Zcash Operators: Earn ZEC for your uptime

It’s incredible to see so many people running Zcash light wallet servers, Hosh is showing 40 online right now. Thank you!

After the Sept 15th kickoff reward, we’ve paid 36 ZEC. Our current balance for monthly rewards is 514 ZEC, to be distributed across the six monthly payouts. (we’re paying the transaction fees to keep accounting simple)

Monthly budget: 85.66666667 ZEC (514 ÷ 6)
Winners per month: Top 25 servers according to the requirements above.
Per winning server: 3.42666667 ZEC (85.66666667 ÷ 25)

During some months there may be less than 25 servers running. We will use any remaining budget at the end to extend the rewards beyond the initial six months, with the future reward amount to be determined.

And whoa, that ZEC price action!

I hope that operators use some of their windfall to keep servers running way past our reward timeline or to upgrade them to support Zcash’s increased user base. We may not always be able to provide such generous rewards, but Zcash’s need for decentralized infrastructure won’t go away.

October 2025 Rewards

21 operators qualified for the October 2025 reward, a total of 71.96000007 ZEC:

carover0.xyz:9067
chmodas.org:443
light.myown.party:443
lightwallet.netstable.stream:9067
lightwallet.qzz.io:443
lwal.podev.name:443
lwd.z0n.jp:443
z.arounder.co:443
z.dptr.capital:9067
z.miscthings.casa:443
zcash.johndo.men:443
zcash.mysideoftheweb.com:9067
zec.alexxiy.top:8137
zec.bitchat.channel:8443
zecapi.linkpc.net:443
zeclwnode.mylabtest.vip:9067
zecrpc.dpdns.org:443
zlw.nodemaster.link:9067
znode.roamerx.win:443
zw.run.place:443
zwallet.techly.fyi:443

TXID (the view key is published above):

7a5bc74914a5d4f660ef3d0cf14860698c143571e9eebf56559fdc87d038f3fc

One More Thing

Sending a ton of Zcash transactions is a pain. So, we whipped together a quick tool to make it easy. The source code is available here.

Here’s a screen recording of me using it to pay everyone.

Thank you for participating, and keep the servers coming - we’re not up to 25 yet!

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Gracias, para mí es una gran experiencia participar. Logré hacer algo que antes me parecía impensado.
A los que todavía no se animan: más allá de recibir una suma importante (que donde vivo realmente lo es), vale por la experiencia y por sentirse parte de algo grande.
Aguante Zcash y éxitos para todos, los que estamos y los que se sumen!

Thank you, it’s been an amazing experience to take part. I managed to do something that once felt impossible for me.
To those who haven’t joined yet: beyond receiving a meaningful reward (which, where I live, really is), it’s all about the experience and feeling part of something bigger.
Long live Zcash, and best of luck to everyone, those already here and those yet to come!

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Hello, I am bringing another server online but it isn’t ready yet. I will send an address when I think it is ready.

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I’m going to set one up in the next couple of days, and then I’ll keep it running, even if you stop making the payment. I’m also currently setting up a full node.

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Hi @emersonian ,

Things are improving one bug at a time :slight_smile:

The hosh dashboard seems broken again Last Checked: 1d 19h , it’s possible that my server going down from time to time is breaking the dashboard, I’m still trying to figure out what goes wrong with the home server.

p.s. just looked at the screen recording of the vibecoded app for the multi send Zec, it’s really lit :fire:

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@emersonian can you add mine, it’s zcash-chainmatter.tailb19703.ts.net:443

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Nice! I’ll setup a node soon :+1:

It changes at any given time, all the ipv6 ones always fail on mine anyways

FAIL: server:9067=lwd6.zcash-infra.com ipv=ipv4 ip=94.131.101.201
FAIL: server=lwal.podev.name:443 ipv=ipv4 ip=138.199.232.242
FAIL: server:9067=lwd8.zcash-infra.com ipv=ipv4 ip=95.164.69.32
OK (286.17ms): height=3107376 server:9067=lwd3.zcash-infra.com lwd=0.1.4 zcd=/Zebra:2.5.0/ ipv=ipv4 ip=45.150.65.103
OK (332.25ms): height=3107376 server=na.zec.rocks:443 lwd=v0.4.18 zcd=/Zebra:2.5.0/ ipv=ipv4 ip=66.241.124.200
FAIL: server=na.zec.rocks:443 ipv=ipv6 ip=2a09:8280:1::33:2886:0
OK (407.10ms): height=3107376 server=zec.rocks:443 lwd=v0.4.18 zcd=/Zebra:2.5.0/ ipv=ipv4 ip=137.66.62.60
FAIL: server=zec.rocks:443 ipv=ipv6 ip=2a09:8280:1::2f:d218:0
OK (536.15ms): height=3107376 server=sa.zec.rocks:443 lwd=v0.4.18 zcd=/Zebra:2.5.0/ ipv=ipv4 ip=66.241.124.116
FAIL: server=sa.zec.rocks:443 ipv=ipv6 ip=2a09:8280:1::34:206e:0
OK (572.18ms): height=3107376 server=eu.zec.rocks:443 lwd=v0.4.18 zcd=/Zebra:2.5.0/ ipv=ipv4 ip=66.241.125.169
FAIL: server=eu.zec.rocks:443 ipv=ipv6 ip=2a09:8280:1::33:8db2:0
OK (640.51ms): height=3107376 server=lightwallet.netstable.stream:9067 lwd=v0.4.18-9-gb932e8e zcd=/Zebra:2.5.0/ ipv=ipv4 ip=79.137.73.75
OK (326.03ms): height=3107376 server=z.dptr.capital:9067 lwd=v0.4.18 zcd=/Zebra:2.5.0/ ipv=ipv4 ip=147.135.39.166
FAIL: server=lightwallet.netstable.stream:9067 ipv=ipv6 ip=2001:41d0:305:2100::370
FAIL: server=z.dptr.capital:9067 ipv=ipv6 ip=2604:2dc0:200:3a6::1
OK (718.57ms): height=320820 server=carover0.xyz:9067 lwd=v0.0.0.0-dev zcd=/Zebra:3.0.0-rc.0/ ipv=ipv4 ip=45.67.217.147
OK (789.31ms): height=3107376 server:9067=lwd7.zcash-infra.com lwd=0.1.4 zcd=/Zebra:2.5.0/ ipv=ipv4 ip=185.234.64.6
OK (777.86ms): height=3107376 server:443=chmodas.org lwd=v0.4.18 zcd=/Zebra:2.5.0/ ipv=ipv4 ip=207.2.123.169
OK (818.40ms): height=3107376 server=ap.zec.rocks:443 lwd=v0.4.18 zcd=/Zebra:2.5.0/ ipv=ipv4 ip=66.241.124.66
FAIL: server=ap.zec.rocks:443 ipv=ipv6 ip=2a09:8280:1::34:2074:0
OK (656.33ms): height=3107376 server:443=z.arounder.co lwd=0.1.2 zcd=/Zebra:2.5.0/ ipv=ipv4 ip=46.62.200.101
OK (594.79ms): height=3107376 server=z.miscthings.casa:443 lwd=0.1.2 zcd=/Zebra:2.5.0/ ipv=ipv4 ip=91.99.165.197
OK (850.47ms): height=3107376 server=light.myown.party:443 lwd=v0.4.18-9-gb932e8e zcd=/Zebra:2.5.0/ ipv=ipv4 ip=5.161.52.206
OK (808.28ms): height=3107376 server=lwd.z0n.jp:443 lwd=v0.4.18 zcd=/Zebra:2.5.0/ ipv=ipv4 ip=133.18.114.187
OK (713.41ms): height=3107376 server=zcash.johndo.men:443 lwd=v0.4.18-9-gb932e8e zcd=/Zebra:2.5.0/ ipv=ipv4 ip=54.38.78.116
FAIL: server=zcash.johndo.men:443 ipv=ipv6 ip=2001:41d0:801:2000::cb9
OK (700.38ms): height=3107376 server=zec.alexxiy.top:8137 lwd=0.1.2 zcd=/Zebra:2.5.0/ ipv=ipv4 ip=167.235.32.102
OK (618.21ms): height=3107376 server=zec.bitchat.channel:8443 lwd= zcd=/Zebra:2.5.0/ ipv=ipv4 ip=209.38.103.168
OK (643.55ms): height=3107376 server:443=zecapi.linkpc.net lwd=v0.4.18-9-gb932e8e zcd=/Zebra:2.5.0/ ipv=ipv4 ip=144.217.163.215
FAIL: server:443=zecapi.linkpc.net ipv=ipv6 ip=2607:5300:205:200::202f
OK (624.09ms): height=3107376 server=znode.roamerx.win:443 lwd=v0.4.18-9-gb932e8e zcd=/Zebra:2.5.0/ ipv=ipv4 ip=192.145.46.36
OK (692.01ms): height=3107376 server:443=zcash-chainmatter.tailb19703.ts.net lwd=v0.4.18 zcd=/Zebra:2.5.0/ ipv=ipv4 ip=185.40.234.37
FAIL: server:443=zcash-chainmatter.tailb19703.ts.net ipv=ipv6 ip=2a00:dd80:20::e3d
OK (908.22ms): height=3107376 server=zlw.nodemaster.link:9067 lwd=v0.4.18-4-ge5a7393 zcd=/Zebra:2.5.0/ ipv=ipv4 ip=5.78.95.202
FAIL: server=zlw.nodemaster.link:9067 ipv=ipv6 ip=2a01:4ff:1f0:7bdc::2184
OK (860.08ms): height=3107376 server=zwallet.techly.fyi:443 lwd=v0.4.18-9-gb932e8e zcd=/Zebra:2.5.0/ ipv=ipv4 ip=51.83.128.134
FAIL: server=zwallet.techly.fyi:443 ipv=ipv6 ip=2001:41d0:601:1100::54ff
OK (689.75ms): height=3107376 server=zw.run.place:443 lwd=v0.4.18-9-gb932e8e zcd=/Zebra:2.5.0/ ipv=ipv4 ip=51.178.84.93
FAIL: server=zw.run.place:443 ipv=ipv6 ip=2001:41d0:404:200::720b
OK (1558.80ms): height=3107376 server=zeclwnode.mylabtest.vip:9067 lwd=v0.4.18-9-gb932e8e zcd=/Zebra:2.5.0/ ipv=ipv4 ip=5.223.66.156
FAIL: server=zeclwnode.mylabtest.vip:9067 ipv=ipv6 ip=2a01:4ff:2f0:2de7::3717
OK (571.39ms): height=3107376 server:443=lightwallet.qzz.io lwd=v0.4.18-9-gb932e8e zcd=/Zebra:2.5.0/ ipv=ipv4 ip=91.98.193.138
FAIL: server:443=lightwallet.qzz.io ipv=ipv6 ip=2a01:4f8:1c1a:8c99::1518
OK (781.54ms): height=3107376 server:443=zecrpc.dpdns.org lwd=v0.4.18-9-gb932e8e zcd=/Zebra:2.5.0/ ipv=ipv4 ip=217.154.183.145
FAIL: server:443=zecrpc.dpdns.org ipv=ipv6 ip=2001:ba0:280:1800::1
FAIL: server:9067=lwd2.zcash-infra.com ipv=ipv4 ip=185.74.222.229
FAIL: server:9067=lwd1.zcash-infra.com ipv=ipv4 ip=45.8.146.57
FAIL: server:9067=lwd4.zcash-infra.com ipv=ipv4 ip=146.19.106.109
FAIL: server:9067=lwd5.zcash-infra.com ipv=ipv4 ip=185.242.87.141
OK (138.79ms): height=3107376 server:9067=zcash.mysideoftheweb.com lwd=v0.4.18 zcd=/Zebra:2.5.0/ ipv=ipv4 ip=161.97.247.6

All IPv6 failing indicates that you are testing from a connection which does not support IPv6. Try running with “-ipv4” for now. I need to update zecping with some sort of “does the testing device have ipv6 connectivity” test.

We’re continuing to troubleshoot the testing lag issues on Hosh, thank you for continuing to report.

@matterboi will get you added, welcome to the party!

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My node is ready
ltwallet.netter.top:9067
please add it. Thanks :folded_hands:

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lzec.linked.sarl:443

could my node be added?

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Better late than never!

stroopwafel.observer:9067

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zcw.sererra.link:9067

And add me plz.

lightzec.dinks.pw:443

A little bit late, but why not?)))

My node: zzz.stripest.online:443

I hope to take part in this operation soon as soon as I get a well upgraded PC with good specs.

Just finished set up my node! Joining your party :upside_down_face:

lightapi.justneedto.click:9067

zecnode.sarl:443

Amazing! The following servers have been added to Hosh:

ltwallet.netter.top:9067
lzec.linked.sarl:443
stroopwafel.observer:9067
zcw.sererra.link:9067
lightzec.dinks.pw:443
zzz.stripest.online:443
lightapi.justneedto.click:9067
zecnode.sarl:443
zcash-chainmatter.tailb19703.ts.net:443
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Hi! Oh.. seems I’m a little bit late, but hope you add my node too

zecwal.sandycat.cc:443