The upside of quadratic funding for the Zcash ecosystem
Kevin Owocki is CEO of the Gitcoin project whose mission is to “grow open source” and provide economic opportunities for […]
Protect Privacy: Virtual hackathon starts June 15
When we launched Zcash almost four years ago, privacy-preserving, freedom-protecting technologies were too scarce. Then came Cambridge-Analytica, GDPR, and countless […]
New Release: 3.0.0
Heartwood activation on mainnet This release supports the Heartwood activation on mainnet, which will occur at a block height of […]
Explaining viewing keys
Viewing keys, detailed in ZIP 310, enable the separation of spending and viewing permissions for Zcash shielded addresses. By creating […]
New Release: 2.1.2-3
Electric Coin Co. has released zcashd 2.1.2-3, a hotfix that addresses issues identified in the Heartwood activation on testnet. This […]
NU4 feature selection
As part of the Zcash Improvement Proposal and Network Upgrade Pipeline, Electric Coin Co. (ECC) is publishing our commitment of […]
Building on Zcash: Resources and initiatives
Zcash turns four years old in October, and there’s never been a better time to be part of the developer […]
Open-sourcing ECC Wallet
At our Q1 2020 live stream, the ECC team unveiled our ECC Wallet along with new resources for mobile wallet […]
Mine to Shielded Coinbase
As part of the Heartwood network upgrade, Zcash miners and mining pools will have the option to mine directly to […]
Explaining FlyClient
One of the key improvements in the Heartwood upgrade is FlyClient support, ZIP 221. In this post, we’ll explain the […]
ECC Engineering flight plan: Mid-horizon update
In our 2019 Q4 livestream, we mapped out our Engineering flight plan aimed at advancing the future of Zcash across […]
ECC scaling research: 2019 research & development milestones
Scaling is a central discussion for blockchain teams and a critical issue that needs to be addressed as this technology […]