Vitalik Buterin Donates to Zcash Project Backing Crosslink Privacy Upgrade
Vitalik Buterin has donated to Shielded Labs to support development of Crosslink, a proposed consensus upgrade for the Zcash network. The funding is intended to help research and engineering work that would expand Zcash’s shielded transaction capabilities and explore link-layer proofs that Crosslink proponents say could improve privacy and interoperability.
Buterin’s involvement brings an influential crypto voice (ETH) to Zcash (ZEC) privacy efforts and could accelerate momentum and external interest. For developers and users, the donation signals increased credibility for research into on-chain privacy, and it may affect how wallets, exchanges, and regulators approach private-transaction networks if Crosslink progresses toward implementation.