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Josh Swihart, VP Marketing and Business DevelopmentNew curves for Halo 2 For the Halo 2 project, we have designed a new cycle of elliptic curves, Pallas and Vesta, which we collectively refer to as the Pasta curves. electriccoin.co/blog/the-pasta-curves-for-halo-2-and-beyond/
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Josh Swihart, VP Marketing and Business DevelopmentZcash - New Release: It is recommended that either v4.0.0 or this release, v4.1.1, be used for Canopy activation. electriccoin.co/blog/new-release-4-1-1/
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Josh Swihart, VP Marketing and Business DevelopmentZcash is Unstoppable: Privacy-focused wallet first to integrate ECC wallet SDKs Today, Unstoppable became the first multi-currency wallet to enable shielded Zcash addresses on iOS and Android. By integrating ECC’s mobile wallet SDKs, Unstoppable has brought about an important milestone for shielded addresses, which allow users to send confidential peer-to-peer transactions. Launched in 2019, Unstoppable is an open-source, non-custodial storage solution known for its intuitive design and frictionless user experience. Read more: electriccoin.co/blog/zcash-is-unstoppable-privacy-focused-wallet-first-to-integrate-ecc-wallet-sdks/
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Josh Swihart, VP Marketing and Business DevelopmentNew Release: 4.1.0 *Migration to Clang and static libc++* zcashd now builds its C++ (and C) dependencies entirely with a pinned version of Clang, and statically links libc++ instead of dynamically linking libstdc++. This migration enables us to reliably use newer C++ features while supporting older LTS platforms, be more confident in the compiler’s optimisations, and leverage security features such as sanitisers and efficient fuzzing. In the future, this will also allow optimizing across the boundary between Rust and C++. The system compiler is still used to compile a few native dependencies (used by the build machine to then compile zcashd for the target machine). These will likely also be migrated to use the pinned Clang in a future release. Note when building zcashd from source on Debian/Ubuntu, libtinfo5 is now a required dependency. The build instructions for those platforms contain more information and a complete dependency list. *Fast sync for initial block download* The -ibdskiptxverification flag allows faster synchronization during initial block sync, by skipping transaction verification and instead verifying only PoW. Note this mode requires checkpoints to be enabled, to make sure each block under inspection is an ancestor of the latest checkpoint. More here: electriccoin.co/blog/new-release-4-1-0/
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Josh Swihart, VP Marketing and Business DevelopmentZcash Metrics Electric Coin Co. tracks various on-chain metrics with regard to transparent and shielded Zcash transactions. We've launched a new page that will be updated monthly. electriccoin.co/zcash-metrics/
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Josh Swihart, VP Marketing and Business DevelopmentUpdate: A majority of Electric Coin Co. (ECC) shareholders have officially voted in favor of donating 100 percent of the shares of the company to the nonprofit Bootstrap Project (Bootstrap). While nothing will change within ECC, it will become wholly owned by Bootstrap rather than its current owners. electriccoin.co/blog/ecc-owners-approve-donation-to-bootstrap-project/
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Josh Swihart, VP Marketing and Business DevelopmentGitcoin Grants launches $25k matching pool for Zcash Gitcoin Grants has become a major institution for funding the Ethereum ecosystem, delivering $3.7m in funding to hundreds of projects in a decentralized, community-driven, manner. Our hope is that Gitcoin Grants can deliver similar successful funding results to the Zcash ecosystem. electriccoin.co/blog/gitcoin-grants-launches-25k-matching-pool-for-zcash/
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Josh Swihart, VP Marketing and Business DevelopmentPerspective: Privacy is normal, safe and essential We are now at the foundation of something like the internet. What the internet did for communication and commerce, cryptocurrencies will do for money. But using cryptocurrencies without privacy is not safe. It’s not safe for a young woman in the South Bronx, it’s not safe for businesses, it’s not safe for the country you live in. It’s not safe for you. electriccoin.co/blog/privacy-is-normal-safe-and-essential/
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Josh Swihart, VP Marketing and Business DevelopmentECC owners indicate they will donate company A majority of the investors and owners have informed us of their generous willingness to donate ECC to a new nonprofit, in support of our shared mission to empower everyone with economic freedom. electriccoin.co/blog/eccs-owners-to-donate-ecc/
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Josh Swihart, VP Marketing and Business DevelopmentECC Transparency Report for Q1 2020 Electric Coin Co. (ECC) is committed to openness and transparency — as we help evolve and support the Zcash digital currency, and in support of our mission to empower people with economic freedom. This transparency report details company income, expenses and use of funds during Q1 of 2020. Here are the key takeaways: >>> ECC received coins valued in excess of the operating expenses for Q1 2020: We received coins at an average of $588,000 a month and realized approximately $520,000 a month in operating expenses. Additionally, we distributed $174,600 a month in employee incentive compensation, paid in ZEC at the Q1 price of roughly $48.05 (the average ZEC daily closing coin price during the period). >>> At the end of Q1, the company held approximately $4.65M in USD and ZEC, based on the March closing price of $31.08. >>> ECC realized lower expenses during Q1 2020 when compared to Q4 2019. This is a result of our efforts to reduce spending. Full report available here: electriccoin.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Transparency-Report-October2020-final.pdf