Taylor’s Next Adventure
I’m both excited and saddened to announce that I’m leaving the Zcash team to pursue a Master’s degree in Quantum Information at the University of Waterloo. I’m excited because physics
August 26, 2016
New Alpha Release: Solidifying the Consensus Protocol
Today, we deployed a new alpha release of the Zcash reference implementation, v0.11.2.z9, to the testnet. The new release includes the following changes [1]: Decreased block header size to address
August 25, 2016
Auditing Zcash
Our mission is to make the first open financial technology with zero-knowledge privacy, for every person in the world to use. To that end we are commissioning multiple security audits
August 17, 2016
Zcash Launch and Roadmap
Zcash Sprout Launch The Zcash team is nearing the time to release our code and launch the genesis block of the Zcash blockchain. This is an exciting time to be
August 17, 2016
New Alpha Release: Optimization and Non-malleability
Today, we deployed a new alpha release of the Zcash reference implementation, v0.11.2.z8, to the testnet. The new release includes the following changes [1]: Equihash mining parameters have been adjusted
August 6, 2016
BOLT: Private Payment Channels
Matthew Green and I have written a paper introducing BOLT (Blind Off-chain Lightweight Transactions), which offers a fast, private payment channel protocol inspired by the Lightning Network. We believe that
August 1, 2016
zkSNARKs in Ethereum
Over the last week, Zcashers Vitalik Buterin, Andrew Miller, Eran Tromer and myself have been at the Ethereum/IC3 Bootcamp at Cornell. At the event, we worked with a fantastic team
July 28, 2016
Science Roundup
Zcash is a science-driven company, and our team is always working on advancing the forefront of human knowledge. Here is a round-up of science news from our team. Side Channel
July 27, 2016
New Alpha Release: Terminology and Security
Today, we deployed a new alpha release of the Zcash reference implementation, v0.11.2.z7, to the testnet. The new release includes the following changes [1]: The terminology of the RPC and
July 22, 2016
The Z.cash Website is Now in Both English and Chinese
Today we are releasing the Zcash website in Chinese. And soon we will have Chinese-specific sections of our Zcash Forum, Slack Community for our Chinese-speaking enthusiasts to participate and grow
July 13, 2016
New Alpha Release: 2MB blocks
Today, we deployed a new alpha release of the Zcash reference implementation, v0.11.2.z6, to the testnet. The new release includes the following changes [1]: The block size limit has been
July 8, 2016
Pairing cryptography in Rust
Pairing cryptography is an exciting area of research, and an essential component of Zcash’s zkSNARKs — proofs that transactions are valid without requiring users to reveal private information. Earlier this
July 6, 2016
