$ZEC

Zcash ·
archetype: l1 / chain

$ZEC is alive, but showing strain. Parts of the system are under pressure: little dilution risk left (80% of supply circulating, fully diluted valuation 1.0x the market cap), and it’s genuinely used (4,091 active addresses/day), though it’s outperforming similar coins (up 26% over 30 days, up 17% over 200 days). The price is down 84% from its all-time high.

label capped: score says FUNCTIONAL, but coins down 84% don’t earn better labels than STRAINED. why?

82/100
HIGH
−84%
$521.95
10/10 top tier
01 · RECLAIM OUTLOOK — WILL THE PRICE COME BACK?
PRICE $521.95 ATH $3,192 (OCT 2016) DRAWDOWN −83.6% RECLAIM 6.1×
break-even from here: +510% $100 held here would need to become $610 just to get back — and 82 out of 100 coins that fall this deep never see their old high again.
Recent risk alert signal on the record (2026-07-04) — not reflected in the score; check before acting.
02 · STRUCTURE — 5 MEASURED · 1 PENDING scores 0–100 · peer bins cited vs 2538 scored peers
01 is anyone still building it? structural solvency / liveness 95/100

Actively built and maintained.

34 commits/4wk102 contributorslast commit 0d ago — actively developed.
02 are holders staying or leaving? holder conviction & overhead supply PENDING
PENDING V1

can’t measure this honestly yet, so it doesn’t count toward the score — we don’t fake numbers.

03 could you actually sell? liquidity / exitability 79/100

Easy enough to sell.

$377,348,387/24h · bin 10/104.31% turnover · bin 6/10 — tradeable.
04 is anyone actually using it? usage / demand 73/100

Genuinely used.

4,091 active addresses/day · bin 9/1030d trend -14.3% · bin 6/10 — usage is strong for its peer group. [L1 / Chain bins, provisional]
05 how much more will be printed? supply overhang & emissions 65/100

Little dilution risk left.

80% of supply circulating · bin 6/10FDV/MC 1.0x · bin 8/10 — limited dilution risk.
06 how is it doing vs similar coins? relative strength / narrative 95/100

Outperforming similar coins.

30d +26% · bin 10/10200d +17% · bin 10/10 — outperforming its peer group.
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03 · COMMON QUESTIONS answers generated from this coin’s frozen readout · not advice

Is Zcash ($ZEC) dead?

No, but it’s showing strain. As of 2026-07-14, Zcash scores 82/100 on bagcheck’s structural aliveness scan — STRAINED. Parts of the system are under pressure. Aliveness measures whether the project still works, not whether the price recovers.

Is Zcash a good investment?

bagcheck doesn’t rate investments — this is information, not advice. What the frozen record shows as of 2026-07-14: a structural aliveness score of 82/100 (STRAINED), a price 84% below its all-time high, a drawdown cohort (down 70-85%) in which historically only ~18% of coins ever reclaimed their high. What you do with that is yours.

Will Zcash ($ZEC) recover?

Nobody can predict price, and bagcheck doesn’t try. Historically, of coins down 70-85% (3-year window), about 18% reclaimed their all-time high; break-even to ATH from the scan price needs +510%. The STRAINED aliveness read says whether the project still works — a precondition for recovery, not a promise of it.

MEMBERS · ENGINE BOTTOM LINE the engine’s verbatim verdict — not rendered publicly
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bagcheck v0.17.1 · snapshot 2026-07-14 v16 · scored monthly · batch of 2026-07-14 · frozen JSON ⇩ sha256 0804…c89f Information, not advice.