The cryptocurrency world has been quiet for months. Prices stay low and many people feel the worst is here to stay. Yet small changes are starting to appear. A few strong projects are moving up […]
Zcash is back in the spotlight and not for comfortable reasons. Someone just pulled more than 1% of all the ZEC sitting inside the protocol’s shielded Orchard pool, and the timing could not be more […]
A security researcher used AI-assited auditing to uncover a major flaw in the Zcash protocol that could have allowed undetectable counterfeit ZEC inside the network’s Orchard shielded pool. Taylor Hornby, a security researcher who […]
TLDR Zcash developers finalized consensus rules for the Ironwood upgrade. Ironwood will introduce a new shielded pool using the Orchard protocol. The upgrade targets late-July activation, though no final date is set. ZEC fell over […]
Zcash has completed a two-phase emergency network upgrade to fix a critical vulnerability in its Orchard shielded pool — a flaw that sat undetected for four years, could theoretically have allowed unlimited undetectable counterfeit ZEC […]
TLDR Zcash rebounded about 45% from its recent low near $300 after developers proposed the Ironwood upgrade. Developers patched the Orchard pool flaw within days through coordinated emergency network upgrades. The Ironwood plan would create […]
The flaw was found on May 29th by Taylor Hornby, a security expert hired by Shielded Labs. One of the tokens that security researcher Taylor Hornby plans to audit next is privacy coin Monero. After non-profit developer Shielded […]
Arthur Hayes is out of Zcash. The BitMEX co-founder announced he has sold his entire ZEC position following the disclosure of a critical vulnerability in Zcash’s Orchard pool, and the market did not wait for […]
Arthur Hayes sold his entire ZEC position after concerns about the Orchard pool exploit. A critical vulnerability in Zcash’s Orchard privacy pool prompted his exit. No funds were stolen because Zcash patched the vulnerability via […]
Bitcoin fell toward $61,000 on Friday, extending a weekly slide of about 16% and leaving it roughly 50% below its October 2025 record near $126,000. At the time of writing, Bitcoin was trading around $62,109, […]
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