Zcash’s Original Builders Split from ECC, Echoing OpenAI and Anthropic Rift

Zcash’s original creators have formally broken away from the Electric Coin Company (ECC) and launched a new independent development entity, marking the clearest structural split in the privacy coin’s history. 

The team announced today that the Zashi wallet will be rebranded as “Zodl,” confirming that Zcash’s flagship wallet and its original engineers now operate outside ECC’s control.

Hi. It's a new day for Zcash!

The entire former ECC team is now Zcash Open Development Lab (ZODL), and we are rebranding the Zashi wallet to Zodl.

You don't need to do a thing, the app will rebrand with the next update.

This is just a start. Big things to come. https://t.co/ljmMzPX4bL