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the zcash fork
we took Zcash, deleted everything that wasn't load-bearing, and put it on Solana. the recent mint bug? architecturally impossible here.
// WHAT WE REMOVED
UPSTREAM ZCASH
- Sprout pool
- Sapling pool
- turnstile migration
- pool-to-pool accounting
- bespoke L1 maintenance
- upgrade authority
THE ZCASH FORK
- one Orchard-style pool
- Halo 2 proofs (no trusted setup)
- 3 instructions, total
- Σ supply check, every block
- Solana settlement · 400ms
- no admin, no upgrade key
// THE THESIS
simplicity is the audit.
every line you keep is a line that can be wrong. so we kept almost none.
≈ 480
LINES OF PROGRAM CODE
the entire on-chain program fits in a single file. less code, less surface, fewer places for an exploit to hide.
1
SHIELDED POOL
the 2025 bug lived in the seams between Zcash's three historical pools. we have one. there are no seams.
Σ ok
SUPPLY CHECK / BLOCK
validators reject any block that doesn't conserve shielded value. you don't wait for a researcher to notice — the chain does.