Zcash is a cryptocurrency aimed at usingcryptography to provide enhanced privacy for its users compared to other cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin. Like Bitcoin Zcash has a fixed total supply of 21 million units.

Since the dawn of Bitcoin way back 2008, Zcash is one of the latest player on the block of cryptocurency. Zcash is a privacy focused blockchain and cryptocurency that was developed in response to bitcoin’s flaws. It uses the same algorithm as bitcoin but improves upon it by enabling semi-transparent processing.