Sphere 2 - Transactions
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Sphere 2 - Transaction Types
Nomenclature
When speaking of the Sphere application, the term Account may be encountered. An Account is the repository for Wallets, which are in turn, the repositories for Addresses.
When you sign into your Sphere Account you are interacting with a local application that resides entirely on your personal computer. There is no personal information stored in the cloud or on Horizen servers. Horizen cannot recover any funds lost due to any compromise or data loss on your personal computer.
Transaction Types
ZEN is the currency used by the Horizen platform. Transactions may be made between transparent (t) addresses and shielded or private (z) addresses.
Transparent addresses and their transactions are visible on the blockchain.
This is an example of a random transparent address:
znjn4pE7dSh8HGurCencMNAMyRFzVyYihgi
You can inspect this address and all of its non-shielded transactions at:
https://explorer.zensystem.io/address/znjn4pE7dSh8HGurCencMNAMyRFzVyYihgi
This is an example of a random shielded address, note the difference in length:
zcPKf5ttpGrx8v5dS8niGP1HgXugtbWE4NZAy1rWTVhjxWRwwGQERNQWzWTpDrgbRbr4cRNFypSbGc9an416zPc823ypJhi
A shielded address is not visible on the blockchain. Try it.
https://explorer.zensystem.io/address/zcPKf5ttpGrx8v5dS8niGP1HgXugtbWE4NZAy1rWTVhjxWRwwGQERNQWzWTpDrgbRbr4cRNFypSbGc9an416zPc823ypJhi
These are the possible transaction types between the two type of addresses:
| Transaction Types | ||||
| t | t | transparent to transparent | completely visible on blockchain | Light Mode or Full Mode |
| t | z | transparent to private | transaction visible on sending side - no information on destination | Light Mode or Full Mode |
| z | t | private to transparent | transaction visible on receiving side - no information on source | Full Mode |
| z | z | private to private | transaction invisible on blockchain | Full Mode |
| Messages are a type of z to z transaction and require Full Mode. | ||||