diff --git a/doc/README.md b/doc/README.md
index bf93e1adf..112bee37e 100644
--- a/doc/README.md
+++ b/doc/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Zcash Core 0.11.2.z2
+Zcash Core 0.11.2.z3
 ====================
 
 [Zcash](https://z.cash/) is the Zcash client. It downloads and stores the entire history of Zcash transactions (which is currently several GBs); depending on the speed of your computer and network connection, the synchronization process can take anywhere from a few hours to a day or more.
diff --git a/doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.11.2.z3.md b/doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.11.2.z3.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..656c0df7d
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+++ b/doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.11.2.z3.md
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+Daira Hopwood (1):
+      zkSNARK: Add constraint that the total value in a JoinSplit is a 64-bit integer.
+
+Nathan Wilcox (4):
+      Add a depends description for googletest.
+      Add a zcash-gtest binary to our build with a single tautological test.
+      Add coverage support scoped to only the zcash-gtest run; invoke with make zcash-cov; make cov is a superset.
+      Add googlemock 1.7.0 dependency.
+
+Sean Bowe (49):
+      Add serialization for primitive boost::optional<T>.
+      New implementation of incremental merkle tree
+      Integrate new incremental merkle tree implementation into consensus.
+      Test old tree along with new tree as much as possible.
+      Deprecate the old tree and remove old tree tests from the test suite.
+      Initialize curve/field parameters in case another test hasn't done so.
+      Improve well-formedness checks and add additional serialization/deserialization tests.
+      Add more well-formedness checks/tests to tree.
+      Make appending algorithm more succinct.
+      Move incremental merkle tree tests to zcash-gtest.
+      NoteEncryption implementation and integration, removal of ECIES and crypto++ dependencies.
+      Move NoteEncryption tests to gtest suite.
+      Add additional tests for ephemeral key behavior.
+      Clarify the usage of decryption API.
+      Check exception has specific string message.
+      Small nit fixes
+      Run `zcash-gtest` in `make check` and fix performance tests.
+      Perform zerocash tests as part of full-test-suite, in preparation for removal of zerocash waterfall.
+      Distinguish the failure cases of wfcheck in tree.
+      Change ciphertext length to match protocol spec, and refactor the use of constants.
+      Initialize libsodium in the gtest suite.
+      Introduce new `libzcash` Zcash protocol API and crypto constructions surrounding the zkSNARK circuit.
+      zkSNARK: Foundations of circuit design and verification logic.
+      zkSNARK: Add "zero" constant variable.
+      zkSNARK: Enforce spend-authority of input notes.
+      zkSNARK: Enforce disclosure of input note nullifiers
+      zkSNARK: Authenticate h_sig with a_sk
+      zkSNARK: Enforce that new output notes have unique `rho` to prevent faerie gold attack.
+      zkSNARK: Enforce disclosure of commitments to output notes.
+      zkSNARK: Ensure that values balance correctly.
+      zkSNARK: Witness commitments to input notes.
+      zkSNARK: Enforce merkle authentication path from nonzero-valued public inputs to root.
+      libzcash: Add tests for API
+      Remove scriptPubKey/scriptSig from CPourTx, and add randomSeed.
+      Transplant of libzcash.
+      Added public zkSNARK parameter generation utility.
+      Stop testing old tree against new tree.
+      Remove nearly all of libzerocash.
+      Update public zkSNARK parameters for new circuit.
+      Fix performance measurements due to modified transaction structure.
+      Remove the zerocash tests from the full test suite.
+      Protect-style joinsplits should anchor to the latest root for now, until #604 is resolved.
+      Use inheritance for PRF gadgets.
+      Rename ZCASH_ constants to ZC_.
+      Rename hmac -> mac in circuit.
+      `Note` values should be little-endian byte order.
+      Update zkSNARK proving/verifying keys.
+      Add h_sig test vectors.
+      Change testnet network magics.
+
+Taylor Hornby (7):
+      Add check that vpubs are not both nonzero and test it.
+      Fix sighash tests
+      Add empty merkle/noteencryption tests so Sean can rebase.
+      Fix RPC tests
+      Rename bitcoin.conf and bitcoind.pid to zcash.conf and zcashd.pid in qa/ and src/
+      Trivial change: Capitalize the Z in Zerocash
+      Remove the Merkle tree hash function's fixed point.
+
diff --git a/doc/release-process.md b/doc/release-process.md
index fc83786e0..711c2a15a 100644
--- a/doc/release-process.md
+++ b/doc/release-process.md
@@ -1,60 +1,73 @@
 Release Process
 ====================
+Meta: There should always be a single release engineer to disambiguate responsibility.
 
-### Define the release version as:
-
-	$ ZCASH_RELEASE=${UPSTREAM_VERSION}.z${ZCASH_RELEASE_COUNTER}
+## A. Define the release version as:
 
+    $ ZCASH_RELEASE=${UPSTREAM_VERSION}.z${ZCASH_RELEASE_COUNTER}
+    
 Example:
 
-	$ ZCASH_RELEASE=0.11.2.z2
+    $ ZCASH_RELEASE=0.11.2.z2
+    
+Also, the following commands use the ZCASH_RELEASE_PREV bash variable for the previous release:
 
-Also, the following commands use the ZCASH_RELEASE_PREV bash variable
-for the previous release:
+    $ ZCASH_RELEASE_PREV=0.11.2.z1
+    
+## B. create a new release branch / github PR
+### B1. update (commit) version in sources
 
-	$ ZCASH_RELEASE_PREV=0.11.2.z1
-
-### update (commit) version in sources
-
-	doc/README.md
-	src/clientversion.h
-
-In clientverion.h change CLIENT_VERSION_IS_RELEASE to false while Zcash
+    doc/README.md
+    
+In `clientversion.h` change CLIENT_VERSION_IS_RELEASE to false while Zcash
 is in alpha-test phase.
 
-### write release notes
+### B2. write release notes
 
 git shortlog helps a lot, for example:
 
     $ git shortlog --no-merges v${ZCASH_RELEASE_PREV}..HEAD \
         > ./doc/release-notes/release-notes-${ZCASH_RELEASE}.md
+        
+### B3. merge the previous changes
 
-### merge the previous changes
+Do the normal pull-request, review, testing process for this release PR.
 
-Do the normal pull-request, review, testing process.
+## C. Verify code artifact hosting
 
-### make tags / release-branch for the newly merged result
+### C1. Ensure depends tree is working
+
+http://ci.leastauthority.com:8010/builders/depends-sources
+
+### C2. Ensure public parameters work
+
+Run `./fetch-params.sh`.
+
+## D. make tags / release-branch for the newly merged result
 
 In this example, we ensure zc.v0.11.2.latest is up to date with the
 previous merged PR, then:
 
-	$ git tag v${ZCASH_RELEASE}
+    $ git tag v${ZCASH_RELEASE}
     $ git branch zc.v${ZCASH_RELEASE}
     $ git push origin v${ZCASH_RELEASE}
     $ git push origin zc.v${ZCASH_RELEASE}
-
-### update github default branch to this new release branch
-
-### write / publish a release announcement
-
-### celebrate
-
-### missing steps
+    
+## E. update github default branch to this new release branch
+## F. write / publish a release announcement
+## G. deploy testnet
+## H. write and publish appropriate announcements (blog, zcash-dev, slack)
+## I. celebrate
+## missing steps
 
 Zcash still needs:
 
-a. deterministic build
-b. signatured tags
-c. thorough pre-release testing (presumably more thorough than standard PR tests)
-d. release deployment steps (eg: updating build-depends mirror, deploying testnet, etc...)
-e. proper zcash-specific versions and names in software and documentation.
+* deterministic build
+
+* signatured tags
+
+* thorough pre-release testing (presumably more thorough than standard PR tests)
+
+* release deployment steps (eg: updating build-depends mirror, deploying testnet, etc...)
+
+* proper zcash-specific versions and names in software and documentation.