Zcash Patches Flaw That Could Have Exposed 25,000 ZEC in Sprout Pool
The privacy-focused cryptocurrency project said a long-running bug dating to July 2020 was fixed in software version 6.12.0, with major mining pools upgrading within days after disclosure on March 23.
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Terms & Concepts
- Mining pool: A group of miners that combine computing power and share block rewards based on participation.
- Sprout pool: An older Zcash shielded pool tied to its deprecated privacy system, no longer the project’s current standard.
- ZEC: The native cryptocurrency of Zcash, used for transactions and network-related activity.