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 […]

BIP199 for Hashed Timelocked Contracts

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` […]

Explaining SNARKs Part III: The Knowledge of Coefficient Test and Assumption

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 […]

New Release: 1.0.8

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 […]

ZSL: zk-SNARKs for the Enterprise

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 […]

Spinning Off Our Sibling Company

Announcing the Zcash Foundation

Our Mission is to give every person in the world economic freedom — to do for cooperation what the Internet […]

Announcing the Zcash Foundation

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” […]

Explaining SNARKs Part II: Blind Evaluation of Polynomials

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 […]

BLS12-381: New zk-SNARK Elliptic Curve Construction

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 […]

R3 Report on Confidentiality & Privacy for Blockchains

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, […]

New Release: 1.0.7