchronization and disconnection of devices, facilitating better management and access recovery.
Finally, the plan calls for P2SH multisig support in Keystone hardware, initially as a development tool to protect Zcash fund resources. This will later integrate with PCZT for broader wallet support.
Beyond the price surge, the shielded supply within Zcash’s Orchard privacy protocol has exceeded 4.1 million tokens. Most of this growth has occurred in recent weeks.
This increase in shielded transactions, which obscure details like sender, recipient, and amount, points to a rising adoption of Zcash’s distinct privacy features.
These initiatives are designed to address lingering technical challenges and respond to the growing interest in Zcash as a robust privacy solution in a volatile market. The market is closely watching how these improvements will drive long-term adoption.