Last Zcoin development update before Sigma release! Polishing Sigma up and MTP verification acceleration.

https://zcoin.io/zcoin-development-update-4-july-2019/

Hi Bearier

There is will be an announcement about the Sigma hard fork very soon. Stay tuned 

Happy to be a part of Messari to provide transparency and accurate information on our project. We will be working over the next few weeks to get all information updated.

https://messari.io/registry

There will be a VIC Group Vietnamese community AMA tonight with Reuben on Telegram. Interview is conducted in English so all are welcome to join.

https://t.me/XoaDoiGiamNgheo

Catch Zcoin's cryptographer Aram at Monerokon where he will be presenting Lelantus, our take on zk proof level privacy without trusted setup and standard assumptions. We look forward to share our ideas and find opportunities to collaborate.

Zcoin's COO, Reuben speaks on Block TV about privacy in cryptocurrencies and how he thinks Libra, will affect the cryptocurrency scene.

https://blocktv.com/watch/2019-06-18/5d08e34610d45-reuben-yap-talks-zcoin-and-privacy-

Zcoin's founder Poramin Insom, quoted in an article on Facebook's Libra coin and whether it prevents censorship

https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/facebook-cryptocurrency-libra-calibra-blockchain-bitcoin-095550584.html

Zcoin's cryptographer Aram Jivanyan will be presenting Zcoin's Lelantus privacy protocol at MoneroKon https://monerokon.com/speaker-list at 23 June that offers ZKP with a relatively simple construction, no trusted setup and DDH assumptions.

We look forward to reaching out to researchers, developers and other people in the privacy space and are hopeful that this will lead to new ideas and constructions to take Lelantus and blockchain privacy tech further.

We are happy to be part of First.VIP's ecosystem to keep our vibrant Chinese community updated of Zcoin's $XZC developments directly on their mobile  with native language support.

Our miner developer djm34 has released a new version of ccminer for Zcoin's MTP with some speed bumps! Support open sourced miners and consider giving a donation to him! https://github.com/zcoinofficial/ccminer/releases

Read about Zcoin's development goals and general direction on a high level in the coming months.

https://zcoin.io/zcoin-and-the-road-ahead/

We have released our cryptographic library for Sigma, Zcoin's $XZC implementation of One-out-of-many-Proofs with a MIT license. 

https://github.com/zcoinofficial/libsigma/

This is an important first step in increasing the use of the Sigma protocol and also mobile/web wallet implementations.

Zcoin Development Update 10 June 2019

Sigma clean up in preparation for mainnet release, further MTP miner improvements, and significant Lelantus proving times improvements.

https://zcoin.io/zcoin-development-update-10-june-2019/

Some pictures from the event

A preview of an early beta of making Zcoin usable nationwide using Thailand’s QR code payment system.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfsgxJ2oz5A

We will be hosting a live stream AMA on Zcoin's Periscope with Poramin Insom and Reuben Yap this Friday! Questions will be selected from our Telegram channel at http://t.me/zcoinproject  We will also have some $XZC giveaways to those who ask good questions!

Reuben will be speaking about Trustless and Simple Zero-Knowledge Proofs at f2pool's 6th anniversary on June 8th in Bangkok.
If you want to attend, RSVP here:

https://www.meetup.com/bitfish-blockchain-meetups/events/261858930/

We have updated our Lelantus paper with updated performance benchmarks that in many cases halves verification time of Lelantus proofs making it much more scalable.

https://eprint.iacr.org/2019/373

In order to promote our dedicated Zcoin Forum, we will be doing spot prize give aways!

There will be prizes for quality posts, posts that showcase your love for Zcoin, and prizes for community members helping each other out.

So register an account, add your Zcoin donation address, under the "about me" section of your profile, and get posting!
https://forum.zcoin.io/