BTC$74,399-1.3% ZEC$310.16-4.2% XMR$353.10+0.7% DASH$34.02+0.5% FIRO$0.7687-0.4% ARRR$0.1803-4.7% BEAM$0.0209-0.4% GRIN$0.0373-2.4% IRON$0.0720+19.6% SCRT$0.1058+14.2% NIGHT$0.0365-2.0% ZCSH$23.50-4.46% CYPH$0.8740-2.67% EZRA$0.1950-6.97% BTC$74,399-1.3% ZEC$310.16-4.2% XMR$353.10+0.7% DASH$34.02+0.5% FIRO$0.7687-0.4% ARRR$0.1803-4.7% BEAM$0.0209-0.4% GRIN$0.0373-2.4% IRON$0.0720+19.6% SCRT$0.1058+14.2% NIGHT$0.0365-2.0% ZCSH$23.50-4.46% CYPH$0.8740-2.67% EZRA$0.1950-6.97%
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Zcash on-chain data

Shielded Zcash

How much ZEC is held inside Zcash's encrypted pools, tracked daily from the live chain alongside the coin's price history.

Privacy Set Size
$1.60B
5.17M ZEC encrypted
All-Time High
31.08%
reached 2026-04-01
ZEC Price
$309.49
current spot
Next Halving
926
days · 2028-11-01

Shielded Supply vs ZEC Price

Protocol upgrade Halving Institutional milestone Market event (positive) Market event (negative)
Shielded supply tracked daily from the Nighthawk mainnet explorer. ZEC-USD prices from Yahoo Finance (daily resolution for the last ~2 years, weekly for older records). Protocol upgrades and halvings show as labeled vertical lines. Market events and institutional milestones show as colored dots on the price line. Hover any dot for event details.

Understanding The Three Pools

Zcash has shipped three generations of shielded design. Each is a separate encrypted pool with its own cryptography. Users migrate forward as wallets adopt newer pools.

Active pool
Orchard
27.2%
4.54M ZEC
Activated May 2022 · NU5

The current privacy pool every new wallet uses. If you shield ZEC today, it lives here. Built in 2022 with the most modern cryptography, no trusted setup ceremony required.

Legacy pool
Sapling
3.6%
599.9K ZEC
Activated October 2018

The previous privacy pool, still fully functional. Funds from 2018-2022 mostly sit here. Wallets are slowly moving these balances into Orchard.

Closed pool
Sprout
0.15%
25.4K ZEC
Genesis · October 2016

The original privacy pool from Zcash's launch in 2016. Closed to new deposits since 2022. What's left is balances from users who haven't migrated to newer pools yet.