Researcher who found Zcash's bug with AI adds Monero to his audit queue
Taylor Hornby, who uncovered the Orchard flaw that sent Zcash down 38%, says other privacy coins are on his list too.
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Security engineer Taylor Hornby, who used Anthropic's Opus 4.8 AI to discover a critical bug in Zcash's Orchard privacy pool, plans to next audit Monero and other privacy-focused cryptocurrencies. The Zcash flaw, present since May 2022, could have allowed unlimited counterfeit ZEC to be minted undetected and prompted an emergency fix after Hornby disclosed it, causing Zcash's price to drop 38%. Hornby was hired by Shielded Labs to find protocol bugs before attackers do and intends to seek a grant to fund further audits.