diff --git a/kmd/linux/verus-cli/fetch-params.sh b/kmd/linux/verus-cli/fetch-params.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..10bade7cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kmd/linux/verus-cli/fetch-params.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -eu
+
+PARAMS_DIR="$HOME/.zcash-params"
+
+SPROUT_PKEY_NAME='sprout-proving.key'
+SPROUT_VKEY_NAME='sprout-verifying.key'
+SPROUT_URL="https://z.cash/downloads"
+SPROUT_IPFS="/ipfs/QmZKKx7Xup7LiAtFRhYsE1M7waXcv9ir9eCECyXAFGxhEo"
+
+SHA256CMD="$(command -v sha256sum || echo shasum)"
+SHA256ARGS="$(command -v sha256sum >/dev/null || echo '-a 256')"
+
+WGETCMD="$(command -v wget || echo '')"
+IPFSCMD="$(command -v ipfs || echo '')"
+
+# fetch methods can be disabled with ZC_DISABLE_SOMETHING=1
+ZC_DISABLE_WGET="${ZC_DISABLE_WGET:-}"
+ZC_DISABLE_IPFS="${ZC_DISABLE_IPFS:-}"
+
+function fetch_wget {
+    if [ -z "$WGETCMD" ] || ! [ -z "$ZC_DISABLE_WGET" ]; then
+        return 1
+    fi
+
+    local filename="$1"
+    local dlname="$2"
+
+    cat <<EOF
+
+Retrieving (wget): $SPROUT_URL/$filename
+EOF
+
+    wget \
+        --progress=dot:giga \
+        --output-document="$dlname" \
+        --continue \
+        --retry-connrefused --waitretry=3 --timeout=30 \
+        "$SPROUT_URL/$filename"
+}
+
+function fetch_ipfs {
+    if [ -z "$IPFSCMD" ] || ! [ -z "$ZC_DISABLE_IPFS" ]; then
+        return 1
+    fi
+
+    local filename="$1"
+    local dlname="$2"
+
+    cat <<EOF
+
+Retrieving (ipfs): $SPROUT_IPFS/$filename
+EOF
+
+    ipfs get --output "$dlname" "$SPROUT_IPFS/$filename"
+}
+
+function fetch_failure {
+    cat >&2 <<EOF
+
+Failed to fetch the Zcash zkSNARK parameters!
+Try installing one of the following programs and make sure you're online:
+
+ * ipfs
+ * wget
+
+EOF
+    exit 1
+}
+
+function fetch_params {
+    local filename="$1"
+    local output="$2"
+    local dlname="${output}.dl"
+    local expectedhash="$3"
+
+    if ! [ -f "$output" ]
+    then
+        for method in wget ipfs failure; do
+            if "fetch_$method" "$filename" "$dlname"; then
+                echo "Download successful!"
+                break
+            fi
+        done
+
+        "$SHA256CMD" $SHA256ARGS -c <<EOF
+$expectedhash  $dlname
+EOF
+
+        # Check the exit code of the shasum command:
+        CHECKSUM_RESULT=$?
+        if [ $CHECKSUM_RESULT -eq 0 ]; then
+            mv -v "$dlname" "$output"
+        else
+            echo "Failed to verify parameter checksums!" >&2
+            exit 1
+        fi
+    fi
+}
+
+# Use flock to prevent parallel execution.
+function lock() {
+    local lockfile=/tmp/fetch_params.lock
+    # create lock file
+    eval "exec 200>/$lockfile"
+    # acquire the lock
+    flock -n 200 \
+        && return 0 \
+        || return 1
+}
+
+function exit_locked_error {
+    echo "Only one instance of fetch-params.sh can be run at a time." >&2
+    exit 1
+}
+
+function main() {
+
+    lock fetch-params.sh \
+    || exit_locked_error
+
+    cat <<EOF
+Zcash - fetch-params.sh
+
+This script will fetch the Zcash zkSNARK parameters and verify their
+integrity with sha256sum.
+
+If they already exist locally, it will exit now and do nothing else.
+EOF
+
+    # Now create PARAMS_DIR and insert a README if necessary:
+    if ! [ -d "$PARAMS_DIR" ]
+    then
+        mkdir -p "$PARAMS_DIR"
+        README_PATH="$PARAMS_DIR/README"
+        cat >> "$README_PATH" <<EOF
+This directory stores common Zcash zkSNARK parameters. Note that it is
+distinct from the daemon's -datadir argument because the parameters are
+large and may be shared across multiple distinct -datadir's such as when
+setting up test networks.
+EOF
+
+        # This may be the first time the user's run this script, so give
+        # them some info, especially about bandwidth usage:
+        cat <<EOF
+The parameters are currently just under 911MB in size, so plan accordingly
+for your bandwidth constraints. If the files are already present and
+have the correct sha256sum, no networking is used.
+
+Creating params directory. For details about this directory, see:
+$README_PATH
+
+EOF
+    fi
+
+    cd "$PARAMS_DIR"
+
+    fetch_params "$SPROUT_PKEY_NAME" "$PARAMS_DIR/$SPROUT_PKEY_NAME" "8bc20a7f013b2b58970cddd2e7ea028975c88ae7ceb9259a5344a16bc2c0eef7"
+    fetch_params "$SPROUT_VKEY_NAME" "$PARAMS_DIR/$SPROUT_VKEY_NAME" "4bd498dae0aacfd8e98dc306338d017d9c08dd0918ead18172bd0aec2fc5df82"
+}
+
+main
+rm -f /tmp/fetch_params.lock
+exit 0
diff --git a/kmd/mac/verus-cli/fetch-params.sh b/kmd/mac/verus-cli/fetch-params.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..10bade7cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kmd/mac/verus-cli/fetch-params.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,165 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -eu
+
+PARAMS_DIR="$HOME/.zcash-params"
+
+SPROUT_PKEY_NAME='sprout-proving.key'
+SPROUT_VKEY_NAME='sprout-verifying.key'
+SPROUT_URL="https://z.cash/downloads"
+SPROUT_IPFS="/ipfs/QmZKKx7Xup7LiAtFRhYsE1M7waXcv9ir9eCECyXAFGxhEo"
+
+SHA256CMD="$(command -v sha256sum || echo shasum)"
+SHA256ARGS="$(command -v sha256sum >/dev/null || echo '-a 256')"
+
+WGETCMD="$(command -v wget || echo '')"
+IPFSCMD="$(command -v ipfs || echo '')"
+
+# fetch methods can be disabled with ZC_DISABLE_SOMETHING=1
+ZC_DISABLE_WGET="${ZC_DISABLE_WGET:-}"
+ZC_DISABLE_IPFS="${ZC_DISABLE_IPFS:-}"
+
+function fetch_wget {
+    if [ -z "$WGETCMD" ] || ! [ -z "$ZC_DISABLE_WGET" ]; then
+        return 1
+    fi
+
+    local filename="$1"
+    local dlname="$2"
+
+    cat <<EOF
+
+Retrieving (wget): $SPROUT_URL/$filename
+EOF
+
+    wget \
+        --progress=dot:giga \
+        --output-document="$dlname" \
+        --continue \
+        --retry-connrefused --waitretry=3 --timeout=30 \
+        "$SPROUT_URL/$filename"
+}
+
+function fetch_ipfs {
+    if [ -z "$IPFSCMD" ] || ! [ -z "$ZC_DISABLE_IPFS" ]; then
+        return 1
+    fi
+
+    local filename="$1"
+    local dlname="$2"
+
+    cat <<EOF
+
+Retrieving (ipfs): $SPROUT_IPFS/$filename
+EOF
+
+    ipfs get --output "$dlname" "$SPROUT_IPFS/$filename"
+}
+
+function fetch_failure {
+    cat >&2 <<EOF
+
+Failed to fetch the Zcash zkSNARK parameters!
+Try installing one of the following programs and make sure you're online:
+
+ * ipfs
+ * wget
+
+EOF
+    exit 1
+}
+
+function fetch_params {
+    local filename="$1"
+    local output="$2"
+    local dlname="${output}.dl"
+    local expectedhash="$3"
+
+    if ! [ -f "$output" ]
+    then
+        for method in wget ipfs failure; do
+            if "fetch_$method" "$filename" "$dlname"; then
+                echo "Download successful!"
+                break
+            fi
+        done
+
+        "$SHA256CMD" $SHA256ARGS -c <<EOF
+$expectedhash  $dlname
+EOF
+
+        # Check the exit code of the shasum command:
+        CHECKSUM_RESULT=$?
+        if [ $CHECKSUM_RESULT -eq 0 ]; then
+            mv -v "$dlname" "$output"
+        else
+            echo "Failed to verify parameter checksums!" >&2
+            exit 1
+        fi
+    fi
+}
+
+# Use flock to prevent parallel execution.
+function lock() {
+    local lockfile=/tmp/fetch_params.lock
+    # create lock file
+    eval "exec 200>/$lockfile"
+    # acquire the lock
+    flock -n 200 \
+        && return 0 \
+        || return 1
+}
+
+function exit_locked_error {
+    echo "Only one instance of fetch-params.sh can be run at a time." >&2
+    exit 1
+}
+
+function main() {
+
+    lock fetch-params.sh \
+    || exit_locked_error
+
+    cat <<EOF
+Zcash - fetch-params.sh
+
+This script will fetch the Zcash zkSNARK parameters and verify their
+integrity with sha256sum.
+
+If they already exist locally, it will exit now and do nothing else.
+EOF
+
+    # Now create PARAMS_DIR and insert a README if necessary:
+    if ! [ -d "$PARAMS_DIR" ]
+    then
+        mkdir -p "$PARAMS_DIR"
+        README_PATH="$PARAMS_DIR/README"
+        cat >> "$README_PATH" <<EOF
+This directory stores common Zcash zkSNARK parameters. Note that it is
+distinct from the daemon's -datadir argument because the parameters are
+large and may be shared across multiple distinct -datadir's such as when
+setting up test networks.
+EOF
+
+        # This may be the first time the user's run this script, so give
+        # them some info, especially about bandwidth usage:
+        cat <<EOF
+The parameters are currently just under 911MB in size, so plan accordingly
+for your bandwidth constraints. If the files are already present and
+have the correct sha256sum, no networking is used.
+
+Creating params directory. For details about this directory, see:
+$README_PATH
+
+EOF
+    fi
+
+    cd "$PARAMS_DIR"
+
+    fetch_params "$SPROUT_PKEY_NAME" "$PARAMS_DIR/$SPROUT_PKEY_NAME" "8bc20a7f013b2b58970cddd2e7ea028975c88ae7ceb9259a5344a16bc2c0eef7"
+    fetch_params "$SPROUT_VKEY_NAME" "$PARAMS_DIR/$SPROUT_VKEY_NAME" "4bd498dae0aacfd8e98dc306338d017d9c08dd0918ead18172bd0aec2fc5df82"
+}
+
+main
+rm -f /tmp/fetch_params.lock
+exit 0