Zcash Protocol Study #8: Signatures, Balance, and Binding

​Session 8 of the Zcash Protocol Study Series, a 13-session guided reading of the Zcash Protocol Specification, run as a sub-series of Zcash Engineering Office Hours.

​Topic: §4.10 and §4.13-4.15: SIGHASH transaction hashing, balance and binding signatures, and spend authorization.

​The zero-knowledge proofs get the fame; the signatures are what tie them to this transaction and keep shielded value conserved. Session 8 is how.

​Live on the Zcash Global Discord stage. Recorded by Zcash Brazil with Portuguese translation.

​PDF: https://zips.z.cash/protocol/protocol.pdf, we're reading §4.10 and §4.13-4.15.

​Full 13-session arc and canonical thread on the Zcash forum:

​https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/protocol-study-series-12-session-guided-reading-of-the-zcash-protocol-specification-starting-april-21/55350

​Hosted by Mark Henderson (@shieldedmark), Shielded Labs.