zcashd is being deprecated in 2025. Full nodes are being migrated to zebrad, and the Zallet wallet is being built as a replacement for the zcashd wallet.
For some of zcashd’s JSON-RPC methods, zebrad or Zallet should be a drop-in replacement. Other JSON-RPC methods may require modified usage, and some JSON-RPC methods will not be supported.
This webpage, at https://z.cash/support/zcashd-deprecation/, will be kept up-to-date with the current progress.
We are collecting information about how zcashd users are currently using the existing JSON-RPC methods. Below is a spreadsheet containing the information we have collected so far, and the planned status for each JSON-RPC method based on that information. If you have not provided feedback to us about how you are using the zcashd JSON-RPC interface, please do so as soon as possible.
If you are still running a zcashd node, to confirm that you are aware that it is being deprecated and that you will need to migrate to zebrad and/or Zallet in 2025, as of zcashd v6.2.0 you will need to add the following option to your config file:
i-am-aware-zcashd-will-be-replaced-by-zebrad-and-zallet-in-2025=1
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