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In the recent Zcash news, former developers of the platform have announced that they have launched a new project which is centered on the privacy coin. They also launched a new wallet as part of the new project. Former Zcash Team Reorganizes After ECC Exit The team who developed Zashi are now ready to contribute to another new company after resigning from the Electric Coin Company (ECC) This was confirmed by Josh Swihart, ex-chief executive officer of the ECC, the body which managed Zashi. The team of engineers who developed Zashi and the Zcash protocol, launched a for-profit startup known as CashZ. Currently, they are working on its first product. This is a new wallet which can be directly derived from the codebase of Zashi. We are all in on Zcash.We need to scale Zcash to billions of users.Startups can scale, but nonprofits can’t.That’s why we created a new Zcash startup.https://t.co/ZurjfTxnPi pic.twitter.com/ksnwLewpPp — Josh Swihart 🛡 (@jswihart) January 8, 2026 This was less than a day after Swihart announced that the whole staff at ECC has stepped down. This was due to some issues involving its board of directors over some disputes, Despite this division within the Zcash organization, Swihart was quick to state that there has been no change in the goals for this team. There shall be neither a new blockchain or a new token. There woulc also be no attempt to divide the ecosystem. CashZ has recently rolled out a brand new website. The group has explained their plans for a smooth transition process for individuals who were previously using the website known as Zashi. “After you’ve joined the waitlist, just sit tight for a few weeks while we boot up cashZ. Once it’s live, we’ll make sure the migration for every Zashi user is as easy…

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