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Zcash Developer Resources
A builders manual for Zcash. By builders, for builders.
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Learn Zcash Development
Explore the official documentation and learn the basics of Zcash technology.
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Follow step-by-step tutorials to build on Zcash, from creating wallets to integrating Zcash into your applications.
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Get up and running with Zcash development quickly. Learn installation, configuration, and basic operations.
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Introductions
- Intro to Zcash
Learn about Zcash, its history, and its core principles.
- Intro to ZEC
Discover the use cases and benefits of ZEC, Zcash native cryptocurrency.
- Intro to Zebra
Understanding how Zebra powers the Zcash network with a modular and secure Rust-based implementation
- Intro to Lightwalletd
Understanding the lightwalletd project—a scalable server written in Go that efficiently serves compact blockchain data to Zcash light clients via gRPC.
Fundamentals
- Address Encoding
Learn how Zcash addresses and keys are encoded.
- Transactions
Understand how transactions work in Zcash.
- Fees
Learn about transaction fees and how they are calculated.
- Nodes (zcashd)
Set up and manage Zcash nodes using zcashd.
- Nodes (zebrad)
Explore Zebra, an alternative Zcash node implementation.
- Lightwallet Servers
Learn about lightwalletd, a lightweight Zcash wallet server.
- Block Explorers
Explore Zcash blockchains using block explorers.
- Shade Agent- Notion
Learn about Shade Agents—the first truly autonomous AI agents on NEAR—powered by secure TEEs and decentralized Chain Signatures to manage assets, access LLMs, and execute multichain transactions independently.
Advanced
- Intro to the Stack
Understand the architecture and components of the Zcash stack.
- Intro to Zingolib
Understanding the zingolib repository—a Rust-based API and CLI for interacting with zcashd via Lightwalletd.
- Development Guidelines
Follow best practices for developing on Zcash.
- Aborist Calls Page
The Zcash Arborist Calls are bi-weekly protocol development meetings focused on tracking upcoming protocol deployment logistics, consensus node implementation issues, and protocol research.