Fast Sync the Zcash blockchain

ZecWallet v0.7.0 brings an exciting new feature - Fast Initial block sync.

If you're starting a node from scratch, ZecWallet can now do a "fast sync", which will skip some expensive transaction verification for blocks that are already checkpointed. This improves initial download of the blockchain by 25% - 33%. Learn More

Sapling migration tool

This release of ZecWallet updates the embedded zcashd to 2.0.5-2, and adds support for the native Sprout -> Sapling migration tool.

Go to Apps -> Sapling Turnstile and simply check the box to enable Sprout -> Sapling migration. Your Sprout funds will slowly move to your Sapling Addresses every 500 blocks. Please see the zcashd blog post for more details

Recurring Payments!

ZecWallet now has Recurring Payments on testnet!

You can now setup regular, recurring payments and have ZecWallet automatically pay ZEC to any address at regular intervals. And of course, you can cancel any recurring payment at any time!

Recurring payments are in beta, so they only work on Zcash Testnet for now.

To get started,

1. Enable the recurring payment checkbox.
   

2. Select the schedule to pay
   

3. Confirm the payment!
   

Viewing Payments
List the current recurring payments by going to Edit -> Recurring Payments

View Payment History
Click View to view the payment history

If you miss a payment, ZecWallet will ask you what to do

Maintainance Release

This is a maintenance release of ZecWallet that fixes a few small bugs

• Show a warning on the balances page if node is still syncing
• Add a --conf command line argument to override which zcash.conf to load
• Fix some memory access violations

Maintainance Release

This is a maintenance release of ZecWallet that fixes some bugs

• Fix an issue with URI parsing on the desktop that was preventing some merchant URIs from being accepted
• Fix an access violation caused by incorrect socket closure
• Improve random password generation

Bugfixes

A minor release of ZecWallet fixes some bugs:

• Fix an issue where sometimes Android would fail to connect to the desktop
• Fix the name "ZecWallet" in the mobile UI
• Force light mode on Mac since the dark mode still seems to be having problems

Bugfixes

This is a minor bugfix release of ZecWallet.

• Fix an issue where the direct connection from Android to desktop wouldn't work
• Fix the autoupdate notification
• Fix signature verification instructions (Thanks @rex4539)

Maintainance Release

This is a maintenance release of ZecWallet.

• Update embedded zcashd to 2.0.4
• Allow sapling address creation right from the start
• Remove Sprout address receiving

Request Money!

ZecWallet now lets you request Zcash from your friends and family using shielded transactions.

How it works:

1. Select File -> Request Zcash and enter the Sapling address of the person you are requesting Zcash from, along with the amount and an optional memo.
   

(The payment request is sent to the person's sapling address as a memo)

2. The person receives a payment request from you, that they can view on the transactions tab.
   

3. The person selects (right click) -> View Payment Request and clicks Pay to send you the payment, which you receive!
   

Troubleshooting Options

This version of ZecWallet features several improvements:

• A new "Troubleshooting" dialog that can rescan/reindex the blockchain, fixing the most common wallet problems
  
• The deb (Linux), dmg (MacOS) and msi (Windows) installers automatically register ZecWallet as a zcash: URI handler, allowing you to open zcash: links in ZecWallet
• Fix some sporadic crashes
• Add warning notification for Sprout receiving addresses See notification
• Force single instace of ZecWallet
• Allow passing in zcash: payment URIs on the command line