Electric Coin Company
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Electric Coin Company is the for-profit firm that created and maintains the privacy-focused cryptocurrency Zcash, developing its underlying cryptographic technology and protocol.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Electric Coin Company canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9029552 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Electric Coin Company Context triple: [Zcash, wasDevelopedBy, Electric Coin Company]
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A.
U.S. Gold
U.S. Gold was a British video game publisher known for importing and distributing popular American computer and console games in Europe during the 1980s and early 1990s.
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B.
International Silver Company
International Silver Company was a prominent American manufacturer and conglomerate of silver and silver-plated wares, historically based in Meriden, Connecticut.
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C.
United States Silver Corporation
United States Silver Corporation is a U.S.-based mining company primarily engaged in the exploration and production of silver.
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D.
The Franklin Mint
The Franklin Mint is a private mint and collectibles company best known for producing limited-edition coins, medals, die-cast models, and other commemorative items for collectors.
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E.
Royal Mint
The Royal Mint is the official institution responsible for producing the United Kingdom’s coinage and other official medals and bullion products.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Electric Coin Company Target entity description: Electric Coin Company is the for-profit firm that created and maintains the privacy-focused cryptocurrency Zcash, developing its underlying cryptographic technology and protocol.
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A.
U.S. Gold
U.S. Gold was a British video game publisher known for importing and distributing popular American computer and console games in Europe during the 1980s and early 1990s.
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B.
International Silver Company
International Silver Company was a prominent American manufacturer and conglomerate of silver and silver-plated wares, historically based in Meriden, Connecticut.
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C.
United States Silver Corporation
United States Silver Corporation is a U.S.-based mining company primarily engaged in the exploration and production of silver.
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D.
The Franklin Mint
The Franklin Mint is a private mint and collectibles company best known for producing limited-edition coins, medals, die-cast models, and other commemorative items for collectors.
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E.
Royal Mint
The Royal Mint is the official institution responsible for producing the United Kingdom’s coinage and other official medals and bullion products.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cryptocurrency company
ⓘ
for-profit company ⓘ technology company ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
ECC
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Zcash Company ⓘ
linked to:
Zcash Company (now Electric Coin Company)
|
| collaboratesWith | Zcash Foundation ⓘ |
| contributesTo | open-source Zcash software ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| develops |
Zcash protocol
ⓘ
linked to:
Zcash
cryptographic technology for Zcash ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
applied cryptography
ⓘ
blockchain technology ⓘ privacy-preserving cryptocurrencies ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn
ⓘ
linked to:
Zooko Wilcox-O’Hearn
|
| foundedTo | develop and launch Zcash ⓘ |
| fundingModel | receives a portion of Zcash block rewards ⓘ |
| governs | Zcash trademark ⓘ |
| hasGoal |
advancing privacy in digital payments
ⓘ
developing secure, privacy-preserving financial infrastructure ⓘ |
| headquartersCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| headquartersLocation | Colorado ⓘ |
| industry |
computer security
ⓘ
cryptocurrency ⓘ financial technology ⓘ |
| keyPerson |
Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn
ⓘ
linked to:
Zooko Wilcox-O’Hearn
|
| legalForm | for-profit corporation ⓘ |
| maintains |
Zcash protocol
ⓘ
linked to:
Zcash
Zcash reference implementation ⓘ |
| operatesIn | global cryptocurrency market ⓘ |
| product | Zcash ⓘ |
| publishes |
Zcash protocol specifications
ⓘ
research on zero-knowledge proofs ⓘ |
| researchArea |
privacy-preserving blockchain protocols
ⓘ
scalable zero-knowledge proofs ⓘ |
| roleInEcosystem |
core Zcash developer
ⓘ
creator of Zcash ⓘ |
| specializesIn |
privacy engineering
ⓘ
zero-knowledge cryptography ⓘ |
| supports |
Zcash network
ⓘ
linked to:
Zcash
|
| usesTechnology |
zero-knowledge proofs
ⓘ
zk-SNARKs ⓘ |
| website | https://electriccoin.co/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Electric Coin Company Description of subject: Electric Coin Company is the for-profit firm that created and maintains the privacy-focused cryptocurrency Zcash, developing its underlying cryptographic technology and protocol.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.