Canadian Zcash Community and red·bridge public testnet launch

These events would also serve as the launch for the red·bridge public testnet, a ZCG funded Zcash ecosystem project to not only showcase a novel use case on Avalanche but to also get attendees interacting with the tech directly. Background Toronto and Montreal serve as the blockchain hubs of Canada, with specialized engineering schools like Polytechnique Montréal and École de Technologie Supérieure as well as the University of Waterloo, the birthplace of Ethereum. We also have long running community meetup groups like Web3 MTL , Web3 TO , Bitcoin Bay , as well as the Superteam Canada offices headquartered in Toronto among many others. Consensus 2025 was held in Toronto, The Blockchain Futurist Conference is held every August and Toronto Tech Week attracts an international crowd every year. There is a vibrant and active blockchain community across the two cities, which I believe presents a great opportunity to formally introduce Zcash and bring together privacy fans while supporting the launch of the red·bridge public testnet to ensure ma