Fellowship of the ZEC
Electric Coin Co. kicked off a new tradition last month: the Fellowship of the ZEC. Our goal is to get one ZEC passed to each person at the company using
December 3, 2019
Blossom upgrade improves speed, scalability, capacity
Blossom, the next major upgrade of Zcash, is scheduled to activate on or around Dec. 11, 2019, at block height 653600. This mandatory network upgrade is designed to improve scalability
December 2, 2019
ECC R&D and Engineering Flight Plan for 2020
During the latest Electric Coin Co. (ECC) quarterly livestream, we shared our R&D and engineering strategy to advance the future of Zcash. In this post, we delve a little deeper
November 22, 2019
Electric Coin Co. livestream roundup
Links:Livestream recordingLivestream slidesPost livestream Q&A The Nov. 12 Electric Coin Co. (ECC) livestream covered a wide range of topics, including our current work and planning around R&D, engineering, regulation, adoption,
November 20, 2019
New Release: 2.1.0-1
Electric Coin Co. became aware of the following security announcement on the bitcoin-dev mailing list this morning (8th November): https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2019-November/017453.html Upon investigation, the team found that versions of Zcashd prior
November 8, 2019
New Release: 2.1.0
Blossom network upgrade The mainnet activation of the Blossom network upgrade is supported by this release, with an activation height of 653600, which should occur in early December, roughly one
November 7, 2019
Electric Coin Co. donates Zcash trademark to Zcash Foundation
The Electric Coin Co. (ECC) is passing the Zcash trademark to the Zcash Foundation, an independent nonprofit that focuses on financial privacy, Zcash development and community engagement. The contract was
November 7, 2019
Binance.US lists ZEC, validating work and compliance
Binance.US announced on Wednesday it is listing Zcash (ZEC). Of course, this was great news for those of us at the Electric Coin Co., the Zcash Foundation and the wider
October 21, 2019
New Release: 2.0.7-3
On Tuesday September 24th we released version 2.0.7-3 of Zcashd to address two security issues. Both were discovered and reported to us by Florian Tramèr, Dan Boneh, and Kenneth G.
October 2, 2019
How Zcash is Compliant with the FATF Recommendations
Earlier this year, FATF finalized its recommendations for how the cryptocurrency sector should be regulated from an AML / CFT perspective. The Electric Coin Company provided feedback during the consultation
September 24, 2019
An Update from ECC on the Initial Assessment of Community Proposals
Introduction We released an Initial Assessment of Community Proposals for development funding on August 26th and committed to providing another assessment for any proposal updates and additions. This post includes
September 20, 2019
The Underestimated: Crypto in Context
Permission is rationed by the powerful. And in places like the South Bronx, where banks are scarce and financial services are oppressive, opportunity has been suffocated.
September 19, 2019
