# An Update on Integrating Zcash on Ethereum (ZoE)

DevFeed: [An Update on Integrating Zcash on Ethereum (ZoE)](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/an-update-on-integrating-zcash-on-ethereum-zoe-16800.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.ethereum.org/en/2017/01/19/update-integrating-zcash-ethereum>)

Author: Christian Reitwiessner

Published: 2017-01-19T17:57:54Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Ethereum Foundation Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/ethereum-foundation-blog.md>)

Topics: [Ethereum](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ethereum.md>), [Blockchain](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/blockchain.md>), [zero-knowledge](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/zero-knowledge.md>), [Solidity](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/solidity.md>)

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## AI overview

Ethereum and the Zcash Company report a research collaboration to combine Ethereum's programmability with Zcash's privacy technology. The update describes a Solidity zk-SNARK verifier using Ethereum precompiled contracts and successful verification of a privacy-preserving Zcash transaction on an Ethereum testnet.

## Source excerpt

Members of the Ethereum R&D team and the Zcash Company are collaborating on a research project addressing the combination of programmability and privacy in blockchains. This joint post is being concurrently posted on the Zcash blog, and is coauthored by Ariel Gabizon (Zcash) and Christian Reitwiessner (Ethereum). Ethereum's flexible smart...