Zcash, a cryptocurrency recognized for its approach to privacy, has announced the withdrawal of its original base code, ZCASHD, scheduled for this year 2025.
Zooko Wilcox is Co-Founder and former executive director of Electric Coin Company (the company behind Zcash’s development), and mentioned this announcement on social network X. So he said that the transition would be made to “rewritten, safer, better” base code than “inherited from Nakoshi satoshi nakamoto”.
The ZCASHD software served as the full node and the backbone of the ZCASH wallet. The exchange consists of two new components. Focused on Zebrad, Zec wallets designed for full nodes and Zallets.
ZCASHD user version 6.2.0 or higher must add a specific configuration line (I-AM-AWARE-CCASHD-WILL-BE-REPLACED-BY-EZEBRAD-and-ZALLET-in-2025 = 1).
The ZCASH statement also warns of some of the JSON-RPC methods used to interact with the software, which may require modifications, or may not be compatible with new code. Zcash encourages the community to inform Regarding the use that we offer today for these methods. This process can be performed via spreadsheets available on the Support Site. The team emphasizes the importance of this collaboration for fluid migration.
Impact on the ZCASH community
The withdrawal of ZCASHD has a great deal of implications for users and developers who rely on the current ZCASH infrastructure. Nodes and portfolio users must update their systems and, in some cases, adapt their applications to ensure compatibility with Zebrad and Zallet.
Cryptonotics reported this week that ZEC is at risk of withdrawing from Binance, the most relevant cryptocurrency exchange today. However, its approach to updating its technological infrastructure is pointing to ZCASH’s decision to stay at the forefront of the cryptocurrency space, especially when it comes to privacy, thanks to technologies such as ZK-snarks.
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