Zcash was born in 2013, with the name of Zerocoin. The founders of the original project were Matthew Green, Ian Miers, Christina Garman and Aviel D. Rubin, working in the Computer Science Department of Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA, with the aim of achieving an ambitious goal: to introduce a series of innovations that they could have been made available to the public.

Zcash thus becomes a rather interesting and innovative cryptocurrency, full of features that help to differentiate it from what happens with other virtual currencies. Zcash brings some benefits ​​in terms of confidentiality, increasing user privacy. Zcash payments are posted on a public blockchain, but the sender, receiver, and transaction value remain private.

Using Zcash is very simple, given that its operation is the traditional one of cryptocurrencies.

In fact, to use Zcash, you must first make sure you have a wallet suitable for hosting this cryptocurrency. You can use the official Zcash client created for Linux users, you can opt for the modified versions for MacOSX and Windows created by the same community, or you can still opt for a third-party wallet application.