# Zec-qt-wallet now comes with embedded zcashd **URL:** \ **Category:** ZecWallet\ **Created:** [November 12, 2018, 10:38pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zec-qt-wallet-now-comes-with-embedded-zcashd/31889 "2018-11-12T22:38:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![adityapk00](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/adityapk00/32/11062_2.png) [@adityapk00](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/adityapk00)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2018, 10:38pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zec-qt-wallet-now-comes-with-embedded-zcashd/31889/1 "2018-11-12T22:38:24Z")
zec-qt-wallet v0.3 now ships with an embedded zcash daemon on Windows and Linux! At startup, if zec-qt-wallet cannot connect to an external zcashd, it can start the embedded zcash daemon using your existing zcash.conf. For first time users, zec-qt-wallet will additionally - Create a new zcash.conf with a random password - Download the zcash sprout/sapling params (~1.7 GB download) - Start (and then stop) zcashd ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/original/2X/b/be190419b07c83a553745c1654022859b2b2cb5e.png) Download here: [Releases · ZcashFoundation/zecwallet · GitHub](https://github.com/adityapk00/zec-qt-wallet/releases) Please let me know if you have feedback, issues and/or feature requests! More screenshots: ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/original/2X/4/4b547972217fb8c18deb3de5dd8c1c7f32af5b2a.png) ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/original/2X/f/f028e3fcd15486203672f8c1021269fbf2887f07.png) ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/original/2X/e/e107ecb7eb034dfe9438b0e7ee0bc03b5c6a04a0.png) ---
**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 13, 2018, 3:24am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zec-qt-wallet-now-comes-with-embedded-zcashd/31889/2 "2018-11-13T03:24:50Z")
Awesome 👍 If you are using WinZEC and want to test this then you can simply download and start it up and it’ll use all the config/blockchain/wallet stuff - essentially you are just replacing the front-end and the bundled zcashd instance. ---
**Author:** ![str4d](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/str4d/32/64_2.png) [@str4d](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/str4d)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2018, 6:24am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zec-qt-wallet-now-comes-with-embedded-zcashd/31889/3 "2018-11-13T06:24:10Z")
> [@adityapk00](#): > > Create a new zcash.conf with a random password If you mean RPC password, note that cookie authentication has been supported for some time now, so you can instead rely on being able to read the cookie file (created on `zcashd` start) from the datadir. ---
**Author:** ![adityapk00](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/adityapk00/32/11062_2.png) [@adityapk00](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/adityapk00)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2018, 6:40am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zec-qt-wallet-now-comes-with-embedded-zcashd/31889/4 "2018-11-13T06:40:37Z")
Oh? I didn’t even know that! Let me look into it! ---
**Author:** ![bushgrad](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/bushgrad/32/11642_2.png) [@bushgrad](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/bushgrad)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 5:04am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zec-qt-wallet-now-comes-with-embedded-zcashd/31889/5 "2018-11-15T05:04:10Z")
I am on fedora 28 on 4G RAM and sufficient empty disk space. Following the official zcashd instructions, I got beyond the github download but the build has many errors. I then tried your qt-wallet. Unfortunately, after about 6 hours, I remain at “syncing, 67%”. I hope to be able to run a node on the official zcashd software and have this qt wallet running as well. Any tips to install and run a node using the official version - would be most appreciated. ---
**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 15, 2018, 6:17pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zec-qt-wallet-now-comes-with-embedded-zcashd/31889/6 "2018-11-15T18:17:14Z")
What is in your `zcash.conf` file? It’ll be in `~/.zcash/zcash.conf` is there a line `addnode=mainnet.z.cash` as this was missing from an earlier release and will help in bootstrapping finding nodes? Does the embedded zcashd in zec-qt-wallet show you have any connections? Edit: related [don't ban peers when loading pre-sapling (and pre-blossom) blocks by LarryRuane · Pull Request #3670 · zcash/zcash · GitHub](https://github.com/zcash/zcash/pull/3670) ---
**Author:** ![ChileBob](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/chilebob/32/26546_2.png) [@ChileBob](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/ChileBob)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 6:36pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zec-qt-wallet-now-comes-with-embedded-zcashd/31889/7 "2018-11-15T18:36:53Z")
4Gb is kinda low, my old laptop struggled until I gave it more memory - works great with 8Gb. ---
**Author:** ![bushgrad](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/bushgrad/32/11642_2.png) [@bushgrad](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/bushgrad)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2018, 12:23am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zec-qt-wallet-now-comes-with-embedded-zcashd/31889/8 "2018-11-16T00:23:47Z")
Hi - tks for your suggestion. The file had the `addnode=mainnet.z.cash` line - the qt-wallet was able to connect and sync - the process stalled at 67% The related link is to the official zcashd github - I would need to see when the Qt version embeds this new zcashd version; alternatively, overcome the build errors, build a working official zcashd then come back to the Qt version and have no reason to use the embedded zcashd - I am wondering if anyone has successfully built zcashd on Fedora 28 @ChileBob my aim is not to mine - just run a node and transact. Would this really need even 4GB of RAM? ---
**Author:** ![ChileBob](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/chilebob/32/26546_2.png) [@ChileBob](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/ChileBob)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2018, 12:33am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zec-qt-wallet-now-comes-with-embedded-zcashd/31889/9 "2018-11-16T00:33:49Z")
I think yes, but that’s just my humble opinion. I don’t mine on my old laptop, its just a node & a playpen for various projects but it really had a hard time until I added the memory - the slow hard drive didn’t help either. My theory is it validates blocks while its syncing & that’s where the extra RAM was needed - didn’t cost much & sure fixed my problem. ---
**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 16, 2018, 9:03pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zec-qt-wallet-now-comes-with-embedded-zcashd/31889/10 "2018-11-16T21:03:30Z")
Is there anything in your `debug.log` file at `~/.zcash/debug.log` ---
**Author:** ![powerusa](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/powerusa/32/3345_2.png) [@powerusa](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/powerusa)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2019, 1:37am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zec-qt-wallet-now-comes-with-embedded-zcashd/31889/11 "2019-02-05T01:37:17Z")
How to remove wallet on Mack what locations i need to delete ---
**Author:** ![johnwisdom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/johnwisdom/32/5836_2.png) [@johnwisdom](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/johnwisdom)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2019, 12:41pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zec-qt-wallet-now-comes-with-embedded-zcashd/31889/12 "2019-02-17T12:41:49Z")
> 17.02.2019 13:39:20 =========Startup========== > 17.02.2019 13:39:20 Found Zcash params directory at C:/Users/Insert Coin/AppData/Roaming/ZcashParams > 17.02.2019 13:39:20 Found zcashconf at C:/Users/Insert Coin/AppData/Roaming/Zcash/zcash.conf > 17.02.2019 13:39:20 Attempting autoconnect > 17.02.2019 13:39:22 Trying to start embedded zcashd > 17.02.2019 13:39:22 Embedded zcashd started up, trying autoconnect in 1 sec > 17.02.2019 13:39:23 Found Zcash params directory at C:/Users/Insert Coin/AppData/Roaming/ZcashParams > 17.02.2019 13:39:23 Found zcashconf at C:/Users/Insert Coin/AppData/Roaming/Zcash/zcash.conf > 17.02.2019 13:39:23 Attempting autoconnect > 17.02.2019 13:39:24 Authentication failed Erased zcash.conf, disinstall, reinstall. It worked. ---
**Author:** ![Autotunafish](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/autotunafish/32/7827_2.png) [@Autotunafish](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/Autotunafish)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2019, 12:31pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zec-qt-wallet-now-comes-with-embedded-zcashd/31889/13 "2019-02-25T12:31:11Z")
[https://docs.zecqtwallet.com](https://docs.zecqtwallet.com) ---
**Author:** ![mirish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mirish](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/mirish)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2019, 6:57am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zec-qt-wallet-now-comes-with-embedded-zcashd/31889/14 "2019-02-28T06:57:44Z")
and whats the total download size of synchronizing data(blocks) as of Feb 2019 for Linux machine? ---
**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:** [February 28, 2019, 3:19pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zec-qt-wallet-now-comes-with-embedded-zcashd/31889/15 "2019-02-28T15:19:21Z")
From [https://docs.zecqtwallet.com/faq/#how-large-is-the-blockchain](https://docs.zecqtwallet.com/faq/#how-large-is-the-blockchain) it’s about 22GB.