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

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

New Release: 1.0.5

Today we’re announcing the release of Zcash 1.0.5, which includes a variety of bugfixes and usability improvements. Summary of the […]

New Release: 1.0.5

New Release: 1.0.3

Today we’re announcing the release of Zcash 1.0.3 which fixes several crashes and security bugs, improves performance, and adjusts relay […]

New Release: 1.0.3

New Release: 1.0.1

Today we’re announcing the release of Zcash 1.0.1, which fixes a few bugs and improves diagnostics: Fixed a bug where […]

New Release: 1.0.1

New Beta Release: Announcing the Zcash Beta Series

Today, we deployed the first beta release of the Zcash reference implementation, v1.0.0-beta1, to the testnet. This release, Beta 1, […]

New Beta Release: Announcing the Zcash Beta Series

zkSNARKs in Ethereum

Over the last week, Zcashers Vitalik Buterin, Andrew Miller, Eran Tromer and myself have been at the Ethereum/IC3 Bootcamp at […]

zkSNARKs in Ethereum

New Alpha Release: Terminology and Security

Today, we deployed a new alpha release of the Zcash reference implementation, v0.11.2.z7, to the testnet. The new release includes […]

New Alpha Release: Terminology and Security

New Alpha Release: 2MB blocks

Today, we deployed a new alpha release of the Zcash reference implementation, v0.11.2.z6, to the testnet. The new release includes […]

New Alpha Release: 2MB blocks

Pairing cryptography in Rust

Pairing cryptography is an exciting area of research, and an essential component of Zcash’s zkSNARKs — proofs that transactions are […]

Pairing cryptography in Rust

New Alpha Release: Mining Slow Start

Today, we deployed a new alpha release of the Zcash reference implementation, v0.11.2.z4, to the testnet. The new release includes […]

New Alpha Release: Mining Slow Start

New Alpha Release: libzcash

Today, we deployed a new alpha release of the Zcash reference implementation, v0.11.2.z3, to the testnet. The new release includes […]

New Alpha Release: libzcash