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Zcash is an implementation of the "Zerocash" protocol.Based on Bitcoin's code, it intends to offer a far higher standard of privacythrough a sophisticated zero-knowledge proving scheme that preservesconfidentiality of transaction metadata. Technical details are availablein ourProtocol Specification.

This software is the Zcash client. It downloads and stores the entire historyof Zcash transactions; depending on the speed of your computer and networkconnection, the synchronization process could take a day or more once theblockchain has reached a significant size.

See important security warnings on theSecurity Information page.

Zcash is experimental and a work-in-progress. Use at your own risk.

This release is considered deprecated 16 weeks after the release day. Thereis an automatic deprecation shutdown feature which will halt the node sometime after this 16 week time period. The automatic feature is based on blockheight.

Please see ouruser guide for joining the main Zcash network.

• 📘 See the documentation at theReadtheDocsfor help and more information.
• 📨 Ask for help on theZcash forum.
• 🔍 Chat with our support community onRocket.Chat

Participation in the Zcash project is subject to aCode of Conduct.

Build Zcash along with most dependencies from source by running:

./zcutil/build.sh -j$(nproc)

Currently only Linux is officially supported.

For license information see the fileCOPYING.