Sprout-to-Sapling Migration Tool
The Electric Coin Company is pleased to announce the official Sprout-to-Sapling migration tool in the 2.0.5-2 release of zcashd. This tool comes in the form of new RPCs with the
May 21, 2019
Sapling Transaction Anatomy
With the Sapling activation approaching, we’re continuing our education on what users and third-party services can expect. We recently announced the Sapling turnstile and what users should anticipate with this
October 16, 2018
Sapling Addresses & Turnstile Migration
The Sapling network upgrade is a major feature enhancement to the Zcash network targeted to activate on October 28th, 2018. We’ve outlined the usability and security improvements coming with Sapling
September 11, 2018
Selective Disclosure & Shielded Viewing Keys
Encryption is an important tool to control access to personal and business data. In many cases where private data must be shared with select people such as a long distance
January 22, 2018
New Empirical Research into Zcash Privacy
A researcher from University of Michigan-Dearborn, Jeffrey Quesnelle, published a paper and blog today about the effective privacy on the Zcash blockchain over the first year of its existence. No
December 4, 2017
Payment Contexts & Reusing Shielded Addresses
The privacy provided in Zcash allows users to disclose a shielded payment address publicly or to multiple individuals without the worry of transactions sent to that address becoming linked in
April 19, 2017
ZSL: zk-SNARKs for the Enterprise
The Zerocoin Electric Coin Company’s primary focus is – and always will be – developing and supporting Zcash. However, as a startup that needs to generate revenue in order to
March 23, 2017
A Shielded Ecosystem
In Zcash, users have the option to employ transparent or shielded addresses for sending, receiving and storing their ZEC. While this decision might initially seem like a choice that only
February 28, 2017
Transaction Linkability
Having the two types of addresses within Zcash (transparent and shielded) is an advantage which allows users to have more flexibility with how they store and transact ZEC. The dynamic
January 25, 2017
How Transactions Between Shielded Addresses Work
In ‘Anatomy of A Zcash Transaction’ we gave a general overview of Zcash Transactions. The purpose of this post is to provide a simplified explanation of how privacy-preserving transactions work
November 29, 2016
Anatomy of A Zcash Transaction
Since the successful launch of the Zcash network on October 28th, we’ve had an outpouring of interest from miners and users who want to take advantage of the confidentiality and
November 23, 2016
