Zcash Reveals Orchard Bug That Could Have Minted Unlimited ZEC

The price of Zcash cratered following the disclosure of a serious vulnerability for the privacy coin. Can ZEC make a comeback anytime soon?

Cameron Winklevoss has defended Zcash after the privacy coin plunged as much as 45% and Cypherpunk Technologies shares dropped 37% following disclosure of a critical bug that could have allowed unlimited counterfeit ZEC to be created. According to a June…

Bitcoin has now fallen more than 50% from its October peak, dipping below $60,000 as the crypto industry reckons with the Zcash vulnerability.

Cypherpunk Technologies shares tumbled to their lowest point since March as jitters tied to a Zcash bug knocked the Winklevoss-backed firm.

Many cryptocurrencies charted multi-month or even yearly lows in the past week. ADA is among the poorest performers.

Zcash developers are weighing a new shielded pool and turnstile accounting after the Orchard bug raised supply verification questions.

Hayes exited ZEC after an Orchard privacy bug raised supply doubts. He also liquidated HYPE and NEAR while rotating his portfolio. The Zcash flaw was patched, but future exploitation cannot be ruled out. Arthur Hayes, co-founder of BitMEX, has fully exited his positions in Zcash (ZEC), Hyperliquid (HYPE), and NEAR Protocol (NEAR). The decision comes […] The post BitMEX co-founder, Arthur Hayes, liquidates all his ZEC, HYPE, and NEAR tokens appeared first on CoinJournal.

The ZCash team hired a hacker to find an exploit in the ZCash protocol, and he exposed a glitch that has been out there for four years.