💡 Fact of the Week A turnstile is Zcash’s on-chain accounting mechanism for tracking how much ZEC moves between different value pools. In simple terms, Zcash’s consensus rules use value pool...

Fact of the Week: Zerocash 💡 Before launching in 2016, Zcash was originally called “Zerocash”, an academic protocol developed by researchers from MIT, Johns Hopkins, and Tel Aviv University. The...

Fact of the Week: Slow Start 💡 Zcash launched with a “slow start,” a unique safety feature that gradually increased block rewards over the first 20,000 blocks (~34 days). This design ensured that if...

Fact of the Week: Shielded Pool Growth 💡 Over 27% of all ZEC is now stored in the shielded pool, reaching an all-time high of 4.39 million ZEC. This milestone highlights Zcash’s growing adoption for...