Zcash was found to have a critical vulnerability through AI-assisted auditing, leading to a sharp drop in ZEC. The vulnerability existed in the Orchard privacy pool, theoretically allowing unlimited ZEC forgery that would be difficult to detect through conventional methods. The official statement claims the issue has been fixed, and there’s no evidence that the 21 million supply cap was affected, but the market remains concerned about whether it was exploited in the past. This crisis tests both Zcash’s code and the market’s confidence in the supply credibility of privacy coins. zcash:native