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Zcash in 2016

1 key event this year.

Here is what happened to Zcash in 2016, in date order, with the daily close from our price data where it covers the date.

Our price data does not cover this year, so no chart or prices are shown.

Events in 2016

  1. Oct 28, 2016launch
    Zcash launches
    The first big privacy coin built on zk-SNARKs goes live.

Zcash launches Oct 28, 2016

Zcash mainnet started on October 28, 2016. Early trading was wild because only a tiny amount of ZEC existed; mining rewards started slowly by design.

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