Privacy advocacy, wallet development, and post-quantum cryptographic research for Zclassic (ZCL).
Built by @VicThor2013 with Claude (Anthropic).
Website: zipherpunk.com
ZipherPunk is a cypherpunk project building privacy-first tools for the Zclassic cryptocurrency ecosystem. Zclassic is a fork of Zcash that removes the 20% founder's reward — 100% of block rewards go to miners. Same zk-SNARK privacy, zero corporate interests.
Privacy-absolute Zclassic wallet. Shielded transactions only (z-to-z). No transparent addresses. No trusted servers.
- Secure Enclave hardware key protection (iPhone 8+, Apple Silicon)
- Embedded Tor via Arti router with .onion hidden service
- Local Sapling zk-SNARK proofs generated on-device (~30 seconds)
- Multi-peer consensus — 8+ peers, 5/8 Byzantine fault tolerance
- Encrypted P2P chat over Tor with in-chat payments
- Full Node mode — embedded zclassicd for complete blockchain verification (macOS)
- Biometric auth — Face ID / Touch ID with auto-lock
- BIP-39 24-word seed recovery
- Swift + Rust, ~87,000 lines of code
Download: GitHub Releases | Source: github.com/ZipherPunk/ZipherX iOS Beta: TestFlight
Multi-platform Zclassic wallet supporting both transparent and shielded (Sapling) transactions. Rust core with native UIs everywhere. No Electron.
- Sapling shielded transactions — full zk-SNARK privacy
- Native desktop (egui) — single Rust binary, no JVM
- Android — Material 3 / Jetpack Compose with biometric auth
- Direct P2P networking — connects to Zclassic nodes directly
- Tor built-in — optional onion routing for network privacy
- Secure storage — Argon2id + AES-256-GCM encrypted wallet data
- BIP-39 24-word seed recovery
- Fast sync via boost files
Download: GitHub Releases | Source: github.com/ZipherPunk/zipherx_multi
Comprehensive quantum computing threat analysis auditing every cryptographic primitive in Zclassic across all protocol layers — transparent, Sapling, Sprout, Proof-of-Work, and network — against Shor's and Grover's algorithms.
- 12 out of 18 primitives are BROKEN by quantum computers
- 6 out of 9 Sapling primitives are vulnerable (including Groth16, Pedersen, Curve25519 ECDH)
- Post-quantum replacement map — ML-DSA-65, STARKs, ML-KEM-768, SHA3-256 (per NIST FIPS 203/204/205)
- 5-phase strategic migration roadmap
- "Harvest now, decrypt later" — passive attacks can deanonymize historical shielded transactions
Read: zipherpunk.com/zclassic-quantum-analysis.html
- No Founder's Reward — 100% of block rewards go to miners
- zk-SNARK Privacy — Groth16 zero-knowledge proofs hide sender, receiver, and amount
- Decentralized — no company, no foundation, community-driven
- Battle-tested — based on Zcash protocol, years of cryptographic research
- Censorship resistant — no one can stop your transaction or freeze your funds
| Website | zipherpunk.com |
| X / Twitter | @VicThor2013 · @ZipherPunk |
| GitHub | github.com/ZipherPunk |
| ZipherX Source | github.com/ZipherPunk/ZipherX |
| ZipherX Multi Source | github.com/ZipherPunk/zipherx_multi |
| Zclassic | zclassic.org |
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Technical content is AI-assisted, may contain errors, inaccuracies, or outdated information, and has not been formally peer-reviewed or audited by a certified third party. The Quantum Threat Analysis is an independent educational research document, not a professional security audit.
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