Zashi might at some point be an all-inclusive UX hub for Zcash customers — the place they’ll purchase and promote ZEC on a decentralized alternate, defend digital property like Bitcoin or US Treasuries, collateralize ZEC and different shielded property for credit score that can be utilized for funds, stake ZEC for a 5-10% yield, handle their ZEC and different shielded property on a built-for-purpose machine like a {hardware} pockets, take part in voting workout routines, onboard a pal with a easy textual content message, and extra. That is the imaginative and prescient. And launch of a few of these options and capabilities isn’t far off.
However at this time we have fun an epic milestone, Zashi’s debut.
Zashi — ECC’s cell pockets for Zcash — is obtainable now, for the primary time on the App Retailer (iOS), whereas its launch on the Google Play retailer is slated for late April.
Right here’s what’s you’ll discover in Zashi 1.0:
- You possibly can ship and obtain ZEC and shielded memos. (Zashi your mother! Zashi your barista!)
- It’s dependable and quick, and it consists of the flexibility to Spend earlier than Sync.
- The UI is absolutely up to date — easy and clear.
- It helps Sapling and Orchard swimming pools, plus Unified Addresses, a single deal with kind that works throughout all Zcash swimming pools, clear and shielded.
- It has built-in mechanisms for consumer help and developer suggestions.
- And naturally, Zashi is open-sourced, so anybody can construct on it.
Imaginative and prescient and rationale
ECC’s North Star is to ship a world-class consumer expertise for ZEC, and the Zashi pockets is a strategic focus space for the entire firm. We constructed it, and can proceed to enhance it, for a number of causes — not least amongst these is to determine a greater connection to Zcash customers and get perception into their real-world wants and consumer experiences.
From the start, our imaginative and prescient and rationale for releasing and supporting a commercially obtainable Zcash cell pockets included the next:
- ECC, the inventor and a continuous supporter of Zcash, is finest outfitted to ship a pockets that gives an industry-leading consumer expertise for ZEC.
- Constructed-in suggestions mechanisms, and an agile product improvement method, will allow ECC to ship extra options, quicker, than is feasible by our typical observe and cadence of protocol upgrades and hand-off to third-party pockets suppliers.
- An ECC-supported pockets may allow novel partnerships that unlock distinctive options, like integration with cost rails for buying ZEC, swaps with different tokens, and many others.
- An ECC-supported pockets may also allow the testing of experimental pockets and/or protocol options that different industrial wallets aren’t in a position or prepared to help.
- Releasing a product that helps ZEC utility and consumer expertise will allow ECC to higher perceive consumer habits, needs, and wishes by fast suggestions and different mechanisms, e.g., polling.
Constructed by Zcashers for Zcashers
Zashi’s preliminary goal persona is an current ZEC consumer. This particular person has already downloaded and used a cell, desktop, or {hardware} pockets for storing and utilizing ZEC. Word, this particular person might not absolutely perceive Zcash deal with varieties and implications of their use. Their attributes are: idealistic, educated, tech-savvy, and privacy- and security-minded.
Guiding ideas for the Zashi 1.0 design
- It will likely be nice and straightforward to make use of for the typical smartphone consumer — “All my transactions undergo rapidly and reliably.”
- The consumer should really feel comfy that they received’t lose funds resulting from any unintentional errors.
- The UI ought to instill confidence within the consumer.
- The consumer shouldn’t really feel the necessity to consider charges when making a transaction (however Zashi will all the time present visibility).
- The consumer should really feel that the ZEC saved of their pockets is safe from monetary loss.
- The pockets should provide adequate privateness that protects customers from surveillance by most actors in most conditions.
- The consumer shouldn’t have to find out about any new ideas (together with, however not restricted to: notes, actions, transaction dimension, DoS assaults, mud) to make use of Zashi.
- The consumer expertise should cut back friction by minimizing steps or wait occasions to not more than {industry} finest practices for different financial-related cell purposes.
- The pockets should be obtainable to the typical iOS and Android telephone customers.
- The visible design of the pockets should really feel fashionable {and professional}.
- Options will likely be prioritized primarily based on 1) what’s most related to ZEC customers at this time 2) what may transfer the needle as in contrast with different choices out there.
Zashi branding
Individuals have requested, so listed here are some solutions concerning the Zashi title and branding.
Zashi (‘zä-shē, ZAH-she) is a playful spinoff of Zatoshi, which is the results of combining the letter Z, for Zcash, with Satoshi, the title of Bitcoin’s pseudonymous inventor. ECC consulted exterior companies and attorneys within the naming course of, and we carried out branding workout routines and voting — internally and with potential customers.
From our unique naming transient:
ECC’s pockets app wants a reputation with mainstream adoption potential. Tonally, it ought to really feel optimistic and fashionable, and we should always not insist on utilizing [obscure terminology]. We also needs to not insist that the title has a deeper that means. It could actually reference Zcash, however it doesn’t need to explicitly.
Like PayPal or Venmo, the title needs to be one thing folks can use as a verb, like, “Simply PayPal me,” or “Zelle it to me.” (Zashi me!)
With our consumer personas in thoughts, the pockets title and design ought to think about these model attributes: authenticity, belief, range/inclusion, freedom, sustainability, safety, togetherness, enjoyable, new, optimism, reliable, customizable, privateness/consent
The origami-like image within the Zashi brand is supposed to characterize a chook — the idea of freedom. In fact, it’s additionally a letter Z.
Obtain now
The Zashi app that’s obtainable at this time might look very completely different within the close to future, with vastly expanded capabilities and integrations, however v1 is prepared for you at this time, and we’re wanting ahead to listening to from you in your total consumer expertise and what new options you want. So hit the App Retailer, click on that GET button and tell us what you suppose!