Incredible, 52 servers are online now!
Thank you to the operators who promptly upgraded to Zebra 3.0.0-rc.0. It is very important to run the latest versions of the Zcash software for the benefit of the network and users connecting through your servers. Running the latest versions will soon be a requirement to earn a reward.
November 2025 Rewards
25 operators qualified for the November 2025 reward, a total of 85.66666675 ZEC:
| Server | Version | Uptime | Ping |
|---|---|---|---|
| z.miscthings.casa:9067 | Zebra:2.5.0 | 99.97865% | 422ms |
| zec.alexxiy.top:9067 | Zebra:2.5.0 | 99.95729% | 535ms |
| z.dptr.capital:9067 | Zebra:2.5.0 | 99.92526% | 203ms |
| zcash.johndo.men:443 | Zebra:2.5.0 | 99.88255% | 397ms |
| lwal.podev.name:9067 | Zebra:2.5.0 | 99.88255% | 402ms |
| zwallet.techly.fyi:443 | Zebra:2.5.0 | 99.88255% | 526ms |
| zeclwnode.mylabtest.vip:9067 | Zebra:2.5.0 | 99.88255% | 579ms |
| zaino.netstable.stream:443 | Zebra:2.5.0 | 99.87188% | 359ms |
| znode.roamerx.win:443 | Zebra:2.5.0 | 99.86120% | 421ms |
| zw.run.place:443 | Zebra:2.5.0 | 99.83985% | 385ms |
| z.arounder.co:9067 | Zebra:2.5.0 | 99.80782% | 539ms |
| lwd.z0n.jp:443 | Zebra:2.5.0 | 99.79714% | 438ms |
| light.myown.party:443 | Zebra:2.5.0 | 99.78646% | 560ms |
| zlw.nodemaster.link:9067 | Zebra:2.5.0 | 99.78646% | 891ms |
| chmodas.org:443 | Zebra:2.5.0 | 99.77578% | 401ms |
| zecapi.linkpc.net:443 | Zebra:2.5.0 | 99.76511% | 770ms |
| lightwallet.qzz.io:443 | Zebra:2.5.0 | 99.19923% | 423ms |
| zecrpc.dpdns.org:443 | Zebra:2.5.0 | 98.30237% | 507ms |
| carover0.xyz:9067 | Zebra:3.0.0-rc.0 | 97.83259% | 399ms |
| zec.bitchat.channel:8443 | Zebra:2.5.0 | 91.57591% | 556ms |
| lightapi.justneedto.click:9067 | Zebra:2.5.0 | 64.21098% | 452ms |
| lightzec.dinks.pw:443 | Zebra:2.5.0 | 64.20030% | 575ms |
| lzec.linked.sarl:443 | Zebra:2.5.0 | 64.15759% | 786ms |
| zecnode.sarl:443 | Zebra:2.5.0 | 64.11488% | 424ms |
| zcw.sererra.link:9067 | Zebra:2.5.0 | 64.04015% | 405ms |
We calculate uptime as the percentage of the month that a server was online and responding normally to our checker’s requests. The source code for all of this is open and available in Hosh’s Github repository. Previously a bug in our calculations was not taking into account the percentage of a month that a server was online, allowing newer servers to appear to outperform older servers. Since this is the first month that Zcash has ever had over 25 light wallet servers online, we prioritized and deployed a fix to ensure that payouts were distributed fairly.
TXID (the view key is published above):
72ad0f055598c14cf2c9d304ba434d980e01fdf7de7513eea070798c165e0edc
Calibrating Rewards with Decentralization Goals
Our aim is to incentivize the decentralization of Zcash. We were targeting a reward of around $100/month to subsidize hosting costs. Yet it’s been a wild, wild month for Zcash! When we started, 1 ZEC was worth around $40 USD. It’s now at $640. That’s incredible, unprecedented growth at a breakneck pace.
Funding was provided by a generous donor in our community who has been in touch. They are concerned that our unexpectedly-huge reward of 3.42666667 ZEC/month/operator is not aligned with decentralization or longevity, and that it instead is attracting profit-seekers who may not stick around to support the network long-term.
They have asked us to adjust rewards to prioritize decentralization. I was at first vehemently-opposed to making any change to what we initially announced, but upon reflection, it is their money after all.
Today’s payout was 85.66666675 ZEC (>$53k USD today), more funding than even Zec.rocks has ever received. That’s not an efficient allocation of resources for the benefit of Zcash.
With a goal of launching more Zcash servers, for a longer period of time - rather than unintentionally giving 25 people a monthly windfall for a short period of time - we have agreed with the donor’s request to adjust the reward to better align with long-term decentralization.
Rewards Moving Forward
Effective today we are implementing the following changes to the rewards:
- Rewards will continue beyond the initial six months announced, in order to deploy our newfound budget created by the rapid increase in Zcash’s market value.
- Monthly rewards will be capped at no more than $300 per month per operator or 3.42666667 ZEC, whichever is less, to align with the realistic cost of hosting a Zcash server. Conversion rate will be determined at our discretion.
- We are increasing rewards from 25 to now rewarding the top 50 servers each month to further our goal of decentralization.
- Unused reward budget will rollover into future months. We will regularly update the community on how many months of runway remain.
- We will post a public donation address to solicit further crowdfunding to keep this going for as long as possible.
- Rewards will be prioritized by: servers running the most recent versions of Zcash software as determined by our team, successful uptime checks over the prior 30 days as determined by Hosh, and the lowest average global ping as a potential tiebreaker.
These adjustments will help us invest in the long term decentralization of Zcash far beyond our initial six month goal.
Thank you for participating in the decentralization of Zcash during this incredible season for our currency!