Zcash to Hold Hackathon on March 17th

Zcash has announced the Zcash x Near Intents hackathon, scheduled to occur from March 17 to March 28. The event will explore how autonomous AI agents can interact with ZEC to create self-sovereign, private financial tools.The hackathon will focus on mentorship, resources, and community to advance developments in privacy-focused financial technology. Refer to the official tweet by ZEC: 📢 Zcash x Near Intents Hackathon🗓️ 3/17 – 3/28, 2025Mentorship. Resources. CommunityThis hackathon challenges builders to explore how autonomous AI agents can interact with to create self-sovereign, private financial tools.ZEC InfoZcash is a decentralized open-source cryptocurrency that provides privacy and selective transparency of transactions.One distinctive feature of Zcash is its ability to ensure transaction privacy. While most blockchains, including Bitcoin, record transaction details in a public ledger (blockchain), Zcash offers a feature called “shielded transactions” that allows hiding transaction information, including sender, recipient, and transaction amount.Zcash achieves a high level of confidentiality through the utilization of zero-knowledge proof protocols (zk-SNARKs).