Posts Tagged ‘zcash’
Zcash Discloses Inflation Bug That Could Have Created Infinite Tokens
Privacy-focussed cryptocurrency, Zcash, has disclosed an inflation bug, discovered 11 months ago, which affected its own and several other privacy-coins. Though the Zcash vulnerability has now been remedied, it took 8 months after discovery, and some coins remain exposed. Zero Knowledge Last March, a Zcash engineer noticed a mistake in a cryptography paper describing certain…
Read MoreeToro Adds ZCash (ZEC) to Growing List of Altcoin Offerings
Social trading and multi-asset brokerage company eToro has added ZCash (ZEC) to its extensive list of cryptocurrency offerings — bringing the total number of said assets up to 14. Zcash is a privacy-focused cryptocurrency project not dissimilar to Bitcoin (BTC). Both projects share a total fixed supply of 21 million coins. Though transactions on the…
Read MoreCoinbase Slammed For Venezuela ZCash Airdrop Being an ‘Advertising Strategy’
US cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has received intense criticism for giving Venezuelan families a grand total of $1 per day – in altcoin ZCash, which it added to its books days previously. Scroogebase? In a blog post December 11, executives claimed that the initiative dubbed the “12 Days of Coinbase,” was meant to “empower those who…
Read MoreUS Crypto Exchange Coinbase Adds Support for Zcash on Retail Platform and Mobile Apps
Major American cryptocurrency exchange and wallet provider Coinbase has launched support for Zcash (ZEC) at Coinbase.com and the exchange’s Android and iOS apps, according to a blog post published Dec. 5. Per today’s announcement, Coinbase customers can now purchase, sell, send, receive, and store ZEC. The coin will be available for customers in most jurisdictions,…
Read MoreCoinbase Adds Zcash to Retail Crypto Trading Service
Less than a week after adding privacy-focused zcash to its professional trading platform, crypto exchange Coinbase is opening trading to its retail customers. The company announced Wednesday that clients using coinbase.com or the Android and iOS apps can buy, sell, send, receive or store zcash, though residents in the United Kingdom and the U.S. state…
Read MoreCoinbase Adds Privacy-Centric Crypto Zcash to Pro Trading Exchange
Crypto exchange Coinbase Pro is adding privacy coin zcash to its listings. The platform announced Thursday that customers can transfer zcash into its professional trading platform, though as with previous additions, users can not yet purchase the token until the exchange has established enough liquidity. Deposits will be accepted for at least 12 hours after…
Read MorePrivacy Crypto Zcash Goes Live With ‘Sapling’ Network Hard Fork
The privacy-focused cryptocurrency zcash has officially implemented its network hard fork, known as Sapling. Activated on schedule at block 419,200, Sapling has long been planned as an upgrade aimed at making the network faster, lighter and more secure. On Sunday, the Zerocoin Electric Coin Company’s Elise Hadmon wrote that “Sapling activation, occurring on the momentous occasion of…
Read MoreTech Giant GMO Wants to Help You Mine Zcash – For a Cut
Japanese IT giant GMO Internet has made another move into the cryptocurrency mining business. In an announced Friday, the company said it has rolled out a mining software client called Cryptknocker that is designed to let would-be miners mine Equihash algorithm-based cryptocurrencies like zcash using graphic processing units (GPUs) – as found in many home…
Read MoreZcash Sets Stage for ‘Sapling’ Upgrade With New Software Release
Privacy coin zcash is gearing up for a major upgrade with the first release of network software compatible with its upcoming Sapling hard fork. Zcash version 2.0.0 was released Thursday, according to a blog post penned by Sean Bowe, an engineer with the Zerocoin Electric Coin Company, which develops the zcash cryptocurrency. The company is…
Read MoreNations Should Embrace Privacy Coins Like Monero and ZCash, According to Weiss Ratings
Privacy-focused coins such as Dash, Monero, and ZCash are controversial as they can anonymize criminals online. However, privacy is important as many people live under the auspices of corrupt governments where such technology represents a beacon of hope. Governments should fear privacy coins as a form of money. The degree of anonymity is startling. Governments…
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