{"id":28122,"date":"2020-09-03T12:17:39","date_gmt":"2020-09-03T09:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=28122"},"modified":"2025-08-27T09:50:30","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T06:50:30","slug":"zcash-developers-unveil-halo-2-a-new-version-of-zero-knowledge-proofs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/zcash-developers-unveil-halo-2-a-new-version-of-zero-knowledge-proofs\/","title":{"rendered":"Zcash developers unveil Halo 2: a new version of zero-knowledge proofs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Electric Coin Company (ECC), behind the development of the Zcash cryptocurrency, has released the Halo 2 source code \u2014 an updated, more efficient version of zero-knowledge proofs.<!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Today we released the source code we\u2019re working on for Halo 2, a recursive proof composition that improves efficiency and eliminates the need for a trusted setup.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xjIwR5rRPy\">https:\/\/t.co\/xjIwR5rRPy<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Zcash?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Zcash<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24ZEC&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$ZEC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Electric Coin Company (@ElectricCoinCo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ElectricCoinCo\/status\/1300828630470111232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 1, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Halo 2 can significantly speed up transactions by reducing the amount of computation, and also enable the creation of verifiable distributed systems and scalable blockchains without the need for a trusted setup.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThis will also lay the groundwork for future support for recursive proofs to back Layer 1 scaling solutions,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Halo 2 was developed in collaboration with the Ethereum Foundation. ECC intends to complete the update in 2021.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIn the coming months we will allocate significant resources to research and development, business development, marketing, and third\u2011party support to ensure the safe and reliable development of Halo 2. Ultimately, the decision whether Halo 2 will become part of Zcash will be made by the Zcash community.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"7SoPa5J5h0\">\n<p>What is a zero-knowledge proof?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cWhat is a zero-knowledge proof?\u201d \u2014 ForkLog\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/cryptorium\/chto-takoe-dokazatelstvo-s-nulevym-razglasheniem-zero-knowledge-proof\/embed#?secret=wNhlktm7l7#?secret=7SoPa5J5h0\" data-secret=\"7SoPa5J5h0\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Heartwood, Zcash\u2019s fourth major upgrade, improved transaction privacy.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog news on Telegram: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/forkloglive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">ForkLog FEED<\/a> \u2014 the full news feed, <a href=\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">ForkLog<\/a> \u2014 the most important news and polls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Electric Coin Company (ECC), developer of the Zcash cryptocurrency, released the Halo 2 source code \u2014 an updated, more efficient version of zero-knowledge proofs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26216,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1921,202],"class_list":["post-28122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-electric-coin-company","tag-zcash"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"46","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28122"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28122\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28123,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28122\/revisions\/28123"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}