Zcash wallets
YWallet and Zcash: Current Support Status
Quick Answer
The retrieved YWallet repository README says YWallet no longer supports Zcash since the Ironwood update and that Ycash remains supported. This current warning takes precedence over the same file’s older Zcash feature and marketing text. It is a publisher statement, not a device-tested result.
Key Takeaways
- The current publisher notice takes precedence over historical YWallet features.
- A historical repository does not prove support for the latest network upgrade.
- Choose a currently supported wallet for the operation you need.
Read the warning before the feature list
The first heading states that YWallet no longer supports Zcash since the Ironwood update. The next bullets distinguish Ycash and direct Zcash users to ZKOOL.
Farther down, the README still contains a historical Zcash tagline, address-support features and speed claims. Treating that older list as current Zcash support would contradict the opening notice.
We retain the conflict as explicit evidence rather than simply extract favorable feature bullets.
Separate support status from chain activation
The notice uses the term Ironwood to describe its support change. That is a statement from this wallet publisher; it does not independently prove a network activation date, consensus height or current official pool definition.
Our protocol and network pages keep those questions separate. Neither an upstream wallet warning nor a value-pool column is a substitute for matching official activation and implementation evidence.
Deprecation and successor references
The file includes a deprecation section saying no further updates besides security fixes and protocol updates, and links to hhanh00/zkool2 as a new wallet. This guide records the existence of that reference without endorsing a migration, certifying the successor, testing recovery or repeating the publisher’s broad safety promise.
A successor has its own platform, release, capability and security evidence requirements.
How this affects a wallet comparison
A directory should display the current status warning before making version-specific capability claims. Older README descriptions of watch-only accounts, custom servers or shielding must not be ranked as currently supported Zcash capabilities without a matching release and network scope.
A source-based directory is not a safety ranking. This project has not downloaded, installed, restored or connected YWallet or ZKOOL.
FAQ
Does the older Zcash tagline prove current support?
No. The opening support notice directly contradicts that reading. The warning is shown before legacy features, and release-specific verification remains necessary.
Does this prove when Ironwood activated?
No. It records the wallet publisher’s wording, not an independently verified consensus activation date or height.
Has this site tested the successor or recovery?
No. A successor link is source navigation, not a recommendation, security certification or migration test.
Sources and Methodology
Page updated: . Source observation dates remain separate.
Source checked: 2026-10-01T17:29:20.371393+00:00
Source version and supporting details
- Lines 1–4: current Zcash non-support notice, Ycash distinction and ZKOOL reference.
- Lines 6–20: deprecation wording, limited update exceptions and successor repository link.
- Lines 28–74: historical Zcash tagline and feature text; not promoted to current support.
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Methodology and technical limitations
Method and limits
The evidence is an immutable commit of hhanh00/zwallet/README.md, retrieved on the source-check date below. The content was inspected for support status and internal precedence, not performance or security. We do not infer the exact date of the support change from retrieval time. We never request seeds, private keys or viewing keys, and do not give personalized migration or transaction instructions. Public publication and expert review remain unapproved.
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