Shielded Labs Warns Zcash Must Act Now To Win Long-Term Investors
Shielded Labs is urging the Zcash community to move quickly on long-term sustainability changes, arguing that the network has a near-term opening to attract patient capital and should not wait for that window to close. The pitch is not just technical. In Shielded Labs’ telling, protocol-level clarity around future security and emissions could itself become […]
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“Regulators can get comfortable with privacy-enabling cryptos,” Gemini says. Gemini, a cryptocurrency exchange founded by the Winklevoss twins, aims to improve user privacy with a major privacy token, Zcash (ZEC).Starting Sept. 29, Gemini will support shielded withdrawals of ZEC, which allows users to hide their transaction data.Gemini representatives said that the new feature is the “first time shielded ZEC withdrawals are available on a regulated exchange.” The new option comes in line with Gemini’s mission to strengthen financial privacy and “empower the individual through crypto,”....
Bitcoin developer Peter Todd has pushed back against calls to bring Zcash-style privacy into Bitcoin’s consensus layer, arguing that the cryptographic risk profile is too high for the network’s base protocol. The debate erupted after ZODL developers disclosed an issue affecting the Orchard shielded pool, briefly turning a technical incident into a broader argument over […]
Zcash (ZEC) is stealing the spotlight once again. The privacy-focused asset has surged more than 50% in the past week, climbing above $350 and fueling talk of a potential return to the top 20 digital assets by market capitalization. Related Reading: Bitcoin Technical Setup Shows Short-Term Pullback May Fuel Long-Term Upside Behind this rally lies a mix of technical strength, institutional catalysts, and renewed global demand for digital privacy. ZEC's price trends to the upside with recent small losses on the daily chart. Source: ZECUSD on Tradingview Zcash’s Shielded Supply Hits 4.5....
Gemini said adding shielded zcash withdrawals showed regulators could be made to be comfortable with privacy coins.
Zcash (ZEC), the new digital currency lauded for its privacy features, is launching today amidst some massive hype. But until enough tokens become available on exchanges, Zcash enthusiasts are poised to acquire their ZEC first-hand by mining for it, either by setting up a home rig or by signing up for a cloud mining contract. Created from a fork of Bitcoin's codebase, Zcash promises all the best features and stability of Bitcoin with the added bonus of total payment confidentiality. Zcash transactions can be shielded to hide the sender, recipient and value of all transactions on the....