
Protect Privacy: Virtual hackathon starts June 15
When we launched Zcash almost four years ago, privacy-preserving, freedom-protecting technologies were too scarce. Then came Cambridge-Analytica, GDPR, and countless […]

New Release: 3.0.0
Heartwood activation on mainnet This release supports the Heartwood activation on mainnet, which will occur at a block height of […]

Explaining viewing keys
Viewing keys, detailed in ZIP 310, enable the separation of spending and viewing permissions for Zcash shielded addresses. By creating […]

Zcash Developer Alliance brings together industry leaders to focus on interoperability
Electric Coin Co. is pleased to announce the Zcash Developer Alliance (ZDA), an invite-only working group to advance Zcash development […]

New Release: 2.1.2-3
Electric Coin Co. has released zcashd 2.1.2-3, a hotfix that addresses issues identified in the Heartwood activation on testnet. This […]

The state of Zcash adoption
Since 2016, Zcash has become one of the most widely adopted digital currencies, supported by high-quality financial institutions and crypto […]

Building on Zcash: Resources and initiatives
Zcash turns four years old in October, and there’s never been a better time to be part of the developer […]

New Release: 2.1.2
Heartwood testnet activation This release supports the activation of Heartwood on testnet, with an activation height of 903800, slated to […]

Open-sourcing ECC Wallet
At our Q1 2020 live stream, the ECC team unveiled our ECC Wallet along with new resources for mobile wallet […]

New Zcash light client support resources and documentation
Earlier this year, we released resources for building shielded mobile wallets, which open-sourced a suite of libraries to support the […]

Mine to Shielded Coinbase
As part of the Heartwood network upgrade, Zcash miners and mining pools will have the option to mine directly to […]

Explaining FlyClient
One of the key improvements in the Heartwood upgrade is FlyClient support, ZIP 221. In this post, we’ll explain the […]