#ZEC Zcash is a Proof-of-Work, so rewards mainly come from mining and ecosystem funding structures.
Here’s the straight list:
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1. Mining (the only protocol-level way to earn ZEC)
Miners get:
Block rewards
Transaction fees
Zcash uses Equihash, so you earn ZEC by:
Running ASIC miners (GPU mining is no longer competitive)
Joining a mining pool for steady payouts
This is the primary and official way ZEC is created and distributed.
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2. Zcash Community Grants (ZCG)
These are paid in #ZEC for:
Software development
Research
Community tools
Documentation or ecosystem contributions
It’s not mining
Here’s the straight list:
---
1. Mining (the only protocol-level way to earn ZEC)
Miners get:
Block rewards
Transaction fees
Zcash uses Equihash, so you earn ZEC by:
Running ASIC miners (GPU mining is no longer competitive)
Joining a mining pool for steady payouts
This is the primary and official way ZEC is created and distributed.
---
2. Zcash Community Grants (ZCG)
These are paid in #ZEC for:
Software development
Research
Community tools
Documentation or ecosystem contributions
It’s not mining
ZEC5.14%




