[ANN] Firo (FIRO) - Implementing ZKP privacy without trusted setup

[cbcbct]

It is good to know that Zcoin has part of its plans to help African women, and I nearly fall in love with the beautiful girl above. Additionally, the Zcoin Sigma protocol is pontentially improve privacy of Zcoin and might make it become one of the best private coins in crypto. Months to come are very important to see how Zcoin will grow and expand its ecosystem with Sigma protocol impacts.

[zcoinofficial]

We are proud to finally release Zcoin 13.8.1 which will activate our Sigma privacy protocol on block 182,030 or approximately 23 July 2019. This release is a culmination of work that began in early 2018 and a testnet launch in early May 2019.

https://zcoin.io/zcoins-sigma-is-released/

[kissubaby]

This is a great achievement and took 1.5 years of hard work.  Remove the trusted setup, and reduction in proof size.  Lets all sigma mint, and do our transaction with privacy in a secured, decentralized and borderless environment.

[kissubaby]

Zcoin is happy to contribute to helping young women in Africa meet their menstrual needs as part of the #PinkCareToken alliance with BinanceBCF. Help end #periodpoverty by donating to https://www.binance.charity/period-poverty/

This is beautiful!

[Edlack]

We are proud to finally release Zcoin 13.8.1 which will activate our Sigma privacy protocol on block 182,030 or approximately 23 July 2019. This release is a culmination of work that began in early 2018 and a testnet launch in early May 2019.

Thank you for the great technical job.
Is this release a mandatory upgrade for ZNodes reward ?
We will loose rewards if we make the upgrade only mid-August ?

[pinpins]

 
You can mine ZCoin at  autoexchange mining pool Zergpool.com at 0.5% fee. Please use following commands for different mining options
 
Option 1 Auto coin switch by profitability within algorithm with payment to wallet

Code:

 -o stratum+tcp://mtp.mine.zergpool.com:3000 -u <YOURBTCWALLET> -p c=BTC 

Option 2 Direct coin mining to coin wallet

Code:

 -o stratum+tcp://mtp.mine.zergpool.com:3000 -u <YOURXZCWALLET> -p c=XZC,mc=XZC

Option 3 Direct coin mining with autoexchange to specified coin wallet

Code:

 -o stratum+tcp://mtp.mine.zergpool.com:3000 -u <YOURBTCWALLET> -p c=BTC,mc=XZC

Please note mc stands for mining coin symbol, c stand for payout coin symbol

Autoexchange to BTC, LTC, DASH, BCH or any other currency we mine
Happy mining,
 cheers pinpin

[kissubaby]

We are proud to finally release Zcoin 13.8.1 which will activate our Sigma privacy protocol on block 182,030 or approximately 23 July 2019. This release is a culmination of work that began in early 2018 and a testnet launch in early May 2019.

Thank you for the great technical job.
Is this release a mandatory upgrade for ZNodes reward ?
We will loose rewards if we make the upgrade only mid-August ?

This is a mandatory upgrade for Znode.  No upgrade no reward!

[Edlack]

We are proud to finally release Zcoin 13.8.1 which will activate our Sigma privacy protocol on block 182,030 or approximately 23 July 2019. This release is a culmination of work that began in early 2018 and a testnet launch in early May 2019.

Thank you for the great technical job.
Is this release a mandatory upgrade for ZNodes reward ?
We will loose rewards if we make the upgrade only mid-August ?

This is a mandatory upgrade for Znode.  No upgrade no reward!

Thank you for the reply.

[zcoinofficial]

Zcoin’s privacy comparison post has been updated to include Sigma and Letantus



https://zcoin.io/zcoins-privacy-technology-compares-competition/

[milugau]

Zcoin is one of pioneers in terms of improve privacy for crypto users. From the article above, I read and found that Zcoin's algorithm has some advantages to over-perform others private coins. It will take time for crypto comunity to really catch the idea of Zcoin and their team's approach to increase privacy.

[zcoinofficial]

Preparing for 13.8.2 release, cleanup and refactoring of Sigma code and GUI code.

https://zcoin.io/zcoin-dev-update-15-july-2019/

[zcoinofficial]

You can now buy, sell, and trade Zcoin $XZC for USDT on the Indian exchange WazirX.

https://wazirx.com/exchange/XZC-USDT

[zcoinofficial]

An introduction to Zcoin $XZC, why privacy on the blockchain is important and a showcase of the technology we use to solve it.

https://youtu.be/Zoit5-1L4HA

[zcoinofficial]

We have released Zcoin v0.13.8.2 which is a mandatory update (even if you're on 0.13.8.1).  We had to do a parameter change to a Sigma building block to ensure the public can verify that it was generated randomly.

Note the new hard fork date on the 30 July!

https://zcoin.io/zcoin-sigma-mandatory-update-13-8-2-and-activation-on-30-july/

[zcoinofficial]

All Zcoin holders should note that the upgrade to 13.8.2 is mandatory even if you’re on 13.8.1. Nodes and wallets on 13.8.1 will be banned from the network on the 22 July.

[zcoinofficial]

Listen to Reuben Yap, Zcoin's COO get interview about Thai Elections, Chainlocks and Smart Assets on The Crypto Show

https://soundcloud.com/heryptohow/reuben-yapp-of-zcoin-thia-elections-chain-locks-and-smart-assets-oh-my?fbclid=IwAR3BTWU0w_cqrSkqUIoEAwM0c__TbnhhQTSFoALoSrL7wi5gjfK51p2e08M

[versprichnix]

Any hint how to transfer anonymous zerocoins from the old wallet (v0.13.7.10) to the new one (v0.13.8.2)?

I cannot send it from the old one (functionality has been disabled), and cannot see them in the new one (Sigma).

[Coin++]

All Zcoin holders should note that the upgrade to 13.8.2 is mandatory even if you’re on 13.8.1. Nodes and wallets on 13.8.1 will be banned from the network on the 22 July.

I find it particularly dishonest to publish an obligatory update on July 18th (0.13.8.2) and to leave only 3 days (July 21st) for the owners of masternodes to make their updates.

I have already made the update 0.13.8.1 to be quiet during the next fork and it will not prevent my masternodes from banis ...
I do not have access to my masternodes before 2 weeks: all my masternodes will be banned ? ?? Why

This is not how to respect a community that is in the project since its inception and invested heavy money in ZNodes !
I am very disappointed.

The fork must be delayed so as to leave at least 1 month to the holders of masternodes to update them.
If the mandatory version 0.13.8.2 is dated July 18th, the fork must be after August 18th : simple, and it should be not an option but a rule to respect the ZCoin community.

[zcoinofficial]

Use Zcoin to get free wine at Boozeat

https://zcoin.io/use-zcoin-to-get-free-wine-at-boozeat/

[zcoinofficial]

Meet Reuben and Aram who will be presenting at Defcon 2019, the world's largest hacker conference in Las Vegas as part of Monero Village to discuss about Zcoin's experiences and lessons in dealing with cryptographic vulnerabilities along with sharing about our Sigma and Lelantus privacy protocols!

https://monerovillage.com/dc27/schedule/