Cultivating Sapling: Faster zk-SNARKs
https://z.cash/blog/cultivating-sapling-faster-zksnarks.html [z.cash]
2017-09-14 04:51
tags:
blockchain
crypto
math
perf
We have designed an elliptic curve called Jubjub which is efficient to perform operations on inside of zk-SNARK circuits built over our new BLS12-381 curve.
source: green
Explaining SNARKs Part I: Homomorphic Hidings
https://z.cash/blog/snark-explain.html [z.cash]
2017-03-14 19:25
tags:
blockchain
compsci
crypto
hash
math
series
Constructions of zk-SNARKs involve a careful combination of several ingredients; fully understanding how these ingredients all work together can take a while.
Ongoing series.
source: green
Lessons From The History Of Attacks On Secure Hash Functions
https://z.cash/technology/history-of-hash-function-attacks.html [z.cash]
2017-02-26 15:35
tags:
crypto
hash
security
The main result is that there is a big gap between the history of collision attacks and pre-image attacks. Almost all older secure hash functions have fallen to collision attacks. Almost none have ever fallen to pre-image attacks.
source: solar
Announcing the Winners of the Open Source Miner Challenge!
https://z.cash/blog/open-source-miner-winners.html [z.cash]
2016-12-04 20:45
tags:
blockchain
crypto
finance
hash
perf
release
Anatomy of a Zcash Transaction
https://z.cash/blog/anatomy-of-zcash.html [z.cash]
2016-11-25 05:04
tags:
cloud
crypto
networking