Ethereum to Add Zcash Privacy, Says Vitalik Buterin
The power of smart contracts may be combined with absolute privacy according to a new statement by Ethereum’s founder, Vitalik Buterin. “[Z]ero knowledge proofs are on ethereum’s roadmap and have been for over two months.” – Buterin publicly stated yesterday, before adding in a short interview for CCN that, realistically, it would take around four months to one year for Zec like privacy to be added to ethereum. A fully private ethereum raises the prospects of a solution to one seemingly intractable blockchain problem: how do you transact privately as far as the world is concerned, while at....
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