We made a way to launch "tokens" on zcash, Live Now
The quotes are doing work. zcash can't hold assets yet, ZIP 226 and 227 are still drafts, and the next upgrade doesn't even carry the transaction format they need.
So we do it another way.
Zcash has always accepted inscriptions. no new consensus rules, no upgrade needed — an inscription is just a transparent transaction carrying data. ~113,000 already sit on mainnet.
That's the opening. the asset is an inscription, because it's the only form zcash takes today.
How it works:
burn the token on solana in one transaction. a STAMP appears on zcash mainnet, cut with the exact amount you destroyed, delivered to your address.
no bridge. no escrow. no multisig holding your coins.
it isn't hardcoded to one coin. the whole protocol is parameterised by the solana mint — point it at any token and it works.
i proved that by running a second token through it on mainnet, start to finish, before writing this.
each stamp maps to exactly one burn, claimable once. a balance can't say this destruction happened, this amount, this person. only a unique record can.
when shielded assets ship, every stamp converts to the amount cut into it.
The rule is the product. a stamp counts only if it cites a real burn nobody has claimed, delivered to the address that burner chose. minting is permissionless — the minter key isn't trusted, so i attacked it.
forged a stamp on mainnet with my own minter key. 10x the amount, citing a burn that never happened, zcash accepted it — consensus has no opinion on our rules, the ledger refused it. supply still equals burns exactly.
Real, on zcash mainnet:
stamp b2cbded5c37c2cca8918a077a73e2ca349005efba046cee0866b34dd879c5acb
forgery d54660626ac2464cdaac7009e5b0b93f8b705e6236b24455edde8a34faffc0b7
Rebuild the set from public data on both chains. you'll get the same answer.
Bought some $RAM.
Robinhood Chain is doing real volume now and that volume needs a DEX.
Ramses V3 did around $18M-$19M in the last 24h on RH Chain with basically no emissions propping it up.
Just swaps, fees, LPs getting paid.
Robinhood Chain will keep growing, the main runner up doing volume there probably matters.