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The only upstream change relative to the previous commit is that the various Zcash-specific dependencies have been pulled into a cargo workspace. The dependecies in the workspace use the same commits as the crates we had previously vendored. The patches are necessary to handle the fact that cargo requires that dev dependencies are available even if not used, and we would otherwise need to vendor all the underlying crates.
Zcash 2.0.1
What is Zcash?
Zcash is an implementation of the "Zerocash" protocol. Based on Bitcoin's code, it intends to offer a far higher standard of privacy through a sophisticated zero-knowledge proving scheme that preserves confidentiality of transaction metadata. Technical details are available in our Protocol Specification.
This software is the Zcash client. It downloads and stores the entire history of Zcash transactions; depending on the speed of your computer and network connection, the synchronization process could take a day or more once the blockchain has reached a significant size.
🔒 Security Warnings
See important security warnings on the Security Information page.
Zcash is experimental and a work-in-progress. Use at your own risk.
📒 Deprecation Policy
This release is considered deprecated 16 weeks after the release day. There is an automatic deprecation shutdown feature which will halt the node some time after this 16 week time period. The automatic feature is based on block height.
Getting Started
Please see our user guide for joining the main Zcash network.
Need Help?
- 📘 See the documentation at the ReadtheDocs for help and more information.
- 📨 Ask for help on the Zcash forum.
- 🔍 Chat with our support community on Rocket.Chat
Participation in the Zcash project is subject to a Code of Conduct.
Building
Build Zcash along with most dependencies from source by running:
./zcutil/build.sh -j$(nproc)
Currently only Linux is officially supported.
License
For license information see the file COPYING.