Zcash

Zebra JSON-RPC API

The JSON-RPC API provided by zebrad, the Zcash Foundation's independent Zcash full node implementation written in Rust. Designed to be a drop-in replacement for zcashd's RPC interface as zcashd is deprecated. Supports the standard Zcash RPC method set and lightwalletd backends. Uses cookie-based authentication by default from v2.0.0.

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Documentation
https://zebra.zfnd.org/

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GitHubRepository
https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra

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ReferenceDocumentation
https://zebra.zfnd.org/user/lightwalletd.html

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apis.yml Raw ↑ 
name: Zebra JSON-RPC API
description: The JSON-RPC API provided by zebrad, the Zcash Foundation's independent Zcash full node implementation
  written in Rust. Designed to be a drop-in replacement for zcashd's RPC interface as zcashd is deprecated.
  Supports the standard Zcash RPC method set and lightwalletd backends. Uses cookie-based authentication
  by default from v2.0.0.
humanURL: https://zebra.zfnd.org/
baseURL: http://127.0.0.1:8232/
tags:
- JSON-RPC
- Zebra
- Rust
- Blockchain
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://zebra.zfnd.org/
- type: GitHubRepository
  url: https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra
- type: ReferenceDocumentation
  url: https://zebra.zfnd.org/user/lightwalletd.html