Zooko Wilcox (Will Ess for Pixelmind.ai/CoinDesk)
Zcash Developer Electric Coin CEO Zooko Wilcox Steps Down, Swihart Named to Role
The overseeing board of Zcash, known for its privacy-oriented "shielded" addresses or "z-addresses," credited Wilcox with delivery of "the first real-world application of zero...
Zooko Wilcox (Will Ess for Pixelmind.ai/CoinDesk)

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Zcash’s Latest Software Release Goes Live
Version 5.5.0 is part of an effort to “deliver a solid and reliable user experience.”
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New Privacy Blockchain Namada Proposes First-Ever Shielded Airdrop to Zcash
Namada is a layer 1 blockchain for multichain privacy, according to a release provided to CoinDesk.
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Zcash Doesn’t Need Your Trust - Most Influential 2022
On today’s show we look at the story behind the CEO who designed a protocol that radically improved privacy, courtesy of CoinDesk’s features reporter and assistant opinion edi...
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Zooko Wilcox on Edward Snowden’s Involvement With Zcash
Zooko Wilcox on Edward Snowden’s Involvement With Zcash
Electric Coin Company founder and CEO Zooko Wilcox discusses Edward Snowden's involvement with Zcash in its early development stage. "He did that for free, voluntarily, like i...
Zooko Wilcox on Edward Snowden’s Involvement With Zcash

Zooko Wilcox on Digital Privacy, Future of Zcash
Zooko Wilcox on Digital Privacy, Future of Zcash
The Electric Coin Company has been breaking new ground with zero-knowledge proofs for years and radically improved privacy on its Zcash protocol. Electric Coin Company founder...
Zooko Wilcox on Digital Privacy, Future of Zcash

Zooko Wilcox (Will Ess for Pixelmind.ai/CoinDesk)
Zcash Doesn’t Need Your Trust
For years, the Electric Coin Company has been breaking new ground with zero-knowledge proofs. This year it radically improved privacy on its Zcash protocol, even as the right...
Zooko Wilcox (Will Ess for Pixelmind.ai/CoinDesk)

EU May Ban Privacy-Enhancing Crypto Coins, Leaked Draft Reveals
EU May Ban Privacy-Enhancing Crypto Coins, Leaked Draft Reveals
The European Union could ban banks and crypto providers from dealing in privacy-enhancing coins such as zcash, monero and dash under a leaked draft of a money laundering bill...
EU May Ban Privacy-Enhancing Crypto Coins, Leaked Draft Reveals

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Zcash May Be Getting Spammed but the Blockchain Is Doing Just Fine, the Company Behind It Says
Electric Coin Co., the organization behind Zcash, claims that concerns of a spam attack are mostly just fear, uncertainty and doubt (FUD).
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Ethereum Classic and Ravencoin's Hashrate Nearly Doubles After Merge
Earlier on Thursday, Ethereum switched to a system that does away with the need for miners.
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