Zashi could at some point be an all-inclusive UX hub for Zcash customers — the place they will purchase and promote ZEC on a decentralized trade, 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 system like a {hardware} pockets, take part in voting workouts, onboard a good friend 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 the moment we rejoice an epic milestone, Zashi’s debut.
Zashi — ECC’s cell pockets for Zcash — is accessible 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 handle sort that works throughout all Zcash swimming pools, clear and shielded.
- It has built-in mechanisms for person assist 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 person 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 person experiences.
From the start, our imaginative and prescient and rationale for releasing and supporting a commercially accessible Zcash cell pockets included the next:
- ECC, the inventor and a continuing supporter of Zcash, is greatest outfitted to ship a pockets that gives an industry-leading person expertise for ZEC.
- Constructed-in suggestions mechanisms, and an agile product improvement method, will allow ECC to ship extra options, quicker, than is feasible via 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 so forth.
- An ECC-supported pockets will even allow the testing of experimental pockets and/or protocol options that different industrial wallets aren’t in a position or keen to assist.
- Releasing a product that helps ZEC utility and person expertise will allow ECC to raised perceive person habits, needs, and wishes via fast suggestions and different mechanisms, e.g., polling.
Constructed by Zcashers for Zcashers
Zashi’s preliminary goal persona is an current ZEC person. This individual has already downloaded and used a cell, desktop, or {hardware} pockets for storing and utilizing ZEC. Notice, this individual could not absolutely perceive Zcash handle varieties and implications of their use. Their attributes are: idealistic, educated, tech-savvy, and privacy- and security-minded.
Guiding rules for the Zashi 1.0 design
- Will probably be nice and straightforward to make use of for the common smartphone person — “All my transactions undergo shortly and reliably.”
- The person should really feel comfy that they received’t lose funds resulting from any unintentional errors.
- The UI ought to instill confidence within the person.
- The person shouldn’t really feel the necessity to consider charges when making a transaction (however Zashi will at all times present visibility).
- The person should really feel that the ZEC saved of their pockets is safe from monetary loss.
- The pockets should supply ok privateness that protects customers from surveillance by most actors in most conditions.
- The person mustn’t have to study any new ideas (together with, however not restricted to: notes, actions, transaction dimension, DoS assaults, mud) to make use of Zashi.
- The person expertise should cut back friction by minimizing steps or wait occasions to not more than {industry} greatest practices for different financial-related cell purposes.
- The pockets have to be accessible to the common iOS and Android telephone customers.
- The visible design of the pockets should really feel fashionable {and professional}.
- Options might be prioritized based mostly on 1) what’s most related to ZEC customers at the moment 2) what may transfer the needle as in contrast with different choices out there.
Zashi branding
Individuals have requested, so listed below are some solutions concerning the Zashi identify and branding.
Zashi (‘zä-shē, ZAH-she) is a playful by-product of Zatoshi, which is the results of combining the letter Z, for Zcash, with Satoshi, the identify of Bitcoin’s pseudonymous inventor. ECC consulted exterior businesses and attorneys within the naming course of, and we carried out branding workouts and voting — internally and with potential customers.
From our authentic naming transient:
ECC’s pockets app wants a reputation with mainstream adoption potential. Tonally, it ought to really feel optimistic and fashionable, and we must always not insist on utilizing [obscure terminology]. We also needs to not insist that the identify has a deeper which means. It could possibly reference Zcash, however it doesn’t need to explicitly.
Like PayPal or Venmo, the identify must be one thing individuals can use as a verb, like, “Simply PayPal me,” or “Zelle it to me.” (Zashi me!)
With our person personas in thoughts, the pockets identify 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 symbolize a chicken — the idea of freedom. After all, it’s additionally a letter Z.
Obtain now
The Zashi app that’s accessible at the moment could look very totally different within the close to future, with vastly expanded capabilities and integrations, however v1 is prepared for you at the moment, and we’re wanting ahead to listening to from you in your total person expertise and what new options you want. So hit the App Retailer, click on that GET button and tell us what you assume!
