ZecWallet is a z-Addr first, Sapling compatible wallet and full node for zcashd that runs on Linux, Windows and macOS.
Head over to the releases page and grab the latest installers or binary. https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zecwallet/releases
If you are on Debian/Ubuntu, please download the .deb
package and install it.
sudo dpkg -i linux-deb-zecwallet-v0.6.11.deb
sudo apt install -f
Or you can download and run the binaries directly.
tar -xvf zecwallet-v0.6.11.tar.gz
./zecwallet-v0.6.11/zecwallet
Download and run the .msi
installer and follow the prompts. Alternately, you can download the release binary, unzip it and double click on zecwallet.exe
to start.
Double-click on the .dmg
file to open it, and drag zecwallet
on to the Applications link to install.
ZecWallet needs a Zcash node running zcashd. If you already have a zcashd node running, ZecWallet will connect to it.
If you don't have one, ZecWallet will start its embedded zcashd node.
Additionally, if this is the first time you're running ZecWallet or a zcashd daemon, ZecWallet will download the zcash params (~1.7 GB) and configure zcash.conf
for you.
Pass --no-embedded
to disable the embedded zcashd and force ZecWallet to connect to an external node.
ZecWallet is written in C++ 14, and can be compiled with g++/clang++/visual c++. It also depends on Qt5, which you can get from here. Note that if you are compiling from source, you won't get the embedded zcashd by default. You can either run an external zcashd, or compile zcashd as well.
See detailed build instructions on the wiki
git clone https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zecwallet.git
cd zecwallet
/path/to/qt5/bin/qmake zec-qt-wallet.pro CONFIG+=debug
make -j$(nproc)
./zecwallet
You need Visual Studio 2017 (The free C++ Community Edition works just fine).
From the VS Tools command prompt
git clone https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zecwallet.git
cd zecwallet
c:\Qt5\bin\qmake.exe zec-qt-wallet.pro -spec win32-msvc CONFIG+=debug
nmake
debug\zecwallet.exe
To create the Visual Studio project files so you can compile and run from Visual Studio:
c:\Qt5\bin\qmake.exe zec-qt-wallet.pro -tp vc CONFIG+=debug
You need to install the Xcode app or the Xcode command line tools first, and then install Qt.
git clone https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zecwallet.git
cd zecwallet
/path/to/qt5/bin/qmake zec-qt-wallet.pro CONFIG+=debug
make
./zecwallet.app/Contents/MacOS/zecwallet
Please read the troubleshooting guide for common problems and solutions. For support or other questions, tweet at @zecwallet or file an issue.
PS: ZecWallet is NOT an official wallet, and is not affiliated with the Electric Coin Company in any way.