# How to start a private Zcash network?

**URL:** <https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/how-to-start-a-private-zcash-network/31518>\
**Category:** Technical Support\
**Created:** [October 7, 2018, 1:09pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/how-to-start-a-private-zcash-network/31518 "2018-10-07T13:09:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![parasjain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f19dbf/32.png) [@parasjain](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/parasjain)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2018, 1:09pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/how-to-start-a-private-zcash-network/31518/1 "2018-10-07T13:09:20Z")

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I need to setup Zcash in a private network, is it supported?

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**Author:** ![garethtdavies](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/garethtdavies/32/210_2.png) [@garethtdavies](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/garethtdavies)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2018, 3:38pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/how-to-start-a-private-zcash-network/31518/2 "2018-10-07T15:38:44Z")

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Check out regtest mode [Bitcoin - Open source P2P money](https://bitcoin.org/en/developer-examples#regtest-mode) (same as Bitcoin). Is that what you’re after?

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**Author:** ![parasjain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f19dbf/32.png) [@parasjain](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/parasjain)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2018, 6:06am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/how-to-start-a-private-zcash-network/31518/3 "2018-10-08T06:06:37Z")

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Thanks for the information. Also on which port does the regtest network runs? Is it same as that for testnet, i.e **18232** for testnet RPC

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**Author:** ![garethtdavies](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/garethtdavies/32/210_2.png) [@garethtdavies](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/garethtdavies)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2018, 3:53pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/how-to-start-a-private-zcash-network/31518/4 "2018-10-08T15:53:47Z")

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I think 18344 for zcashd and 18232 for RPC (I just ran `lsof -i | grep LISTEN`) If in doubt just set the -port config option and/or -rpcport option in zcash.conf.

(edited this as I had actually manually specified rpcport in zcash.conf when I first answered)

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**Author:** ![CrlsMac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@CrlsMac](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/CrlsMac)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2018, 2:59am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/how-to-start-a-private-zcash-network/31518/5 "2018-11-07T02:59:15Z")

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is this to build a asic private pool?

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**Author:** ![Shawn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/shawn/32/187_2.png) [@Shawn](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/Shawn)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2018, 5:25pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/how-to-start-a-private-zcash-network/31518/6 "2018-11-07T17:25:49Z")

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No, the base Zcashd software does not have the code to run or connect to a mining pool.