Z3 · the zcashd successor

zcashd is deprecated. The Z3 stack — Zebra + Zaino + Zallet — is its modular Rust replacement: a validating node, an indexing/lightwallet service, and a wallet, run together. This is the infrastructure much of the Dev Fund and ZCG spend is building toward.

Z3 updates on the forum ↗

Official

zcashd deprecation & migration guide

Why zcashd is being retired and how the ecosystem moves to the Z3 stack.

The stack

Zebra

Production

Consensus full node (zebrad) — an independent Rust implementation of the Zcash protocol. The validating node that replaces zcashd's consensus.

Zcash Foundation · GitHub ↗

Zaino

Feature-complete

Indexing & lightwallet service — the gRPC/JSON-RPC layer that serves wallets, taking over the role lightwalletd played for zcashd.

Zingo Labs · GitHub ↗

Zallet

Alpha

Full-node wallet — the wallet daemon and RPCs that replace zcashd's built-in wallet, paired with Zebra + Zaino.

Electric Coin Co · GitHub ↗