blockbook/bchain/coins/zec/zec.md

Zcash Setup

Get Zcash client

wget https://z.cash/downloads/zcash-1.0.15-linux64.tar.gz
tar xzf zcash-1.0.15-linux64.tar.gz

Run command to download the parameters used to create and verify shielded transactions:

zcash-1.0.15/bin/zcash-fetch-params

Data are stored in /data/zec , in folders /data/zec/zcash for Zcash client data, /data/zec/blockbook for Blockbook data.

Create configuration file /data/zec/zcash/zcash.conf with content

daemon=1
server=1
rpcuser=rpc
rpcpassword=rpc
rpcport=8032
txindex=1
mainnet=1
addnode=mainnet.z.cash

Create script run-zec-zcashd.sh that starts the zcashd daemon with increased rpcworkqueue and configured zeromq

#!/bin/bash

zcash-1.0.15/bin/zcashd -datadir=/data/zec/zcash -rpcworkqueue=32 -zmqpubhashblock=tcp://127.0.0.1:38332 -zmqpubrawblock=tcp://127.0.0.1:38332 -zmqpubhashtx=tcp://127.0.0.1:38332 -zmqpubrawtx=tcp://127.0.0.1:38332

Run the run-zec-zcashd.sh to get initial import of data.

Create blockchain configuration file /data/zec/blockbook/zec.json

{
  "rpcURL": "http://127.0.0.1:8032",
  "rpcUser": "rpc",
  "rpcPass": "rpc",
  "rpcTimeout": 25,
  "parse": true,
  "zeroMQBinding": "tcp://127.0.0.1:38332"
}

Create run-zec-blockbook.sh script that starts blockbook

#!/bin/bash
./blockbook -coin=zec -blockchaincfg=/data/zec/blockbook/zec.json -datadir=/data/zec/blockbook/db -sync -httpserver=:9032 -socketio=:9132 -certfile=server/testcert -explorer=https://zec-bitcore1.trezor.io $1

To run blockbook with logging to file (run with nohup or daemonize using screen)

./run-zec-blockbook.sh 2> /data/zec/blockbook/blockbook.log