Zooko Wilcox, founder of privacy coin Zcash, is looking to accelerate the protocol's upgrade to a hybrid proof-of-stake system after joining Shielded Labs as a product lead. Shielded Labs is an independent Swiss-based organization dedicated to supporting Zcash. Wilcox recently said that after eight years of using PoW mining, Zcash needs to upgrade to a hybrid PoS system. He pointed out that PoW consensus and...