# Z\_gettotalbalance different than z\_getbalance

**URL:** <https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/z-gettotalbalance-different-than-z-getbalance/31827>\
**Category:** zcashd client\
**Created:** [November 5, 2018, 7:51am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/z-gettotalbalance-different-than-z-getbalance/31827 "2018-11-05T07:51:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![cartooner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e7dd6/32.png) [@cartooner](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/cartooner)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2018, 7:51am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/z-gettotalbalance-different-than-z-getbalance/31827/1 "2018-11-05T07:51:10Z")

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zcash-cli z-gettotalbalance returns ok:  
{  
“transparent”: “9.9684”,  
“private”: “0.00”,  
“total”: “9.9684”  
}

but zcash-cli z\_getbalance returns 0.0000

Please help. I cannot make payment.

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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:** [November 5, 2018, 2:52pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/z-gettotalbalance-different-than-z-getbalance/31827/2 "2018-11-05T14:52:18Z")

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The simplest explanation is that `z_getbalance` returns the balance of a single z-addr whereas z\_gettotalbalance includes all z\_addrs. Check the output of `z_listunspent` as this will show you which notes are spendable for each address.