FAQ

No. Zcash has no general-purpose smart contracts today, so there's no on-chain token standard to mint into. Ownership and metadata are recorded in an open-source, independently verifiable off-chain registry (ZMD-1) after we verify a real shielded ZEC payment tagged with a memo. Anyone can run the keyless indexer and check the registry themselves — you don't have to trust our servers.

A mint requires a real shielded Zcash transaction to confirm on-chain, and our backend has to scan for it with lightwalletd before it can safely write a registry record. Shielded transactions don't broadcast their contents publicly, so our worker polls using a viewing key rather than reading an open mempool — that scan plus confirmation depth is what takes a bit of time, not artificial delay.

During the current allowlist phase we do not collect any ZEC. When mint opens, payments go to per-mint shielded addresses we control for the sole purpose of matching a tagged payment to a mint request — we do not run a pooled custodial wallet, and we're getting this reviewed before it processes real funds. Full details will be published before mint goes live.

No. Zcash Shielded Assets (ZSA) is a proposed future protocol extension that hasn't shipped yet, and this project's mint does not wait on it. The off-chain registry model works today, on Zcash as it currently exists. A move to native ZSA is an optional future phase we'd only take after NU7 has been live on mainnet and proven stable — see the Roadmap page.

Any Zcash wallet that can generate a Unified Address (starts with u1) and read memos works for receiving your Zecutie's confirmation memo — a transparent or Sapling-only address won't work with our payment flow. We're building against the open-source Noir Wallet adapter for the smoothest experience, but you are not required to use a specific wallet.

Your Unified Zcash address identifies your application; connecting X is an optional bonus step. Neither is displayed publicly — the Checker page only confirms status (pending/approved/rejected) for the address you look up.

Nothing changes for you. The registry-based model is the real, permanent way this collection works — ZSA is a bonus upgrade path, not a dependency.