sneak/zcash repository overview

⁠Zcash 1.0.4

⁠What is Zcash?

Zcash⁠ is an implementation of the "Zerocash" protocol. Based on Bitcoin's code, it intends to offer a far higher standard of privacy through a sophisticated zero-knowledge proving scheme that preserves confidentiality of transaction metadata. Technical details are available in our Protocol Specification⁠.

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

⁠Security Warnings

See important security warnings in doc/security-warnings.md⁠.

Zcash is unfinished and highly experimental. Use at your own risk.

⁠Where do I begin?

We have a guide for joining the main Zcash network: https://github.com/zcash/zcash/wiki/1.0-User-Guide⁠

⁠Need Help?

• See the documentation at the Zcash Wiki⁠ for help and more information.
• Ask for help on the Zcash⁠ forum.

Participation in the Zcash project is subject to a Code of Conduct⁠.

⁠Building

Build Zcash along with most dependencies from source by running ./zcutil/build.sh. Currently only Linux is officially supported.

⁠License

For license information see the file COPYING⁠.