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OpenBazaar / OpenBazaar-Client

(DEPRECATED) Front-end Electron application for talking with the OpenBazaar-Server daemon
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[enhancement] support Zcash as currency #1710

Open daira opened 8 years ago

daira commented 8 years ago

Brief Description: Zcash is a Bitcoin-like cryptocurrency that uses zero-knowledge proofs for anonymity: https://z.cash

The launch of the actual currency is planned for September 2016 but there's currently a testnet. The Zcash developers would be happy to help with any queries you have about supporting Zcash in OpenBazaar -- please ask on our Slack channel (I know that some OpenBazaar people are already there). You would probably need our high-level payment API which is not implemented yet, but is planned for August.

Operating System (OS and version): all OpenBazaar version (shown on About OpenBazaar page in menu): future Hardware: all

daira commented 8 years ago

Hmm. Perhaps this should have gone in the server repo. I guess it affects both the client and server. Feel free to move it if it should go elsewhere.

daira commented 8 years ago

OpenBazaar's moderator functionality requires multisig, which isn't directly supported by Zcash for anonymous transactions, but there are workarounds: https://github.com/zcash/zcash/issues/782