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Zcash is based on peer-reviewed cryptographic research, and built by a security-specialized engineering team on an open source platform based on Bitcoin Core's battle-tested codebase. Zcash payments are published on a public blockchain, but the sender, recipient, and amount of a transaction remain private. It encrypts the contents of shielded transactions. Since the payment information is encrypted, the protocol uses a novel...

Zcash is based on peer-reviewed cryptographic research, and built by a security-specialized engineering team on an open source platform based on Bitcoin Core's battle-tested codebase. Zcash payments are published on a public blockchain, but the sender, recipient, and amount of a transaction remain private. It encrypts the contents of shielded transactions. Since the payment information is encrypted, the protocol uses a novel...

Mining is one of the most popular ways to make money with crypto. However, it has been steadily becoming less and less profitable as time goes on. Despite this, mining is one of the most essential components of the crypto world, both because of its necessity for the normal functioning of the blockchain, and because of its near-cult status. Mining is something many...

Mining is one of the most popular ways to make money with crypto. However, it has been steadily becoming less and less profitable as time goes on. Despite this, mining is one of the most essential components of the crypto world, both because of its necessity for the normal functioning of the blockchain, and because of its near-cult status. Mining is something many...

More updates are expected to take place in the blockchain and cryptocurrency space as adoption and awareness grow. Most of these upcoming crypto events include strategic partnerships, IDO launches, annual conferences, etc. To keep readers informed, Altcoin Buzz has published some of the top upcoming crypto events expected to take place next week 1\. Oddz to Launch Incentivized testnet on Binance Smart Chain...

On December 29, the Bittrex cryptocurrency announced that it will be delisting the top three privacy coins - Monero, Dash and Zcash - on January 15. Bittrex has determined 30 days for the users to withdraw their delisted coins after the due date. Bittrex stated that the period might be shorter in some cases, and users should take action fast.

While Bittrex gave no reason for the removals, exchanges around the world have been moving to delist coins that seek to hide the activity of their users.

In the early stages of Bitcoin development, most cryptocurrency enthusiasts tended to think that the original digital currency offered them complete anonymity and they could make purchases with this type of “new money” without revealing their identities. The level of Bitcoin’s privacy was often compared to that of Swiss bank clients. However, that was far from the case. Is Bitcoin anonymous? Bitcoin transactions...

Privacy coin Zcash has completed its latest upgrade, reducing miner rewards and eliminating its controversial Founders' Reward. Zcash Halving Reduces Rewards Zcash passed block height 1,046,400 at 12:37 UTC on Nov. 18, triggering the first block halving since the project's 2016 launch. The upgrade reduced...

Alongside the halving, Zcash has rolled out its Canopy upgrade that replaces the Founder's Fund with built-in funding for development.

We’re now well into Q4 2020, and Bitcoin is currently the star of the show in the cryptocurrency market. The world’s largest cryptocurrency has been on a tear recently, and sentiment is overwhelmingly bullish. Besides Bitcoin, we’re also featuring a popular privacy coin that’s about to have its first-ever halving, as well as an ambitious blockchain project focused on scalability and interoperability. Without...

XMR, DASH and ZEC "were delisted at the same time for the same reason – to further derisk the company from a regulatory standpoint."

In the latest CoinDesk 20 revision, five assets were replaced by crypto assets that saw recent quarterly volume surges.

Privacy coin Zcash will be undergoing its first halving event in around a week’s time but does it really matter and what will happen to ZEC prices. On November 18, Zcash inflation rate will halve from 25% to 12.5% as the privacy- focused altcoin has its first halving event. The coin has been hampered by extremely The post How Will Zcash (ZEC) Halving on...

Zcash can now be transferred on the Ethereum blockchain thanks to a new token called "Wrapped Zcash" or WZEC. How Wrapped Zcash Works Wrapped tokens are pegged to the price of another cryptocurrency at a 1:1 ratio. In this case, Zcash (ZEC) is staked and Ethereum-based tokens of equivalent value are issued....

Several privacy-focused coins have noted interesting rallies over the past couple of weeks. Coins such as Monero [XMR], ZCash, DASH have been surging despite the current stagnancy in the market. According to the latest edition of Coin Metrics' report, Monero's market cap climbed to its highest level since September 2018. That was not all. The popular The post Privacy Coins (XLM, ZCASH, DASH)...

In the early stages of Bitcoin development, most cryptocurrency enthusiasts tended to think that the original digital currency offered them complete anonymity and they could make purchases with this type of “new money” without revealing their identities. The level of Bitcoin’s privacy was often compared to that of Swiss bank clients. However, that was far from the case. Is Bitcoin anonymous? Bitcoin transactions...