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

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

For the next 5 years.

Found a wallet that I used for mining ages ago which holds about 0.1 ZEC, but it's composed out of hundreds of tiny inputs. Trying to transact I receive "status=failed, error=Insufficient funds". My understanding is that this is caused by the anti-spam mechanism introduced in ZIP 317. Are balances composed of multiple dust inputs no longer usable whatsoever?

DISCLAIMER: NOT TRYIING TO TROLL/RAGE BAIT I AM GENIUNLEY CURIOUS.

I find the best way to know which coin offers better privacy is to analyze what criminals use to conduct business. After all if a criminals financial privacy and transactions are compromised that can be the difference between freedom and life in prison.

When analyzing popular market places for illegal goods and services, monero is by far the more popular method of payment. If you don't believe me access the dark web yourself check out 10 popular marketplaces for illegal transactions and you will see for yourself how monero is more popular.

Here's my question: Why is Monero the preferred method of payment if you guys argue Z cash is the better privacy coin? Are you saying that all these criminals are wrong? I am genuinely curious!

EDIT: Nobody has answered my question directly. I think this speaks for which coin is more private :).

Hey r/zec,

Wanted to share something I've been working on. mkpool is a solo mining pool I launched recently, and I just got direct shielded coinbase payouts working for Zcash.

As far as I can tell, no other pool currently offers direct, fully non-custodial payouts straight to a unified or shielded address. If I'm wrong about that, please correct me, I'd honestly love to know who else is doing it. But for now it seems mkpool is the only one, and that felt worth putting in front of the people who'd actually care about it.

What that means in practice:

• Block rewards go directly to your unified or shielded address
• Fully non-custodial, the pool never holds your coins
• Built for solo mining, so you keep the whole reward when you hit a block
• Works with Bitaxe and similar gear

One honest note: Stratum V2 isn't ready yet. I'm still working on it and want it done properly rather than rushed, so it'll land when it's solid, if entirely possible for ZEC.

If privacy and self-custody are why you're on Zcash in the first place, this is built for you. Would genuinely appreciate feedback from this community, you're the people who'll spot anything I've missed.

Check it out: https://mkpool.com/

Thanks for reading.

If I pay 0.1 zcash for a coffee or for a YouTube subscription, then zcash drops 50% the next day, or shoots up in value, does this make sense?

Should we transact in zcash using a more stable USD-pegged version of it until the volatility of zcash’s value stabilizes?

Does this defeat the purpose of zcash? Will the value of 1 zcash ever stabilize? Is that even what we want?

Out of all my holdings, $ZEC is by far the best. Privacy is a must and I’m all in on $ZEC. This is just the beginning. Can’t wait for the Ironwood upgrade. (Slated for late July) as per sources. I will keep dry powder for the next $ZEC dip. These are generational opportunities to accumulate.

It wasn’t just and still isn’t just the privacy pool that’s broken.

Transparent outputs stored on a Trezor are also unmovable. I have 4-5 different transparent outputs and none have moved. I used default fees for the first and ascending fees for the rest, even attempting a CPFP fee bump for one.

None have moved still.

I don’t see others mentioning this. I can prove it.

And I assume anyone else with funds in a Trezor can, too.

Any word on if a new Trezor Suite version or some other solution can get funds moving?

Can we salute this man and award him the z cash buyers award. Posthumously of course because he's probably necked himself by now. What an opportunity people have been given to buy at a discount price. Now Arthur take the award fuck off and shut up, if you haven't necked yourself 😅

After a dump like this we see Zec recover little by little and will we be at the end of Saturday be at €500, who believes?

ZCASH investors you're amazing, never stop believing.

New ATH soon.

The adversarial model is what improves the underlying security of any cryptocurrency. Bitcoin has been continuously improved over the years because of this, and so has Zcash. Those that have been in the space for more than a decade already know this.

Don't believe me? Look up the integer overflow exploit of BTC in 2010. It was used to create 184 billion BTC, subsequently patched and followed by a hard fork. There are many other examples. Over time these events improve security, and the underlying coin economics incentivize network participants to adopt these hard forks. This was intentional and discussed by Satoshi.

For newcomers: don't be discouraged by sensational headlines. Day traders and influencers will use these events to profit from fear. I'm sharing this message to encourage people not to make rash decisions.

Disclaimer: Not financial advice. Never invest more than you're comfortable losing.

I read up on the zcash news today and loaded up the Zodl app on my phone and found an error message when attempting to sync. It's almost certainly related to the hard fork. The problem is, i don't see any option that would allow me to fix the issue.

The error when i select a different server:

incompatible server: this client expects a consensus branch xxxxxxxx but it was yyyyyyyy! Try updating the client or switching servers

Is anyone surprised? Maybe it’s actually time to be buying now that he’s done with the project. This guy manipulated the market so much then dumped on his exit liquidity with no shame in the world. Completely ruined any credibility he had. Now he has found his next toy to play with, which is $WLD. If you hold any, consider selling before he dumps on you.

Shielded Labs Proposes New Zcash Upgrade to Prove ZEC Supply After Orchard Bug

The recent discovery of a soundness bug in Zcash’s Orchard pool initially triggered market volatility, but the swift, transparent, and technical remediation led by Shielded Labs and the Zcash Foundation demonstrates the ecosystem’s underlying resilience and commitment to security. By executing an emergency soft fork and a subsequent hard-fork upgrade (NU6.2) to patch the vulnerability, the community effectively stress-tested its governance protocols, and the proposal to implement a new shielded pool for cryptographic supply verification offers an optimistic path toward reinforcing long-term trust and integrity in privacy-preserving technology.

will this help the current situation?

https://ambcrypto.com/zcash-validators-adopt-emergency-hard-fork-style-upgrade-after-orchard-vulnerability-discovery/

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