Key highlights: Zcash crashed from $536 to $263 in the span of about 12 hours after researchers disclosed a critical vulnerability. The vulnerability, which has already been patched, would have allowed an attacker to create an unlimited amount of ZEC in the Orchard shielded pool while remaining undetected. Although it’s currently not possible to prove […]
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By Chayanika Deka For a few hours on Wednesday Asia time, the Zcash blockchain appeared to have stopped producing new blocks, raising concerns that the network may be experiencing downtime. However, several observers clarified that the issue was not with the blockchain itself but with block explorers, which were failing to update correctly. Zcash Outage […]
Cypherpunk Technologies is a public company building a big position in Zcash. That’s the short answer. It’s not a crypto exchange, and it’s not a mining company. The twist is what makes people stop and reread the headline. Cypherpunk buys and holds ZEC as a core strategy, while still keeping a biotech business alive through […]