A Shielded Ecosystem

In Zcash, users have the option to employ transparent or shielded addresses for sending, receiving and storing their ZEC. While

Transaction Linkability

Having the two types of addresses within Zcash (transparent and shielded) is an advantage which allows users to have more

The Encrypted Memo Field

As of October 28, 2016, Zcash is a reality! Anybody with Internet access can download the software, connect to the

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