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.
Gemini becomes first regulated institution to support shielded Zcash withdrawals
Gemini Trust Company (Gemini) announced today that account holders now have the ability to withdraw to shielded Zcash addresses. Gemini is the first regulated institution to announce shielded address support, and it added this capability after receiving approval from the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS).
Zcash privacy remains strongest of any cryptocurrency, even with recent Chainalysis, Elliptic support
This month, Chainalysis and Elliptic announced support for Zcash in their compliance products. This post will provide clarity about our […]
Explaining viewing keys
Viewing keys, detailed in ZIP 310, enable the separation of spending and viewing permissions for Zcash shielded addresses. By creating […]
Halo: Recursive Proof Composition without a Trusted Setup
Sean Bowe, an engineer and cryptographer at Electric Coin Company (ECC), has discovered a technique for creating practical, scalable and […]
Sprout-to-Sapling Migration Tool
The Electric Coin Company is pleased to announce the official Sprout-to-Sapling migration tool in the 2.0.5-2 release of zcashd. This […]
Sapling Transaction Anatomy
With the Sapling activation approaching, we’re continuing our education on what users and third-party services can expect. We recently announced […]
Perspectives on Privacy and Regulation from Gavigan and Bowe
This week’s Perspectives series continues with a discussion about the intersection of privacy and regulation. Jack Gavigan, the Zcash Company’s […]
Sapling Addresses & Turnstile Migration
The Sapling network upgrade is a major feature enhancement to the Zcash network targeted to activate on October 28th, 2018. […]
Perspectives on Privacy from Linda Xie, Zooko Wilcox, and Eran Tromer
Privacy should not be controversial. Rather, it provides the fundamental protections necessary for economic freedom and shields users from exploitation […]
Perspectives on Privacy from Peter Van Valkenburgh and Jill Carlson
We continue our series with two perspectives on Privacy. Peter Van Valkenburgh serves as the Director of Research at Coin […]
Zcash Community Perspectives
Earlier this year, people in the Zcash ecosystem participated in Zcon0, the first conference for the Zcash community. The conference […]