Zcash (ZEC) Speeds Up Private Transactions by Over 14x with Zakura Common

Zcash's (ZEC) transaction speed just got a major boost thanks to Zakura Common, an open-source cryptographic library developed by Zakura. This innovation slashes private transaction creation times from over three seconds to under 200 milliseconds, making shielded ZEC transfers more than 14x faster on mobile devices.

According to Sean Bowe, the leading developer behind Zakura, 'Shielded wallets that use Zakura Common, and full nodes like Zakura itself, all benefit.' The library's performance gains are substantial across multiple dimensions, with desktop systems achieving over five times the previous speed. Additionally, zk-SNARK verification, the foundation of Zcash’s privacy architecture, performs four to eight times faster.

Zakura Common operates independently of the core Zcash protocol, allowing wallet development teams to incorporate the library immediately without awaiting network-wide consensus upgrades or implementing hard forks. The technology already supports the proposed 25-second block interval planned for NU7, Zcash’s forthcoming major protocol enhancement. Vizor Wallet is among the first external wallet providers to implement the solution.