Zcash developers plan a fix to keep ZEC swaps private from future quantum computers
The team behind Zakura wants every swap through NEAR Intents to get its own key, so a refund address left on NEAR’s public chain can’t expose a user’s wider payment history.
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Summary
- Zakura wants to assign a separate viewing key to every ZEC swap made through NEAR Intents, limiting the payment history that a future quantum computer could uncover from a publicly posted refund address.
- The proposal would keep spending keys with users while using private information retrieval to help wallets locate refunds without revealing which addresses they are checking.
- Zakura says compatible software wallets could adopt the open-source feature within weeks, before Zcash developers’ January target for quantum-resistant payments.
