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Zcash Latest Hard Fork 'Heartwood' Makes Mining Private

Privacy coin zcash has successfully hard forked at block height 903,000 in a planned network update known as “Heartwood.”

By William FoxleyJul 16, 2020

Zcash Foundation Executive Director Josh Cincinnati speaks at ETHDenver 2020. (Will Foxley/CoinDesk)
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