How to Track Your Zcash (ZEC) Holdings Privately
June 1, 2026
If you hold Zcash for its privacy, using a cloud tracker that wants your email and wallet addresses defeats the purpose. Here is the private way to track ZEC.
Why address-based tracking fails for Zcash
Shielded Zcash (z-addresses) can’t be read from the public chain — that’s the whole point. Only transparent t-addresses expose a balance. So address trackers either see nothing or leak your transparent activity.
The private approach
- Record each ZEC buy and sell — amount, price, date.
- Use a local tracker that computes holdings, average cost and P&L.
- Refresh the price from a public source — that request reveals only “zcash”, not your balance.
Do it with Zcash Portfolio Tracker
Zcash Portfolio Tracker is a free, local-first Windows app built for exactly this. Your transactions live in a local database; only the public ZEC price leaves your machine.
Download Zcash Portfolio Tracker and set up your ZEC portfolio in minutes.