Zcash Core Developer: Ironwood Upgrade Makes Progress, Multiple Organizations Reach Consensus on Key Changes

Odaily Planet Daily News Zcash core developer Sean Bowe provided an update on the Ironwood upgrade, stating that over the past 48 hours, protocol developers from various organizations have held two meetings and reached consensus on multiple specifications and implementation details for Ironwood. These include disabling Orchard pool bundles in Coinbase transactions, using anchors as authentication data for hardware wallet migrations, and the processing order of ZIPs and specifications.

Currently, the Ironwood circuit and ZIP 2005 integration draft are under review. Valar Group has completed testnet setup and implemented some wallet-side changes. Meanwhile, formal verification work is progressing, and the development team plans to hold a meeting tomorrow to determine the final verification strategy. Additionally, at least three major auditing firms are conducting security audits on Orchard, and multiple AI auditing tools have also been deployed simultaneously. Sean Bowe stated that the overall development is progressing smoothly.