Zcash founder Zooko Wilcox says an AI-powered security audit of the privacy-focused cryptocurrency found no serious vulnerabilities in its core protocol. The review was conducted using Anthropic’s Claude Mythos model, at the request of Shielded Labs, a Swiss non-profit that supports Zcash development. Wilcox made the claim in an X post on Saturday, adding that the audit did not uncover “any more serious bugs” in the Zcash protocol. The announcement arrives after a separate, well-documented emergency response earlier this month involving Zcash’s Orchard shielded pool. Key takeaways Wilcox said Anthropic’s Claude Mythos audit did not find serious vulnerabilities in Zcash’s protocol, requested by Shielded Labs. Developers temporarily suspended Orchard transactions on June 3 after a vulnerability was found in the shielded pool, then restored functionality via an emergency upgrade. The Orchard issue traced back to a four-year-old forgery bug discovered with help from Anthropic’s Claud...
Zcash founder Zooko Wilcox says a security review of the privacy-focused protocol conducted using Anthropic’s Claude Mythos AI model did not uncover serious issues. The assessment was requested by Shielded Labs, a Swiss non-profit that supports Zcash development. Wilcox shared the result in an X post on Saturday, adding that the audit found “no more serious bugs” in the Zcash protocol. The announcement follows earlier emergency steps taken by Zcash developers in early June after a vulnerability in the network’s shielded pool was identified and addressed. Key takeaways Zooko Wilcox says Anthropic’s Claude Mythos security audit found no serious vulnerabilities in Zcash’s protocol after a Shielded Labs request. In early June, Zcash developers temporarily suspended Orchard shielded pool transactions, then restored functionality the same day via an emergency upgrade. The Orchard issue was linked to a four-year-old forgery bug, discovered with assistance from Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4....