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This is our fortnightly community and communications update; last week’s engineering update is available here. Zcon1 takes place next week in Split, Croatia! The program is now available and it looks amazing! Hope to see you there → but if you are not able to attend, check out the list of scheduled livestreams! Last week was our Q2 update via livestream covering activities as well as product, regulatory and marketing developments. In case you missed it - jump over to our YouTube channel and wa...

This is our fortnightly engineering update which happens after the conclusion of each 2-week engineering sprint. You can check out last week’s update for recent news on community and communications. Arborist Team This team focuses on development of the zcashd client, lightwalletd, librustzcash and protocol upgrades. Follow along with team discussions in the Community Chat #community-arborist channel. The primary focus of this sprint was reviewing librustzcash PRs. As part of that the team re...

This is our fortnightly engineering update which happens after the conclusion of each 2-week engineering sprint. You can check out last week’s update for recent news on community and communications. Arborist Team This team focuses on development of the zcashd client, lightwalletd, librustzcash and protocol upgrades. Follow along with team discussions in the Community Chat #arborist-team channel. The 2.0.5-2 release, which included the counterfeit defense consensus code changes and the Sprout...

This is our fortnightly community and communications update; last week’s engineering update is available here. If you’ve been waiting for 2.0.5, we’ve been delayed but are looking at a Monday release. Stay tuned. From the Blog 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 everyone with economic freedom and opportunity. To this end, our transparency report details company income, expenses and u...

This is our fortnightly engineering update which happens after the conclusion of each 2-week engineering sprint. You can check out last week’s update for recent news on community and communications. Arborist Team This team focuses on development of the zcashd client, lightwalletd, librustzcash and protocol upgrades. Follow along with team discussions in the Community Chat #arborist-team channel. The 2.0.5 release has been delayed until approximately May 14th so the team can resolve some data...

This is our fortnightly community and communications update; last week’s engineering update is available here. As part of our commitment to continued improvement at ECC and the Foundation, we’ve agreed on proposing some changes to the process ZIP (ZIP0) and making some clarifications about the Network Upgrade Pipeline. These proposals and clarifications are to ensure fuller and more effective community engagement around network upgrade changes in the future. The changes and clarifications are o...

This is our fortnightly engineering update which happens after the conclusion of each 2-week engineering sprint. You can check out last week’s update for recent news on community and communications. Arborist Team This team focuses on development of the zcashd client, lightwalletd, librustzcash and protocol upgrades. Follow along with team discussions in the Community Chat #arborist-team channel. We continue to review the ZIP drafts for NU3 as well as work on the Sapling to Sprout migration t...

This is our fortnightly community and communications update; last week’s engineering update is available here. Electric Coin Company (ECC) has decided to cancel our plans to implement the feature of Splitting the Founder’s Reward (FR) in the NU2 Blossom upgrade. Ultimately we’ve decided the opportunity costs for shipping Split-FR outweigh the benefits. Also, we believe we can achieve some of the benefits through other means. Learn more by reading through yesterday’s forum post. From the Blog T...

This is our fortnightly engineering update which happens after the conclusion of each 2-week engineering sprint. You can check out last week’s update for recent news on community and communications. Arborist Team This team focuses on development of the zcashd client, lightwalletd, librustzcash and protocol upgrades. Follow along with team discussions in the Community Chat #arborist-team channel. We submitted ZIP Drafts for NU3 and began reviewing ECC and community-submitted ZIP Drafts for NU...

This is our fortnightly community and communications update; last week’s engineering update is available here. Zcashd v2.0.4 was released, which fixes a Sprout wallet security bug, fixes miner address selection behaviour and introduces a new consensus rule on testnet to reject blocks that violate turnstiles. Zcashd v2.0.4 will be supported until block 569112, expected to arrive around July 15th, 2019, at which point the software will end-of-support halt and shut down. Today we introduced the l...

Hi Everyone! On February 18th, Electric Coin Company called for Draft ZIPs for Network Upgrade 3 (NU3), due by March 31st. Since we’re now at the beginning of April, we wanted to post a list of the ZIPs submitted in that timeframe for discussion. Please take a look at the below ZIPs that have been submitted and provide feedback about those ZIPs in the GitHub tickets for the ZIPs or via the Zcash Ecosystem Development List, as per the process outlined in ZIP0. These ZIPs will also be emailed out...

This is our fortnightly engineering update which happens after the conclusion of each 2-week engineering sprint. You can check out last week’s update for recent news on community and communications. Final call: Draft ZIPs are due by Monday (March 31st) in order to be considered for NU3. Draft ZIPs need not be fully specified but have enough detail for feedback and discussion. For more background on this, please read Call for NU3 ZIPs and Network Upgrade Pipeline Process Changes. Zcashd Team T...

This is our fortnightly community and communications update; last week’s engineering update is available here. A security announcement was posted in the forum regarding a bug in the Zcashd wallet, which could result in Sprout z-addresses displaying an incorrect balance. Sapling z-addresses are not impacted by this issue. This would occur if someone sending funds to a Sprout z-address intentionally sent a different amount in the note commitment of a Sprout output than the value provided in the c...

This is our fortnightly engineering update which happens after the conclusion of each 2-week engineering sprint. You can check out last week’s update for recent news on community and communications. Zcashd Team This team focuses on development of the zcashd client and Zcash protocol. Follow along with team discussions in the Community Chat #zcashd-team channel. We are still working on the code implementation of the Sprout to Sapling migration tool and finished a first draft of the code for a...

This is our fortnightly community and communications update; last week’s engineering update is available here. This week we published the first Electric Coin Company quarterly newsletter, which includes information about some recent milestones. Speaking of milestones, we’re kicking off a new initiative—quarterly livestream broadcasts! Mark your calendar for the first one, taking place on March 28th at 5PM MT. Join the chat, submit your questions! Additional details and an invite link will be s...

This is our fortnightly engineering update which happens after the conclusion of each 2-week engineering sprint. You can check out last week’s update for recent news on community and communications. Zcashd Team This team focuses on development of the zcashd client and Zcash protocol. Follow along with team discussions in the Community Chat #zcashd-team channel. We have started the code implementation of the Sprout to Sapling migration tool and finished a draft of the the specification for an...

This is our fortnightly community and communications update; last week’s engineering update is available here. Goodbye, Zcash Company. Hello, Electric Coin Company. We announced a name change yesterday, read more about why we made this decision.Only the name has changed. We are the same team, with the same mission: to empower everyone with economic freedom and opportunity. Call for NU3 ZIPs and Network Upgrade Pipeline Process Changes From the blog To achieve sustainability and growth of the...

We’re launching a new Coinbase Earn page where users can earn Zcash (ZEC)

This is our fortnightly engineering update which happens after the conclusion of each 2-week engineering sprint. You can check out last week’s update for recent news on community and communications. Zcashd Team This team focuses on development of the zcashd client and Zcash protocol. Follow along with team discussions in the Community Chat #zcashd-team channel. We are finalizing the specification for the Sprout to Sapling migration tool and beginning the specification for an automatic counte...

This is our fortnightly community and communications update; last week’s engineering update is available here. Eleven months ago we discovered a counterfeiting vulnerability in the cryptography underlying some kinds of zero-knowledge proofs. The counterfeiting vulnerability was fixed by the Sapling network upgrade that activated on October 28th, 2018. The vulnerability was specific to counterfeiting and did not affect user privacy in any way. Prior to its remediation, an attacker could have cre...

This is our fortnightly engineering update which happens after the conclusion of each 2-week engineering sprint. You can check out last week’s update for recent news on community and communications. Zcashd Team This team focuses on development of the zcashd client and Zcash protocol. Follow along with team discussions in the Community Chat #zcashd-team channel. The team is working on specifications for Blossom. They have also addressed some issues for the upcoming 2.0.3 release including an ...

This is our fortnightly community and communications update; last week’s engineering update is available here. Please feel free to peruse and work on the “Encouraged Community Work” GitHub board for things that the Company can’t get to in the next 4 months that people in the community are likely to have the context to work on. From the blog We kicked off a new blog series to profile the people behind Zcash technology; this week we featured Daira Hopwood, Engineer and Protocol Designer. Alej...

This is our fortnightly engineering update which happens after the conclusion of each engineering sprint. You can check out last week’s update for recent news on community and communications. Zcashd Team This team focuses on development of the zcashd client and Zcash protocol. Follow along with team discussions in the Community Chat #zcashd-team channel. The team has been evaluating proposals, running simulations and writing specifications for the Blossom network upgrade. The team has also ...

This is our fortnightly community and communications update; the engineering update from last week is available here. The final NU2 Blossom Network Upgrade Goals were announced by Zooko, outlining the next few versions of the zcashd software leading up to the “Blossom” network upgrade in October of this year. We outlined the process for deciding what features will be implemented and supported in the zcashd software, facilitated by the Network Upgrade Pipeline. From the blog To ring in the ne...

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This article is the third in a three-part series about Zcash Marketing perspectives and activities. I invite you to look …

The light client protocol allows users in low-capacity devices to maintain security assurance about the Zcash network and verify execution of transactions.

This is our fortnightly engineering update which happens after the conclusion of each engineering sprint. You can check out last week’s update for recent news on community and communications. As the last update of the year, I’m including some end-of-the-year reflections for each team. And heads up that due to the holidays, we’ll be skipping the update next week for another combined engineering-communication update for the first week of January. Zcashd/Consensus Team This team focuses on devel...

This article is the first in a three-part series about Zcash marketing. Stay tuned for a future post about how …

This is our fortnightly community and communications update; last week was the “fun week” edition of the engineering update. Sapling Cryptography Validation Resources were posted to the Forum including some background on the Sapling Multi-Party Computation (MPC) process and validating the Sapling MPC protocol. Coinbase announced support for Zcash at Coinbase.com and in the Coinbase Android and iOS apps. From the blog The Zcash Network Upgrade Pipeline article focused on the process we’re usi...

With the successful activation of Sapling, the Zcash Company engineering team is focused on two strategic priorities in 2019: facilitating …

This is our fortnightly community and communications update; we didn’t post an engineering update last week, due to the holiday, so we’re adding those summaries into this week’s update. Next week we’ll have our regularly scheduled Engineering update. Zcashd Team This team focuses on development of the zcashd client. Follow along with team discussions in the Community Chat #zcashd-team channel. The team completed and tested the 2.0.2-rc. They’re finishing up the full 2.0.2 release now so keep...

This is our fortnightly community and communications update; for the latest news on the engineering front check out last week’s update. Zooko presented at DevCon4 about “Privacy for Everyone,” which shared his perspectives and various developments in zero-knowledge proof systems. A livestream of his presentation is available via this link at 1:41:37; this is a link to the presentation slides. From the blog This week’s feature outlined our three strategic priorities ahead of the release of our...

This week concludes a 2-week engineering sprint. You can check out last week’s update for recent updates on community and communications. FYI: Sapling activation is complete!! Please update your node to the latest Zcash version. Zcashd Team This team focuses on development of the zcashd client. Follow along with team discussions in the Community Chat #zcashd-team channel . The team is working on the 2.0.2 release, which includes improvements to the z_mergetoaddress RPC and some security imp...

This week’s Perspectives series continues with a two-video set from cryptocurrency consultant Jill Carlson discussing disintermediation and barriers to adoption. …

This is our fortnightly community and communications update, for the latest update on the engineering front, check out last week’s update. Exciting news this week! The Zcash Sapling network upgrade activated at block height 419200. Sapling introduces new shielded addresses with significantly improved performance: a time reduction of 90% for constructing transactions, and a memory reduction of over 97%. More details are available here. Sapling received lots of great press; here are just a few a...

Our current goal at Zcash Company is to increase the adoption and use of shielded addresses. This work is aimed …

This week concludes a 2-week engineering sprint. You can check out last week’s update for recent updates on community and communications. FYI: Sapling is activating in 2 days!!! The Foundation is organizing a livestream hangout: Sapling activation livestream info! Zcashd Team This team focuses on development of the zcashd client. Follow along with team discussions in the Community Chat #zcashd-team channel . The team released 2.0.1 last week. This week focused on getting the safemode alert ...

As we approach Zcash’s second birthday, it’s fitting to look back at the origins of this little experiment. And who …

This is our fortnightly community and communications update, for the latest update on the engineering front, check out last week’s update. FYI: This week 2.0.1 was released! It is the first Sapling RPC supported version of the Zcash node software. We recommend everyone update their zcashd clients to 2.0.1. More information about the release is available in this recent announcement. Also, we’re just over 1 week away from the Sapling activation! If you run a full node (whether zcashd or WinZEC)...

This week’s Perspectives series continues with a two-video set about Driving Adoption and Emerging Markets from Jill Carlson, Cryptocurrency Consultant. …

This week concludes a 2-week engineering sprint. You can check out last week’s update for recent updates on community and communications. Zcashd Team This team focuses on development of the zcashd client. Follow along with team discussions in the Community Chat #zcashd-team channel . The team released 2.0.1-rc1 (release candidate) and have been testing and preparing for the full release of 2.0.1 which enables wallet and RPC support for Sapling transactions. Look out for the 2.0.1 release an...

This is our fortnightly community and communications update, for the latest update on the engineering front, check out last week’s update. FYI: that the 2.0.1 release candidate (rc) and subsequent full release have slipped considerably. This is due to extra review needed for Sapling support in the wallet and a surprise surge and dropping of hashrate on testnet (#3552) requiring a fix so the rc can be tested properly before the full release. Keep an eye out for the 2.0.1 release announcement blo...

We’re changing things up this week and presenting a three-video set featuring Peter Van Valkenburgh, Director of Research at Coin …