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Jun 5, 2026

Zcash Plunges 38% After AI Discovers Critical Four-Year-Old Counterfeiting Vulnerability in Orchard Shielded Pool

Privacy-focused cryptocurrency Zcash crashed 38% after Shielded Labs disclosed a critical bug in its Orchard shielded pool that could have enabled unlimited counterfeit token creation. The vulnerability, which went undetected for four years, was discovered through an AI-assisted audit using Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.8.

Jun 5, 2026·6 sources
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  • ▪Shielded Labs proposed a network upgrade to deploy a new shielded pool with "turnstile accounting" to allow for independent supply verification
  • ▪Bitcoin developer Peter Todd cited the incident to argue against integrating Zcash-style privacy into Bitcoin, stating the cryptographic risk profile is too high
  • ▪ZEC's price fell from a high of around $635 to an intraday low of $309

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BlockchainsZcash Orchard pool vulnerabilityCrypto market sentimentSmart contract platformsAI securityPrivacy coinsCryptography & hashing