Zcash

Heartwood, the next major Zcash network upgrade, improves interoperability through Flyclient support and gives miners the option to immediately shield mining rewards in coinbase transactions. The community chose the name…

Summary In support of our strategy to deliver a world-class user experience for ZEC, ECC has been working through product roadmap planning — driven by the evolution of the internet, industry research, community sentiment and…

ECC announced in June a multi-month assessment of the interest in and requirements for Zcash Shielded Assets (ZSAs). The idea of leveraging Zcash’s shielding capabilities to support privacy for other asset holders is exciting, and…

The code preparations for the Network Upgrade 5 consensus rules are finished and included in this release. The following ZIPs are being deployed: NU5 will activate on testnet at height 1,590,000, and can also be activated at…

Here are your weekly Zcash updates: Mark your calendars – Community Shout Outs – Congrats to @brunchtime on your recent ZOMG grant and for…

ECC has opened its non-binding, coin-weighted ZEC-holder poll ahead of NU5 activation, to gather sentiment regarding development priorities for Zcash and Chris Burniske’s proposal to amend ZIP 1014. Last month, our CTO, Nathan…

Here are your weekly Zcash updates: ECC welcomes Christina Garman as a new board member. Garman is one of the seven founding scientists who invented…

Why release a transparency report?  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…

Here are your weekly Zcash updates: ECC is hiring. Check out our career page to learn more about these openings: Developer Relations Lead, Senior…

TL;DR: This is a required update for all testnet nodes, and is highly recommended for mainnet nodes if you are using the getbalance RPC method. Testnet Orchard Circuit Changes In the zcashd 4.5.0 blog post, we indicated that…