Is Zcash (ZEC) a shitcoin?
$ No. Strong fundamentals, few red flags.
Gold-meter
65/100
merit score
Shit-meter
15/100
red-flag score
Zcash: Strongest on supply soundness (84); biggest red flag is insider control (25).
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Goldcoin score breakdown Higher is better · total 65 Fair launch & distribution 16% of score 80
Genesis allocation to insiders measured 60 20% Launch method assessed 100 Fair mining / fair launch Top-100 holders' share measured ?
Unknown Cost to attack measured 23 ~$50M (est.) Full bear markets survived measured 80 2 Halts or rollbacks, last 5 years measured 100 0 Years in production measured 99 9.9 years Security budget 10% of score 54
Fee share of security rewards assessed 15 Under 3% Security spend (rewards ÷ market cap per year) assessed 100 1.5% or more of market cap per year Security trend (hashrate or staked share, 1 year) assessed 50 Flat Real reward to securers assessed 50 Roughly break-even Decentralization 16% of score 57
Permissionless participation assessed 100 Anyone can mine or validate Consensus mechanism assessed 100 Proof of work Largest client's share measured 45 ~70% (est.) Nakamoto coefficient measured 23 2 Reachable full / validating nodes measured 15 ~200 (est.) Usability as money 10% of score 78
Confirmation speed (L1) assessed 70 10s to 2 min Typical transaction fee (L1) assessed 85 $0.001 to $0.01 Tech & development 12% of score 78
Open source assessed 100 Fully open Originality assessed 100 Novel design or research Programmability assessed 50 Limited scripting or tokens only Monthly active core developers measured 63 17 Supply soundness 14% of score 84
Current annual inflation measured 68 3.9% Supply policy assessed 100 Fixed hard cap Annual fees ÷ market cap measured 0 0.0008% Daily active addresses measured ?
Unknown TVL or non-speculative settlement ÷ market cap measured ?
Unknown
Shitcoin score breakdown Higher is worse · total 15 Admin powers 15% of score 0
Mint authority measured 0 None Upgrade path measured 0 Immutable or hard fork only Freeze or blacklist function measured 0 No Unlock overhang 15% of score 0
FDV ÷ market cap measured 0 1× Unlocks in next 12 months measured 0 0% Track record 10% of score 0
Core-protocol exploits with user losses, last 5 years measured 0 0 Regulatory enforcement against the issuer measured 0 None Insider control 20% of score 25
Team, investor and foundation holdings measured 10 ~5% (est.) Top-10 wallets' share measured ?
Unknown Who controls upgrades and governance assessed 40 Foundation-led Function beyond speculation assessed 0 Money, gas or collateral Market cap ÷ annual economic throughput measured ?
Unknown Token needed to use the product assessed 0 Required Hype dependence 10% of score 0
Celebrity, influencer or politician launch assessed 0 No Social mentions ÷ active addresses measured ?
Unknown Trading turnover measured ?
Unknown Methodology v0.8 · computed 2026-09-29 