NU5 Proposed Features
Zcash Improvement Proposals (ZIPs) for Network Upgrade 5 (NU5), projected to be August 2021. ECC’s proposals for inclusion of the
New Release 4.3.0
The latest release includes traffic improvements, a reworked library and other updates.
Network Upgrade Pipeline 2.0
Our goal in creating the NUP was to introduce synchronization points for Zcash protocol developers outside of ECC, ensure that
Electric Coin Co. Engineering: 2020, a year in review
We’re fortunate to have some of the most talented engineers and cryptographers in the world on our team, and while
Bringing Halo 2 to Zcash
As the first implementation of Halo within Zcash, this would serve as a catalyst for Zcash user confidence and scalability,
Technical explainer: Halo on Zcash
The Halo 2 zero-knowledge proving system, invented and developed at Electric Coin Co. (ECC), eliminates the trusted setup, reducing the
The troubling facts about the Bittrex announcement that it plans to delist Zcash and others
In spite of all the conjecture on Twitter, there is no public regulatory rationale for delisting Zcash. In fact, many
New Release 4.2.0
New release 4.2.0 removes the zcashd dependency upon libsodium for ed25519 signature checks and instead uses the Rust implementation in
ECC Transparency Report for Q2 2020
This ECC Transparency Report details company income, expenses and use of funds during Q2 of 2020.
Fuzzing Zcash with Kubernetes
Security is paramount to the success of Zcash and ECC, and as such, we invest significant resources into security.
Zcash Gitcoin Grants round 1 retrospective
Following the example of Vitalik Buterin’s Gitcoin Grant retros, this post summarizes the projects funded and lessons learned from the
The Pasta Curves for Halo 2 and Beyond
For the Halo 2 project, we have designed a new cycle of elliptic curves, Pallas and Vesta, which we collectively
