Zcash founder joins Shielded Labs, pushes for hybrid PoS upgrade
Zooko Wilcox is now the new head of product at Shielded Labs and wants to speed up the protocol’s upgrade to a hybrid PoS consensus mechanism.
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Zooko Wilcox is now the new head of product at Shielded Labs and wants to speed up the protocol’s upgrade to a hybrid PoS consensus mechanism.
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