What it is
Zcash is a cryptocurrency with two kinds of address. A private address hides the sender, the receiver and the amount. A transparent address shows all three. It launched on 28 Oct 2016. The supply is fixed at 21 million ZEC, and the blocks are mined.
The amount in circulation on the next card is from the price list, not from Zcash's site.
- Source: Zcash basics, Zcash documentation · read 21 Oct 2026
Technical detail
The history section runs to about 2020, so later changes were not taken from it. The page was not opened again on 26 Oct 2026. Who can change the rules was not added. Two supply figures that were not reconciled are not repeated.