Tag: security

A look back: NU5 and network sandblasting

This post details ECC’s motivations, challenges, and accomplishments with regard to zcashd Network Upgrade 5 (NU5) and the sandblasting attack.

During the course of testing NU5, a consensus bug emerged that caused the testnet chain to fork. The ECC Core

NU5 security assessments are complete, and no serious or critical issues were found in either audit.

TL;DR: This is a required update for all testnet nodes, and is highly recommended for mainnet nodes if you are

Nighthawk Wallet iOS and ECC Reference Wallet iOS users should upgrade to the latest versions in order to remediate a

Security is paramount to the success of Zcash and ECC, and as such, we invest significant resources into security.

Electric Coin Co. once again engaged the cryptography group at NCC, this time to review our upcoming Canopy (NU4) network

ECC open-sourced our work-in-progress iOS and Android Zcash wallets last week, so it makes sense for the ECC security team

There’s always a lot going on with the ECC security team, and the last few months have been no exception.

On Tuesday September 24th we released version 2.0.7-3 of Zcashd to address two security issues. Both were discovered and reported

Three separate audit reports of Electric Coin Company software have been completed. The first two target the Zcash Improvement Proposals

As we embark on a new year with new goals, the Zcash Company remains committed to the security and safety