Cryptocurrency ZenCash will soon cease to be anonymous

Cryptocurrency platform Horizen has decided to remove all consensus-level privacy features, after which its native ZEN token will no longer be anonymous. “The current regulatory environment creates issues with the availability and adoption of privacy cryptocurrencies,” the company explained. The privacy of the blockchain itself was provided by the shielded pools of the main Horizen network. They were based on the outdated ZCash Sprout technology. Now the developers of the platform are preparing the ZEN…