AI-assisted Zcash | Crypto

The exploit that nearly broke Zcash originated inside the zero-knowledge proof circuit that powers Orchard, Zcash's newest shielded pool, and the cryptographic core of its private transaction system. Taylor Hornby, a security researcher at Shielded Labs, found it on May 29 during a targeted protocol security review. Within hours, ZODL engineers confirmed the flaw, and […] The post AI-assisted Zcash flaw exposes the supply integrity gap an emergency fork could not fully close appeared first on CryptoSlate.