Zcash transactions carry no location — that is the whole point of it — but
every block carries a UTC timestamp. So this page shows when the chain is busy rather than where, and
lines those hours up with where the sun is.
How to read it
Press play: the dark band is night sweeping across the planet and the dot is the sun overhead. Watch which
regions are in daylight when activity rises — if most users live there, they are transacting in their
waking hours.
Countries are shaded by ZEC exchange availability, the same map as the
availability page → (green = open, amber = partial,
red = banned). The hours where activity peaks are largely daytime in the green, open-access regions:
usage and access track each other closely.
Usage vs awake population vs awake-with-access — by hour (UTC)
All three curves are read the same way: each hour's share of its own 24-hour total, so they sit on one axis and the peaks can be compared directly. Hover any hour for the underlying figures — including what share of the world's population is awake then.
Weekly peak activity hour (UTC) — trailing year
Each week's busiest UTC hour for Zcash transactions (dots), with the transaction-weighted average hour (line). Shows whether the daily activity peak drifts over the year.