Zcash says its cryptocurrency offers greater privacy than well-known alternatives such as Bitcoin. (Courtesy of Zcash)
A cryptocurrency company born in Boulder is ramping up operations in Denver.
Zcash, which said its currency of the same name offers greater privacy than well-known alternatives such as Bitcoin, established a Denver office this year in RiNo’s Industry coworking space.
Zcash founder Zooko Wilcox started developing Zcash in Boulder in 2015. The startup now has 27 employees around the world, and the dozen employees in Colorado picked Denver when deciding where to base the engineering team.
“There is a broad base of growing engineering talent,” said Josh Swihart, Zcash marketing director. “For us, we wanted to be in a place where we could find that talent.”
Zcash founder Zooko Wilcox
ShapeShift, which trades digital assets, expanded its Denver office last year, and blockchain loan startup Salt Lending did the same this spring.
Citing new businesses, meetups and engineering talent, Swihart said Denver is becoming a hotbed for blockchain and cryptocurrency companies.
“San Francisco, New York and Denver seem to be places that are attracting talent and businesses,” he said. “There is a good base of engineering talent in Colorado that’s not maybe as expensive or distracted as you would find in San Francisco or New York.”
Zcash is looking to hire another six people in Denver, but Swihart said the company will continue to keep staffers elsewhere too. He said the startup doesn’t want to be overly concentrated in one location.
“Our goal is not to build some big, heavy infrastructure within the company,” Swihart said. “It would be a negative thing to build out in one location.”
Wilcox developed Zcash as a way to create a digital asset that was fundamentally private, Swihart said. Unlike Bitcoin, Zcash keeps the sender, receiver and amount private, while maintaining a public blockchain, he said.
“It’s seen a ton of interest from institutional investors,” Swihart said. “The privacy aspect of this I think has been increasingly important.”
Zcash says its cryptocurrency offers greater privacy than well-known alternatives such as Bitcoin. (Courtesy of Zcash)
A cryptocurrency company born in Boulder is ramping up operations in Denver.
Zcash, which said its currency of the same name offers greater privacy than well-known alternatives such as Bitcoin, established a Denver office this year in RiNo’s Industry coworking space.
Zcash founder Zooko Wilcox started developing Zcash in Boulder in 2015. The startup now has 27 employees around the world, and the dozen employees in Colorado picked Denver when deciding where to base the engineering team.
“There is a broad base of growing engineering talent,” said Josh Swihart, Zcash marketing director. “For us, we wanted to be in a place where we could find that talent.”
Zcash founder Zooko Wilcox
ShapeShift, which trades digital assets, expanded its Denver office last year, and blockchain loan startup Salt Lending did the same this spring.
Citing new businesses, meetups and engineering talent, Swihart said Denver is becoming a hotbed for blockchain and cryptocurrency companies.
“San Francisco, New York and Denver seem to be places that are attracting talent and businesses,” he said. “There is a good base of engineering talent in Colorado that’s not maybe as expensive or distracted as you would find in San Francisco or New York.”
Zcash is looking to hire another six people in Denver, but Swihart said the company will continue to keep staffers elsewhere too. He said the startup doesn’t want to be overly concentrated in one location.
“Our goal is not to build some big, heavy infrastructure within the company,” Swihart said. “It would be a negative thing to build out in one location.”
Wilcox developed Zcash as a way to create a digital asset that was fundamentally private, Swihart said. Unlike Bitcoin, Zcash keeps the sender, receiver and amount private, while maintaining a public blockchain, he said.
“It’s seen a ton of interest from institutional investors,” Swihart said. “The privacy aspect of this I think has been increasingly important.”
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