Zcash Foundation
The Zcash Foundation is a 501(c)(3) public charity building financial privacy infrastructure for the public good, primarily serving users of the Zcash protocol and blockchain.
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Zcash is a privacy-focused digital currency. Start with the basics, set up a wallet, and see how shielded transactions keep your financial information confidential.
A quick introduction to the privacy-first digital currency and the network behind it.
Visit z.cash →Step-by-step basics for using Zcash for the first time, from choosing a wallet to sending your first transaction.
Read the guide →Learn the difference between shielded and transparent transactions, and why using a shielded wallet matters.
Learn more →Browse the Zcash ecosystem to find wallets, exchanges, and other tools to acquire and store ZEC.
Explore the ecosystem →Understand why the Zcash Foundation exists and the financial privacy infrastructure we build.
Read our mission →Meet the community, ask questions, and see what people are building and discussing.
Visit the forum →Already know your way around Zcash? Go deeper into the protocol, our governance model, and the events and publications that shape the ecosystem.
An overview of everything the Foundation builds and supports across the Zcash ecosystem.
See our work →The Foundation's independent, consensus-compatible implementation of a Zcash node.
Learn about Zebra →A threshold Schnorr signature scheme on the path to IETF standardization, reducing reliance on any single key holder.
Learn about FROST →How protocol decisions get made, and the Foundation's role in supporting a healthy governance process.
Explore governance →Track major protocol governance agreements and decisions as they happen.
Read more →Follow Zcash Improvement Proposals and upcoming network upgrades.
Browse ZIPs →See how everyday ZEC holders help inform Foundation and ecosystem decisions.
Learn about ZCAP →Our annual conference bringing together the privacy-preserving technology community.
See Zcon →Ready to contribute code, research, or infrastructure? Here's where Zcash development happens, and how to get involved.
Documentation for building, running, and contributing to Zebra, the Rust implementation of a Zcash node.
Read the book →Browse the source, open issues, and find "good first issue" labels to start contributing.
View repository →Documentation for the Rust reference implementation of FROST threshold Schnorr signatures.
Read the book →Explore and contribute to the FROST implementation and related tooling.
View repository →Independent, community-run funding for developers building public goods on Zcash.
Apply for a grant →Funding opportunities directly from the Foundation for ecosystem contributors.
See grants →Talk protocol research and development directly with engineers working on Zcash.
Join the Discord →Bi-weekly protocol development meetings tracking deployment logistics and consensus node implementation.
See call details →Our Mission
To help sustain and improve open financial networks that allow anyone and everyone to protect their own privacy, on their own terms. While our primary focus is the Zcash protocol and blockchain, we also support broader applications of zero-knowledge proofs, as well as other approaches to financial privacy.
Powering Zcash
Zebra is the Foundation's independent, consensus-compatible implementation of a Zcash node, currently under development. Zebra can be used to join the Zcash peer-to-peer network, which helps keep Zcash working by validating and broadcasting transactions, and maintaining the Zcash blockchain state in a distributed manner.
https://zebra.zfnd.org/ Get Involved
FROST is a Flexible Round-Optimized Schnorr Threshold signature scheme designed to reduce the interaction between participants who jointly own a private signing key and wish to use this private key to sign a message. Recognized by industry leaders including Coinbase, FROST is a proposed IETF standard, on the path to adoption and standardization. ZF FROST is a reference implementation of FROST two-round threshold Schnorr signatures, written in Rust.
https://frost.zfnd.org/ Get InvolvedWe facilitate a variety of events designed to support collaboration, innovation, and education across the Zcash ecosystem.
Zcon is the annual conference that focuses on privacy-preserving technologies and the broader Zcash community.
View More →Provide developers with opportunities for informal collaboration and networking.
View More →Supports local initiatives to bring financial privacy to underserved communities.
View More →Bi-weekly protocol development meetings focused on tracking upcoming protocol deployment logistics, consensus node implementation issues, and protocol research.
View More →A bi-lateral agreement transferring responsibility, via a donation, for trademark registration, protection and enforcement from the Electric Coin Company to the Foundation.
We release quarterly reports that describe our income and expenditure, with a detailed breakdown of our expenses, and a snapshot of the Foundation's financial position, in terms of liquid assets and liabilities that must be met using those assets. Quarterly reports are published to our blog.