At the end of March 2024, our team at Least Authority was selected for the role of Zcash Ecosystem Security Lead, after responding to a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the role on the Zcash Forums. Per the Zcash Community RFP: “This role is integral in enhancing the security, usability, and
As the Zcash Ecosystem Security Lead and based on direction of the Zcash Community Grants (ZCG) program, Least Authority reviewed the changes made to Zebra that will be introduced in the NU6 network upgrade. Zebra is Zcash’s independent, consensus-compatible implementation of a Zcash node, written in Rust. Our final audit
As the Zcash Ecosystem Security Lead appointed by Zcash Community Grants (ZCG), Least Authority reviewed the changes made to Zcashd that will be introduced in the NU6 network upgrade. Our final audit report was completed on October 21, 2024. To read the full report, including our findings, click here: Report
2021 seems to be the year that we all accepted the term “Web3” as the way to refer to the collective movements of decentralizing infrastructure and empowering users to be in control. It means the next generation of the Internet and beyond, which includes the tokenization of things for digital
Zero knowledge proofs (ZKPs) are an extremely robust, privacy-enhancing tool that can prove a computational statement is true without revealing the data behind it. While still at the early adoption stage, ZKPs are gaining traction as a potential solution to a vast array of privacy conundrums. These cryptographic building blocks
Tezos Foundation has requested that Least Authority perform a security audit of the Metastate Extension of the Electric Coin Company’s (ECC) Sapling circuit, a user-defined asset extension that allows the shielded pool to support many denominations at once. Our final audit report was completed on August 18, 2020. To read
At the request of Zcash Company, the team at Least Authority had the opportunity to provide security consulting services on Zcash’s major 2018 releases. This included auditing Zcashd v1.0.15 (as part of the Sprout 1.0.x series), reviewing and providing feedback on the Overwinter and Sapling Specifications for future implementation, and a security review of the
By the Zerocash Team, Greg Maxwell, and Least Authority Introduction The world still needs Zerocash even though we now have Confidential Transactions. A message from Zooko Wilcox-O’Hearn: At Least Authority, our mission is to bring verifiable end-to-end security to every user of the Internet. As a part of this mission, we are working on something