Press release: Zero-knowledge Security Layer to be Added to Quorum Blockchain Platform

The Zerocoin Electric Coin Company (ZECC), developers of the Zcashâ„¢ digital currency, today announced a partnership with J.P. Morgan, one […]

Press release: Zero-knowledge Security Layer to be Added to Quorum Blockchain Platform

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 […]

Payment Contexts & Reusing Shielded Addresses

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

A Shielded Ecosystem

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

A Shielded Ecosystem

Transaction Linkability

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

Transaction Linkability

The Encrypted Memo Field

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

The Encrypted Memo Field

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 […]

How Transactions Between Shielded Addresses Work

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 […]

Anatomy of A Zcash Transaction

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 […]

BOLT: Private Payment Channels