Cryptographers just proposed borrowing Zcash’s privacy tech to shield Bitcoin transactions without touching Bitcoin’s core protocol, and Zcash holders are left wondering whether this validates their coin or quietly threatens it.
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On September 25, 2026, a team of researchers from [alloc] init, a cryptography lab in New York, released a proposal aiming to enable Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) users to make private transactions utilizing the cryptography that powers Zcash (CRYPTO: ZEC). Dubbed Shielded Bitcoin, the paper comes as Zcash has surged nearly 96% in a month, reaching its highest level in nearly a…
