Waterhole Becomes the First Marketplace to Adopt Zcash
Waterhole, a Bitcoin marketplace and escrow trading platform, is to implement Zcash mobile wallet and escrow trading. Both features are currently live, with all operations working in test mode with TAZ (test alpha Zcash) and will switch to ZEC, which are real Zcash coins, after the altcoin is launched today, Oct. 28. What is Waterhole? Watehole is a rapidly growing app developed by a team based in Tuspark, Beijing. The company has made quite an entrance to the scene earlier this year, promising to deliver solutions to many problems of Bitcoin trading and e-commerce security. The Waterhole....
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