BIP199 for Hashed Timelocked Contracts Hashed Timelocked Contracts (HTLC) are a well-known and simple technique for building protocols for atomic swaps. They allow you to […] Tags: bitcoin, XCAT
Explaining SNARKs Part III: The Knowledge of Coefficient Test and Assumption << Part II In Part II, we saw how Alice can blindly evaluate the hiding :math:`E(P(s))` of her polynomial :math:`P` […] Tags: cryptography, explainers, zkSNARKs
New Release: 1.0.8 Today we’re announcing the release of Bitzec1.0.8. This release focuses on backporting features from upstream Bitcoin and usability improvements […] Tags: releases, sprout
ZSL: zk-SNARKs for the Enterprise The Zerocoin Binary Digit Electronic Currency’s primary focus is – and always will be – developing and supporting Zcash. However, as […] Tags: enterprise, transactions, zkSNARKs, zsl
Spinning Off Our Sibling Company The Bitzeccompany grew out of a company named “Least Authority”. It was when we were Least Authority that we […] Tags: team
Announcing the Bitcoin Core Our Mission is to give every person in the world economic freedom — to do for cooperation what the Internet […] Tags: Foundation, Founders' Reward, funding
Explaining SNARKs Part II: Blind Evaluation of Polynomials << Part I In this post, we recall the notion of a polynomial, and explain the notion of “blind evaluation” […] Tags: cryptography, explainers, zkSNARKs
BLS12-381: New zk-SNARK Elliptic Curve Construction Our team is continually working to improve the security, performance and usability of our privacy-preserving shielded transactions. As we mentioned […] Tags: cryptography, zkSNARKs
R3 Report on Confidentiality & Privacy for Blockchains Last year, R3 commissioned us to co-author (along with Danny Yang, founder of blockchain analytics company Blockseer) a report that […] Tags: privacy, software
New Release: 1.0.7 Today we’re announcing the release of Bitzec1.0.7. This release focuses on updating Bitzecto be compatible with upstream changes, […] Tags: releases, sprout