ZecWallet Lite
Zecwallet Lite is zaddr-first, Sapling-compatible lightwallet client for Zcash. It has full support for all Zcash features:
- Send + receive shielded transactions
- Supports transparent addresses and transactions
- Full support for incoming and outgoing memos
- Fully encrypt your private keys, using viewing keys to sync the blockchain
WARNING! Experimental
- This is experimental software under active development.
- When we make a release version we will include instructions for download.
- Until that time, please only use if you know specifically what you are doing!!
Privacy
- While all the keys and transaction detection happens on the client, the server can learn which blocks contain your shielded transactions.
- The server also learns other metadata, including your IP address.
- Finally, note that taddr doesn't provide privacy on-chain.
Note Management
Zecwallet Lite does automatic note and utxo management, which means it doesn't allow you to manually select which address to send outgoing transactions from. It follows these principles:
- Defaults to sending shielded transactions, even if you're sending to a transparent address
- Sapling funds need at least 5 confirmations before they can be spent
- Can select funds from multiple shielded addresses in the same transaction
- Will automatically shield your transparent funds at the first opportunity
- When sending an outgoing transaction to a shielded address, Zecwallet-Lite can decide to use the transaction to additionally shield your transparent funds (i.e., send your transparent funds to your own shielded address in the same transaction)
Compiling from source
Zecwallet Lite is written in Electron/Javascript and can be build from source. It will also automatically compile the Rust SDK needed to run Zecwallet Lite.
Pre-Requisites
You need to have the following software installed before you can build Zecwallet Lite
git clone https://github.com/zingolabs/zecwallet-lite.git
cd zecwallet-lite
yarn install
yarn build
The following instructions are tested on Arch Linux:
yarn start
You should see Starting the development server...
and then Compiled successfully! printed out in this terminal.
Then, in another terminal instance, run
electron .
Two windows should open, one for the app and one for debugging.
PS: Zecwallet-Lite is NOT an official wallet, and is not affiliated with the Electric Coin Company in any way.