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Zcash developer unveils new wallet amid team departure
Josh Swihart, former CEO of Electric Coin Company, the company that created Zcash, announced the rollout of a new Zcash wallet on Thursday, marking the first major product move following a governance dispute that led the entire ECC team to exit its existing structure tied to Bootstrap. Earlier this week, Swihart said ECC staff were constructively discharged after what he described as growing misalignment with members of Bootstrap’s board, which provides governance oversight as a nonprofit supporting the Zcash ecosystem. He said changes to employment terms and governance constraints made it impossible for the team ... (full story)
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