Latest News and Articles about Orchard Pool

Zcash Slumps 45% After Critical Orchard Privacy Flaw Sparks Counterfeit ZEC Fears

5 June 2026 Daily Feed Orchard Pool, Privacy Coins, Zcash, Zero-Knowledge Proofs

Zcash took a brutal hit after researchers disclosed a critical flaw in the Orchard shielded pool, a privacy system that could have theoretically allowed counterfeit ZEC to be created. ZEC fell about 45% to around $309 Orchard shielded pool vulnerability raised counterfeit token concerns Security researcher Taylor Hornby found the flaw during a commissioned audit […]

Zcash Orchard Bug Could Have Minted Unlimited ZEC, Triggering Supply Integrity Fears

5 June 2026 Daily Feed AI-Assisted Auditing, Formal Verification, Orchard Pool, Zcash

Zcash was hit with a nasty reminder that privacy and supply integrity have to work together, or confidence starts leaking fast. A critical flaw in the Orchard shielded pool could have allowed unlimited counterfeit ZEC to be minted without detection, and because Orchard hides transaction details by design, nobody can now cryptographically prove whether the […]