Tag: zcoin

Jan 08 2022

Firo Among the Winners of the 2021 Crypto Surge

Jan 08 2022 Published at Altcoin Buzz under tags  altcoin projects bitcoin crypto firo zcoin

Since it began several years ago, Firo has been a big player in the conversation for data protection. But, it is safe to say that 2021 was its biggest year. Asides from the various partnerships it announced, there was overall growth. In addition, Firo’s community base experienced a remarkable increase. Firo is one of the platforms that have attempted to turn crypto into...

Jun 10 2021

Firo Launches Receiver Address Privacy (RAP) on Its Mainnet

Security, privacy, and anonymity are some of the founding principles of the blockchain and cryptocurrency space. Privacy in the crypto space is, however, threatened due to stringent regulations put in place by several governmental agencies. Firo (formerly Zcoin) is one of the few cryptocurrencies still focused on ensuring privacy in the crypto space is upheld. In line with this, the crypto has taken...

Apr 30 2021

Improved Privacy as Firo Reactivates Its Lelantus Protocol

Privacy-centered digital asset Firo, formerly known as Zcoin, has announced the reinstatement of its Lelantus protocol. According to Firo, this move closely follows its recently completed hard fork and the launch of Firo v14.6.0. The reactivation of...

Mar 25 2021

FIRO Price Prediction

Mar 25 2021 Published at Altcoin Buzz under tags  firo technical analysis zcoin

Firo is a digital currency with a focus on setting privacy standards. Firo, formerly Zcoin, has been the gold standard of trustless, on-chain privacy since 2016. Its incentive infrastructure gives it the industry-leading practical anonymity set. This infrastructure will help boost FIRO Price. Privacy is about staying one step ahead. The team behind Firo is responsible for some of the most significant blockchain...

Feb 09 2021

10 Reasons To Buy Firo Coin In 2021

Firo is a digital currency that enables untraceable private transactions and provides freedom from large monetary institutions. Firo believes that privacy is a fundamental human right and that users should have control over their money. Additionally, It has enforced zero-knowledge cryptographic technology, which permits users to own complete privacy of their transactions. There are quite a few exciting reasons why you might find...

Feb 01 2021

Is Firo (Zcoin) Completely Resistant to 51% Attacks Now?

Firo, the privacy-oriented blockchain previously known as Zcoin experienced a 51% attack and spent hours in a hash war against the attacker on 18 January 2021. According to Co-founder Ruben Yap, the attacker had created a secret chain, had acquired a huge amount of hash rate, and was mining secretly. However, when the attacker started selling a huge amount of FIRO on the...

Jan 14 2021

Powerful Privacy Protocol Lelantus Activated on Firo Mainnet

Lelantus, the privacy protocol that brings “on-by-default” privacy to Firo (previously Zcoin) mainnet activated on 14 January 2021. According to the official blog, the upgrade went live on block 336888. Lelantus introduces a burn-and-redeem model to any number of coins on Firo. Effectively, this ensures the transactions between official Firo wallets remain private by default. According to Firo project steward Reuben Yap, Lelantus...

Dec 01 2020

Firo Lelantus Upgrade Is Around the Corner

Privacy-focused cryptocurrency Firo, formerly known as Zcoin, has disclosed that its long-awaited Lelantus upgrade will soon go live. Firo, in a GitHub update, disclosed in-depth details of the upcoming upgrade. Details like actions users are expected to carry out and how to go about testing the update. Firo, furthermore,...

Nov 17 2020

Lelantus Launch, Other Firo Updates

Nov 17 2020 Published at Altcoin Buzz under tags  firo product release & updates zcoin

The importance of privacy in the crypto and blockchain sphere cannot be over- emphasized. Zcoin, the popular privacy-focused crypto platform, has released details of several amazing updates expected to go live on its platform this month. Interestingly, Zcoin has also disclosed plans to rebrand as Firo. The update released by the crypto platform will throw more light on what goes on behind the scenes....

Oct 28 2020

Zcoin (XZC) Rebrands to Firo (XFR)

Zcoin, a privacy-oriented digital currency, announced a rebranding of its name and ticker to Firo (pronounced as Fee-Roh) and XFR, respectively. According to reports, the name change of Zcoin (XZC) to Firo (XFR) will become effective on the 30th of November. This is also when the mainnet binaries for Lelantus will be released. Why Firo (XFR)? Firo (XFR) has been described as a...

Oct 27 2020

Zcoin (XZC) – How to earn StakeHound tokens?

Popular privacy-centered platform Zcoin partners with StakeHound and discloses plans to launch its stakedXZC tokens. In line with this Zcoin (XZC) has released details of its first-ever StakeHound Hunt and how users can partake and earn from it. StakedXZC is slated to go live on Ethereum on October 30, 2020. The Hunt basically is to reward early adopters of the stakedXZC tokens. The...

Oct 21 2020

Zcoin (XZC) Next-generation Privacy Protocol Testnet Live!

Zcoin, the privacy-focused cryptocurrency announced the testnet launch of its next-generation privacy protocol Lelantus on October 20. According to Ruben Yap, Project Steward Zcoin, Lelantus pushes the boundaries of privacy. It employs technology that supports very high practical anonymity and helps make transactions untraceable with a single click. At the core, Zcoin Lelantus allows users to destroy any amounts of coins and partially...

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