Zcash Ceremony · October 22–23, 2016
Six witnesses, six secrets to destroy. Before the genesis block, six people in separate places each generated one shard of Zcash's parameters and reported destroying their secret. If even one of them was honest, the combined secret could never be rebuilt. Their story, their footage and the record they left, in five parts.
Part III Watch the ceremony 1:11:30 of the Denver station, from just before the phone anomaly, as three cameras and three microphones recorded it, in seven parts. Switch cameras without losing the moment, or just listen. Play from the start → I The road to the genesis block From Chaum's blind signatures and the cypherpunks to Zerocash: the thirty-four years before the genesis block. 1982 to 2016 · 7 chapters II The people The six witnesses and their pseudonyms, the authors of Zerocoin and Zerocash, and the lineage behind them. 25 people III Watch the ceremony The Denver station in seven parts, the Orlando and D.C. stations' own films, the short film, Snowden's story and the talks. 71 min · 3 cameras · 17 more films and talks IV The record What the ceremony left on the record: footage, transcript, keys, disc images and the Radiolab story, each with licence and source. 12 records V Ten years From the genesis block to NU5, which ended the need for any ceremony, and on to the tenth anniversary. 2016 to 2026 Zcash turns ten on October 28, 2026 32 days
Part IIIWatch the ceremony1:11:30 of the Denver station, from just before the phone anomaly, as three cameras and three microphones recorded it, in seven parts. Switch cameras without losing the moment, or just listen.Play from the start →