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The Zcash Privacy Tech Underlying Ethereum’s Transition to Eth 2.0

Ethereum’s consensus algorithm is not the only thing changing with the launch of Eth 2.0. The underlying cryptography itself is getting an overhaul.

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Finance

Crypto Forensics Firm Chainalysis Adds Tracing Support for Zcash, Dash

The blockchain intelligence firm says it has added zcash and dash to its transaction-tracing products.

Chainalysis said only 0.9% of zcash transactions are shielded, letting it track the other 99%. (Credit: Shutterstock)

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Foundations: Zcash and Electric Coin Company

Segment 1: Building on Zcash Learn directly from developers in the space about what it’s like to build on Zcash. ECC’s senior PM, Brad Miller, will sit down with Holmes Wilson and Aditya Kulkarni to talk about their projects in the Zcash ecosystem.

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Markets

Zcash's First Halving May Solve Its Inflation Problem

Zcash is due for its first mining reward halving later this year. The event could solve a major problem for the privacy-focused cryptocurrency.

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Tech

Developers of Ethereum Privacy Tool Tornado Cash Smash Their Keys

Developers of ether mixer Tornado Cash have destroyed their admin keys, turning the privacy tool into permissionless code.

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Videos

Zcash Foundation’s Josh Cincinnati on the Governance Vote

CoinDesk sat down with the Zcash Foundation’s Executive Director Josh Cincinnati to discuss the recent governance fund vote which allocates a percentage of mining rewards to the the Foundation, the Electric Coin Company (ECC) and third party developers for continued work on privacy coin zcash (ZEC).

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Videos

Foundations: ZCASH/Electric Coin Company

Segment 1: Building on Zcash Learn directly from developers in the space about what it’s like to build on Zcash. ECC’s senior PM, Brad Miller, will sit down with Holmes Wilson and Aditya Kulkarni to talk about their projects in the Zcash ecosystem. Segment 2: Bridges to Interoperability ECC’s CTO Nathan Wilcox, Zaki Manian from Iqlusion, and Matt Luongo from Thesis will discuss interoperability, privacy and a new collaborative initiative focused on Zcash.

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Tech

Zcash Alliance Aims to Bring Privacy Tech to Bitcoin, Cosmos and Ethereum

Zcash-inspired privacy tools are coming to Bitcoin's Lightning Network and many other blockchain ecosystems, creating a shared cryptocurrency privacy layer.

Electric Coin Company CTO Nathan Wilcox speaks at Zcon1 in 2019. (Credit: Electric Coin Company)

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Finance

Blockchain Bites: Introducing the CoinDesk 50 and a Roadmap to Consensus: Distributed

In the news: a new blockchain voting proposal, Cash App's bitcoin profits and why we're sooner having a halving.

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Markets

US, European Stocks Up but Crypto Traders Remain Cautious

American and European equity markets extended their gains on Thursday while major cryptocurrencies made only slight moves on the day.

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