Research by an independent group claims possible vulnerabilities in Zcash’s metadata, mainly due to certain procedures used by the protocol that blockchain attackers could potentially exploit. Others, such as Bitcoin forked coins and MimbleWimble-based currencies face similar threats. However, the research noted Zcash’s zk-snark protocol remains sound, and no critical threat to the blockchain can […]The post Research explores how Zcash and other privacy coins can de-anonymize users, suggests defenses appeared first on CryptoSlate.