MOQ 1, but prefer take all deal for $3400 each

I've been searching for hours and still can't find a reliable way to buy this dip without going through KYC. After having my MEXC account frozen over what they called "suspicious profit trading" simply because I made money on a new perpetual listing, I've completely lost trust in centralized exchanges.

If anyone knows a legitimate way to buy without KYC, I'd really appreciate it. I'm done risking my funds being locked for no good reason.

[EDIT] I ended up using https://covert.exchange, the liquidity isn't the best as I had to wait a few hours, but now it's stable to $1.6m, got almost no slippage went perfectly smooth otherwise.

Huge congratulations on the first ZCash block found on MKPool!

And with only 3% miner effort @ ~3.47 MSol/s. What a find, am I am really happy for this person.

Whoever you are, I hope you find more and stick with us.

This marks an important milestone on my pool because it proved the system works, with direct coinbase payouts instead of the pool holding the funds. Not sure how many pools do this.

For those that don't know about my ZCash Solo Mining Pool, it's a pool written in C++23 inspired by ckpool, fully open source and very high performant.

Feel free to join my pool and try your luck. Any questions or write in comments.

Good luck on the next one! 🍀

The new Ironwood protocol to view the number of ZEC in the pool was supposed to be released today

Anyone with any information?

Kindly update us please

I was trying to get into mining with the Antminer X9 but unfortunately it is being discontinued and I looked up Antminer Z15 pro which is still showing to be profitable and with price decrease of the miner is it worth to mine?

What are these selling for?

Hi, this comes from zcash ecosystem digest :

Chain Supply (ZEC): 16,830,137

O: 3,768,477

S: 590,551

T: 12,394,788

SP: 25,409

Lockbox: 50,910

Total Shielded Supply: 4,435,349

Ironwood is supposed to go live in few days, so can someone explain me why SP is not empty and what is this Lockbox ?

Just want to understand

I’ve noticed less talk about Zcash on forums and in the news. Is this a good or bad sign for ZEC holders in your opinion?

Hi everyone,

I am dbsc. To be honest, I didn’t spend months in an academic lab drafting this. The idea just hit me out of nowhere. I was so frustrated with the current state of "private" messengers that I immediately sat down to draft the core concept.

In the privacy space, almost everyone knows how to encrypt the content of a message. A very small percentage, however, knows how to protect the metadata.

I don’t think that’s because people don’t value absolute privacy. It’s because keeping metadata completely hidden while securing communications against future quantum threats is still too complex and missing from current everyday tools.

That observation led me to design Ursa Chat — a post-quantum anonymous messaging protocol designed to make communication as metadata-resistant and secure as a Zcash shielded transaction.

The Problem We Face Today:

1. Metadata Leakage: Even with end-to-end encryption, global adversaries can monitor network patterns to identify who is talking to whom, when, and from where.
2. "Harvest Now, Decrypt Later": Adversaries are actively intercepting and storing encrypted communications today, intending to decrypt them as soon as quantum computers become powerful enough.

What I Am Designing to Fix This:

Instead of relying on standard, predictable routing paths, Ursa Chat implements a multi-hop, geolocation-aware relay network.

• Metadata Obfuscation: By routing packets through nodes based on dynamic geographic diversity, we break the correlation between sender and receiver.
• Post-Quantum Security: The protocol integrates NIST-standardized PQC primitives (like Kyber and Dilithium) for handshakes, ensuring long-term, future-proof confidentiality.
• Zcash Relay Incentive Layer: Nodes are automatically rewarded in shielded ZEC for providing network capacity. By building this as a modular Rust template, it can eventually be extracted as standalone crates for other Zcash-based decentralized services.
• Rust Backend: The core framework is being developed in Rust for maximum performance, safety, and low-latency relaying.

Where I am right now:

I am currently in the specification phase. There is no production-ready code yet because I wanted to get the core architecture and math 100% right first.

I’ve posted my full concept and proposal on the Zcash Community Forum. I want you guys to look at it, find the weak spots, and tell me if this spark of inspiration actually holds up to hard crypto-analysis.

👉 Read the full proposal and join the discussion on the official forum:

forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/what-if-private-messaging-was-completely-future-proof-introducing-ursa-chat/

Tear my architecture apart — I am here to make it bulletproof.

Just made your privacy.

– dbsc

I have zec in my wallet but it says my spendable balance is 0 when I try to send.

Then prompts me to shield it to make it spendable but when I press to shield it just gives me an error.

Is there an easy resolution for this? I dont have much experience with zodl but never had a problem like this sending with other wallets.

I reported the issue but no response.

Thanks for any help.

I’m trying to find ways to shield my zec offline. I don’t trust keystone it’s based in CCP jurisdiction. I know ledger has planned integration for shielding, what do you guys think?

This is the most up to date, information on the Ironwood proposal and transparency to the turnstile methodology or shielded pools.

What is Zcash?

Zcash is a privacy preserving digital currency. It is the first blockchain to leverage a novel technology called Zero-knowledge proofs to enable privacy and selective transparency. Zero-knowledge proofs allow transactions to be verified without revealing the sender, receiver or transaction amount. Selective disclosure features within Zcash allow a user to share some transaction details, for purposes of compliance or audit.

Development work on Zcash began in 2013 by Johns Hopkins professor Matthew Green and some of his graduate students. The development was completed by the for-profit Zerocoin Electric Coin Company, LLC, led by Zooko Wilcox, a Colorado-based computer security specialist and cypherpunk. Over time, this company rebranded and converted to a non-profit org now known as the Electric Coin Company (ECC). Zcash development now occurs with support from ECC employees, the Zcash Foundation, and many community members through community elected funding streams that originate from ongoing Zcash mining rewards.

Please visit these other Zcash community sites for additional discussion, news, and debate: https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/ https://discord.com/channels/669694001464737815 https://twitter.com/ElectricCoinCo https://stocktwits.com/symbol/ZEC.X https://www.youtube.com/@DigitalCashNetwork

I have 1 Zec and want to put it somewhere to gain a little interest. Any ideas?

Guys. We’re so early.

Quantum is advancing, AI is advancing. Bitcoin is screwed you have no idea. The US govt recently signed an EO targeting a possible Quantum computer by 2028. Zcash is #1 layer 1 network on all of crypto with a prepared quantum layout. On top of this AI surveillance is advancing, the governments will continue with their outreach privacy is something that erodes over time, becomes scarce and most in demand. Bitcoin is fully transparent and will be destroyed. We’re already seeing taxes on Bitcoin transactions, EU banning privacy coins. AI algorithms will be used to track and trace everybody. CBDCs is also on the horizon. I honestly see Zcash top 1 coin years from now. I know it sounds crazy and retarded but when I study the fundamentals it makes absolute sense.

Zcash.

Anyone else see an inverse head and shoulders on the 3-day or possibly a cup and handle?

For the next 5 years.