Zcash Fundamental Analysis, Ratings, and Detailed Scores
The following scores are algorithmicically calculated multiple times a day based on manually and automatically collected publicly verifiable, objective data.
The full formula and collected data are public and open for your reference and further research.
Scoring model: Semi-centralized org. structure
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Open communication channels 100%
- Ability to contact the company via: Slack, Telegram or Discord
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70 points
Why?
70
70 ANY NOT EMPTY
0 ALL EMPTY - Ability to contact the company via: Contact form or Email
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30 points
Why?
30
- Email info@z.cash
- Contact form on website N/A
30 ANY NOT EMPTY
0 ALL EMPTY -
Activity on social media 55%
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Activity on Blog
Are they posting every 10 days or less?
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50 points
Why?
50
- Are they posting something every 10 days or less on their blog? yes
50 YES
0 NO -
Activity on Facebook
Are they posting every 3 days or less?
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0 points
Why?
20
- Do they post something on their facebook every 3 days or less? no
20 YES
0 NO - Activity on Twitter
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0 points
Why?
20
- Do they post something on their Twitter every 3 days or less? no
20 YES
0 NO - Do they have a YouTube channel?
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5 points
Why?
5
5 YES
0 NO -
Activity on Youtube
Are they posting every 7 days or less?
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0 points
Why?
5
- Do they post something on their Youtube every 7 days or less? no
5 YES
0 NO -
Team strength 136%
- Is there a link to the team/foundation page?
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20 points
Why?
20
- Link to the team page https://z.cash/team.html
20 YES
0 NO - Are team/foundation members nominally listed on the page?
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20 points
Why?
20
- Are team/foundation members nominally listed on the page?(by name) Yes
20 YES
0 NO - Do they have links to their linkedin/github profiles?
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20 points
Why?
20
- Do most of the teammembers on the team page have links to social media profiles (Facebook, linkedin, github) Yes
20 YES
0 NO - Is there a tech lead for the project?
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20 points
Why?
20
- CTO/Technical lead Name Nathan Wilcox
20 YES
0 NO - Total team size compared to other coins
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20 points
Why?
20
- How many teammembers in total? 28
20 95th percentile
18 90th percentile
16 80th percentile
14 50th percentile
7 30th percentile
4 10th percentile
0 other -
Advisory board strength 100%
- Advisors have bios on the website
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25 points
Why?
25
- Biography on website for each board member - yes/no yes
25 YES
0 NO - Advisors have social media links on the website
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25 points
Why?
25
- Do most of the Advisory board members on the team page have links to social media profiles (Facebook, linkedin, github,Twitter other social media) yes
25 YES
0 NO - 2+ advisors have managed multi million dollar companies
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50 points
Why?
50
- 2 or more advisors of the team managed multimillon dollar projects or companies yes
50 YES
0 NO -
Brand awareness/Buzz 40%
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Total community size compared to other coins
Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Reddit
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0 points
Why?
100
- How many people are involved in the community of this project 0
100 99th-percentile
90 95th-percentile
80 85th-percentile
50 50th-percentile
30 30th-percentile
10 10th-percentile
0 0-10th percentile -
Product strength 108%
- Product development status (i.e. stage)
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50 points
Why?
50
- Does this coin / business have a working project? Fully working product
50 Fully working product
40 Beta version
30 Alpha version
25 Prototype / MVP
20 Demo only
10 Just an Idea
0 Unknown - Have they open sourced their code?
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10 points
Why?
10
- Yes or No yes
10 YES
0 NO - Have they published a Product roadmap?
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10 points
Why?
10
- Product Roadmap https://z.cash/support/schedule.html
10 YES
0 NO - Is their Product roadmap up to date?
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10 points
Why?
10
- Is product roadmap updated to date? Yes
10 YES
0 NO - Product age (Today’s date - Release date)
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8 points
Why?
10
- Release date of first version of the product 2016-10-28
10 5+ years
8 1+ years
6 6+ months
4 3+ months
2 1+ months
1 < 1 month
0 future - Have they published a Whitepaper?
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10 points
Why?
10
10 YES
0 NO -
Coin strength 92%
- Transactions per second compared to other coins
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1 points
Why?
8
- Transactions per second 27
8 95th-percentile
6 75th-percentile
4 50th-percentile
2 30rd-percentile
1 15th-percentile
0 <15th percentile - What is their coin emission rate? Is the coin"s inflation under control?
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15 points
Why?
30
- Emission rate Emitted in proportion to amount of network activity
30 No new tokens created
30 Deflationary through token burning
15 Emitted in proportion to amount of network activity
15 2nd round might occur
0 Company can decide - Is the coin among the top traded coins for the past 3 months in terms of transaction volumes?
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17 points
Why?
17
- Average trading volume trailing 3 months 158218000
17 99th-percentile
16 95th-percentile
14 85th-percentile
10 50th-percentile
7 30th-percentile
4 10th-percentile
0 0-10th percentile - Is the coin among the top traded coins for the past 3 months in terms of market capitalization?
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24 points
Why?
25
- Average market cap trailing 3 months 507124000
25 99th-percentile
24 95th-percentile
22 85th-percentile
18 50th-percentile
9 30th-percentile
5 10th-percentile
0 0-10th percentile - Has the coin outperformed the rest of the market trend since it started trading?
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20 points
Why?
20
- Market cap % of total market growth 0.197039
20 99th-percentile
18 95th-percentile
16 85th-percentile
8 50th-percentile
6 30th-percentile
4 10th-percentile
0 0-10th percentile -
GitHub 40%
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GitHub community size compared to other coins
Stars, Forks, Watchers
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40 points
Why?
40
- GitHub community size 0
40 90th-percentile
30 67th-percentile
20 57th-percentile
15 53rd-percentile
10 40th-percentile
5 10th percentile
0 0-10th percentile -
GitHub activity tempo
Statistical mean of 4 week SMAs for commits over 49 weeks, compared to other coins
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0 points
Why?
60
- GitHub commit activity 0
60 90th-percentile
50 67th-percentile
40 57th-percentile
30 53rd-percentile
20 40th-percentile
10 10th percentile
0 0-10th percentile
Zcash facts and figures
Zcash Facts and Figures
- Name
- Zcash
- Trades under Symbol
- ZEC
- Circulating supply
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15,886,821
- Maximum supply
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21,000,000
- First USD price per coin
- $4,295.91
- Coins Distributed in ICO
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N/A
- Emission rate
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Emitted in proportion to amount of network activity
- Blockchain
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Blockchain
- Consensus method
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Proof of work
- Algorithm
- Equihash
- Time for block processing
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2
- Transactions per second
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27
- Is coin Minable?
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Yes
- Type
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Coin
Product details
- Open source
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yes
- Github link
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https://github.com/zcash/zcash
- Community size
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0
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Status of the project
(working project, demo, just an idea) -
Fully working product
- Product Roadmap
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https://z.cash/support/schedule.html
- Whitepaper
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http://zerocash-project.org/media/pdf/zerocash-extended-20140518.pdf
- FAQ
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https://z.cash/support/faq.html
- Explorer 1
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https://explorer.zcha.in/
- Explorer 2
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https://zchain.online/
- Explorer 3
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N/A
Team
- Link to the team page
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https://z.cash/team.html
- Team transparency
- Biography on website for each team member
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Yes
- Do team members have links to their social media profiles?
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Yes
- CEO
- Name
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Zooko Wilcox
- Age
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N/A
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/zookow/
- Is it mentioned that this CEO works for this company on his LinkedIn profile?
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No
- CEO previous companies / achievements
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Zooko has more than 20 years of experience in open, decentralized systems, cryptography and information security, and startups. He is recognized for his work on DigiCash, Mojo Nation, ZRTP, “Zooko's Triangle”, Tahoe-LAFS, BLAKE2, and SPHINCS. He is also the Founder of Least Authority. He sometimes blogs about health science. He tweets a lot.
- Years of business experience
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22
- Years of experience as a CEO (OR COO)
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5
- Managed a million+ USD$ company before
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yes
- CTO
- Name
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Nathan Wilcox
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathan-wilcox-b7a446b5/
- GitHub link
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https://github.com/nathan-at-least
- Can you see that this CTO works on this project on his Github profile?
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Yes
- Years of experience as a developer
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13
- Years of experience as a CTO
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5
- CTO previous companies / achievements
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Nathan is dedicated to open, secure technologies and has over 10 years of experience in software development, performance analysis, and security audits. Prior to Zcash, he managed development at Least Authority, where he led security audits for Ethereum, SpiderOak, Cryptocat, GlobaLeaks, and other projects. For fun, he enjoys developing tools for Python, Rust, and Ethereum.
- Worked on a million dollar+ project (within 1 or more of his/her previous companies before)
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yes
- Team diversification
- How many developers(*)?
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13
- How many marketing / sales specialists(*)
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1
- Does the company have any testers / quality assurance specialists on the team(*)
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no
- How many team members in total
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28
- Average team members age
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40
Advisors / Board members(*)
- Advisors / Board members transparency
- Biography on website for each advisor / board member
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Yes
- Do most of the Advisory board members on the team page have links to social media profiles (Facebook, LinkedIn, GitHub)?
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Yes
- Experience
- 2 or more advisors of the team managed multimillion dollar projects or companies
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yes
- Note special achievements from the advisory board
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Gavin Andresen, Chief Scientist at Bitcoin Foundation Vitalik Buterin, Founder and Chief Scientist of Ethereum
Company details
- Website 1
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https://z.cash/
- Website 2 (if any)
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N/A
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info@z.cash
- Contact form on website
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N/A
- Phone number
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00(626) 249-2274
- Alexa site traffic information
- Website 1
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http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/https://z.cash/
- Website 2 (if any)
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http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/n/a
- Incorporation status
- Incorporated according to their website
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Yes
- Officially Incorporated (checked)
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Yes
- Location
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USA
- Address
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PO Box 140751 Denver, CO 80214 USA
Social media & Communication
- Blog URL
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https://blog.z.cash/
- Blog / Are they posting something every 1,5 weeks or more on their blog?
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yes (latest post was 5 years ago)
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https://web.facebook.com/zcashco/?_rdc=1&_rdr
- Facebook / Do they post something on their facebook every 3 days or more?
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no
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https://twitter.com/zcashco
- Twitter / Do they post something on their Twitter every 3 days or more?
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no
- Youtube
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https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPIPwZtZRCCW-x0dEKul8jA
- Youtube / Do they post something on their Youtube every week or more?
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no
- Slack
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https://inviteme.z.cash/https://zcashcommunity.slack.com
- Telegram
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https://telegram.me/zcashcoin
- Google+
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https://plus.google.com/communities/114529353394974115240
- Message board 1
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https://forum.z.cash/
- Message board 2 (if any)
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https://chat.zcashcommunity.com/home
- Message board 3 (if any)
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n/a
- Other
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https://www.linkedin.com/company/zcashco/
ICO
- ICO initial price
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N/A
- Sale period
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N/A
- Coin distribution date
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N/A
- Coin start trading date
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2016-10-29
- Min investment goal
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N/A
- Max investment cap
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N/A
- Accepted currencies
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N/A
- Bonus
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N/A
- ICO proceedings invested in (in case of an ICO)
- Founders & Founding Team
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0
- Marketing & Sales
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N/A
- Development
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N/A
- Administration/Legal
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N/A
- Other
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N/A
Zcash GitHub Activity & Development
An overview of development activity for Zcash (ZEC). The charts show
Zcash (ZEC) Development / GitHub commit activity for the past year,
as well as their simple moving average. You can use this data for your fundamental Zcash research
& analysis.
Please note: for projects using multiple repositories, we're tracking the primary or the most active one.
Zcash Popularity on Google Search
Numbers represent search interest relative to the highest point on the chart for the given region and time. A value of
100 is the peak popularity of the term.
A value of 50 means that the term is half as popular. Likewise a score of 0 means the term was less than 1% as popular
as the peak.