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Research
9Alex Sol node security research
Alex Sol’s independent vulnerability research across zcashd and Zebra. The retroactive application covers the researcher’s disclosed findings, separate from the node maintainers’ remediation work.
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Temporary Detectable Unlimited mint and sell ExploitAcceptance evidenceNot linked1 paid entry to review
ECC prototypes and experiments
Historical experiments under zcash-hackworks, including early cryptography, JavaScript primitives, cross-chain and test-network demonstrations. Readiness and archived status vary by repository.
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Latest activityNo dated record linked
Acceptance evidenceNot linkedNo paid entries linked
Ironwood external security audits
External security reviews coordinated by Valar Group during the Ironwood response. The reimbursement application covers third-party audits and AI review costs, separately from Valar Group development and Zakura-only work.
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Ironwood external audit re-imbursementAcceptance evidenceNot linked1 paid entry to review
Ironwood human-readable proof
Ariel Gabizon’s planned mathematical exposition of the Bulletproofs argument used in Ironwood verification, beginning with a short paper and LaTeX source. This grant is separate from the machine-checked verification award.
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approved · Human readable version of Ironwood formal verification, first steps - bulletproofs in the AGMAcceptance evidenceNot linked1 paid entry to review
Oblivious Message Retrieval
Research implementation of private message retrieval intended to help Zcash light clients. Published code is not evidence of wallet integration or production readiness.
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Oblivious Message Retrieval · Funds ReturnedAcceptance evidenceNot linked3 paid entries to review
Orchard vulnerability research
Taylor Hornby’s responsible disclosure of the Orchard counterfeiting vulnerability. The grant is an individual research award, distinct from funding the Orchard library or any organization’s general development.
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Orchard Counterfeiting Vulnerability Bug BountyAcceptance evidenceNot linked2 paid entries to review
Zcash Browser Feasibility Benchmarks
ChainSafe's isolated browser benchmarks for block retrieval, trial decryption, tree synchronization, and proving feasibility. This research prototype predates WebZjs and is not a complete end-user wallet.
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ZCash SDK Feasibility Study [JS/TS] · Milestone 1Acceptance evidenceNot linked1 paid entry to review
Zcash Wallet Formats
Wallet-format survey and interoperability work for Zcash wallet migration.
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- 0
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- 0
Latest activityNo dated record linked
Acceptance evidenceNot linkedNo paid entries linked
Zebra vulnerability research
Independent security research concerning Zebra consensus and node vulnerabilities. Awards belong to the named researchers and scopes, not to the Zcash Foundation or all Zebra development.
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- 2
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- 2
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Zebra Critical Vulnerability Bug Bounty (CVE-2026-34202)Acceptance evidenceNot linked2 paid entries to review
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