Accelerating SNARKs with FPGAs: Final Research Results
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 Taipei Ethereum Meetup. You can watch the talk on YouTube and see the slides on GitHub ? The code and documentation are also available in the GitHub repo. “We are laying the groundwork for bespoke […]
Z Wallet iOS Effort Discontinued
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 Z Wallet). Our priorities for the new app: Shielded-first, open-source, and user-friendly. We’re ready to share the results of that partnership. XMR Systems has designed a simple, intuitive, and beautiful […]
Zebra, the New Consensus-Compatible Zcash Node Client
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 Coin Company’s implementation is no longer the only full-fledged Zcash node software available. As a project, Zebra was first announced seven months ago, in October, 2018. It has come to fruition two months earlier […]
Partnering with KZen Networks to Enable Private Multisig
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 cryptographic library to support threshold key generation and signing in Sapling — something that we believe will seriously improve the way Zcash and all its properties are supported in a […]
Press Release: Announcing a Partnership with Parity Technologies
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 robust financial privacy, and believe that a cryptocurrency built around zero-knowledge proofs can help secure that fundamental freedom. “Technologies that prioritize privacy allow all people to transact without fear of […]