State of the Network
The launch of Zcash 1.0 “Sprout” worked! The blockchain is live. Mining and transactions are working. This is a brief round-up of news from the network. I found this explorer
October 31, 2016
Third Party Support at Launch
Update: 2017-09-25 – This article is left as-is for posterity. The list of supporting services and vendors for Zcash is constantly evolving. See ZcashCommunity.com’s lists of markets and wallets for
October 29, 2016
Zcash Sprout Launch
Announcement The Zcash genesis block will be mined on October 28, 2016. This is the launch of a decentralized and open-source cryptocurrency that offers privacy and selective transparency of transactions.
October 28, 2016
Zcash begins
The Zcash blockchain is live! We released the genesis block this morning, and people all around our planet have begun mining and transacting on it. Our homepage links to a
October 28, 2016
Zcash Audit Results
As a security-focused team, made up of world-class talent, we prioritize the security of Zcash users. True security comes from empowering users directly, and to that end, we will always
October 27, 2016
New Release Candidate: Final zk-SNARK parameters
The Zcash team has been working to finalize the software for the launch of the Zcash blockchain. We are planning to make the launch release available on the morning (PDT)
October 27, 2016
The Design of the Ceremony
Update: Read our full summary of what took place in the Zcash Parameter Generation Ceremony. The Toxic Waste, and Other Ways To Counterfeit Zcash As we’ve mentioned in a previous
October 26, 2016
2 Days to Enter the Miner Challenge
The Zcash Open Source Miner Challenge deadline is just two days away! All submissions that want to be considered for the Challenge prizes need to be entered and finalized by
October 24, 2016
New Release Candidate: Less than One Week to Launch
The Zcash team has been hard at work preparing for the launch, which is on track for the 28th October. Despite some hiccups due to the widespread DNS disruptions on
October 22, 2016
User Expectations at Sprout Pt. 2: Software Usability and Hardware Requirements
This is the second post in a two-part series about what users can expect from the launch of Zcash Sprout. The first post highlighted the effects of the slow-start mining
October 19, 2016
Zcash Evolution
We are on track to launch the Zcash currency on October 28th. Recently, we shared our vision of Zcash as a consensual currency: users are always free to run software
October 18, 2016
New Beta Release: Fixes, Packaging and Launch Preparation
Today, we deployed the third beta release of the Zcash reference implementation, 1.0.0-rc1, to the testnet. This is the third release of the Zcash Beta Series. The new release includes
October 17, 2016
