# Zcash Fungability

**URL:** <https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zcash-fungability/8351>\
**Category:** Technology\
**Created:** [November 14, 2016, 5:22pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zcash-fungability/8351 "2016-11-14T17:22:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![cascadiacrypto](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/cascadiacrypto/32/745_2.png) [@cascadiacrypto](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/cascadiacrypto)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2016, 3:37pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zcash-fungability/8351/6 "2016-11-14T15:37:11Z")

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> [@ZCASH Market Prospectus 2016-2017](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zcash-market-prospectus-2016-2017/8328/29):
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> cool thanks for that explanation, so a z-addr does wash a coin of its history - of its previous t-addr uses.

Exactly. I assumed you knew this, which is why I couldn’t understand why you were asking about fungibility in the prospectus thread.

ZCash is hands-down the most fungible cryptocurrency around, with zkSnarks there’s no need for mixing, or other crude ways to obscure history. That’s one of the reasons for the hype. The fungibility is real! 😃

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