Zama Coin (ZAM) — Africa's privacy cryptocurrency. A Monero-fork built for Africa.
# Zama Coin (ZAM)
Copyright (c) 2026, The Zama Project
Portions based on Monero — Copyright (c) 2014-2024, The Monero Project
Portions Copyright (c) 2012-2013 The Cryptonote developers
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## Africa's First Privacy Cryptocurrency
**"For the first time in history — Africans get to be early."**
Zama Coin (ZAM) is a privacy-first, CPU-mineable cryptocurrency built for Africa. Based on the battle-tested Monero codebase with RandomX proof-of-work, Zama is designed to give Africans a private, scarce, and accessible store of value.
- **Ticker:** ZAM
- **Algorithm:** RandomX (CPU mining, ASIC resistant)
- **Total Supply:** 100,000,000 ZAM (hard cap)
- **Block Time:** 4 minutes
- **Privacy:** Ring signatures, stealth addresses, RingCT — all transactions private by default
- **Website:** zamacoin.org
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## Why Zama?
Africa has been left out of every major crypto wave. Bitcoin was $0.001. Ethereum was $0.31. By the time Africans heard about them, the opportunity was gone.
Zama is different:
- Built in Africa, for Africa, from day one
- Any African with a laptop can mine it — no expensive ASICs needed
- Transactions are fully private — no government or third party can see your balance
- Hard capped at 100 million coins — no inflation, no printing more
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## Supply Allocation
| Purpose | ZAM | % |
|---|---|---|
| Public Mining | 96,000,000 | 96% |
| Foundation Reserve | 4,000,000 | 4% |
The full founder reserve is publicly disclosed and tracked in real time at
zamacoin.org
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## Mining
Zama uses RandomX — the same algorithm as Monero. Any CPU can mine it.
- **Pool:** pool.zamacoin.org:3333 (opening at public launch)
- **Solo mining:** Connect to seed.zamacoin.org:19580
- **Mining guide:**
zamacoin.org
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## Wallet Downloads
- **Linux:**
zamacoin.org
- **Windows:**
zamacoin.org
- **Mac:** Coming soon
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## Network
- **P2P Port:** 19580
- **RPC Port:** 195 …