(SeaPRwire) – As artificial intelligence drives both an increase in on-chain activity and heightened surveillance, Z provides a platform for both human and automated agents to conduct anonymous operations within integrated, autonomous applications.
George Town, Cayman Islands, March 31, 2026 — Z Protocol (“Z”), a privacy-focused, programmable platform designed for autonomous applications and anonymous transactions, has announced a strategic partnership with Core Foundation, the organization behind the Core blockchain and the Satoshi Plus consensus mechanism. Through this collaboration, Z will leverage Core’s established infrastructure and receive support from the Foundation to scale the Satoshi Plus model.
Z was developed to address the convergence of two major trends: the rise of AI-driven surveillance and the increasing reliance on AI agents for on-chain tasks.
Because these agents perform actions for users at a high volume, they create significantly more observable data. Simultaneously, AI technology makes analyzing this data nearly cost-free, effectively turning everyday interactions into a permanent trail that can expose the humans behind them. Z is built to address this challenge. By utilizing Zcash technology, Z allows autonomous systems to function with full anonymity.
In practice, Z incorporates three fundamental design pillars at the protocol level:
- Privacy: Assets are maintained within a shielded pool where balances remain private. Every interaction with an application is routed through a unique stealth address that cannot be linked to the user’s identity, after which assets return to the pool. Since no two interactions share an address, the activity cannot be traced back to the original actor.
- Tooling: Z offers standardized interfaces, integrations tailored for specific applications, and secure execution environments. This includes session-based permissions with defined constraints—such as time limits, spending caps, and restricted contract access—enabling users to set parameters while their autonomous systems operate within them.
- Coordination: The Zcosystem is designed for fluid activity across applications, functioning as a vertically integrated layer that includes private lending (Z Lend), trading (Z Trade), stablecoins (USDZ), and staking (stZEC), among other features.
Z is secured via a Zcash-based version of the Satoshi Plus model, which facilitates participation from ZEC holders, ZEC miners, and Z token stakers.
Kieran Dennis, an initial contributor to Core, is moving to Z Protocol as a Co-Founder to oversee its development, strategy, and market entry.
“AI agents are currently the most vulnerable participants on-chain, yet they are the least prepared for it. They execute transactions at a scale humans cannot match, and every one of those transactions serves as a permanent record of their principal’s finances, relationships, and strategies,” stated Kieran Dennis, Co-Founder of Z and Core Initial Contributor. “To ensure privacy for humans, you must first provide their agents with private channels. That is what Z does.”
This partnership is a logical extension of Core’s mission to provide infrastructure for revenue-generating systems. As part of the agreement, Z is implementing mechanisms that align with the broader Core ecosystem, such as using transaction fees to buy back CORE tokens and providing CORE holders with preferential access to early token distributions and airdrops.
“Core’s Revenue Roadmap is focused on supporting systems that generate revenue,” noted Brendon Sedo, an initial contributor to Core. “Z integrates seamlessly into this roadmap by extending Core’s infrastructure to Zcash, which creates more value for CORE token holders.”
Scheduled for a Q2 2026 launch, Z aims to put latent ZEC capital to work through a vertically integrated, revenue-generating, and privacy-preserving application stack.
About Z Protocol
Z is a privacy platform designed for AI agents and their human counterparts. Utilizing Zcash, Z offers a vertically integrated suite of autonomous applications for anonymous activity, including private trading (Z Trade), borrowing and lending (Z Lend), a private stablecoin (USDZ), yield-bearing private dollars (yUSDZ), and liquid staking (stZEC/stZ). Z is secured by the Zcash Satoshi Plus (ZSP) consensus, which brings together ZEC holders, ZEC miners, and Z token stakers.
About Core
Core is a blockchain network that acts as a revenue and coordination layer for protocols and products centered on Bitcoin. Since its 2023 launch, Core has prioritized the development of revenue-generating protocols that provide value to its ecosystem, particularly regarding Bitcoin-based use cases like collateral utilization and yield generation. Core has also led the way in self-custodial Bitcoin staking, with over $150 million in BTC currently staked.
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