Zebra 1.3.0 Release
The Zcash Foundation is happy to announce the release of Zebra version 1.3.0, which now includes support for the Spend before Sync algorithm for lightwalletd. This means that a Zebra-backed lightwalletd server can now query Zebra using the new and updated RPC methods for the Spend before Sync light wallet feature. One other notable feature […]
Zcash is moving to Zebra
by Alan Fairless, Jack Gavigan, Andrew Miller and Zooko Wilcox Following conversations at Zcon4 in Barcelona, the Zcash Foundation (ZF) and Electric Coin Co. (ECC) are excited to announce that we’ve agreed to move core Zcash protocol work from zcashd to Zebra! 🦓🛡️ Zebra is a brand new Zcash full node implementation written from the […]
Experimental Mining Support in Zebra
Zebra can now generate block templates, so mining pool operators can use it as a backend for their mining operations. We have successfully mined blocks on Testnet using block templates generated by Zebra (with a fork of s-nomp acting as a mining pool) but didn’t have any hash power to mine blocks on Mainnet. We […]
Zebra Stable Release
The Zcash Foundation is pleased to announce the release of the first stable, audited version of Zebra, Zebra 1.0.0. What Zebra Does and Why it Matters Zebra, the first Zcash node to be written entirely in Rust, can be used to join the Zcash peer-to-peer network, validate and broadcast transactions, and maintain the Zcash blockchain […]
Experimental Zebra progress bars
Teor introduces a recently-added experimental feature: progress bars that show Zebra’s status.
Zebra RPCs with Rkyv Data Format
Arya Solhi describes how the rkyv framework can be used instead of JSON-RPC to take advantage of Zebra’s fast performance.
Zebra as a package in the Arch User Repository
Marek Bielik introduces the new Zebra package for Arch Linux.
Visualize Zcash Blockchain Data with Zebra + Elasticsearch + Kibana
Alfredo Garcia describes a new Zebra feature to store Zcash block data in an elasticsearch database, which allows us to use Kibana to explore and visualize the data.
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 these vulnerabilities to crash mining nodes, and thus reduce (by approximately 50%) the amount of hashpower required to mount a 51% attack. Zcash was one of the currencies affected by […]
Zebra Release Candidate
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 written in Rust. This is the first time that there has been an alternative zcash node implementation running on mainnet and that we are excited to see some Zebra nodes […]