Can This Man Build a Better Bitcoin?
Two years ago, Bryce “Zooko” Wilcox was running a struggling startup and sleeping in his car. Today he’s collaborating with JPMorgan Chase on the privacy tech that could give Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies a run for their money. Here’s how he got from A to Z.
A Mind-Bending Cryptographic Trick Promises to Take Blockchains Mainstream
Cryptographers have researched zero-knowledge proofs for two decades, but the technique is only just now poised to redefine the concept of online privacy.
One of the World’s Biggest Bitcoin Exchanges Just Added a New Cryptocurrency
Based in South Korea, Bithumb listed Zcash, a privacy-centric digital money based on a blockchain, a public accounting ledger that tracks virtual currencies, allowing people to buy and sell them without the need of a middle-man like a bank.
Zcash Audit Finds No Serious Issues in Launch Ceremony Security
If someone were to get their hands on a complete copy of all the shards, it would enable them to surreptitiously create counterfeit coins, an attack that would be difficult to detect given the anonymity of zcash transactions. So, to secure the final product, the full private key was broken up into six pieces, each […]
Privacy is an essential part of cryptocurrency security, and despite some initial mistaken beliefs to the contrary, Bitcoin alone doesn’t provide that. Zcash is the first cryptocurrency that provides the level of privacy users deserve and expect.
En Una Criptomoneda, La Única Manera De Asegurar La Fungibilidad Es A Través De La Privacidad
Zooko muestra especial interés por ayudar a las personas, y dada la naturaleza sin fronteras de las criptomonedas y la necesidad de los habitantes de países latinos, se identifica con los valores de CriptoNoticias.
Better, Faster zk-SNARKs: Zcash Developers Release New Privacy Tech
Zcash engineer Sean Bowe and cryptographers Matthew Green and Ian Miers (all of whom also work for the for-profit Zcash Company) are releasing a living prototype of a new form of zk-SNARK that could lead to huge improvements in speed.
Dónde y cómo comprar Zcash: Guía paso a paso
Le contamos qué es Zcash, en qué se diferencia del bitcoin y cómo puede comprar esta criptomoneda. Zcash es un nuevo proyecto dirigido por Zooko Wilcox que ha sido diseñado para abordar uno de los problemas más urgentes del bitcoin (Bitcoin) – la trazabilidad. Aunque no lo sepa, el bitcoin no es totalmente anónimo.
Radiolab – The Ceremony
Last November, journalist Morgen Peck showed up at her friend Molly Webster’s apartment in Brooklyn, told her to take her battery out of her phone, and began to tell her about The Ceremony, a moment last fall when a group of, well, let’s just call them wizards, came together in an undisclosed location to launch […]
