01Privacy by design
Shielded transactions keep your financial activity yours. Share only what you choose.
DECENTRALIZED. PRIVATE. YOURS.
Zclassic: the private, proof-of-work cryptocurrency.
Send and receive ZCL with zk-SNARK shielded transactions, Equihash mining and zero founder’s reward — an open-source, community-run blockchain since 2016.
Open sourceNo founder’s rewardCommunity owned
Privacy first
Permissionless
Open source
Proof of work01 / ABOUT ZCLASSICLess control.
Less control.
More possibility.
Privacy isn’t something you should have to ask for.
Zclassic is a decentralized, open-source cryptocurrency created in 2016 as a fork of Zcash — with the founder’s reward removed entirely. What stayed is what matters: shielded transactions built on zero-knowledge cryptography, which prove a payment is valid without exposing who paid, who received, or how much.
No company behind it, no ICO, no pre-mine. The network is secured by miners, the code is maintained in public on GitHub, and every decision is shaped by the community that runs it.
Meet the project2016A different beginning
0%Founder’s reward
100%Open source
02 / THE ZCLASSIC DIFFERENCE
Freedom, built in.
The essentials of a better financial system.
Nothing extra. Nothing held back.
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02Truly decentralized
No central authority. A global network powered by people, not institutions.
03Open. For everyone.
Transparent code, open development, and a community that shapes what comes next.
04No founder’s reward
Mining rewards go to miners. A fairer foundation, with no mandatory founder allocation.
05Proof of work
Blocks are produced by mining, not by permission. Security you can audit, not trust.
06Permissionless
No accounts, no approvals, no gatekeepers. Anyone can run a node, mine, or transact.
03 / EXCHANGEWhere to buy
Where to buy
& trade ZCL.
Zclassic is mined, never sold. It changes hands on open markets —
no approval, no gatekeeper, no account required.
MARKET SNAPSHOTREFERENCE DATA · COINGECKO · 14 OCT 2026
$0.52Price≈ 0.0000064 BTC
$5.4MMarket cap~#1000 by size
$1.0K24h volumethin — trade in size
10.34MZCL circulating100% mined, PoW
NonKyc
SafeTrade
CoinGecko 
CoinMarketCap 
CoinPaprika 
CoinCodex Liquidity is thin
Order books are small. Large orders move the price — size your trades and use limits.
Check before you send
Deposit, withdrawal and confirmation support can change. Verify them on the platform first.
Exchanges are not wallets
Trade, then withdraw to an address you control. Self-custody is the point.
Reference figures only — not investment advice and not an offer to buy or sell. Prices, listings and withdrawal support change; verify everything on the platform before trading.
04 / THE TECHNOLOGYPrivacy,
Privacy,
backed by proof.
Open cryptography, an independent network,
and a foundation anyone can inspect.
HOW IT WORKSFrom your wallet
From your wallet
to the chain.
Every shielded payment follows the same path. This is what happens between the moment you press send and the moment the network accepts it.
Transaction created
You choose a recipient and an amount. The payment is assembled on your own device and is not yet visible to anyone.
Converted into a proof
The wallet generates a zk-SNARK — a mathematical proof that the payment is valid — without disclosing sender, recipient or amount.
Verified by the network
Independent nodes check the proof against consensus rules. No account, no approval, no intermediary between you and the ledger.
Mined into a block
Equihash miners package verified transactions into a block roughly every 2.5 minutes. Rewriting that history would mean out-mining the entire network.
Held in your custody
Spending keys never leave your device. The chain records that a valid payment occurred — never your identity or your balance.
SHIELDED NETWORKZCL · MAINNET
EquihashProof of work
≈ 2.5 minBlock time
zk-SNARKsShielded privacy
05 / A LITTLE CLARITYGood questions.
Good questions.
Clear answers.
Everything worth knowing about Zclassic — how it works, how to get it, and how to keep it safe.
STILL HAVE QUESTIONS?
The code and the community are both public — read it, ask there, or write to us.
01What is Zclassic?
Zclassic (ZCL) is a decentralized, open-source cryptocurrency launched in November 2016 as a fork of Zcash. It keeps Zcash’s shielded-transaction technology but removes the founder’s reward entirely — no development tax, no pre-mine, no special allocations.
02How does Zclassic protect my privacy?
Zclassic supports shielded transactions built on zk-SNARKs — zero-knowledge proofs that confirm a payment is valid without revealing the sender, the recipient or the amount. Transparent addresses remain available, but shielded is the way to pay privately.
03What makes Zclassic different from Zcash?
The founder’s reward. Zcash allocates a share of every block reward to its founding company; Zclassic removed it. All rewards go to miners, and the total supply is capped at 11,462,487 ZCL instead of 21 million.
04How can I get ZCL?
Two ways: mine it with GPU mining software, or buy it on a market that lists ZCL — currently NonKyc (ZCL/USDT) and SafeTrade (ZCL/BTC). Whatever the route, withdraw to a wallet you control.
05Which wallet should I use?
The official zcl-qt-wallet, published on the ZclassicCommunity GitHub. Download the build for your operating system, verify it, and write down the backup seed before receiving any funds.
06What is ZCL’s maximum supply?
11,462,487 ZCL — a hard cap set at launch. With no pre-mine and no founder’s reward, every coin in existence was mined in public by the network.
07Is Zclassic a good investment?
We can’t answer that — and neither can anyone who says they can. Zclassic is a technology project with thin market liquidity. Study the code, check live data on the trackers above, and never risk more than you can afford to lose.