Ledger Supports $80,000 Integration of Zcash Ironwood Pool

Zcash Labs is providing $80,000 to support the integration of the Zcash Ironwood pool into Ledger's hardware wallet. Once the integration is complete, Zcash holders will be able to store Ironwood pool assets directly in their Ledger hardware wallets. Ironwood is a new protection pool for Zcash, activated on the mainnet on July 28 alongside the NU6.3 upgrade. The existing Orchard pool will not accept new activities, and remaining funds must be transferred to Ironwood. The restrictions on inflows to Zcash's Orchard pool and the introduction of Ironwood are measures to address supply validation and protection pool transition issues. The transition to Ironwood will impact Zcash asset storage and wallet development, and the Zcash Foundation has indicated that software supporting NU6.3 must handle the new transaction format and Ironwood pool. Ledger clarified that the activation of Ironwood is a timeline for ecosystem goals and does not indicate a product release date; the specific distribution timing is yet to be determined. The contract terms for the $80,000 grant have not been disclosed, and while processing materials for Ironwood transaction bundles have been confirmed, the completion status of the end-user integration remains uncertain.