[Zcash Founder Refutes Concerns of 'Secret ZEC Supply Inflation,' Says It Can Be Verified Immediately] Zcash founder Zooko Wilcox posted on the X platform stating that many believe the ZEC supply might have been secretly inflated and that confirmation would require waiting for the Ironwood migration to be completed or even months or years. However, this is incorrect. Users can now independently verify on their local computers that the ZEC supply is 16,848,458 coins.