New Release: 1.1.2 Zcash 1.1.2 has been released on the heels of Zcon0. This Overwinter-compatible release focused on implementing internal changes necessary for […] Tags: bugs, Overwinter, releases, Sapling Zcash Sapling Activation Delayed The next major Zcash protocol upgrade, called Sapling, has been delayed by six weeks (one release cycle). Sapling introduces significant […] Tags: releases, Sapling, schedule Transaction Expiry The Overwinter network upgrade will include a new feature called ‘Transaction Expiry.’ This will allow transactions in the mempool to […] Tags: features, Overwinter Announcing the Sapling MPC Zcash’s shielded transactions rely on zk-SNARKs — small, fast-to-verify zero-knowledge proofs of arbitrarily complicated statements. These proving schemes rely on […] Tags: Parameter Generation, Sapling Maintaining Privacy We support science. Open scientific investigation is the only way for developers to learn what works and what doesn’t work […] Tags: privacy, security Updated Zcash UX Guidelines for Wallet Developers We have updated our checklist of good UX practices with specific advice on handling Zcash features. Our intent is to […] Tags: UX, wallets 2018 Zcash Security Audit Details We at Zcash are committed to the security and safety of our user community as we seek to empower everyone […] Tags: peer review, security, security audits Overwinter Announcing Zcash Overwinter, the first “software-updates-required” network upgrade for Zcash. The purpose of Overwinter is to strengthen the protocol for […] Tags: consensus, network upgrade, Overwinter, releases, roadmap Cultivating Sapling: New Crypto Foundations Zcash’s next major protocol upgrade, codenamed Sapling, will feature a number of improvements to the performance, security and usability of […] Tags: protocol, Sapling, zkSNARKs Explaining SNARKs Part VII: Pairings of Elliptic Curves << Part VI In Part VI, we saw an outline of the Pinocchio zk-SNARK. We were missing two things – […] Tags: cryptography, explainers, zkSNARKs Explaining SNARKs Part VI: The Pinocchio Protocol << Part V In part V we saw how a statement Alice would like to prove to Bob can be […] Tags: cryptography, explainers, zkSNARKs Explaining SNARKs Part V: From Computations to Polynomials << Part IV In the three previous parts, we developed a certain machinery for dealing with polynomials. In this part, […] Tags: cryptography, explainers, zkSNARKs Previous123 (current)4Next
Zcash Sapling Activation Delayed The next major Zcash protocol upgrade, called Sapling, has been delayed by six weeks (one release cycle). Sapling introduces significant […] Tags: releases, Sapling, schedule Transaction Expiry The Overwinter network upgrade will include a new feature called ‘Transaction Expiry.’ This will allow transactions in the mempool to […] Tags: features, Overwinter Announcing the Sapling MPC Zcash’s shielded transactions rely on zk-SNARKs — small, fast-to-verify zero-knowledge proofs of arbitrarily complicated statements. These proving schemes rely on […] Tags: Parameter Generation, Sapling Maintaining Privacy We support science. Open scientific investigation is the only way for developers to learn what works and what doesn’t work […] Tags: privacy, security Updated Zcash UX Guidelines for Wallet Developers We have updated our checklist of good UX practices with specific advice on handling Zcash features. Our intent is to […] Tags: UX, wallets 2018 Zcash Security Audit Details We at Zcash are committed to the security and safety of our user community as we seek to empower everyone […] Tags: peer review, security, security audits Overwinter Announcing Zcash Overwinter, the first “software-updates-required” network upgrade for Zcash. The purpose of Overwinter is to strengthen the protocol for […] Tags: consensus, network upgrade, Overwinter, releases, roadmap Cultivating Sapling: New Crypto Foundations Zcash’s next major protocol upgrade, codenamed Sapling, will feature a number of improvements to the performance, security and usability of […] Tags: protocol, Sapling, zkSNARKs Explaining SNARKs Part VII: Pairings of Elliptic Curves << Part VI In Part VI, we saw an outline of the Pinocchio zk-SNARK. We were missing two things – […] Tags: cryptography, explainers, zkSNARKs Explaining SNARKs Part VI: The Pinocchio Protocol << Part V In part V we saw how a statement Alice would like to prove to Bob can be […] Tags: cryptography, explainers, zkSNARKs Explaining SNARKs Part V: From Computations to Polynomials << Part IV In the three previous parts, we developed a certain machinery for dealing with polynomials. In this part, […] Tags: cryptography, explainers, zkSNARKs Previous123 (current)4Next
Transaction Expiry The Overwinter network upgrade will include a new feature called ‘Transaction Expiry.’ This will allow transactions in the mempool to […] Tags: features, Overwinter Announcing the Sapling MPC Zcash’s shielded transactions rely on zk-SNARKs — small, fast-to-verify zero-knowledge proofs of arbitrarily complicated statements. These proving schemes rely on […] Tags: Parameter Generation, Sapling Maintaining Privacy We support science. Open scientific investigation is the only way for developers to learn what works and what doesn’t work […] Tags: privacy, security Updated Zcash UX Guidelines for Wallet Developers We have updated our checklist of good UX practices with specific advice on handling Zcash features. Our intent is to […] Tags: UX, wallets 2018 Zcash Security Audit Details We at Zcash are committed to the security and safety of our user community as we seek to empower everyone […] Tags: peer review, security, security audits Overwinter Announcing Zcash Overwinter, the first “software-updates-required” network upgrade for Zcash. The purpose of Overwinter is to strengthen the protocol for […] Tags: consensus, network upgrade, Overwinter, releases, roadmap Cultivating Sapling: New Crypto Foundations Zcash’s next major protocol upgrade, codenamed Sapling, will feature a number of improvements to the performance, security and usability of […] Tags: protocol, Sapling, zkSNARKs Explaining SNARKs Part VII: Pairings of Elliptic Curves << Part VI In Part VI, we saw an outline of the Pinocchio zk-SNARK. We were missing two things – […] Tags: cryptography, explainers, zkSNARKs Explaining SNARKs Part VI: The Pinocchio Protocol << Part V In part V we saw how a statement Alice would like to prove to Bob can be […] Tags: cryptography, explainers, zkSNARKs Explaining SNARKs Part V: From Computations to Polynomials << Part IV In the three previous parts, we developed a certain machinery for dealing with polynomials. In this part, […] Tags: cryptography, explainers, zkSNARKs Previous123 (current)4Next
Announcing the Sapling MPC Zcash’s shielded transactions rely on zk-SNARKs — small, fast-to-verify zero-knowledge proofs of arbitrarily complicated statements. These proving schemes rely on […] Tags: Parameter Generation, Sapling Maintaining Privacy We support science. Open scientific investigation is the only way for developers to learn what works and what doesn’t work […] Tags: privacy, security Updated Zcash UX Guidelines for Wallet Developers We have updated our checklist of good UX practices with specific advice on handling Zcash features. Our intent is to […] Tags: UX, wallets 2018 Zcash Security Audit Details We at Zcash are committed to the security and safety of our user community as we seek to empower everyone […] Tags: peer review, security, security audits Overwinter Announcing Zcash Overwinter, the first “software-updates-required” network upgrade for Zcash. The purpose of Overwinter is to strengthen the protocol for […] Tags: consensus, network upgrade, Overwinter, releases, roadmap Cultivating Sapling: New Crypto Foundations Zcash’s next major protocol upgrade, codenamed Sapling, will feature a number of improvements to the performance, security and usability of […] Tags: protocol, Sapling, zkSNARKs Explaining SNARKs Part VII: Pairings of Elliptic Curves << Part VI In Part VI, we saw an outline of the Pinocchio zk-SNARK. We were missing two things – […] Tags: cryptography, explainers, zkSNARKs Explaining SNARKs Part VI: The Pinocchio Protocol << Part V In part V we saw how a statement Alice would like to prove to Bob can be […] Tags: cryptography, explainers, zkSNARKs Explaining SNARKs Part V: From Computations to Polynomials << Part IV In the three previous parts, we developed a certain machinery for dealing with polynomials. In this part, […] Tags: cryptography, explainers, zkSNARKs Previous123 (current)4Next
Maintaining Privacy We support science. Open scientific investigation is the only way for developers to learn what works and what doesn’t work […] Tags: privacy, security Updated Zcash UX Guidelines for Wallet Developers We have updated our checklist of good UX practices with specific advice on handling Zcash features. Our intent is to […] Tags: UX, wallets 2018 Zcash Security Audit Details We at Zcash are committed to the security and safety of our user community as we seek to empower everyone […] Tags: peer review, security, security audits Overwinter Announcing Zcash Overwinter, the first “software-updates-required” network upgrade for Zcash. The purpose of Overwinter is to strengthen the protocol for […] Tags: consensus, network upgrade, Overwinter, releases, roadmap Cultivating Sapling: New Crypto Foundations Zcash’s next major protocol upgrade, codenamed Sapling, will feature a number of improvements to the performance, security and usability of […] Tags: protocol, Sapling, zkSNARKs Explaining SNARKs Part VII: Pairings of Elliptic Curves << Part VI In Part VI, we saw an outline of the Pinocchio zk-SNARK. We were missing two things – […] Tags: cryptography, explainers, zkSNARKs Explaining SNARKs Part VI: The Pinocchio Protocol << Part V In part V we saw how a statement Alice would like to prove to Bob can be […] Tags: cryptography, explainers, zkSNARKs Explaining SNARKs Part V: From Computations to Polynomials << Part IV In the three previous parts, we developed a certain machinery for dealing with polynomials. In this part, […] Tags: cryptography, explainers, zkSNARKs Previous123 (current)4Next
Updated Zcash UX Guidelines for Wallet Developers We have updated our checklist of good UX practices with specific advice on handling Zcash features. Our intent is to […] Tags: UX, wallets 2018 Zcash Security Audit Details We at Zcash are committed to the security and safety of our user community as we seek to empower everyone […] Tags: peer review, security, security audits Overwinter Announcing Zcash Overwinter, the first “software-updates-required” network upgrade for Zcash. The purpose of Overwinter is to strengthen the protocol for […] Tags: consensus, network upgrade, Overwinter, releases, roadmap Cultivating Sapling: New Crypto Foundations Zcash’s next major protocol upgrade, codenamed Sapling, will feature a number of improvements to the performance, security and usability of […] Tags: protocol, Sapling, zkSNARKs Explaining SNARKs Part VII: Pairings of Elliptic Curves << Part VI In Part VI, we saw an outline of the Pinocchio zk-SNARK. We were missing two things – […] Tags: cryptography, explainers, zkSNARKs Explaining SNARKs Part VI: The Pinocchio Protocol << Part V In part V we saw how a statement Alice would like to prove to Bob can be […] Tags: cryptography, explainers, zkSNARKs Explaining SNARKs Part V: From Computations to Polynomials << Part IV In the three previous parts, we developed a certain machinery for dealing with polynomials. In this part, […] Tags: cryptography, explainers, zkSNARKs Previous123 (current)4Next
2018 Zcash Security Audit Details We at Zcash are committed to the security and safety of our user community as we seek to empower everyone […] Tags: peer review, security, security audits Overwinter Announcing Zcash Overwinter, the first “software-updates-required” network upgrade for Zcash. The purpose of Overwinter is to strengthen the protocol for […] Tags: consensus, network upgrade, Overwinter, releases, roadmap Cultivating Sapling: New Crypto Foundations Zcash’s next major protocol upgrade, codenamed Sapling, will feature a number of improvements to the performance, security and usability of […] Tags: protocol, Sapling, zkSNARKs Explaining SNARKs Part VII: Pairings of Elliptic Curves << Part VI In Part VI, we saw an outline of the Pinocchio zk-SNARK. We were missing two things – […] Tags: cryptography, explainers, zkSNARKs Explaining SNARKs Part VI: The Pinocchio Protocol << Part V In part V we saw how a statement Alice would like to prove to Bob can be […] Tags: cryptography, explainers, zkSNARKs Explaining SNARKs Part V: From Computations to Polynomials << Part IV In the three previous parts, we developed a certain machinery for dealing with polynomials. In this part, […] Tags: cryptography, explainers, zkSNARKs Previous123 (current)4Next
Overwinter Announcing Zcash Overwinter, the first “software-updates-required” network upgrade for Zcash. The purpose of Overwinter is to strengthen the protocol for […] Tags: consensus, network upgrade, Overwinter, releases, roadmap Cultivating Sapling: New Crypto Foundations Zcash’s next major protocol upgrade, codenamed Sapling, will feature a number of improvements to the performance, security and usability of […] Tags: protocol, Sapling, zkSNARKs Explaining SNARKs Part VII: Pairings of Elliptic Curves << Part VI In Part VI, we saw an outline of the Pinocchio zk-SNARK. We were missing two things – […] Tags: cryptography, explainers, zkSNARKs Explaining SNARKs Part VI: The Pinocchio Protocol << Part V In part V we saw how a statement Alice would like to prove to Bob can be […] Tags: cryptography, explainers, zkSNARKs Explaining SNARKs Part V: From Computations to Polynomials << Part IV In the three previous parts, we developed a certain machinery for dealing with polynomials. In this part, […] Tags: cryptography, explainers, zkSNARKs Previous123 (current)4Next
Cultivating Sapling: New Crypto Foundations Zcash’s next major protocol upgrade, codenamed Sapling, will feature a number of improvements to the performance, security and usability of […] Tags: protocol, Sapling, zkSNARKs Explaining SNARKs Part VII: Pairings of Elliptic Curves << Part VI In Part VI, we saw an outline of the Pinocchio zk-SNARK. We were missing two things – […] Tags: cryptography, explainers, zkSNARKs Explaining SNARKs Part VI: The Pinocchio Protocol << Part V In part V we saw how a statement Alice would like to prove to Bob can be […] Tags: cryptography, explainers, zkSNARKs Explaining SNARKs Part V: From Computations to Polynomials << Part IV In the three previous parts, we developed a certain machinery for dealing with polynomials. In this part, […] Tags: cryptography, explainers, zkSNARKs Previous123 (current)4Next
Explaining SNARKs Part VII: Pairings of Elliptic Curves << Part VI In Part VI, we saw an outline of the Pinocchio zk-SNARK. We were missing two things – […] Tags: cryptography, explainers, zkSNARKs Explaining SNARKs Part VI: The Pinocchio Protocol << Part V In part V we saw how a statement Alice would like to prove to Bob can be […] Tags: cryptography, explainers, zkSNARKs Explaining SNARKs Part V: From Computations to Polynomials << Part IV In the three previous parts, we developed a certain machinery for dealing with polynomials. In this part, […] Tags: cryptography, explainers, zkSNARKs Previous123 (current)4Next
Explaining SNARKs Part VI: The Pinocchio Protocol << Part V In part V we saw how a statement Alice would like to prove to Bob can be […] Tags: cryptography, explainers, zkSNARKs Explaining SNARKs Part V: From Computations to Polynomials << Part IV In the three previous parts, we developed a certain machinery for dealing with polynomials. In this part, […] Tags: cryptography, explainers, zkSNARKs Previous123 (current)4Next
Explaining SNARKs Part V: From Computations to Polynomials << Part IV In the three previous parts, we developed a certain machinery for dealing with polynomials. In this part, […] Tags: cryptography, explainers, zkSNARKs