Completion of the Sapling MPC

Zcash’s next major upgrade, codenamed Sapling, will be activated later this year. One of our final goals before activation is […]

Completion of the Sapling MPC

Announcing the Sapling MPC

Zcash’s shielded transactions rely on zk-SNARKs — small, fast-to-verify zero-knowledge proofs of arbitrarily complicated statements. These proving schemes rely on […]

Announcing the Sapling MPC

Improved zk-SNARK Multi-party Computation Protocol

zk-SNARKs – the zero-knowledge proofs at the core of Zcash – require a parameter generation ceremony to take place for […]

Improved zk-SNARK Multi-party Computation Protocol

New Release Candidate: Final zk-SNARK parameters

The Zcash team has been working to finalize the software for the launch of the Zcash blockchain. We are planning […]

New Release Candidate: Final zk-SNARK parameters

The Design of the Ceremony

Update: Read our full summary of what took place in the Zcash Parameter Generation Ceremony. The Toxic Waste, and Other […]

The Design of the Ceremony

Zcash Parameters And How They Will Be Generated

At its core, Zcash’s privacy technology relies on a novel cryptographic tool called a zkSNARK – a small zero-knowledge proof […]

Zcash Parameters And How They Will Be Generated

How To Generate SNARK Parameters Securely

There are a lot of cryptographic challenges to making a fully secure and reliable open financial system. Our current top […]

How To Generate SNARK Parameters Securely