Orchard
Coverage of Orchard in the Nexus archive.
- Privacy push as StarkWare and Sui move toward compliance-ready confidential transfers
StarkWare and Sui are implementing confidential transfer systems designed for compliance readiness. Zama is enhancing its compliance efforts, while a bug in Zcash’s Orchard protocol underscores risks associated with shielded privacy models.
- Zcash teams propose Ironwood pool to restore supply verification after Orchard flaw
Zcash teams propose Ironwood pool to address a flaw in the Orchard pool by closing it to new activity and routing funds through a turnstile into a new shielded pool.
- Zcash weighs new shielded pool after counterfeiting flaw
Zcash developers are considering implementing a new shielded pool and turnstile accounting system in response to a counterfeiting flaw discovered in the Orchard protocol, which has raised concerns about verifying the cryptocurrency's supply.
- ZEC Crashes 38% as Zcash Discloses ‘Critical Counterfeiting Vulnerability’
ZEC's price dropped 38% following Zcash's disclosure of a critical counterfeiting vulnerability in its Orchard shielded pool. The vulnerability allowed undetectable creation of counterfeit ZEC, sparking renewed debate about privacy coins.