Statement on Recent Security Disclosures by Halborn
Today, Halborn disclosed vulnerabilities in some code forks of Bitcoin Core, which could be exploited to crash nodes. An attacker could potentially take advantage of
March 13, 2023
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Today, Halborn disclosed vulnerabilities in some code forks of Bitcoin Core, which could be exploited to crash nodes. An attacker could potentially take advantage of
The Zcash Foundation is committed to transparency and openness with the Zcash community and our other stakeholders. Today, we are releasing our Q4 2022 report,
The Zcash Foundation has been looking into Oblivious Message Retrieval (OMR) to determine whether it offers a potential solution to the recent performance problems that have affected Zcash wallet users, and whether there are any advantages to be gained from implementing this in a Zcash context.
Today, we are announcing a new, experimental Zcash Foundation (ZF) grants program, which we have nicknamed “Minor Grants”. This is intended to complement the Major
We are pleased to announce that Natalie E. has joined the Zcash Foundation as a Core Engineer. Natalie has previously worked on the OTRv4 cryptographic
In this post, we briefly describe the threshold signature scheme FROST, and present benchmark results for our FROST implementation. We also describe one optimization that greatly improves its speed, especially for scenarios with a large number of signers.
The ZCAP poll to elect four members of the Zcash Community Grants committee closed early this morning, and the results are in. Jason McGee, Wobbzz,
Members of the Zcash Community Grants (ZCG) committee are elected by the Zcash Community Advisory Panel, and serve a one year term. Four committee members’
We are pleased to announce that J.W. Verret and Marta Belcher have joined the board of the Zcash Foundation. J.W. and Marta bring a wealth
The Zcash Community Grants (ZCG) program funds independent teams to perform major ongoing development (or other work) that benefits the Zcash ecosystem. Grants are chosen
Today we began polling the Zcash Community Advisory Panel to obtain their advisory input regarding who should be appointed to the Zcash Foundation (ZF) board.
The Zcash Foundation is committed to transparency and openness with the Zcash community and our other stakeholders. Today, we are releasing our Q3 2022 report,
The Zcash Foundation is pleased to announce that we have recently tagged our first release candidate of Zebra (zebra 1.0.0-rc.0), the alternative Zcash node implementation
The Zcash Foundation SHOULD endeavor to use the Community Advisory Panel (or successor mechanism) as advisory input for future board elections. — ZIP 1014 The
The Zcash Foundation is committed to transparency and openness with the Zcash community and our other stakeholders. Today, we are releasing our Q2 2022 report,
Apply here for the Community Support Coordinator role. We look forward to receiving your application. Part of our mission at the Zcash Foundation is to
Winfred joined the Foundation nearly a year ago as the organization’s first Head of Communications, and in that time she elevated the Foundation’s external communications
The Zcash Foundation is happy to welcome Arya Solhi, our newest Core Rust Engineer. Arya has over three years of development experience with a variety
A few weeks ago, Hudson Jameson announced his decision to step down from the Zcash Community Grants Committee (ZCG). In light of Hudson’s departure, and
We previously announced a plan to expand the Zcash Community Advisory Panel (ZCAP) ahead of the upcoming Zcash Community Grants (ZCG) committee election. Following this
The Zcash Foundation is committed to being transparent with the Zcash community and our other stakeholders. Today, we are releasing our Q1 2022 Report .
The largest slice of the Zcash Dev Fund is earmarked for major grants “to fund independent teams entering the Zcash ecosystem, to perform major ongoing
The Zcash Foundation is committed to being transparent with the Zcash community and our other stakeholders. Today, we are releasing our Q4 2021 Report .
The Zcash Foundation is pleased to welcome Fungai Matambanadzo as its Engineering Project Manager, while our current Engineering Manager is away on sabbatical. Fungai has
The election of a new Major Grants Review Committee means that the sun sets on the inaugural Committee’s tenure. Chris Burniske, Holmes Wilson, Hudson Jameson, Sarah Jamie Lewis,
On December 20th, the Zcash Foundation polled the Zcash Community Advisory Panel (ZCAP) to determine which candidates should be elected to the next Major Grants Review Committee,
After the success of Zcon2 Lite, our first fully-virtual conference, we are happy to announce that Zcon3 will be held in late June 2022 and
The Zcash Foundation is happy to welcome Gustavo Valverde, who will be taking on a newly-created role at ZF as a DevOps Engineer. Gustavo has
Today, the Zcash Foundation (ZF) will begin polling the Zcash Community Advisory Panel (ZCAP) on two questions: which candidates should be elected to the next ZOMG Committee,
In late September, we paused the ZOMG election process to address questions that had arisen regarding potential conflict of interest issues. These questions arose when
This position is now filled. About us The Zcash Foundation is a 501(c)(3), nonprofit, public charity that builds and supports privacy infrastructure for the public
The Zcash Foundation is committed to being transparent with the Zcash community and our other stakeholders. Today, we are releasing our quarterly report for the
The Zcash Foundation (ZF) is hiring a Software Engineering Project Manager (9 month contract – Jan-Sept 2022) to support the Engineering team while our existing
At the Zcash Foundation, we believe that transparency in our reporting breeds trust amongst our community members and stakeholders who interact with us at all
The Zcash Foundation is happy to welcome Dan Wolande, who will be taking on yet another newly created role at ZF as its Ecosystem Relations
During recent discussions with potential candidates for the Zcash Open Major Grants Committee (ZOMG), the question of conflicts of interest arose, as some candidates have
Throughout the last year, ZF has experienced significant changes to the team: from new leadership to team reorganization and expansion. This transition period presented both
We’re planning to revamp the Zcash Foundation website, to better support our goal of improving the way to communicate with the Zcash community and the
Since November last year, the Foundation has provided support to ZOMG (the Zcash Open Major Grants Committee; formerly known as the Major Grants Review Committee) in the
The Zcash Foundation Welcomes a New Head of Communications The Zcash Foundation is pleased to welcome Winfred K. Mandela – who will be taking on
The largest slice of the Zcash Dev Fund (40%) is earmarked for major grants “to fund independent teams entering the Zcash ecosystem, to perform major
Later this month, we plan to poll the Zcash Community Advisory Panel (ZCAP) on two issues: Zcash Foundation board member appointment, and Zcash’s post-NU5 roadmap. Zcash Foundation
This position has now been filled. The Role The Communications & Ecosystems Relations Manager will play a key role in leading the Foundation’s outward-facing communications,
Zcon2 Lite, a virtual edition of our annual conference, takes place this week (Tuesday 8th and Wednesday 9th June). One of the panel discussions will
The Zcash Foundation SHOULD endeavor to use the Community Advisory Panel (or successor mechanism) as advisory input for future board elections. ZIP 1014 Several Zcash
The Zcash Foundation is very excited to welcome Alex Bornstein as our Chief Operating Officer. Alex has enjoyed a colorful 25 year career in the
The Zcash Foundation is very excited to welcome Alfredo Garcia as a Core Engineer. Alfredo is a self-taught developer who has worked in the blockchain
Zcon is an annual conference organised by the Zcash Foundation that focuses on privacy-preserving technologies. The first two Zcon events (Zcon0 in Montreal, and Zcon1 in Croatia) were
The Zcash Foundation is thrilled to welcome Conrado Gouvêa as a Cryptography Engineer. Conrado is a cryptography engineer who carried out research into the efficient
The Zcash Foundation is pleased to announce our completion of an audit for our FROST implementation. This implementation is a first step and does not yet
The Zcash Foundation is delighted to welcome Marek as a Cryptography Engineer. Marek is an advocate of information privacy, FOSS and open-source hardware. He is
Jane joined the Foundation last June, and, over the past nine months, she has applied her deep Rust expertise to the Zebra project, helping lay
After three and a half years with the Zcash Foundation, Antonie Hodge is leaving her position as Director and moving on to do more of
The Zcash Foundation is very excited to welcome Jack Gavigan as its new Executive Director. With over ten years of experience in finance, and four
The Zcash Foundation is elated that Janito Vaqueiro Ferreira Filho is joining us as a Core Engineer. Janito has been a professional software developer for
This weekend, Sarah Jamie Lewis announced her resignation from the ZOMG committee (formerly known as the MGRC). Sarah is a talented individual who has played an active
Over the last few weeks, the Signal private messaging app has experienced massive user growth, gaining tens of millions of new users, which resulted in a partial
On January 14, the Zcash Foundation hosted a community call to discuss Halo and the needs of users. Here is the video recording of the call,
Here is a description of the operational support that ZF will provide to the MGRC in accordance to ZIP 1014 and the Foundation’s obligations. Target Metrics and Key
The Zcash Foundation is very excited to welcome Pili Guerra as our Engineering Project Manager. Pili has 15 years of experience working in the tech
We are pleased to say that FROST has been accepted into the Selected Areas in Cryptography (SAC) 2020 Conference, which took place last week. We thank
It is on a bittersweet note that we announce that George Tankersley is leaving the Foundation. George has been a part of the Zcash community for nearly
We are delighted to announce Danika Delano has joined our team as the Foundation’s operations manager. Danika is eager to bring her commitment to operational
On September 4 we had a community call. The purpose was to ask the Candidates for the Major Grant Review Committee questions. The call was
Network privacy is a critical component to protecting users’ privacy online, even when encryption protocols protect against eavesdropping adversaries from learning the content of network
We are getting close to completing the election process for the Major Grants Review Committee! In this post you will find the final list of
The Zcash Foundation has several responsibilities with respect to ZIP1014, the Zcash Improvement Proposal from last year that specified a developer fund (Dev Fund). In this
On August 18, the Zcash Foundation hosted a community call to discuss and answer questions on the voting process, structure of the MGRC, relationship to
The Zcash Foundation is opening up the Community Advisory Panel to more voting members prior to the MGRC vote. Doing so will more accurately represent
After an incredible three year tenure as Zcash Foundation’s inaugural Executive Director, Josh Cincinnati is resigning from his position effective today. The Board is sorry
We are pleased to announce an updated version of FROST, a Flexible Round-Optimized Schnorr Threshold signature scheme. FROST is designed to reduce the interaction between participants
The Zcash Foundation has launched its own DNS seeders for the Zcash network, as promised in our roadmap. This removes one of the network’s last sole
So it would be really nice if we could do browser-based end-to-end encrypted video calling, like we do between devices like a desktop app or
I’m thrilled to announce that the Zcash Foundation just hired two talented Rust Systems Engineers to help us meet the goals of our ambitious 2020 tech
Click here to register. Join the Zcon2 Lite Discord Server to ask speakers questions, and engage with other attendees. Subscribe to the Zcash Foundation’s YouTube channel to watch the
Recently, the Zcash Foundation announced a grant to The Tor Project to fund the specification of the Walking Onions protocol. In this post, we’ll talk about why Walking
Protocols like Cosmos, Polkadot, and Ethereum 2.0 that aim to add interoperability across different blockchains are rapidly gaining steam. The Zcash Foundation knows there’s a
As we often remind you, the Zcash Foundation’s mission is to build and support privacy infrastructure for the public good. What does that mean in practice? Can
Edit: by request of the ECC we’ve delayed the timeline for MGRC selection by two months With the acceptance of ZIP 1014, the Zcash community established a path
All too often, the law of the hammer holds true: if the only tool you have is a hammer, then everything looks like a nail. This law
Today the Zcash Foundation joins the TCN Coalition, a newly formed global group of collaborators who are working to design, implement, and deploy contract tracing without
Two weeks ago, we published a call-to-action urging the cryptography and privacy community to come together to work on the problem of privacy-preserving contact tracing. As noted
In our previous post, we talked about how the problem of building decentralized, privacy-preserving contact tracing systems is an opportunity to meaningfully apply cryptography to a
Over the last few months and especially the last few weeks, the spread of COVID-19 has created a massive health crisis at global scale. Healthcare
In one of our previous posts, we wrote an overview of the structure of the asynchronous network stack we designed for Zebra, the Zcash Foundation’s forthcoming node
It’s that time of the year — time for an updated State of the Zcash Foundation. You can read last year’s here. Like last year’s post,
In a previous post, we shared details on the new, fully asynchronous network stack we designed for Zebra, the Zcash Foundation’s forthcoming node implementation. In this post,
The combined Community Advisory Panel and forum user poll on ZIP 1014 is complete. Of 119 eligible participants, 88 voted, representing similar levels of turnout to the
In the Foundation’s engineering roadmap for 2020, we overviewed our plans for Zebra, our Rust implementation of Zcash. Announced last summer at Zcon1, Zebra aims to support
After feedback from the community and ECC — and an unanticipated but greatly appreciated pause on the process over the holidays — we are ready
Introduction The Zcash Foundation is happy to support independent Zcash meetup groups throughout the world. We want to make it easier for community members to
We last updated you on Zcash Foundation grants in June. At the time, we had just debuted ZF Grants, the community funding platform that Grant.io built for us. It’s
As promised in the Foundation’s last post, I’d like to present the Foundation’s proposed updates to ZIP 1012. Thanks to community feedback on our proposed changes to
The community has clearly stated its preference for a dev fund, and one which not only responsibly funds the ECC and ZF but also grants
We have a happy announcement to share! The Zcash Foundation donated 1,044.41369 ZEC (equivalent to $40,000 USD at the time of donation) to Canadian nonprofit Open
If you’ve been following the Zcash dev fund debate, you know that the Foundation recently polled our Community Advisory Panel, Zcash Community Forum members with accounts predating March, 2019,
Today, the Foundation begins community sentiment collection regarding the 13 active Zcash Improvement Proposals that address development funding. This blog post contains a finalized poll of those
At the beginning of this year, executive director Josh Cincinnati set goals for the Zcash Foundation, “with a renewed energy toward redistributing centers of unilateral power
As promised, the Foundation is restarting community sentiment collection regarding the future of Zcash development funding. The sentiment collection approach remains the same as we described
The Zcash Foundation and Electric Coin Company have signed an agreement regarding the Zcash trademark. In short, ECC has donated the mark to the Foundation.
Privacy matters, as a value and a goal. It matters deeply — even existentially. People often say that privacy is a human right. But why? What
In July, the Foundation announced an FPGA acceleration research project. In September, FPGA engineer Ben Devlin wrapped up the engagement by presenting his work at the
Lena Wang is the Zcash Foundation’s new operations associate! She will work with operations director Antonie Hodge to keep the Foundation running smoothly. Lena attended
Last week on the Zcash Community Forum, the Electric Coin Company announced to both the community and the Foundation that months of trademark negotiation with ZF
Chelsea Komlo has joined the Zcash Foundation as a core engineer and researcher. Chelsea has worked as a software engineer on cryptography protocols and large-scale distributed
Zcash community and broader cryptocurrency ecosystem, we write to you after numerous hours of debate about Zcash dev funds, the upgrade process, and cryptocurrency governance
Defcon 27 is a week away, and the Zcash Foundation will be there! (Hopefully the locusts will clear up.) We’re hosting an informal happy hour on Thursday, joined
George Tankersley has joined the Zcash Foundation as our director of engineering! George is a software engineer and cryptographer with years of experience working on large-scale
The Zcash Foundation is happy to announce the first results of an FPGA acceleration project, undertaken by FPGA engineer Ben Devlin. Work began in January
Zcon1, the second annual privacy and technology conference hosted by the Zcash Foundation, was held in Split, Croatia on June 22 – 24, 2019. It
Joint statement from the Zcash Foundation and the organizers of the Monero Konferenco. On June 23, the Monero Konferenco and Zcon1 will share a transatlantic panel on the regulatory
In November, 2018, the Zcash Foundation announced that XMR Systems, known for its iOS app X Wallet, would be developing an iOS reference wallet for Zcash (tentatively titled
The Zcash Foundation and Parity Technologies are proud to present Zebra, a consensus-compatible Zcash node client written in Rust, released under the GPL 3.0 license. The Electric
Since our mainnet grants platform was released two weeks ago, community members have submitted seven intriguing proposals and numerous feature requests. The Foundation is excited to see the burgeoning interest
Executive Director Josh Cincinnati spoke about the “multisig model” of Zcash governance at Devcon4 in November, 2018, and the MIT Bitcoin Expo in March, 2019. The following blog post
ZF Grants now supports the Zcash mainnet! The Grant.io team made the switch last Friday, and today it’s official. You can transact with real $ZEC on the platform.
The Zcash Foundation is delighted to announce Zepio Wallet, a shielded-first, cross-platform Zcash wallet that includes a full zcashd node. Sync and spend to your heart’s content! (Or
Last November, the Zcash Foundation announced our ongoing financial support of zec-qt-wallet, an open-source application created by Aditya Kulkarni. The wallet is a shielded-first, cross-platform GUI that
The Zcash Foundation’s new platform for grants and community funding, ZF Grants, is in open beta on the Zcash testnet! The full launch will come in
The Foundation has suggested changes to the Zcash Improvement Proposal process, which will be critical for protocol development going forward. We want to explain our intent to
The first ZKProof Standards Workshop was productive, with more than 70 participants from both academia and industry. “If we succeed, people will be able to prove things
Ian Miers is a postdoc at Cornell Tech and a member of the Zcash Foundation Board of Directors. He helped create Zcash and co-authored the Zerocoin and
KZen Networks is undertaking a research project funded by the Zcash Foundation. “The goal of this endeavor,” KZen wrote on the firm’s blog, “is to provide a
The Zcash Foundation is now taking applications for Zcon1, our second annual conference! This coming June, several hundred people will unite in Croatia to discuss how technology
The Zcash Foundation is now taking applications for Zcon1, our second annual conference! This coming June, several hundred people will unite in Croatia to discuss how technology
The Zcash Foundation has a new website! Our URL has changed from z.cash.foundation to zfnd.org — shorter, simpler, and easier to remember. At the same time, the website has
The Zcash Community Advisory Panel (ZCAP) is a panel of community members who are eligible to take part in advisory polls conducted by the Zcash
The Zcash Foundation has formed agreements to financially support the ongoing development and maintenance of zec-qt-wallet, created by Aditya Kulkarni, and a new iOS reference wallet
The Zcash Foundation is delighted to announce the winners of our 2018Q2 Grants Program — 12 projects that will benefit the Zcash ecosystem and community. The Foundation’s Board
On October 30, the Zcash Foundation and Parity Technologies announced a technical partnership to build a consensus-compatible Zcash node. Both organizations understand the importance of
Hello everyone! You may be wondering what on earth is going on with our Grants Program. We know that this answer is unsatisfying, but we’re
Ian Miers’ Zcon0 presentation on the importance of financial privacy, and how technology can be used to achieve it, is now available as a professionally edited video.
Ian Miers’ Zcon0 presentation on the importance of financial privacy, and how technology can be used to achieve it, is now available as a professionally edited video.
Zcon0 was our first annual conference, and it went incredibly well. We spent June 26 – 28 in beautiful Montréal, where we were blessed with
At Zcon0, investor Eric Meltzer proposed the Zcash Ecosystem Fund, a new project that would use some of the Founders’ Reward to create a DAO-like entity for backing
Throughout June, the Zcash Foundation carried out an experimental governance process. We first announced it back in April and recently shared the results at Zcon0 on June 28. The
The Zcash Foundation governance process has commenced! Members of the Community Governance Panel are now able to vote. The deadline for voting is June 25th at 1500
The Zcash community would benefit from greater transparency on the part of hardware manufacturers, as would the broader Equihash mining ecosystem. We are making a
The Zcash Foundation asked University of Luxembourg researchers Alex Biryukov and Daniel Feher to investigate the potential presence (now or in the past) of ASIC
The Zcash Foundation is hosting a meetup in Oakland on Saturday, May 26, in association with the community group Bay Area Zcash Users. There is a Facebook
Hot off the heels of our Zcon0 and Community Governance Panel announcements, we are excited to announce the continuation of our Grant Program for the
Hot off the heels of our Zcon0 and Community Governance Panel announcements, we are excited to announce the continuation of our Grant Program for the
As mentioned in my last post, one of the cornerstones of the Foundation’s activities this year is our privacy-focused conference Zcon0. We’ve been hard at work
Day 1 8AM-9AM Breakfast 8AM-8:50AM Registration 9AM-9:10AM Opening Remarks Josh Cincinnati 9:10AM-9:30AM Keynote Zooko Wilcox 9:30AM-9:55AM From Zerocoin To Zcash Matthew Green 9:55AM-10:20AM A History of Zcash Nathan Wilcox 10:20AM-10:35AM Coffee Break 10:35AM-11AM Cultivating Sapling Sean Bowe 11AM-11:20AM Defining
In line with our newfound status as a 501(c)3 non-profit, and our mission to support privacy-preserving spaces online, we’re very pleased to announce that the Zcash
zk-SNARKs are an incredible tool for privacy preserving protocols and verifiable computation. They are short, easy to verify zero-knowledge proofs of arbitrary statements. They are also non-interactive,
On September 15th, the Zcash Foundation Grant Program Call For Proposals were closed for submission. Since then, public discussion has begun in earnest! By the
The Zcash Foundation Grant Program “Call for Proposals” (CFP) is in full swing, and we’d like to take a chance to talk about the many
Courage, the international organisation that supports truthtellers, will begin to accept donations in Zcash (ZEC) from today. Supporters can make donations to the organisation, or
We are proud to announce the first Zcash Foundation Grant Program—a natural extension of the Foundation’s three-pillar Mission to serve the community, protocol, and broader cryptographic science.
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