ZEC Stats: Zcash Network Statistics

Every Zcash number on one page, computed from a full node we run — not copied from an exchange API. 56 charts, updated daily.

Five years of the Zcash (ZEC) price: a long decline from the 2021 highs, flat through the middle years, then a sharp rise in 2026.
ZEC Price
$1,593.05
24h -3.9%
ZEC/BTC
0.01886 BTC
24h -4.1% · 30d +82.9%
Market Cap
$27.01B
16,956,033 ZEC @ $1593
MVRV
4.77x
realized $334 · avg coin in profit
Shielded
28.9%
4,895,030 ZEC
Shielded USD
$7,798M
28.9% shielded
Inflation
3.26%/yr
1516 ZEC/day
Total Supply
16,956,033 ZEC
of 21,000,000 (80.7%)
Network Hashrate
30.33 GH/s
Equihash
NEAR Bridge
143,622 ZEC
wrapped on NEAR
Five Year Outlook (ZEC vs Bitcoin)

As of 27 September 2026, one ZEC buys 0.01886 BTC — up 7.7× over five years, up 37× on the year and up 198% over three months. Five years ago it bought 0.002454 BTC.

Read the five-year breakdown

In dollars that is $1,593.05 a coin (up 29× on the year and up 322% over three months), a market cap of $27.0B — 1.6% of Bitcoin's. Spot sits 4.8× above the realized price of $334 — the average price at which a ZEC last crossed a pool boundary — so the typical coin is held at a gain.

Behind it: 28.9% of all ZEC — 4.90M ZEC, $7.8B — sits in shielded pools, against 23.5% a year ago and 7.9% five years ago. Ironwood, the current shielded pool, holds 3.99M ZEC, with 380k ZEC still in Orchard, its predecessor, crossing the turnstile.

Transactions average 18,332 a day (up 6.7× on the year and up 308% over three months), of which 9,700 — 53% — are shielded, against 21% a year ago. Transparent addresses are being paid for the first time at 3,949 a day (up 5.5× on the year and up 215% over three months). An address is not a person: wallets derive a fresh one per payment received.

17.0M of 21M ZEC has been issued, 81% of the cap.

Network security: the hashrate is 28.9 GSol/s, up 5.2× over five years and up 259% on the year. Block rewards run $2.4M a day — 1,516 ZEC of coinbase, of which 4.7 ZEC — 0.3% — is transaction fees rather than new issuance.

Daily Changes (market)

Against Bitcoin, ZEC changes hands at 0.01886 BTC — down 4.1% over 24 hours and up 82.9% over 30 days.

Read today's market detail

In dollars, over the last 24 hours ZEC is down 3.9% at $1,593.05, in a 24h range of $1,579.46–$1,673.91, a market cap of $27.0B on $1.2B of 24h trading volume.

Transactions are up 31% week-over-week (~18,332/day); shielded transactions are down to 53% of all activity (-3 pts week-over-week); the shielded pool shed 17,820 ZEC this week.

Notable: Zcash hashrate jumps to 30.06 GH/s (+2.5σ vs the 30-day norm of 27.19 GH/s) (26 September 2026); 4,361 ZEC shielded today (+7.2σ) — vs a 30-day average of 1,434 ZEC/day.

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Supply & Emission

How many ZEC exist, and how fast new ones arrive.

Market & Valuation

What the market pays for ZEC, and how it tracks Bitcoin.

Privacy Adoption

The core product — how much ZEC sits in shielded pools, and how fast it is being shielded.

Usage & Activity

How much the chain is actually used, and for what.

Holders & Coin Age

Who holds ZEC and for how long — the transparent side, where age is readable.

Mining & Security

What it costs to attack the chain.

Hyperliquid Derivatives

Leverage, positioning, and what it costs to hold either side.

Exchange & Swap Volume

Where ZEC trades, and how much of the market it is.

Access & Liquidity

How ZEC moves between chains.