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Market value
$22.7B
Traded in 24 hours
$522.5M
Coins
17.0M ZEC in circulation, and in total
Highest price ever
$3,191.93 28 October 2016
Rank
#10
Price · last 30 days

In its own words

“Zcash is encrypted electronic cash.”

Checked 27 Sep 2026 at z.cash (opens in a new tab)

Published, not verified.

Genesis, Zcash

First block
Blockchair (opens in a new tab)

Block 0. Every later block points back to this one.

Made
28 October 2016, 07:56 UTCBlockchair (opens in a new tab)
Signed by
Electric Coin Co. and Zooko Wilcoxz.cash (opens in a new tab)

The project's own words: “Zcash was invented by a group of scientists and brought to life by Electric Coin Co. and Zooko Wilcox”.

Zcash began with the first
block
of its own chain.
A genesis block. Zcash is the native coin of the Zcash chain, and it began with that chain's first
block
on 28 October 2016. The project's own words: “Zcash was launched in October 2016.” It started its own chain from block 0, so it is not a split.

z.cash (opens in a new tab)

Whitepaper
zips.z.cash/protocol/protocol.pdf
zips.z.cash (opens in a new tab)
Official site
z.cash
z.cash (opens in a new tab)
Show the technical record
First transaction

Its message field starts with the word “Zcash” followed by a hash. It paid nothing: the first block created no coins.

Blockchair (opens in a new tab)
Listed start date
28 October 2016
CoinGecko (opens in a new tab)

Checked 22 Sep 2026. A record of beginnings, not advice. This chain keeps balances hidden by design. Why some chains can't be read

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