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# Intro to Zcash

# One Minute Videos

## Blockchain Intro
<iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/EsAwLdKWKYY" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>

## Digital Signatures
<iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0xJAxrxal3c" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>

## Public Ledger Record
<iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/jKcXm2S1xcE" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>

## Chain of Blocks
<iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zMF9mBh-yiE" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>

## Full node and lightweight wallets

<iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qhISd6O1IZw" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>

## Zcash
<iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/JL82iHNjnUk" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>

## Zero Knowledge Proofs

<iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7dafI77h6fU" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>

# Documentation

## For Zcash newbies
Learn how Zcash works, history
https://zcash.readthedocs.io/en/latest/rtd_pages/basics.html

## For wallet developers
Android, iOS, lightclient
https://zcash.readthedocs.io/en/latest/rtd_pages/lightclient_support.html

## For Zcashd
Full node, mine Zcash, verify network transactions
https://zcash.readthedocs.io/en/latest/rtd_pages/zcashd.html

## For all documentation
Browse everything, including recommendations and community spaces
https://zcash.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

# Source Code

## Zcash
https://github.com/zcash/zcash

### Whitepaper
http://zerocash-project.org/media/pdf/zerocash-extended-20140518.pdf

## Wallets

### Software Development Kits

#### Android SDK:
A lightweight SDK that connects Android and Zcash
https://github.com/zcash/zcash-android-wallet-sdk/

#### iOS SDK:
A lightweight SDK that connects iOS and Zcash
https://github.com/zcash/zcash-ios-wallet
https://github.com/zcash/ZcashLightClientKit/

#### Lightwalletd:
A stateless server that transforms blocks for the light client
https://github.com/zcash/lightwalletd/

### ZecWallet
zecwallet.co
https://zecpages.com/about

### NightHawk
https://github.com/nighthawk-apps/nighthawk-wallet-android

## Apps

### ZECpages
zecpages.com

### Zboard
zboard.org

# Theses

## Grayscale
https://grayscale.co/zcash-investment-thesis/

## PlaceholderVC
https://www.placeholder.vc/blog/2020/9/15/zcash-thesis

## Zcash Network Flywheel
[The Zcash Network Flywheel (James Joseph 4 MGRC)](/@jmsjsph/4MGRC)

## James Joseph

Decentralized, Anonymous P2P Cash Requires
1. Transaction Privacy (Zero Knowledge Proofs)
2. Transaction Scalability (Transactions Per Second)
3. Decentralized Governance (Funding, Distribution, Consensus)

# Links
electriccoin.co
https://z.cash

## Community
zcashcommunity.com
https://www.zfnd.org/community/
zecforum.com
twitter.com/nighthawkwallet
https://gitcoin.co/grants/1504/integrate-flexa-spend-sdk-in-nighthawk-wallet
twitter.com/zecpages
twitter.com/zecwallet
t.me/zcashcommunity