Zcash stays ZEC-only, private money. Noir lets you use tokens and DeFi straight from your shielded ZEC. No consensus change. No new assets on Zcash. No second wallet or key.

Here's how it works: Your trades run on NEAR through three unlinked identities and a TEE privacy relay, split across one-time accounts, then settle back to shielded ZEC. Private the whole way: who you are, where your funds are, what you're doing, where the request came from.

What's already out there: Noir Wallet, on Zcash mainnet since May 2026 @near_intents, @rhea_finance, @ZcashNames, @zcashtocash and @0xramplabs integrations Full protocol design, with checkpoints anchored to Zcash Our forum post on where Noir fits in the ZSA debate 👇 forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/i… Big thanks to @ShieldedLabs for building the Zero-Indexer, and to @antonlivaja for being so open and supportive of our initiative to use @CautionHosting TEEs.