Stewarding a new season at ECC

Zcash is a special project. Its purpose to empower economic freedom is wholesome and good. Its legacy is indelible. The innovation within and the talent behind it are undeniable. That it flourishes is vital. All the earth must have access to private, self-sovereign money if we are to be free.

Stewarding a new season at ECC

Update: ECC proposals and plans for decentralizing Zcash and future focus

This blog post is intended to provide more detail and an update on ECC's current plans. We welcome the community’s feedback.

Update: ECC proposals and plans for decentralizing Zcash and future focus

Not private enough: Mixers and decoys won’t protect you for long

I often hear people say that tools like mixers or using fresh addresses for every crypto transaction are sufficient privacy protections because they provide plausible deniability. This is a naive understanding of how surveillance works.

Not private enough: Mixers and decoys won’t protect you for long

ZSAs update: ECC research and paths forward

As part of our due diligence, we embarked on sentiment gathering, market research and economic modeling to better understand the possibilities of ZSAs and tradeoffs of different approaches.

ZSAs update: ECC research and paths forward

ECC roadmap calls for focus on wallet, proof of stake and interoperability

It has become clear that the best way for ECC to contribute to the Zcash community over the next three years is to release an official ECC wallet on top of a highly interoperable Zcash protocol that leverages proof-of-stake consensus.

ECC roadmap calls for focus on wallet, proof of stake and interoperability

ECC’s North Star: Building a world-class UX for ZEC

Last week, in our tertile planning sessions, we set a multi-year “North Star” and codified our plans across departments for the next four months. Everything we do will be in support of this focus: To deliver a world-class user experience for ZEC. 

ECC’s North Star: Building a world-class UX for ZEC

ECC timeline updates and planning for 2022

And we’re planning for a big January release of the Halo Arc product suite, including the NU5-compatible Zcashd, an updated ECC Reference Wallet, updated mobile wallet SDKs, and features that will enable Zcash to be Shielded by Default.

ECC timeline updates and planning for 2022

ZSAs: ECC progress and next steps

In line with ECC’s shift to a market- and user-driven product strategy, we continue to gather information to guide next […]

ZSAs: ECC progress and next steps

ECC transitions to user-focused product strategy

ECC is transitioning from an engineering-led to a market-led product strategy. This blog provides a summary of what that means and outlines our current priorities.

ECC transitions to user-focused product strategy

Privacy is normal, safe and essential

What the internet did for communication and commerce, cryptocurrencies will do for money. But using cryptocurrencies without privacy is not safe.

Privacy is normal, safe and essential

Refining and recommitting to the ECC mission

Our mission is to empower people with economic freedom.  To that end, we build and support Zcash to provide everyone […]

Refining and recommitting to the ECC mission

Celebrating Canopy and Community

Zcash might have the most diverse community of any crypto ecosystem.  It includes world-class cryptographers and engineers, leaders from other […]

Celebrating Canopy and Community