Zcash’s core development teams are not waiting around. Following the discovery and emergency remediation of a critical counterfeiting vulnerability in the Orchard shielded pool, ZODL, working alongside Tachyon, Valar Group, the Zcash Foundation, and Shielded Labs, has formally proposed Ironwood, a new shielded pool designed to restore every user’s ability to independently verify that Zcash’s circulating supply is sound. The proposal landed via ZODL’s official X account and targets activation for late July 2026, following the zcash end-of-support at block height 3,417,100. The proposal is backed by formal verification, independent audits, and AI-assisted security review, a significantly more rigorous assurance
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