Zooko Wilcox

$600M Poly Heist Shows DeFi Needs Hackers to Become Unhackable

If computers will continue to do more important things, we'll require those programs to be secure. Learning what not to do is one way there.

Opinion  ·  12 August 2021

7 Crypto Limericks to Brighten Your Friday

"There was a young man named Vitalik..."

People  ·  5 March 2021
Pantera Capital

Zcash’s Electric Coin Company Shifts to Non-Profit Status Following Stockholder Vote

Zcash developer Electric Coin Company will transition to a new non-profit, with a majority of shareholders electing to donate their equity.

Tech  ·  12 October 2020
Zcash

Zcash Trademark Talks Were About More Than a Logo

Can an altcoin outgrow its founders? A new agreement between Electric Coin Company and the Zcash Foundation could be a good first step.

Policy & regulation  ·  7 November 2019
Zcash

You Can Now Prove a Whole Blockchain With One Math Problem – Really

According to Electric Coin Company research, you can prove the whole bitcoin blockchain in less space than a bitcoin blockhead, only 80-bytes of data.

Markets  ·  14 September 2019
Governance

Zooko Wilcox Pushes for New Developer Fund to Support Zcash

Zcash founder Zooko Wilcox has called for the creation of a new "Dev Fund" to support the operations of the privacy-focused cryptocurrency.

Tech  ·  1 August 2019
Monero

Monero and Zcash Conferences Showcase Their Differences (And Links)

The future of privacy coins relies on technologists getting the governance setup right. Here are both sides of the zcash debate.

Tech  ·  30 June 2019
Zcash

What Does Crypto Care if Zooko Is a Millionaire?

The creator of zcash has prompted controversy after revealing details about his salary at a conference focused on the privacy-centric blockchain tech.

Tech  ·  1 July 2018
Zcash

Whitfield Diffie Talks Cryptography ‘Resurgence’ and Blockchain

A pioneer of public-key cryptography said the blockchain boom represents a "resurgence" of the work he helped start in the 1970s.

Tech  ·  15 May 2018
Zcash

Zcash Privacy Weakened by Certain Behaviors, Researchers Say

Patterns in usage have allowed four researchers to link many supposedly private zcash transactions to mining pools and founders. Zcash has responded.

Tech  ·  9 May 2018
Privacy

2016: The Year Zcash Entered Blockchain’s History Books

Researcher Nolan Bauerle looks at Zcash, its privacy-powered blockchain technology and how he believes it could empower economics in the future.

Tech  ·  6 January 2017
Security

Zcash and the Art of Security Theater

As bitcoin core developer Peter Todd published his role in helping create the Zcash cryptocurrency doubt is cast on the system's "trustless setup."

Markets  ·  14 November 2016
Zcash

With Zcash Launch, Blockchain Enters the Age of Anonymity

The mining of the Zcash genesis block formally kicks off an entirely new blockchain – and what could be a burgeoning ecosystem of companies.

Markets  ·  28 October 2016
Zcash

Zcash Delays Untraceable Cryptocurrency for Additional Audits

The launch of a new cryptocurrency designed to make real the anonymity once thought to be offered by bitcoin has been delayed.

Business  ·  29 July 2016