how to mine zcash
new coins are produced by mining you can use an application specific integrated circuit asic miner or your computer if it has a graphics card capable of mining operating systems supported by zcash are docker debian ubuntu mac and other linux flavors however zcash recommends using an asic miner and mining pool because the network difficulty has gotten so high that pc mining is not worth the time and costs 6zcash uses a proof of work mining algorithm which requires miners to compete against each other to produce a new block by racing to solve a cryptographic problem 4 the first miner to find the solution opens a new block and receives the block reward who founded zcash zcash was founded by a group of scientists and zooko wilcox o hearn a computer security specialist who created the electric coin company 