Polygon CTO Vs. Zcash: Clash Erupts Over 21 Million Coin Integrity
An exchange on X between Polygon’s CTO Mudit Gupta and Zcash founder Zooko Wilcox reignited a long-simmering debate over whether privacy-preserving shielded pools can be perfectly audited — and, by extension, whether ZEC’s 21 million cap can be trusted under all conceivable failure modes. The dispute hinged on a familiar fault line in privacy-coin design: […]
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Electric Coin Company and Zcash Prepare for Network Upgrade
The second-largest privacy-centric crypto network, in terms of market capitalization, Zcash, will see a significant upgrade take place on or around May 31. Electric Coin Company and Zcash developers released the....
The new bridge will allow Ren’s ERC-20 representations of BTC, BCH, DOGE, FIL, LUNA, ZEC, and DGB can now be transferred onto the Polygon network. The launch of the new Polygon x RenVM Bridge was announced to Twitter by Polygon on May 28, who emphasized the bridge will allow Bitcoin and other assets to be used on the high-speed and low-cost layer-two.Ren and Polygon have teamed up to launch a bridge allowing BTC and other assets to be transferred between Bitcoin and the Ethereum scaling solution. Excited to announce the launch of a direct bridge to Polygon by @renprotocol! With the Polygon....
On Friday, Electric Coin Company (ECC), the developers behind the privacy-centric crypto-asset zcash, revealed the network plans to transition to proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus. ECC also revealed the team plans to launch an official ECC wallet, as well as bolster the network’s cross-chain interoperability.
Zcash to Change From PoW to PoS
The Zcash network currently leverages a proof-of-work mining algorithm called Equihash, which allows miners to compete in order to find new blocks on the Zcash chain. In a blog post published on November 19, ECC announced the network will....
Per a Forbes exclusive, activist Edward Snowden revealed his participation in a ceremony that led to the creation of the privacy coin Zcash. Developed by the Electric Coin Company (ECC), the privacy coin was deployed in 2016 in a secret ceremony with the aid of 6 individuals. Related Reading | New York Prosecutors Present Clear Legal […]
Polygon has launched a subdivision called Polygon Studios, and has set up a $100 million fund for NFT gaming projects. Polygon Launches Subdivision With The Aim To Grow NFT Gaming Originally created with the aim of providing a framework for building and connecting Ethereum networks, the Polygon platform has spread its ecosystem wide. Now, Polygon […]