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Zcash 1.0.2 |
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Zdash 1.0.2 |
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What is Zcash? |
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What is Zdash? |
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[Zcash](https://z.cash/) is an implementation of the "Zerocash" protocol. |
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[Zdash] is a private implementation of the "Zerocash" protocol forked from [Zcash]. |
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Based on Bitcoin's code, it intends to offer a far higher standard of privacy |
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through a sophisticated zero-knowledge proving scheme that preserves |
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confidentiality of transaction metadata. Technical details are available |
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in our [Protocol Specification](https://github.com/zcash/zips/raw/master/protocol/protocol.pdf). |
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confidentiality of transaction metadata. |
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This software is the Zcash client. It downloads and stores the entire history |
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of Zcash transactions; depending on the speed of your computer and network |
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This software is the Zdash client. It downloads and stores the entire history |
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of Zdash transactions; depending on the speed of your computer and network |
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connection, the synchronization process could take a day or more once the |
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block chain has reached a significant size. |
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Security Warnings |
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See important security warnings in |
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[doc/security-warnings.md](doc/security-warnings.md). |
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**Zdash is unfinished and highly experimental.** Use at your own risk. |
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Building |
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Build Zcash along with most dependencies from source by running |
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Get dependencies: |
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```{r, engine='bash'} |
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sudo apt-get install \ |
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build-essential pkg-config libc6-dev m4 g++-multilib \ |
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autoconf libtool ncurses-dev unzip git python \ |
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zlib1g-dev wget bsdmainutils automake |
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``` |
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**Zcash is unfinished and highly experimental.** Use at your own risk. |
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Install |
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```{r, engine='bash'} |
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# Build |
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./zcutil/build.sh -j$(nproc) |
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# fetch key |
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./zcutil/fetch-params.sh |
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# Run |
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./src/zcashd |
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``` |
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Currently only Linux is officially supported. |
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Where do I begin? |
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@ -32,16 +53,7 @@ https://github.com/zcash/zcash/wiki/1.0-User-Guide |
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* See the documentation at the [Zcash Wiki](https://github.com/zcash/zcash/wiki) |
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for help and more information. |
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* Ask for help on the [Zcash](https://forum.z.cash/) forum. |
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Participation in the Zcash project is subject to a |
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[Code of Conduct](code_of_conduct.md). |
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Building |
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Build Zcash along with most dependencies from source by running |
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./zcutil/build.sh. Currently only Linux is officially supported. |
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License |
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