# ZEC can now be minted as an ERC-20 token **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [May 28, 2020, 11:57am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zec-can-now-be-minted-as-an-erc-20-token/36594 "2020-05-28T11:57:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 12
**Author:** ![MaximilianR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/maximilianr/32/16844_2.png) [@MaximilianR](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/MaximilianR)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2020, 9:08am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zec-can-now-be-minted-as-an-erc-20-token/36594/12 "2020-09-28T09:08:31Z")
The mint/burn could potentially have tax concerns in certain countries, but should not have any implications with the SEC (I’m not a lawyer, not advice), since we are not changing the supply of any asset, we are just wrapping and unwrapping. It is not a burn in the normal “token supply burn” sense, it is really just wrapping/unwrapping, or lock/release if you prefer that. Update: per the CTO of Ren: > our lawyers have given us the all clear that renTokens are not securities if the token itself (eg BTC) is not a security --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zec-can-now-be-minted-as-an-erc-20-token/36594)._