Earlier this year, we released resources for building shielded mobile wallets, which open-sourced a suite of libraries to support the shielded-Zcash ecosystem. We’re excited to announce we’ve added resources for
As part of the Heartwood network upgrade, Zcash miners and mining pools will have the option to mine directly to a shielded coinbase. ZIP 213 defines modifications to the Zcash
One of the key improvements in the Heartwood upgrade is FlyClient support, ZIP 221. In this post, we’ll explain the importance of FlyClient, how this research came about and what
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
Heartwood, the next major Zcash network upgrade, improves interoperability through Flyclient support and gives miners the option to immediately shield mining rewards in coinbase transactions. The community chose the name
At Electric Coin Co., we believe everyone has a right to economic freedom and it is our duty to help those in need in times of crisis. We are proud to
In our 2019 Q4 livestream, we mapped out our Engineering flight plan aimed at advancing the future of Zcash across a multi-year timeframe. In that presentation, we defined three time
Scaling is a central discussion for blockchain teams and a critical issue that needs to be addressed as this technology matures. ECC has spearheaded groundbreaking research in this area, focusing
New soft fork On December 31, 2019, Michael Davidson disclosed to us a vulnerability that could be used to cause consensus failure in the network: Nodes would permanently reject blocks
The results of the Zcash community polling are in, and Electric Coin Co. is happy to accept the role as offered to us by the Zcash community! Background Zcash was
Two separate security assessments have been completed on ZIPs that specify changes in the upcoming Zcash network upgrade (now named “Heartwood”). ZIP 213: “Shielded Coinbase” and ZIP 221: “FlyClient Zcash SPV”
Last year, Electric Coin Co. released reference code for an experimental Android SDK wallet, the first working implementation of a mobile, shielded-Zcash wallet. Today we are releasing a suite of
