Lockey

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ZEC interoperability

Optional interoperability with Zcash. Not part of the privacy engine.

Research

Open question under study. The design may change substantially or be dropped.

What it is for

Explore whether Lockey can usefully interoperate with Zcash — starting with viewing-key alignment, which needs no bridge at all.

Lifecycle phases

  • Disclose

Where it stands

  • A desk feasibility report exists. No Zcash node was run and no testnet transaction was made to produce it.
  • Viewing-key alignment is the one part with real value and no interoperability risk: no asset moves.

Open and unresolved

  • Routing is gated: route, liquidity, solver path and failure semantics each need evidence a reviewer can check.
  • A chain adapter alone would not clear that gate.
  • A wrapped ZEC token on an EVM chain is an ordinary ERC-20 — wrapping carries no shielded privacy across a bridge.