Zcash developers set January target for quantum-resistant payments after ‘bunker mode’ scare
Source: CoinDesk ·
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The plan concerns public payments, where about seven in 10 ZEC sit. A separate wallet tool would keep balance checks from revealing which addresses belong together. Developers of privacy-focused Zcash (ZEC) plan to add protections designed to withstand quantum computers within months as warnings about AI-assisted attacks put the broader security of cryptocurrency wallets under scrutiny. “Our team plans for post-quantum signature opcodes to land in Zcash in January,” Roman Akhtariev wrote in an engineering post for Zakura , one of the programs used to run the Zcash network and validate its transactions. Those opcodes, or instructions, would give Zcash the ability to check hash-based signatures, a method of approving payments designed to resist quantum attacks. While January is the team’s target, no confirmed network activation date was mentioned. The aim is to prevent attackers from using today’s public keys to work backward to forge a wallet owner’s approval and spend their coins.…