Zcash Node Team Targets January for Post-Quantum Signatures on Transparent Addresses

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The team behind Zakura , a Zcash full node, said it plans to bring post-quantum signature opcodes to Zcash in January to protect funds held in transparent addresses. In the meantime, it said, wallets can pair a hash-based signature scheme called WOTS with the usual elliptic-curve key to get post-quantum-safe rotating transparent addresses today, though no integrated wallet flow for that exists yet.

Zakura, a Zcash full node built by Valar Group and Project Tachyon, also says private lookups let wallets monitor rotating transparent addresses without revealing which ones they check. The post named no Mainnet activation date.

The post said full post-quantum-safe transparent pools using hash-based signatures are targeted for January. Rotating Addresses, Private Lookups A transparent Zcash address holds a hash of a public key, and spending from it publishes that key, Zakura said.