{"id":609916,"date":"2026-06-05T13:52:40","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T13:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/06\/05\/zcash-weighs-new-shielded-pool-after-counterfeiting-flaw\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T13:52:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T13:52:40","slug":"zcash-weighs-new-shielded-pool-after-counterfeiting-flaw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/06\/05\/zcash-weighs-new-shielded-pool-after-counterfeiting-flaw\/","title":{"rendered":"Zcash weighs new shielded pool after counterfeiting flaw"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy1pbWFnZXMuY3RtZWRpYS5pby9tZWRpYS9hcnRpY2xlLWNvdmVycy9oaS10b3AtNS1iaWdnZXN0LW1pbmluZy1mYXJtcy16Y2FzaC5qcGc=.jpg\" alt=\"Zcash weighs new shielded pool after counterfeiting flaw\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Zcash developers are weighing a new shielded pool and turnstile accounting after the Orchard bug raised supply verification questions.<\/p>\n<p>Zcash developers and researchers are discussing whether a new shielded pool could help restore supply verification confidence after a recently patched Orchard vulnerability.<\/p>\n<p>Shielded Labs, an independent Swiss-based Zcash support organization, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/zooko\/status\/2062644925590900980\">said<\/a> in a security update on Friday that it is exploring a proposed network upgrade that would deploy a new shielded pool and enforce \u201cturnstile accounting\u201d on coins moving from Orchard, giving users a clearer way to verify the integrity of funds moving out of the pool.<\/p>\n<p>The group said the proposal is still subject to further explanation and community review. Shielded Labs said it plans to publish a follow-up post next week explaining how the upgrade would work and what tradeoffs it could involve.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/zcash-new-shielded-pool-orchard-counterfeiting-bug\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zcash developers are weighing a new shielded pool and turnstile accounting after the Orchard bug raised supply verification questions. Zcash developers and researchers are discussing whether a new shielded pool could help restore supply verification confidence after a recently patched Orchard vulnerability. Shielded Labs, an independent Swiss-based Zcash support organization, said in a security update [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":609917,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-609916","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blockchain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=609916"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609916\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/609917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=609916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=609916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=609916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}