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The Researcher Who Found ZEC's Bug Is Now Auditing Monero. Same AI. Same Method. The Zcash Orchard bug was discovered on May 29 by Taylor Hornby, running a custom AI auditing framework with Claude Opus 4.8, released the day before. He wrote a working exploit confirming the flaw locally. The patch shipped June 1. The hard fork activated June 3. As of today, Hornby has added Monero to his audit queue using the same method. That detail is the most significant development in this story and is getting less attention than the ZEC supply audit. The Orchard bug wasn't a Zcash-specific failure. It was a proof of concept for what AI-assisted auditing can find in shielded pool circuits. Hornby moving to Monero signals he believes the methodology generalises. The implications for the privacy coin sector are direct. ZK circuits and shielded architectures are complex enough that human auditors missed this flaw across multiple review cycles over four years. If AI auditing can systematically surface under-constrained circuit elements at this depth, the question has shifted from "did Zcash have a problem" to "how many other privacy protocols have similar flaws that haven't been found yet." The ZEC supply audit drops today and addresses the immediate trust question for ZEC holders. But the broader story has already moved. The method that exposed Orchard is now scanning the privacy coin sector. Share your thoughts in the comments 👇 #ZECOrchardAuditToday $ZEC