Private AI,
paid privately.
ZCode is a research assistant you pay for with shielded Zcash. No account, no card, and your chats are encrypted on your device.
Status · beta · encrypted answers, shielded ZEC
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The app
A research assistant, without the account.
- 01No account. Just ask.
- 02Answers cite your documents.
- 03Chats are encrypted with a key only you hold.
Latest
View all →Two things have to be private: what you pay, and what you ask.
Private payments
Shielded ZEC top-ups, no account, encrypted backups.
Backups live · ZEC top-ups in beta
Private compute
Questions answered inside protected hardware your browser verifies before sending anything.
Live in beta · ZCode's server can't read them
How it works
01
Top up
Pay an invoice from a shielded Zcash wallet. No account, no card.
02
Ask
Attach documents and ask. Answers cite where each claim came from.
03
Keep it yours
Chats stay in your browser and back up encrypted. Your recovery code restores everything.
Guides
Step-by-step help for private research.
Guide · 4 min
Top up with shielded ZEC
Pay an invoice from any shielded wallet. Credits arrive after a few confirmations.
Guide · 6 min
Get ZEC into a shielded wallet
From an exchange to a shielded wallet, and why exchanges usually can't pay us directly.
Guide · 3 min
Ask questions about your documents
Attach files, ask, and check every answer against the page it came from.
Guide · 3 min
Save your recovery code
The private key to your session: where to keep it, and what happens if it's lost.
Guide · 2 min
Restore ZCode on a new device
Paste your code. Credits and encrypted chats come back.
Guide · 5 min
What ZCode can and can't see
Payments, prompts, backups and the model, one by one, in plain language.