Latest ZERA (ZERA) price: $0.003205 — 0.81% increase over the past day.
For ZERA (ZERA), 24-hour volume is $50.0K, a decrease of 36.84% since the prior session.
Its current market capitalization is approximately $3.2M. Liquidity across major Solana DEXes is currently at $249.0K.
Trade ZERA (ZERA) on Solflare
ZERA (ZERA) is available to swap it instantly and set limit orders on Solflare — a non-custodial Solana wallet where you control your private keys.
At the current price of $0.003205 with $249.0K in DEX liquidity, ZERA swaps on Solflare execute with minimal slippage through smart order routing across all major Solana DEXes.
You can buy, sell, or swap ZERA directly in Solflare Wallet:
Open Solflare (mobile app or browser extension)
Navigate to the Swap tab
Select ZERA as the token you want to buy or sell
Enter the amount and confirm the swap
Solflare uses smart order routing across all major Solana DEXes to find you the best available price. You can also set limit orders or use DCA (dollar-cost averaging) to automate your trades. For the full walkthrough, see How to Buy ZERA.
ZERA is a verified token on Solana's token registry, which means it has been reviewed and confirmed as legitimate. However, token verification does not guarantee future price performance. Solflare Wallet provides real-time price data and market metrics to help you make informed trading decisions. Always do your own research before investing.
Yes. Solflare Wallet includes a built-in Privacy Aggregator that supports private transfers of ZERA. When you use Private Send, the direct on-chain link between your wallet and the recipient's wallet is hidden—improving your financial privacy without requiring external tools or multiple wallets. Private Send is optional, disabled by default, and can be enabled per transaction. It is available on both mobile and browser extension.
The safest way to store ZERA is in a non-custodial wallet like Solflare. Non-custodial means you hold your own private keys—no third party can access, freeze, or control your funds. Solflare supports hardware wallet integration for additional security, and includes a built-in Privacy Aggregator for private transfers that hide the on-chain link between sender and recipient. Available on mobile (iOS and Android) and as a browser extension.
The official Solana contract address for ZERA is 8avjtjHAHFqp4g2RR9ALAGBpSTqKPZR8nRbzSTwZERA. Always verify the contract address before trading to avoid scams. You can confirm the correct address by searching for ZERA directly in Solflare Wallet.
ZERA is verified on Solana's token registry, meaning it has been reviewed and confirmed as legitimate. Solflare displays verification status for every token so you can quickly distinguish verified assets from unverified ones.
Market Data for ZERA
Market Cap
3.20M
Volume 24h
50.00K
36.84%
Liquidity
248.98K
About ZERA ZERA
What Is ZERA?
ZERA is a zero-knowledge (ZK) privacy protocol on Solana that enables shielded balances, private transfers, and offline-capable peer-to-peer exchange for existing crypto assets (e.g., USDC, USDT, SOL + more). The project is developed by Zera Labs with the goal of providing cash-like privacy while remaining non-custodial and compatible with existing stablecoin rails.
At the protocol level, users deposit supported assets directly into the protocol and receive “cryptographic notes.” These notes can be transferred privately without the need for an internet connection and later withdrawn back to the same underlying asset. The direct-deposit architecture creates an unified, asset-agnostic anonymity set with clean composability for wallets, relayers, and dApps - without wrapped assets or AMM routing
How Does It Work?
ZERA’s core privacy layer is built on well-studied primitives:
- Commitments & Nullifiers: Values are committed using Pedersen commitments; unique nullifiers prevent double-spends while keeping linkability hidden.
- Zero-Knowledge Proofs: Transactions are proven with succinct zk-SNARKs (e.g., Groth16) so validators verify correctness without learning senders, receivers, or amounts.
- Unified Pool: All notes share a common anonymity set. Optional relayers can submit withdrawals for users, helping further break the link between their network activity and identity.
The protocol is non-custodial; users retain control of their keys and notes. Because deposits/withdrawals map to the same underlying assets, accounting remains transparent at the reserve level while individual transfers stay private.
What Is the ZERA Token Used For?
ZERA is a value-accrual token tied to protocol activity. Its design centers on usage-driven, programmatic burns (i.e., a fraction of protocol volume triggers token burns executed by the program). This mechanism ties token supply reduction directly to adoption, while avoiding direct fees on private transactions.
This approach is intended to align stakeholders with protocol growth while minimizing regulatory complexity associated with fee collection or custody.
Founder & Origin
Led & founded by Hayden “Dax” Porter, a former MetaMask engineer with past roles at USAA and Twitter. The initiative began as a critical response to the state of the industry and a push toward “true digital cash” - prioritizing private, permissionless payments over speculation.
Initially charted as a multi-year PhD-by-publication from concept to product, the effort matured into Zera Labs in 2025, expanding the scope to a privacy-preserving cash layer and an extensible ZK ecosystem.
Privacy & Extensibility
- Privacy + Compliance Posture: The protocol is non-custodial, does not require intermediate pegs, and avoids direct protocol fees. Reserves always remain fully backed by deposits, and optional relayers further reduce network-level linkability
- Extensibility: The architecture is designed to add more collateral types and, over time, support cross-chain sources through adapter modules while preserving unified anonymity sets and burn accounting.
ZERA provides private, cash-like transfers for mainstream assets on Solana, couples usage to transparent token burns, and focuses on practical deployability: direct deposits, efficient ZK verification, and a developer-ready stack.
Welcome to the new Zero-knowledge Era.