zec-qt-wallet is a z-Addr first, Sapling compatible wallet for zcashd that runs on Windows and Linux
Head over to the releases page and grab the latest binary. https://github.com/adityapk00/zec-qt-wallet/releases
Extract and run the binary
tar -xvf zec-qt-wallet-v0.2.6.tar.gz
./zec-qt-wallet-v0.2.6/zec-qt-wallet
Unzip the release binary and double click on zec-qt-wallet to start.
zec-qt-wallet needs a Zcash node running zcashd. Linux users should download the zcash node software
from https://z.cash/download/, configure zcash.conf
, download the parameters and start zcashd according to the official documentation.
There is currently no official zcashd build for Windows so Windows users may either cross-compile from source on Linux to generate the necessary zcashd executables or simply download community hosted pre-compiled executables such as those hosted by WinZEC developer @radix42 at https://zcash.dl.mercerweiss.com/zcash-win-v2.0.1b.zip.
Alternitavely run zcashd inside WSL.
For all installations zcashd needs to run with RPC enabled (server=1
, which is the default) and with a RPC username/password set. Add the following entries into ~/.zcash/zcash.conf
for Linux or C:\Users\your-username\AppData\Roaming\Zcash\zcash.conf
on Windows replacing the default values with a strong password. zec-qt-wallet should detect these settings but if that fails you may edit the connection settings manually via the File->Settings
menu.
rpcuser=username
rpcpassword=password
Additionaly for Windows users the Zcash parameters must be manually downloaded and placed in C:\Users\your-username\AppData\Roaming\ZcashParams
. The following files are required (and are around ~1.7GB in total).
https://z.cash/downloads/sapling-spend.params
https://z.cash/downloads/sapling-output.params
https://z.cash/downloads/sprout-groth16.params
https://z.cash/downloads/sprout-proving.key
https://z.cash/downloads/sprout-verifying.key
If you are running zcashd on WSL, then please set the connection parameters in the File->Settings
menu.
zec-qt-wallet is written in C++ 14, and can be compiled with g++/clang++/visual c++. It also depends on Qt5, which you can get from here: https://www.qt.io/download
git clone https://github.com/adityapk00/zec-qt-wallet.git
cd zec-qt-wallet
/path/to/qt5/bin/qmake zec-qt-wallet.pro CONFIG+=debug
make -j$(nproc)
./zec-qt-wallet
You need Visual Studio 2017 (The free C++ Community Edition works just fine).
From the VS Tools command prompt
c:\Qt5\bin\qmake.exe zec-qt-wallet.pro CONFIG+=debug
nmake
debug\zec-qt-wallet.exe
To create the Visual Studio project files so you can compile and run from Visual Studio:
c:\Qt5\bin\qmake.exe zec-qt-wallet.pro -tp vc CONFIG+=debug
Normally, zec-qt-wallet can pick up the rpcuser/rpcpassword from zcash.conf. If it doesn't for some reason, you can set the username/password in the File->Settings menu. If you are connecting to a remote node, make sure that zcashd on the remote machine is accepting connections from your machine. The target machine's firewall needs to allow connections from your host and also zcashd is set to be configured to accept connections from this host.
The easiest way to connect to a remote node is probably to ssh to it with port forwarding like this:
ssh -L8232:127.0.0.1:8232 user@remotehost
The most likely cause for this is that you are trying to spend unconfirmed funds. Unlike bitcoin, the zcash protocol doesn't let you spent unconfirmed funds yet. Please wait for 1-2 blocks for the funds to confirm and retry the transaction.
Tweet at @zecqtwallet for help.
PS: zec-qt-wallet is NOT an official wallet, and is not affiliated with the Zerocoin Electric Coin Company in any way.