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ForkLog 19 10.11.2020

Messari: Canopy upgrade matters more for Zcash than the forthcoming halving

On 18 November 2020, the privacy-focused blockchain Zcash (ZEC) will see its first halving. Messari analyst Ryan Watkins believes that, with a drop in trading volume, the Canopy upgrade could have a larger impact on the coin’s price.

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ForkLog 101 28.10.2020

Zooko Wilcox: In four years Zcash has achieved great things, but we need a billion users

Exactly four years ago, on 28 October 2016, the launch of the Zcash mainnet (ZEC), a privacy-focused cryptocurrency, took place.

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ForkLog 25 22.10.2020

Zcash launches on Ethereum as Wrapped Zcash (WZEC) token

Holders of the privacy-focused cryptocurrency Zcash (ZEC) will be able to use it in the Ethereum ecosystem in the form of Wrapped Zcash (WZEC), a 'wrapped' ERC-1404 token. This capability has arisen thanks to the collaboration between custodian Anchorage and the TokenSoft platform.

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ForkLog 28 21.10.2020

ZCash upgrade set to coincide with first halving

The privacy-focused cryptocurrency ZCash is preparing for its first halving in its history. Activation is expected on November 18 on block #1,046,400.

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ForkLog 21 30.09.2020

Gemini users can withdraw Zcash to shielded addresses

The cryptocurrency exchange Gemini, owned by the Winklevoss brothers, has added support for shielded withdrawals of the privacy-focused cryptocurrency Zcash.

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ForkLog 43 03.09.2020

Zcash developers unveil Halo 2: a new version of zero-knowledge proofs

The Electric Coin Company (ECC), developer of the Zcash cryptocurrency, released the Halo 2 source code — an updated, more efficient version of zero-knowledge proofs.

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ForkLog 112 24.08.2020

Australian exchanges drop Monero and other anonymous cryptocurrencies from listings

Privacy-focused coins such as Monero and ZCash have fallen out of favour with several Australian cryptocurrency exchanges.

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ForkLog 110 05.04.2020

What is Zcash (ZEC)?

1 What is Zcash (ZEC)? Attention! The article is outdated and awaiting an update. Zcash is a peer-to-peer payments system with a native unit of account. 2 Who created Zcash, and when? Creators: cryptographers Matthew Green, Ian Miers, Christina Garman, Avi Rubin, Eli Ben-Sasson, Alessandro Chiesa, Madars Virza and Eran Tromer (developers of the base protocols Zerocoin and Zerocash). Development is handled by the for-profit Electric Coin Company…

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Krzysztof Shpak 603 08.01.2020

Will Monero, Dash, Zcash, And Other Private Coins Be Delisted?

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies draw more and more attention from regulators and politicians around the world. Governments openly pursue monitoring of transactions. They tend to restrict or ban digital currencies that make the monitoring job harder.

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ForkLog 953 19.07.2019

Ycash, Hardfork of Privacy Focused Cryptocurrency Zcash, Is Live

A new digital currency Ycash (YEC), which forked away from Zcash blockchain, is now live.

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ForkLog 248 30.11.2018

Coinbase Adds Privacy-Focused Zcash to its Pro Trading Exchange

Leading U.S. cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase announced it is launching Zcash (ZEC) trading on its professional trading platform Coinbase Pro.

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ForkLog 54 19.11.2018

What are privacy coins?

1 What are privacy coins? Privacy-focused cryptocurrencies are peer-to-peer payment systems with their own unit of account, designed to ensure full confidentiality of financial operations through cryptographic protocols that make auditing network data difficult or impossible. Among the largest by market capitalisation are Monero, Dash and ZCash. 2 What is Monero? Monero is a peer-to-peer payment system based on the CryptoNote protocol that provides anonymity via ring signatures and stealth addresses. The protocol was created by Nicolas van Saberhagen and first implemented in Bytecoin, from which Monero is a fork [April 2014].

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