# Important Links for Zcash Noobs **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [May 26, 2019, 6:05pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/important-links-for-zcash-noobs/33610 "2019-05-26T18:05:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zcashletsgo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3be4f8/32.png) [@Zcashletsgo](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/Zcashletsgo)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2019, 6:05pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/important-links-for-zcash-noobs/33610/1 "2019-05-26T18:05:34Z")
Here are some handy links for anyone just finding about Zcash and wants to know more: **What is Zcash?** > **[Can This Man Build a Better Bitcoin?](https://fortune.com/2017/12/18/jp-morgan-bitcoin-zcash-wilcox/)** > > Two years ago, Bryce “Zooko” Wilcox was running a struggling startup. Now he’s helping create privacy tech that could give today’s cryptocurrencies a run for their money. > **[Mission - Electric Coin Company](https://electriccoin.co/mission/)** > > Today, billions of people in the world do not have access to a fair and open currency or supporting financial \[…\] **How is Zcash Funded? (there is no ICO or Premine)** > **[Funding, Incentives, and Governance - Electric Coin Company](https://electriccoin.co/blog/funding/)** > > In my first blog post I focused on the most important thing: our values. Now I turn to the next-most-important \[…\] > **[Continued Funding and Transparency - Electric Coin Company](https://electriccoin.co/blog/continued-funding-and-transparency/)** > > Our mission is to create open financial technology with zero-knowledge privacy, for everyone in the world to use. The first \[…\] **Zcash Future Plans** 2018 Roadmap: [Zcash for Everyone - Electric Coin Company](https://z.cash/blog/roadmap-update-2017-12.html) 2019 Roadmap: > **[Zcash Company Proposed Roadmap - Electric Coin Company](https://electriccoin.co/blog/zcash-company-proposed-roadmap/)** > > Subsequent to its founding in 2015, the Zcash Company built and then launched the Zcash protocol in October 2016. Since \[…\] > **[The Near Future of Zcash - Electric Coin Company](https://electriccoin.co/blog/the-near-future-of-zcash/)** > > Our Mission is to make Zcash the premier platform for commerce — secure, borderless, and available equally to every person \[…\] > **[Schedule - Zcash](https://z.cash/support/schedule/)** > > About This Chart This Zcash release schedule represents the current plan for upcoming zcashd releases as well as historical release \[…\] **Zcash Getting Started Guide** [https://zcash.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html](https://zcash.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html) **Zcash Github + Projects** > **[GitHub - zcash/zcash: Zcash - Internet Money](https://github.com/zcash/zcash)** > > Zcash - Internet Money. Contribute to zcash/zcash development by creating an account on GitHub. > **[Build software better, together](https://github.com/zcash/zcash/projects?query=is%3Aopen)** > > GitHub is where people build software. More than 83 million people use GitHub to discover, fork, and contribute to over 200 million projects. **Zcash Milestones:** > **[Milestones - zcash/zcash](https://github.com/zcash/zcash/milestones)** > > Zcash - Internet Money. Contribute to zcash/zcash development by creating an account on GitHub. **Zcash Block Explorers:** [https://explorer.zcha.in](https://explorer.zcha.in/) [https://zcash.blockexplorer.com](https://zcash.blockexplorer.com/) [https://zcashnetwork.info](https://zcashnetwork.info/) [https://explorer.z.cash](https://explorer.z.cash/) **FAQ about Zcash** > **[Frequently Asked Questions - Zcash](https://z.cash/support/faq/)** > > Find answers to important questions about Zcash, how it differs from other cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, transaction types, mining, upgrades, community and more. **How Can I Start Mining?** > **[Zcash Mining Guide - Zcash Community](https://www.zcashcommunity.com/mining/)** > > \[vc\_section full\_width=”stretch\_row” pix\_over\_visibility=”” bottom\_divider\_select=”8″ css=”.vc\_custom\_1651423534230{padding-top: 80px !important;padding-bottom: 80px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;}”\]\[vc\_row full\_width=”stretch\_row”... **How Can I Run a Node?** [https://zcash.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html](https://zcash.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html) **Zcash Sprout Trusted Setup Parameters** > **[The Design of the Ceremony - Electric Coin Company](https://electriccoin.co/blog/the-design-of-the-ceremony/)** > > Update: Read our full summary of what took place in the Zcash Parameter Generation Ceremony. The Toxic Waste, and Other \[…\] > **[Zcash Parameters And How They Will Be Generated - Electric Coin Company](https://electriccoin.co/blog/generating-zcash-parameters/)** > > At its core, Zcash’s privacy technology relies on a novel cryptographic tool called a zkSNARK – a small zero-knowledge proof \[…\] **New Sapling Parameter Generation** > **[Completion of the Sapling MPC - Electric Coin Company](https://electriccoin.co/blog/completion-of-the-sapling-mpc/)** > > Zcash’s next major upgrade, codenamed Sapling, will be activated later this year. One of our final goals before activation is \[…\] > **[home](https://zfnd.org)** > > The Zcash Foundation is a 501(c)(3) public charity that builds financial privacy infrastructure for the public good. **Zcash Protocol Specification** > **The Zcash Proof Of Work: Equihash** > **[Why Equihash? - Electric Coin Company](https://electriccoin.co/blog/why-equihash/)** > > In our last blog post, we announced that we have started using Equihash as the proof-of-work for block mining in \[…\] **Zcash Forum:** [https://forum.zcashcommunity.com](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/) **Zcash Community Website:** [https://www.zcashcommunity.com](https://www.zcashcommunity.com/) **Zcash Chat:** [https://chat.zcashcommunity.com](https://chat.zcashcommunity.com/) **IRC:** [irc.oftc.net](http://irc.oftc.net) or [https://webchat.freenode.net](https://webchat.freenode.net/) in channel #zcash ---
**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:** [May 26, 2019, 6:34pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/important-links-for-zcash-noobs/33610/2 "2019-05-26T18:34:20Z")
Any particular reason you are copy/pasting the sticky from Reddit? Most of these links are already in the Forum header.