A Shielded Ecosystem
In Zcash, users have the option to employ transparent or shielded addresses for sending, receiving and storing their ZEC. While this decision might initially seem like a choice that only
February 28, 2017
Explaining SNARKs Part I: Homomorphic Hidings
Constructions of zk-SNARKs involve a careful combination of several ingredients; fully understanding how these ingredients all work together can take a while. If I had to choose one ingredient whose
February 28, 2017
Lessons From The History Of Attacks On Secure Hash Functions
This document is a work-in-progress. Please contact the author if you see errors or omissions. Summary Most of the secure hash functions ever designed have turned out to be vulnerable
February 24, 2017
History of Hash Function Attacks
The SHA-1 hash function, which has long been considered insecure, is now officially broken as of yesterday. Given the renewed interest in hash function collisions, I’d like to point out
February 24, 2017
The Near Future of Zcash
Our Mission is to make Zcash the premier platform for commerce — secure, borderless, and available equally to every person on our planet. We believe that Zcash can do for
February 21, 2017
New Release: 1.0.6
Today we’re announcing the release of Zcash 1.0.6. This release focuses on improving functionality and usability of low-level interfaces used by external software interfacing with Zcash, and on bolstering several
February 13, 2017
