{
    "name": "Zcash",
    "website": "https://z.cash",
    "source_code": "https://github.com/zcash/zcash",
    "whitepaper": "https://github.com/zcash/zips/blob/master/protocol/protocol.pdf",
    "explorers": [
        {
            "name": "ZChain",
            "url": "https://explorer.zcha.in"
        }
    ],
    "socials": [
        {
            "name": "Twitter",
            "url": "https://twitter.com/electriccoinco",
            "handle": "electriccoinco"
        },
        {
            "name": "Reddit",
            "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/zec/",
            "handle": ""
        }
    ],
    "details": [
        {
            "language": "en",
            "description": "Launched in 2016 by Zooko Wilcox-O’Hearn and based on the Zerocoin protocol, Zcash (ZEC) is a decentralized and open-source privacy-focused cryptocurrency that enables selective transparency of transactions. Zcash transactions can either be transparent or shielded through a zero-knowledge proof called zk-SNARKs. This allows the network to maintain a secure ledger of balances without disclosing the parties or amounts involved. Instead of publishing spend-authority and transaction values, the transaction metadata is encrypted and zk-SNARKs are used to prove that nobody is being dishonest."
        }
    ],
    "data_source": "crowd"
}