Grayscale, a leading digital asset manager, highlighted Zcash's (ZEC) continued innovation ahead of its 10th anniversary on October 28, attributing part of its progress to the allocation of 20% of block rewards to developer funding. The privacy-focused cryptocurrency has evolved through multiple shielded pools, from Sprout and Sapling to Orchard and the 2026 Ironwood upgrade, which introduced quantum-recoverable addresses and formal verification to address security vulnerabilities.