Grayscale: Zcash monthly active developers have roughly doubled over the past two years, with about 70% of developers having over one year of crypto development experience.

November 12 - According to Grayscale Research's The Stack column and research director Zach Pandl's article, the number of monthly active developers for Zcash has roughly doubled over the past two years, while the overall developer base in the crypto industry has declined from its peak during the same period. Citing Electric Capital's "Developer Report" with data as of November 2, 2026, Grayscale noted that this divergence indicates Zcash is still attracting more developer attention amid a retracement in industry participation and intensifying narrative competition.

Grayscale stated that a larger contributor base helps advance wallet usability, security, and the infrastructure needed for broader adoption; for investors, sustained developer engagement can reflect the network's ability to continuously improve. The article noted that approximately 70% of Zcash's active developers have more than one year of crypto development experience, higher than the industry-wide 58%. Its developers combine deep expertise in zero-knowledge proofs with post-quantum cryptography research, serving the clear goal of making private digital currency more accessible.

Grayscale concluded that Zcash's growing developer community combines strong privacy ideals with the goal of promoting easier use of private digital currency.