Zcash (ZEC) Trading Up 7.1% Over Last Week

Zcash (ZEC) traded up 7% against the U.S. dollar during the 1 day period ending at 11:00 AM Eastern on November 6th. Zcash has a market capitalization of $668.91 million and approximately $98.08 million worth of Zcash was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours. In the last week, Zcash has traded 7.1% higher against the U.S. dollar. One Zcash coin can currently be purchased for $40.97 or 0.00055138 BTC on popular exchanges.

Here is how similar cryptocurrencies have performed in the last 24 hours:

• Bitcoin Gold (BTG) traded up 1.9% against the dollar and now trades at $22.54 or 0.00030343 BTC.
• Horizen (ZEN) traded up 4% against the dollar and now trades at $7.56 or 0.00010178 BTC.
• Pirate Chain (ARRR) traded up 0.8% against the dollar and now trades at $0.17 or 0.00000230 BTC.
• Komodo (KMD) traded up 6.7% against the dollar and now trades at $0.23 or 0.00000309 BTC.
• ZClassic (ZCL) traded 5.8% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.0446 or 0.00000060 BTC.

Zcash Profile

ZEC is a proof-of-work (PoW) coin that uses the Equihash hashing algorithm. Its genesis date was October 28th, 2016. Zcash’s total supply is 16,328,269 coins. The Reddit community for Zcash is https://reddit.com/r/zec and the currency’s Github account can be viewed here. The official website for Zcash is z.cash. Zcash’s official Twitter account is @electriccoinco and its Facebook page is accessible here. The official message board for Zcash is forum.z.cash.

According to CryptoCompare, “ZCash (ZEC) is a digital currency and decentralized open-source cryptocurrency, launched in 2016. It provides users with enhanced privacy and selective transparency of transactions. ZCash is based on the zero-knowledge proof protocol known as zk-SNARKs. This protocol allows the network to maintain a secure ledger of balances without disclosing the parties or amounts involved. Transactions can be audited, verified and tracked without revealing the sender, receiver or transaction amount. ZEC is an inflationary currency, with a maximum supply of 21 million coins. It is accepted by a growing number of merchants, exchanges and other services.”

Zcash Coin Trading

It is usually not presently possible to buy alternative cryptocurrencies such as Zcash directly using US dollars. Investors seeking to trade Zcash should first buy Bitcoin or Ethereum using an exchange that deals in US dollars such as Coinbase, Gemini or GDAX. Investors can then use their newly-acquired Bitcoin or Ethereum to buy Zcash using one of the exchanges listed above.

ZEC/USD price chart by TradingView