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 […]

Protect Privacy: Virtual hackathon starts June 15

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 […]

New Release: 3.0.0

Explaining viewing keys

Viewing keys, detailed in ZIP 310, enable the separation of spending and viewing permissions for Zcash shielded addresses. By creating […]

Explaining viewing keys

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 […]

New Release: 2.1.2-3

NU4 feature selection

As part of the Zcash Improvement Proposal and Network Upgrade Pipeline, Electric Coin Co. (ECC) is publishing our commitment of […]

NU4 feature selection

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 […]

Building on Zcash: Resources and initiatives

Open-sourcing ECC Wallet

At our Q1 2020 live stream, the ECC team unveiled our ECC Wallet along with new resources for mobile wallet […]

Open-sourcing ECC 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 […]

Mine to Shielded Coinbase

Explaining FlyClient

One of the key improvements in the Heartwood upgrade is FlyClient support, ZIP 221. In this post, we’ll explain the […]

Explaining FlyClient

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 Engineering flight plan: Mid-horizon update

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 […]

ECC scaling research: 2019 research & development milestones

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 […]

ECC R&D and Engineering Flight Plan for 2020