Zcash: History, Privacy, and the Future of Web 3
Aztec co-founder Thomas Walton-Pocock hosts Zooko Wilcox, CEO of Electric Coin Company, to discuss Zcash, privacy, technical barriers, and innovation. […]
Tor Project Receives $670K From Zcash Open Major Grants for Coding Language Upgrade
A project is in the works to make the Tor Client more adaptable and easier for third parties to use, […]
Zcash Upcoming Upgrade First Step in Move Away From Trusted Setup
The Electric Coin Company (ECC) will soon activate the testnet of its Network Upgrade 5 (NU5) for privacy coin zcash (ZEC). This […]
so many privacy coins, and Zcash does the best
"We've seen so many privacy coins, and Zcash does the best in the space... Monero has a lower level of privacy. But they're both great projects. But there are many many privacy coins out there." -- @Snowden at #EtherealSummit
Lamassu crypto ATMs now offer shielded Zcash (ZEC) functionality
Lamassu has taken advantage of Zcash’s privacy-preserving features, adding the ability for Lamassu ATM customers to receive ZEC to wallets […]
Andreessen Horowitz leads $28M Aleo raise
Several other high-profile investors contributed to the raise, including Coinbase Ventures and Galaxy Digital.
Signal Mentions Zcash, Lightning As Possible Options
Signal announced last week that it plans to introduce cryptocurrency payments. Now, it has published further details on those plans.
Zcash Announces ‘Halo Arc’ and Timeline for Protocol Privacy Update
Halo Arc includes updates to Zcashd, an ECC Wallet prototype and the ECC wallet SDKs.
Balaji Srinivasan – Bitcoin and Ethereum, Crypto Oracles, and More
The Episode of Everything: Balaji on Bitcoin and Ethereum, Media Self-Defense, Drone Warfare, Crypto Oracles, India as Dark Horse, The […]
Zooko Wilcox: How to protect your crypto through privacy
ZCash inventor and digital cash pioneer Zooko Wilcox talks about how to reframe thinking about financial privacy, entitled a Better […]
Vitalik Buterin – Creator of Ethereum, Talking NFTs & More Ft. Naval Ravikant
Vitalik Buterin, Creator of Ethereum, on Understanding Ethereum, ETH vs. BTC, ETH2, Scaling Plans and Timelines, NFTs, Future Considerations, Life […]
Cypherpunk Zooko Wilcox Aims To Bring Anonymous Zcash To Law-Abiding Masses
Unable to shake the rumors, last year Wilcox did something that might seem out of character for a self-described cypherpunk: […]
Cryptocurrency 101 in the South Bronx
Carlos Acevedo, a teacher at a public high school in the South Bronx, recently invited a group of his former […]
Zcash Trademark Talks Were About More Than a Logo
Electric Coin Company (ECC), the firm led by zcash creator Zooko Wilcox, officially shared the zcash trademark with the Zcash Foundation (ZF) […]
The Company Behind Zcash Announces Proposed Solution to Trusted Setup
Electric Coin Company (ECC), which launched and supports the development of privacy-coin Zcash recently published a paper called: Halo: Recursive […]
6 Crypto Coins That Could Prevent Government Snooping
Privacy coins provide a discreet alternative to Bitcoin and other popular cryptocurrencies. By hiding the details of your transactions, they ensure that […]
From Ghana to the Bronx, These Teen Bitcoiners Are Building the Future
It was a summer day, so hot the air outside felt like soup, when Joseph joined 10 other teenagers inside […]
Zcash to 10 billion
Electric Coin Co. (ECC) talks a lot about empowering everyone with economic freedom and opportunity — it is our mission, […]
Zooko on Off the Chain with Anthony Pompliano
Zooko Wilcox and Anthony Pompliano discuss privacy, freedom, decentralization, the original battle between governments and technologists for encryption, and how […]
Brad Miller talks with Ripio about Zcash technology
“I’m really excited to see Zcash moving into Latin America. I think it could have a lot of positive impact.”
Zcash Creators Invest In Startup Bringing Truly Private Cryptocurrency To The Masses
Bolt, a private, off-chain scaling solution on top of the privacy-focused Zcash cryptocurrency, attracted significant investment from several key players […]
Zcash: How the Science-Based Digital Currency Maintains Privacy While Providing the Full Benefits and Functionality of Other Cryptocurrencies
“The emphasis on privacy combined with the application of zero-knowledge proof technology really differentiates Zcash in the world of cryptocurrency,” […]
Coinbase Earn: How Does Zcash’s Privacy Work?
Zcash’s shielded transactions let you exchange value without revealing your private financial information. Learn about the cryptographic principle that makes […]
Coinbase Earn: Zcash and Financial Privacy
Zcash was created because the team behind it believes that financial privacy is a fundamental human right. Learn why financial […]
Coinbase Earn: What is Zcash?
Learn about the origins of Zcash and how its privacy features differ from other cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin.
Privacy and Zcash with Zooko Wilcox
PeterMcCormack discusses Zooko’s history with Digicash, how he discovered Bitcoin, why he created Zcash, the founders’ reward and user adoption. […]
Crypto Bites: Chat with Zooko Wilcox, the creator of Zcash
This episode of Crypto Bites features Abra founder and CEO Bill Barhydt in conversation with the creator and CEO of […]
Reducing Shielded Proving Time in Sapling
In order to understand the advancements used to reduce proving time and memory costs, we can break down the overall […]
Why Zcash Is Better Than Bitcoin
Zooko explains cryptography and why Zcash is better than Bitcoin.
Buy and Sell ZEC on Coinbase
Coinbase supports Zcash (ZEC) at Coinbase.com and in the Coinbase Android and iOS apps. Coinbase customers can now buy, sell, send, receive, […]
ZEC is now available to trade on Coinbase Pro
ZEC trading on Coinbase Pro is now fully live. The ZEC/USDC is in full trading mode. Limit, market and stop orders are […]
Coinbase Announces Support for Zcash
Today Coinbase announced support for Zcash trading on Coinbase Pro. This provides over 20 million Coinbase customers with access to Zcash […]
Zcash Reference Wallet Design
Our hope is to create a standard of UX patterns for other Zcash wallets to use in their implementations for […]
Privacy for Everyone by Zooko Wilcox
Zooko Wilcox, Founder and CEO of the Electric Coin Company presents about recent advances in privacy.
How to Create a Zcash Sapling-Compatible Multisig Transaction
The next Zcash major network upgrade, Sapling, is scheduled to go live on October 28th. We are not going to explain the […]
BitGo Ready for Zcash Sapling
In preparation for the upgrade, our team has successfully updated our testnet Zcash network to Sapling. We test often and […]
Zooko Wilcox Explains Why Zcash Is The Cryptocurrency Of Privacy
Zooko Wilcox is an American born in Arizona, cyberpunk and computer security expert. In 2016, he founded Zcash (ZEC), the […]
An Introduction To Zcash
Jack Gavigan presents an introduction to Zcash at World Blockchain Forum. Sep 24, 2018
BitGo Adds Zcash
Zcash is now supported in both our multi-signature wallets and our cold storage custody solutions. BitGo and Zcash engineers worked together […]
Coinbase Exploring Zcash
Coinbase provides an important, regulated on-ramp to utilizing Zcash’s technology for over 20 million consumers. We applaud the Coinbase decision […]
A New Startup Has Zooko and Naval Betting on Better Crypto Contracts
Computer scientists Mark Miller, Dean Tribble, Brian Warner and Bill Tulloh have launched a new startup, Agoric, to develop a […]
Introducing Agoric
Agoric has completed a seed funding round from the Zcash Company, Naval Ravikant, and Polychain Capital. We thank our investors […]
DFS Authorizes Gemini Trust Company to Provide Additional Virtual Currency Products and Services
Gemini is the First Qualified Custodian and Exchange to Receive DFS Approval to Offer Trading of Emerging Digital Currency Zcash […]
Introducing StarkWare Industries
We’re proud to announce that StarkWare has completed a $6M seed funding round. Our investors include Pantera, Naval Ravikant, MetaStable, Floodgate, […]
Circle Adds Zcash to Crypto Investment App
Circle is adding the privacy-focused cryptocurrency Zcash to its list of offerings for its investment app, the startup announced Monday. Users […]
Circle Invest Welcomes Zcash
A little over a month ago, we opened up access and expanded availability of our newest product Circle Invest. We […]
Zcash’s Zooko Wilcox on Why He Believes Privacy Coins Will Be Used More for Good Than Bad
Zooko Wilcox, the founder and CEO of the Zcash company, explains why he wanted to create the privacy coin Zcash, […]
Gemini Is Now the World’s First Licensed Zcash Exchange!
We are excited to announce support for Zcash trading and custody. Starting on Saturday, May 19th at 9:30am EDT customers […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
“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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Radiolab – The Ceremony
Last November, journalist Morgen Peck showed up at her friend Molly Webster’s apartment in Brooklyn, told her to take her […]
“Privacy is crucial to modern business. If Apple and Samsung can view each other’s financial transactions, the system is not secure. Zcash provides that secure, neutral ground for commerce.”
JPMorgan Chase To Integrate Zcash Technology To Its Enterprise Blockchain Platform
“By adding the Zero-knowledge Security Layer into Quorum, we are able to explore how state of the art cryptographic privacy […]
“The Zcash team is doing much needed work. Protocols like this are the ideal building block for p2p electronic cash.”
A Blockchain Currency That Beats Bitcoin On Privacy
There are strictly technical considerations that make strong privacy a necessary feature in a digital currency. Ideally, for the system […]
“Zcash is an important project being worked on by a very talented team.”
What does Zcash mean for Ethereum?
Many of us at ConsenSys believe the Ethereum community should be excited about the launch of Zcash and the incredible […]
“Bitcoin was built using decades-old cryptography; I’m excited to see what is possible when a great team applies the latest advances to create a better digital cash.”
Bitcoin Isn’t Anonymous Enough
Anonymity achieves [fungibility] by preventing merchants or service providers from seeing any blemishes that might prevent them from honoring a […]
“As much as people now love the idea and the benefits of blockchain technology, time and time again they bring up two issues that blockchains currently do not address: scalability and privacy. I believe that the technology that Zcash is working on is currently the best in class in its ability to address the privacy challenge.”
How Zcash Tries to Balance Privacy, Transparency in Blockchain
As banks explore the potential of blockchains, they’ve been quick to surmise that the technology, as it was originally designed, […]
“There is a strong need for research into better fungibility in digital currency systems, and Zcash is an ambitious project that goes far beyond the incremental improvements worked on elsewhere.”
Zcash, a Harder-to-Trace Virtual Currency, Generates Price Frenzy
Each Bitcoin user has an address, made up of letters and numbers, and the authorities are often able to link […]
“Bitcoin is HTTP for money; Zcash is HTTPS.”
Zcash, Blockstack, and appcoins, oh my!
Zcash is — like Ethereum was — a fundamental technological advance, not just a new project using the same technology. […]
“The Zcash team has been been working away quietly and diligently on something very, very important: fully private and fungible digital cash.”
Known Unknown: Another crypto-currency is born
Zcash’s code is also open-source, but its inventors have formed a company and accepted money from investors. In addition, 10% […]
“Technically, it’s a challenge to have fungibility in a shared blockchain, yet money requires fungibility. It’s exciting to see the Zcash team working toward adding real fungibility to blockchains—and with the strength and talent of this team, this is only the tip of the iceberg.”
Longtime Cypherpunk Zooko Warns Bitcoin Community About Overconfidence
Bitcoin is so special and does something that nothing else does, and therefore, we can take our time or not […]
“Privacy is a very important challenge with current blockchain technology, but existing solutions like private blockchains do not really solve the problem. The technology behind Zcash does.”
Zcash CEO Zooko Discusses Privacy and Efficiency Tradeoffs vs the Bitcoin Blockchain
It’s clear that the availability of a truly anonymous cash system is desired by the vast majority of the digital […]
“I think the right to privacy is important in all aspects of life, including financial transactions, and Zcash is the ultimate currency for privacy.”
Zooko Wilcox: Zcash – An Open Financial System With Privacy
We are doing Bitcoin + privacy. Because nothing else has the empirical evidence of having worked after being under attack […]
“Zcash is strongest where Bitcoin is weakest; It gives users the easy ability to maintain their financial privacy. If anything can compete with Bitcoin, it will be on this front.”
New Bitcoin Rival Currency Will Offer More Anonymity, Say Its Creators
The added privacy could make Zcash a more viable choice for financial institutions and consumers than other cryptocurrencies.
“The fully private Zcash is to digital currencies what Bitcoin was to money—a monumental innovation. Something truly comparable to physical cash has been born online.”
Zcash Brings More Privacy Than Bitcoin
Zcash, even though it is still currently in the testing phase, seems like it could become the leader in this […]
“Zcash is pursuing a noble goal – retaining privacy for free citizens in an age of mass surveillance. ShapeShift has invested proactively in only two upcoming digital assets, and Zcash is one of them. We’re honored to support Zooko and the outstanding team behind this project.”
Zcash, a Privacy-Focused Alternative to Bitcoin, Launches Technology Preview
The Zerocash protocol has been considered one of the most promising technologies for putting privacy back into the Bitcoin equation. […]
“I invested in Zcash because of the impressive team pushing the boundaries of crypto and because Privacy is one of building blocks of Freedom.”
Zcash is an untraceable Bitcoin alternative with some heavy hitters backing it
Bitcoin is dead. Or, not. We don’t know what the future holds, but what we do know is the pioneer […]
“The lack of fungibility of Bitcoin has always been a looming threat to its economics. Zcash finally solves that problem, using one of the most fascinating cryptographic techniques ever developed. Since the protocol was first discussed, it was obvious to me it would be a hit; it was merely a matter of getting the right team to see it through. I believe the Zcash company has done just that.”
Zcash Launches in Alpha
In the game of anonymity, cryptocurrency fans have embraced Bitcoin and the blockchain technology which drives it. The technology does […]
Zcash, an Untraceable Bitcoin Alternative, Launches in Alpha
Bitcoin may have become the currency of choice for the anonymity-loving Internet underground. But it’s never been anonymous enough for […]