# Zprivacy: a little less exposed

*A field note from the ZEC orbit.*

![The Zprivacy vault in a black-and-gold pixel scene](graphics/zprivacy-article-cover-1600x900.png)

Not every move needs a crowd. Zprivacy starts with that small idea: some things belong on your own screen, on your own terms.

The project gives that idea a place to live. A steel pixel vault. A dark terminal. Amber figures and a public record you can inspect. Its direction is a ZEC-quoted launch on Solana, supported by a working set of tools for reading the market before making a decision.

## Open the signal

The first screen follows one verified ZEC/USDC pool on Orca. It shows price, 24-hour change, volume and liquidity from DEX Screener. Before displaying a snapshot, the terminal checks the Solana network, pool address and exact token mints.

The feed refreshes every 60 seconds while the page is visible. A fetch time sits beside the figures. If a request fails, the previous snapshot is marked stale; the interface does not dress old data up as a fresh trade.

## Follow the orbit

SAPLING, OMNI and SNARKSTR make up the initial reference watchlist. Each row describes a selected pool paired with bridged ZEC. You can sort the observations by volume, liquidity or 24-hour change and open the original pool record.

Three pools are a point of observation, not a complete market ranking. Inclusion does not certify a token or suggest what to buy. The source remains one click away.

## Read the public record

The account reader accepts a public Solana address and looks up its SOL and bridged-ZEC balances. In a compatible browser, Phantom can supply an address. The website does not ask for a seed phrase, sign a message or submit a transaction.

These are public account reads, sent to an external RPC provider. When only the associated ZEC account can be checked, the result is labeled partial because other token accounts may exist. A zero in a partial read is not a claim that the whole wallet contains no ZEC.

The mint inspector answers a different question: does an indexed pool for this Solana token contain the exact bridged-ZEC mint? It checks the mint rather than trusting a ticker. Indexing can lag behind a new launch, and finding a matching pool does not establish a token's safety.

## Know what stays public

The BLACKOUT control hides figures visually on your screen. It is useful when a number does not need an audience. It does not conceal a transaction or change the public blockchain record.

The same distinction applies to the project's ZEC direction. Native Zcash supports shielded and transparent transactions. A representation of ZEC on Solana, and a token paired with that asset, do not inherit native Zcash shielded privacy. Zprivacy is an independent experiment, not an official Zcash product or a shielded wallet protocol.

## The project file

The Zprivacy token file is currently **UNISSUED**. A project token mint and active ZEC-quoted pool have not been published. The registered creator address is not a token contract or an active treasury.

There is no active fee collection, holder payout or rewards claim operation connected to the website. A future launch needs its own verified mint, pool and public record. Until then, the tools can be explored for what they already do.

Public signal. Private intent. No audience required.

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Explore the [terminal](/) and [project kit](/kit/).

Further reading: [Zcash on shielded and transparent transactions](https://z.cash/learn/what-is-the-difference-between-shielded-and-transparent-zcash/), [Pump custom-pair documentation](https://pump.fun/docs/custom-pairs), [DEX Screener API reference](https://docs.dexscreener.com/api/reference).

*Cover: original Zprivacy artwork created for this project.*