Zcash's emergency hard fork patched a critical Orchard vulnerability, but the secretive coordination by three developers raises serious governance concerns.

A Zcash vulnerability could have allowed double-spending within the network's flagship privacy pool, though no exploitation occurred.

Zcash said developers temporarily suspended Orchard transactions to patch a critical bug, after explorer data sparked outage claims.

Zcash patched a critical zero-knowledge proof bug in its Orchard shielded pool via emergency hard fork NU6.2, with no funds lost and ZEC rallying 5-14%.

On Wednesday, the Zcash Foundation said there is “no evidence of unauthorized value creation.”

The vulnerability was fixed within days, and findings suggest that actual exploitation of the bug is unlikely.

ZEC fell on Thursday after the disclosure of a flaw in Zcash’s Orchard circuit that would have allowed unlimited counterfeit ZEC minting with no way to cryptographically prove…

Zcash patched an Orchard pool flaw that could have minted unlimited counterfeit ZEC. The token fell over 30% as developers raced to fix it.

La vulnerabilità Zcash Orchard permetteva la creazione di ZEC contraffatti. Scopri i dettagli del bug e il crollo del valore del token.

An Orchard vulnerability that allowed undetectable counterfeiting of ZEC in its shielded pool has reignited debate over privacy coins.

Zcash (CRYPTO: ZEC) crashed as low as 50% over the past 36 hours after Shielded Labs disclosed a critical vulnerability allowing unlimited counterfeit ZEC creation—a b

Zcash drops 50% after a disclosed vulnerability in its privacy pool, prompting an emergency fix and potential network upgrade.

ZEC market capitalization collapsed by almost $3 billion over the past 24 hours following the disclosure of a critical vulnerability, despite it being patched already...

Zcash researchers said formal verification may help prevent similar shielded-pool bugs after the Orchard vulnerability renewed security concerns.

Fallout from a bug that enabled undetectable Zcash counterfeiting shows that privacy can sometimes present tradeoffs, experts say.

Zcash's emergency hard fork patched a critical Orchard vulnerability, but the secretive coordination by three developers raises serious governance concerns.