Restoring Zcash Privacy to Solana Through Encifher Integration

Encifher Brings True Zcash Privacy to Solana as ZEC Soars 380%

Zcash (ZEC) has surged nearly 380% this month to around $375, fueled by growing interest in privacy technologies and a wave of new integrations across major blockchains.

ZEC Goes Cross-Chain

On October 16, Solana—the second-largest smart contract platform—introduced wrapped ZEC via the Zolana bridge, allowing Zcash to circulate within the Solana ecosystem. However, these wrapped tokens operate as standard SPL assets, backed 1:1 by native ZEC but lacking Zcash’s hallmark privacy features.

That’s where Encifher comes in. The project has launched a re-wrapping protocol that converts standard wrapped ZEC into encrypted ZEC (eZEC), restoring full privacy functionality on Solana. Built with fully homomorphic encryption (FHE), eZEC enables encrypted transactions and private swaps without compromising Solana’s DeFi composability.

Reintroducing Privacy on Solana

“To make ZEC truly private on Solana, it must exist as an encrypted asset like eZEC—concealing balances and transfers while staying compatible with DeFi,” Encifher said via its @Encrypto.trade account on X.

Encifher’s architecture uses threshold ElGamal encryption to secure user balances, storing encrypted data off-chain in a data availability layer. The Solana blockchain only records cryptographic references, ensuring transaction details remain invisible.
Through zero-knowledge proofs and ephemeral accounts, Encifher prevents transaction tracing and address reuse, effectively shielding user activity from public analysis.

ZEC’s Privacy Restored

This hybrid setup transforms Solana’s transparent infrastructure into a privacy-preserving DeFi layer. It allows users to trade, transfer, and hold ZEC with the same confidentiality found on Zcash’s native chain. Encifher’s system is already live on Jupiter, Solana’s top decentralized exchange, enabling private swaps directly on-chain.

Market Outlook

ZEC’s recent price rally coincides with three major catalysts: the upcoming Zcash halving, the Grayscale ZEC Trust debut, and a new listing on Hyperliquid. Combined with Encifher’s cross-chain privacy breakthrough, these developments have reignited momentum for one of crypto’s oldest privacy coins.