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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]