BIP199 for Hashed Timelocked Contracts
Hashed Timelocked Contracts (HTLC) are a well-known and simple technique for building protocols for atomic swaps. They allow you to […]
Explaining SNARKs Part III: The Knowledge of Coefficient Test and Assumption
<< Part II In Part II, we saw how Alice can blindly evaluate the hiding :math:`E(P(s))` of her polynomial :math:`P` […]
New Release: 1.0.8
Today we’re announcing the release of Zcash 1.0.8. This release focuses on backporting features from upstream Bitcoin and usability improvements […]
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 […]
Spinning Off Our Sibling Company
The Zcash company grew out of a company named “Least Authority”. It was when we were Least Authority that we […]
Announcing the Zcash Foundation
Our Mission is to give every person in the world economic freedom — to do for cooperation what the Internet […]
Explaining SNARKs Part II: Blind Evaluation of Polynomials
<< Part I In this post, we recall the notion of a polynomial, and explain the notion of “blind evaluation” […]
BLS12-381: New zk-SNARK Elliptic Curve Construction
Our team is continually working to improve the security, performance and usability of our privacy-preserving shielded transactions. As we mentioned […]
R3 Report on Confidentiality & Privacy for Blockchains
Last year, R3 commissioned us to co-author (along with Danny Yang, founder of blockchain analytics company Blockseer) a report that […]
New Release: 1.0.7
Today we’re announcing the release of Zcash 1.0.7. This release focuses on updating Zcash to be compatible with upstream changes, […]