PT-2019-18447

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Zcash versions before the Sapling network upgrade 2018-10-28 Description The issue concerns a counterfeiting vulnerability in the key-generation process related to polynomial evaluation for a to-be-proven statement. This allowed a cheating...

Critical Zcash Bug Could Have Allowed 'Infinite Counterfeit' Cryptocurrency

The developers behind the privacy-minded Zcash cryptocurrency have recently discovered and patched a highly dangerous vulnerability in the most secretive way that could have allowed an attacker to coin an infinite number of Zcash ZEC. Yes, infinite… like a never-ending source of money. Launched i...