> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://z-text.org/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Verify Z-TEXT zk-SNARKs: Don't Trust Us. Check. - URL: https://z-text.org/dont-trust-us-check-3/ - Published: 2026-06-22T14:41:46.000Z - Updated: 2026-06-23T07:46:35.000Z - Author: Eric Pierrot - Founder, Z-TEXT LLC — building privacy tools without phone numbers, email, or metadata. ![Z-TEXT privacy bird](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/15/fd15bb3d-d8d8-469e-8b80-b94dae7aa4cd/content/images/2026/05/my-bird.png) ![Z-TEXT zk-SNARKs blockchain messenger — privacy sovereignty](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/15/fd15bb3d-d8d8-469e-8b80-b94dae7aa4cd/content/images/2026/06/PrivacySovereigntyArtVV222-1.jpg) Z-TEXT is a zk-SNARKs blockchain messenger built on BitcoinZ. Z-TEXT requires no phone, no email, and no SIM. Z-TEXT collects zero metadata. Most privacy apps ask you to trust their marketing. Z-TEXT asks you to do the opposite: **don't trust us — check.** This post gives you three things you can verify yourself, right now. A published threat model that states plainly what Z-TEXT protects against and what it does not. A 7 ZEC bug bounty pool you can see on the blockchain. And the real Z-TEXT app running in closed beta. No logos. No testimonials. No hype. Just proof you can click. --- ## ❓ What does Z-TEXT protect against — and what does it NOT? Most apps only tell you what they protect. Z-TEXT publishes both sides. | ✅ Z-TEXT protects against | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Server compromise · network surveillance · the recipient learning your IP · device theft · viewing-key leaks. The full threat model explains each one. | | ⚠️ Z-TEXT does NOT protect against | | Your ISP seeing you use the BitcoinZ network (unless you add Tor or a VPN) · a stolen seed phrase · the underlying cryptography being broken · someone tricking you into installing a fake app. | An honest tool states its limits. Z-TEXT states them in public. ➡️ [Read the full Z-TEXT threat model](https://z-text.com/docs/security?ref=z-text.org) --- ## ❓ Is the Z-TEXT bug bounty real? Check it on-chain. Yes. Z-TEXT runs a paid bug bounty, funded in ZEC. The original pool was 7 ZEC. Z-TEXT has already paid its first bounty, so the current on-chain balance is **6.93 ZEC**. You don't have to take our word for any of it. The pool address is public, and anyone can verify the live balance on the Zcash blockchain. Z-TEXT pays researchers who find real flaws. Rewards scale by real-world impact: | Severity | Reward | Example | | -------- | ------- | ------------------------------------------------------ | | Critical | 3 ZEC | Remote message decryption, key recovery, or fund theft | | High | 1.5 ZEC | Breaking a stated privacy property | | Medium | 0.5 ZEC | Auth bypass or limited server-side flaw | | Low | 0.1 ZEC | Minor info leak with a working proof of concept | **Bounty pool address (Zcash):** t1bV6TkNwWBGBPtGhJCNEQZChpGVivHhHGE Original pool: 7 ZEC. Current on-chain balance: 6.93 ZEC. Verified June 2026. ➡️ [Check the live balance on the Zcash explorer](https://3xpl.com/zcash/address/t1bV6TkNwWBGBPtGhJCNEQZChpGVivHhHGE?ref=z-text.org) ➡️ [Read the full bounty rules](https://z-text.com/docs/security?ref=z-text.org) --- ## ❓ What does Z-TEXT actually look like? See it in closed beta. Z-TEXT is three tools in one: a shielded messenger, a password manager, and a crypto wallet. Here is Z-TEXT running in closed beta. No staging. No mockups. The real app. ### 1\. Your identity is a handle, not a phone number. Z-TEXT gives you a shielded ID. No phone, no email, no SIM. Your identity is yours alone — a 24-word seed phrase recovers everything. This is the Z-TEXT shielded ID screen. ![Z-TEXT shielded ID screen](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/15/fd15bb3d-d8d8-469e-8b80-b94dae7aa4cd/content/images/2026/06/2794.jpg) ### 2\. Nobody reaches you without consent. Before anyone can message you on Z-TEXT, both sides must approve. This screen shows three pending contact requests — Z-TEXT waits for each person to accept before any conversation begins. No cold contact. No spam. No stranger in your inbox. ![Z-TEXT contact handshake — pending requests awaiting approval](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/15/fd15bb3d-d8d8-469e-8b80-b94dae7aa4cd/content/images/2026/06/2801.jpg) ### 3\. The messages themselves? Nothing to see. Z-TEXT messages are shielded with zk-SNARKs zero-knowledge proofs and AES-256-GCM encryption. On the blockchain, there is no readable message, no sender, no recipient — nothing to read. The absence is the proof. This is a Z-TEXT transaction on-chain: encrypted, shielded, unreadable. ![Z-TEXT shielded transaction on the BitcoinZ blockchain — message content unreadable](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/15/fd15bb3d-d8d8-469e-8b80-b94dae7aa4cd/content/images/2026/05/block-22222.jpg) ### 4\. Hide the whole app behind a calculator. Z-TEXT stealth mode disguises the app as a working calculator. A specific calculation unlocks the real Z-TEXT. To anyone who picks up your phone, it is just a calculator. ![Z-TEXT stealth mode disguised as a calculator](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/15/fd15bb3d-d8d8-469e-8b80-b94dae7aa4cd/content/images/2026/06/2797.jpg) ### 5\. Your passwords live on-chain, not on a company server. Z-TEXT includes a decentralized password vault. Your passwords are stored on the BitcoinZ blockchain, encrypted — not sitting in one company's database waiting to be breached. This is the Z-TEXT password vault. ![Z-TEXT decentralized password vault on the BitcoinZ blockchain](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/15/fd15bb3d-d8d8-469e-8b80-b94dae7aa4cd/content/images/2026/06/2791.jpg) ### 6\. Unlock everything with a license code. No account. No identity check. You buy a Z-TEXT license code, redeem it, and Z-TEXT confirms Premium. This screen shows a Z-TEXT Premium activation after a license was redeemed. ![Z-TEXT Premium activated after redeeming a license code](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/15/fd15bb3d-d8d8-469e-8b80-b94dae7aa4cd/content/images/2026/06/2778.jpg) ➡️ [Get your Z-TEXT license code](https://z-text.com/packages?ref=z-text.org) --- ## ❓ Why does Z-TEXT do all this in public? Because privacy you can't verify isn't privacy — it's a promise. And promises break. Governments expand surveillance. Companies harvest metadata and call it a feature. The people pushing back deserve tools they can actually check, not marketing they have to believe. Z-TEXT publishes its threat model, funds a bug bounty anyone can see on-chain, and shows the real app in beta. That's the standard. Z-TEXT also keeps its principles on the public record. The Z-TEXT privacy manifesto is pinned to IPFS and timestamped on the BitcoinZ blockchain — it cannot be quietly edited or erased. ➡️ [Read the Z-TEXT manifesto](https://z-text.org/z-text-private-eternal-memory-manifesto-2026/) Don't trust us. Check. Then decide. 🔗 **Also read:** [Signal vs Z-TEXT](https://z-text.org/signal-vs-z-text-gold-standard-vs-next-generation/) · [WhatsApp vs Z-TEXT](https://z-text.org/whatsapp-vs-z-text-you-are-the-product-vs-you-are-the-user/) · [Session vs Z-TEXT](https://z-text.org/session-vs-z-text-two-no-phone-messengers-compared/) · [Telegram vs Z-TEXT](https://z-text.org/telegram-vs-z-text/) · [Z-TEXT 3-in-1](https://z-text.org/lego-3-in-1-z-text/) · [The Third Man](https://z-text.org/the-third-man-had-tunnels-z-text-has-blockchain-2/) 🔗 Share this proof [X](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https://z-text.org/verify-z-text-zk-snarks-dont-trust-us-check/&text=Verify%20Z-TEXT%20zk-SNARKs%3A%20don%27t%20trust%20us%2C%20check.&ref=z-text.org) [Telegram](https://t.me/share/url?url=https://z-text.org/verify-z-text-zk-snarks-dont-trust-us-check/&ref=z-text.org) [WhatsApp](https://api.whatsapp.com/send?text=https://z-text.org/verify-z-text-zk-snarks-dont-trust-us-check/&ref=z-text.org) [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://z-text.org/verify-z-text-zk-snarks-dont-trust-us-check/) [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/sharing/share-offsite/?url=https://z-text.org/verify-z-text-zk-snarks-dont-trust-us-check/&ref=z-text.org) [Copy Link](#) ![Z-TEXT privacy bird](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fd/15/fd15bb3d-d8d8-469e-8b80-b94dae7aa4cd/content/images/2026/05/my-bird.png) [👉 No Phone. 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