Overwinter has successfully activated at block 347500! More information on the Zcash Overwinter protocol upgrade and support is available on the Zcash Overwinter Information page. Anyone suspecting issues should monitor
Subsequent to its founding in 2015, the Zcash Company built and then launched the Zcash protocol in October 2016. Since then, we provided numerous enhancements, hired 3rd parties to conduct
A contributed article recently published on the Forbes website indicated that The US Secret Service is requesting the consideration of “additional legislative and regulatory action related to anonymity-enhanced cryptocurrencies.” The
The next major Zcash protocol upgrade, called Sapling, has been delayed by six weeks (one release cycle). Sapling introduces significant efficiency improvements for shielded transactions that will pave the way
The Overwinter network upgrade will include a new feature called ‘Transaction Expiry.’ This will allow transactions in the mempool to expire after a given number of blocks, effectively timing out
Zcash 1.1.1 has arrived! This release is an Overwinter-compatible version of the Zcash node software, with initial support for Sapling consensus rules and a Sapling testnet activation height set to block
Zcash’s shielded transactions rely on zk-SNARKs — small, fast-to-verify zero-knowledge proofs of arbitrarily complicated statements. These proving schemes rely on a set of public parameters that can be used to
Today we are announcing our investment in Agoric. Founded by pioneers in the world of secure development and distributed systems, Agoric will provide an open, standards-based object-capability (OCAP) programming layer
We hear the distress and confusion from members of the community, especially those who have been mining Zcash with GPUs, about the introduction of ASIC mining equipment. Recently the Zcash
Today, Gemini Trust Company, LLC (Gemini) announced support for Zcash trading and custody. This marks only the third virtual commodity added to the Gemini platform, after bitcoin and ether. Gemini
Today we are happy to announce that the Zcash Company has invested in StarkWare Industries, a new company developing STARKs. The Starkware announcement is available here. STARKs are a new
We support science. Open scientific investigation is the only way for developers to learn what works and what doesn’t work to protect users and fulfill our mission. Today, George Kappos,
