ECC releases code for Halo 2
Electric Coin Co. (ECC) today opened the source code we are developing for Halo 2, an updated, more efficient version of ECC’s recursive proof composition that eliminates the need for
September 1, 2020
Luxor mines the first shielded coinbase
Luxor Mining Pool has mined the first Zcash block to a shielded coinbase at height #949496. Shielded coinbase was enabled with ZIP 213, which was included in Heartwood, the latest
August 26, 2020
Celebrating Canopy and Community
Zcash might have the most diverse community of any crypto ecosystem. It includes world-class cryptographers and engineers, leaders from other major crypto projects, deep-thinking investors. And it is full of
August 25, 2020
New Release 3.1.0
Network Upgrade 4: Canopy The code preparations for the Canopy network upgrade are finished and included in this release. The following ZIPs are being deployed: ZIP 207: Funding Streams ZIP
July 30, 2020
ECC partners with industry leaders and community leaders to launch Crypto in Context program
Many of us in the crypto industry know a lot about engineering and finance. We understand cryptography, how to custody digital assets and how to work with regulators. But few
July 29, 2020
Protect Privacy hackathon winners and recap
Gitcoin’s Protect Privacy Hackathon wrapped up last week, and the ECC team is so grateful to have been involved. The initiative helped broaden the Zcash developer community, and we were
July 18, 2020
Zcash privacy remains strongest of any cryptocurrency, even with recent Chainalysis, Elliptic support
This month, Chainalysis and Elliptic announced support for Zcash in their compliance products. This post will provide clarity about our position on crypto forensics and compliance platforms and the impact
June 30, 2020
ECC Transparency Report for Q4 2019
Why release a transparency report? Electric Coin Co. (ECC) is committed to openness and transparency — as we help evolve and support the Zcash digital currency, and in support of
June 25, 2020
Kubernetes and blockchains at ECC
Kubernetes is an open-source project designed to manage containerized workloads. Containerization is a software development approach that allows applications to be “written once, run anywhere.” Nearly all software used today
June 19, 2020
ECC Wallet threat model and security assessment results
ECC open-sourced our work-in-progress iOS and Android Zcash wallets last week, so it makes sense for the ECC security team to provide some transparency into the work we’ve engaged in
June 18, 2020
Heartwood security assessment turns up no major issues
There’s always a lot going on with the ECC security team, and the last few months have been no exception. A recent Heartwood security assessment conducted by independent firm Trail
June 17, 2020
7 things we learned building the shielded-first ECC Wallet
Earlier this year, ECC released a suite of libraries for building shielded mobile wallets in support of the shielded-Zcash ecosystem. We used these wallet libraries to build ECC Wallet, a
June 11, 2020
