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How Priva-Z works

Two ways to swap. Fast, the default, sends your coins through two exchanges with Monero in between. Private mode adds a privacy wait in Zcash’s shielded pool, Monero, or both. Each piece is simple; together they make the path from where your coins came from to where they end up harder to follow.

Fast: two exchanges, Monero in between

  1. Get a quote, enter a fresh address to receive at and a refund address of your own, and save the secret note shown: your only receipt.
  2. Send the amount straight to the first exchange’s deposit address for your swap, from any wallet: SOL, BTC, ETH, LTC, USDT or USDC.
  3. The first exchange converts your coins into Monero and sends it straight to a second exchange. Monero keeps amounts and addresses private on its own chain.
  4. A different exchange converts the Monero into the coin you chose and pays your fresh address, so each exchange sees only its own part. Typically under an hour in all.

Private mode: Zcash, Monero or Both

  1. Get a quote and a one-time deposit address made just for your swap, and save your secret note.
  2. Send the amount from any wallet.
  3. Your coins are exchanged into a privacy coin: shielded ZEC in Zcash’s shielded pool, where sender, receiver and amount are encrypted, or Monero, or Monero then Zcash on Both.
  4. They rest there for a random privacy wait (Short, Standard, Max or Extended), so the time you pay in no longer lines up neatly with the time you are paid.
  5. They are exchanged into the coin you chose and paid to your fresh address from an exchange, or paid as shielded ZEC or XMR straight from the privacy pool.
  6. Once your payout is delivered, the swap’s record is cleared from the database on a short schedule (see the Privacy page).

About Zcash’s shielded pool

Zcash shielded transactions use zk-SNARKs to prove a payment is valid without revealing who sent it, who received it, or how much moved. What helps your swap most is company: other swaps moving through at about the same time, and a longer wait that lets more of them pass.

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Questions people ask

How do I swap crypto privately?

Open https://www.priva-z.app/swap, enter the amount and a fresh payout address of your own, check the quote, save your secret note and send the deposit. Fast, the default, passes your coins through two exchanges with Monero in between; Private mode adds a random privacy wait in Zcash's shielded pool, Monero or both. Your payout arrives from an exchange, or straight from the privacy pool, never from the wallet you sent from.

How do I swap SOL to Monero or Zcash privately?

Choose SOL as the coin you send and XMR or ZEC as the coin you receive, then enter your own Monero address or shielded Zcash address (u1… or zs1…). Private mode pays XMR or shielded ZEC straight from the privacy pool to your wallet, with no last exchange step. BTC, ETH, LTC, USDT and USDC can be sent the same way.

Which coins can I swap privately?

Send SOL, BTC, native ETH on Ethereum mainnet, LTC, or USDT and USDC on Solana, and receive any of them at a fresh address, or receive shielded ZEC or XMR. Each coin runs on one network, shown beside it on the swap page.

Can I swap crypto without an account?

Yes. There is no account, no sign-up and no email. A random secret note, shown once when you create a swap, is your only receipt, and Priva-Z keeps only a fingerprint (hash) of it.

How does Priva-Z keep my wallets apart?

The wallet you send from never pays your payout address directly, so the two are never directly linked on-chain. Each swap gets its own one-time deposit address, the funds pass through Monero, Zcash's shielded pool or both (privacy coins that keep amounts and addresses private on their own chains), and the payout comes from an exchange or straight from the privacy pool. In Private mode a random wait spreads out the timing, and fees, rates and rounding make the amounts differ. A brand-new payout address gives the best privacy.

What does a private swap cost?

Your quote shows every cost and what you get back before you send. On Fast, the cost is built into the exchange rates, plus network fees. In Private mode it is a small Priva-Z fee, each exchange’s own cut and network fees, and a referral code lowers the Priva-Z fee on Zcash and Both.

How long does a private crypto swap take?

Fast typically takes under an hour, mostly Monero confirmations. Private mode adds the privacy wait you choose: Short (1–3 minutes), Standard (5–30 minutes), Max (30 minutes to 3 hours) or Extended (6–48 hours). On Short or Standard, the wait in Monero lasts about 40–70 minutes, its confirmations included. A Standard wait on Zcash usually finishes within an hour or two, and your quote shows the longest wait for your choices.

What is the secret note?

A random code shown once when you create a swap. It is your only receipt: it opens your swap's status at https://www.priva-z.app/status and proves the swap is yours. Priva-Z stores only a fingerprint (hash) of it, so save it somewhere safe before you send anything, and keep it to yourself.

Is there a crypto swap API or MCP connector my AI agent can use?

Yes. AI assistants that support MCP, such as Claude and ChatGPT, can add the Priva-Z connector at https://privaz-api.vercel.app/api/v1/mcp with no account or key, to see the coins and minimums, get live quotes with every cost line, make payment-request links and explain how Priva-Z works. The swap itself is made on Priva-Z, where the secret note is shown to the user. Agents and developers can also use the public JSON API: start with https://www.priva-z.app/llms.txt and https://www.priva-z.app/openapi.json.

How do I get paid in crypto privately with a link?

Make a payment request at https://www.priva-z.app/request/new: choose the coin you'd like, the amount and your own fresh payout address, then send the link to the person paying you. They open it on Priva-Z and pay privately with the coin they have, through a normal swap. The link stays open for 24 hours and carries everything in itself, so Priva-Z keeps no copy of it.

How can my shop accept crypto privately?

With Z Pay by Priva-Z you take payments in the coin you choose, paid to your own wallet, while your customer pays privately with the coin they hold, Fast or Private. Add a Z Pay button with no code and see each payment on your Z Pay dashboard, with alerts on Discord or Telegram if you like, or have your server make a payment link for each order and check it with one status call. No account and no sign-up on either side: start at https://www.priva-z.app/partners#zpay.

Can I use Priva-Z over Tor?

Yes. The same site runs as a Tor onion service for Tor Browser: http://privaz473ay2g5zuj4hdh6whvdfbxougw3hyl33pgsukbat4wual5qyd.onion/

Ask your AI assistant: agents and AI tools can read https://www.priva-z.app/llms.txt, a plain-text guide to Priva-Z with the public API and the MCP connector.