Zcash might have the most diverse community of any crypto ecosystem. It includes world-class cryptographers and engineers, leaders from other major crypto projects, deep-thinking investors. And it is full of
Many of us in the crypto industry know a lot about engineering and finance. We understand cryptography, how to custody digital assets and how to work with regulators. But few
Gitcoin’s Protect Privacy Hackathon wrapped up last week, and the ECC team is so grateful to have been involved. The initiative helped broaden the Zcash developer community, and we were
This month, Chainalysis and Elliptic announced support for Zcash in their compliance products. This post will provide clarity about our position on crypto forensics and compliance platforms and the impact
Why release a transparency report? Electric Coin Co. (ECC) is committed to openness and transparency — as we help evolve and support the Zcash digital currency, and in support of
Kubernetes is an open-source project designed to manage containerized workloads. Containerization is a software development approach that allows applications to be “written once, run anywhere.” Nearly all software used today
ECC open-sourced our work-in-progress iOS and Android Zcash wallets last week, so it makes sense for the ECC security team to provide some transparency into the work we’ve engaged in
Earlier this year, ECC released a suite of libraries for building shielded mobile wallets in support of the shielded-Zcash ecosystem. We used these wallet libraries to build ECC Wallet, a
Kevin Owocki is CEO of the Gitcoin project whose mission is to “grow open source” and provide economic opportunities for developers. Gitcoin has doled out ~$4.6 million in funding for
When we launched Zcash almost four years ago, privacy-preserving, freedom-protecting technologies were too scarce. Then came Cambridge-Analytica, GDPR, and countless data leaks impacting millions of people all around the world.
Heartwood activation on mainnet This release supports the Heartwood activation on mainnet, which will occur at a block height of 903000 (mid-July), following the targeted EOS halt of our 2.1.2-3
Viewing keys, detailed in ZIP 310, enable the separation of spending and viewing permissions for Zcash shielded addresses. By creating a separate viewing key, Zcash users can share visibility of
