Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin has donated to Shielded Labs, backing development of Crosslink, a proposed consensus upgrade for Zcash.
The move signals a deepening commitment by Buterin to privacy-preserving infrastructure, as well as growing interest in strengthening finality and settlement guarantees in proof-of-work blockchains.
Thank you to @VitalikButerin for supporting Shielded Labs and Crosslink! A portion of the funding will be used to spin up a persistent incentivized testnet, where users…