PANews reported on April 1 that the Core Foundation announced a partnership with Z Protocol. Z Protocol is a programmable privacy platform for autonomous applications and anonymous activities, and will leverage Core's infrastructure and ecosystem support to accelerate the expansion of its Satoshi Plus licensed blockchain.

Against the backdrop of surging activity on the AI ​​proxy chain, Z is powered by Zcash (ZEC) technology, secured by the Satoshi Plus model, and allows ZEC miners, ZEC holders, and Z token stakers to participate in consensus.

This collaboration is a natural extension of Core as the infrastructure for a revenue-generating system. Z will introduce a fee-based CORE buyback mechanism and provide CORE holders with priority access to airdrops and token distributions. Z is expected to launch in the second quarter of 2026.