ZEN is the native cryptocurrency of Horizen. Its optional privacy feature allows you to control your digital footprint.

ZEN offers two different types of addresses:

• T-Addresses - Regular addresses for making transactions similar to bitcoin. These transactions are public and transparent on the blockchain.
• Z-Addresses - Also known as shielded addresses. Transactions between Z-Addresses are completely private and anonymous. They leverage Zero-knowledge cryptography to obscure sender and recipient addresses, as well as the amount sent.
  
  Balances in shielded addresses are private, however, any regular addresses on the receiving end will deshield the token and reveal the value received on the blockchain.