How to Pay OpenRouter with Zcash (ZEC): Beta Guide

ROZO Checkout can pay that same OpenRouter payment link with ZEC. Open checkout.rozo.ai/zec, paste the link, and send at least the ZEC amount shown to a one-time transparent Zcash address; your wallet's network fee comes on top. Once the Zcash network confirms your payment, ROZO settles the invoice in USDC and the credits are added to your OpenRouter account. You do not need to swap or bridge anything yourself, and no ROZO account is needed.

ZEC is in Beta. It has its own page, it carries a daily limit, and it can be paused for a safety check, in which case the page tells you before anything is created. ROZO Checkout is independent and not affiliated with OpenRouter or Coinbase.

Pay with ZEC in 5 steps

1. In OpenRouter, open Settings, then Credits. Turn on the crypto option, enter the amount ($10 or more) and click Purchase. Copy the payment link it produces.
2. Open checkout.rozo.ai/zec, paste the link and click Checkout with Zcash. ZEC (Beta) is already selected; click Pay with ZEC on Zcash to create the order. One payment link can only be paid one way, so after this step the link can no longer be paid with USDC, USDT or Bitcoin.
3. The page shows a one-time transparent Zcash address (it starts with t1), a QR code, the ZEC amount to send and a countdown for the price.
4. Scan the QR code with your Zcash wallet, or copy the address and the amount, and send at least that amount, once. The QR code already carries the amount.
5. Keep the page open. It moves through Waiting for payment, Payment detected, Confirming and Topping up to Success. At Success the OpenRouter invoice is settled and the credits are applied.

No refund address is needed on the current Beta. If something goes wrong, support uses your transaction hash to find the payment.

Before you send: amount, timer and address

• Send this amount or more. The amount that arrives must be at least what the page shows, so your wallet's network fee goes on top. If you withdraw from an exchange, make sure its withdrawal fee does not cut the amount that arrives.
• The price is held for 10 minutes. It counts if the payment is detected before the timer ends, and some wallets take a while to broadcast, so send right away.
• The address is for this one payment. Send exactly once and never reuse it for a later top-up.
• Send ZEC on the Zcash network only, to the t1 address shown.
• If you open the same OpenRouter link again, the page brings back the order it already created instead of making a second one.

How long it takes

Expect several minutes, not seconds. The top-up starts after 1 Zcash confirmation when the order total is under $110, and after 2 confirmations from $110. A Zcash block takes about 75 seconds on average and sometimes much longer, so the wait depends mostly on when the next block arrives.

The payment page shows the confirmation count live and never moves on by a timer, only on what the Zcash network reports. If a recent block is replaced, the page says it is counting confirmations again. Your payment is still tracked; do not pay a second time.

What it costs

• ROZO's 1% service fee and an FX spread on the ZEC price are both built into the ZEC amount shown before you send.
• OpenRouter's own crypto fee of about 5% is already inside the payment link amount, and the link's $10 minimum still applies.
• Your wallet adds the Zcash network fee on top.

Crypto payments to OpenRouter are not refundable under OpenRouter's policy, so check the amount and the account before you pay.

Paid too little, too late, or twice

• Too little arrived: the page shows how much was received and how much the order needs. Do not send more. Contact support with your transaction hash and the payment link, and the case is handled by hand.
• The payment arrived after the price timer: the page says it is under review. Do not pay again.
• The timer ended and you have not sent anything: do not send ZEC to that address any more. Start again from the payment link to get a fresh quote.
• The merchant's payment link is about to expire: the page warns you. A payment that arrives after that is reviewed.

In every case, keep the payment page open and keep your transaction hash. To reach support, use the Need help? chat button on this page, email hi@rozo.ai, or ask in the ROZO Discord at discord.gg/EfWejgTbuU. There is no automatic refund in the Beta; support reviews each case.

Shielded wallets and the transparent address

You can pay from a shielded balance if your wallet can send to a transparent address. The deposit address itself is transparent, so the amount and the time of the deposit are visible on the Zcash chain like any transparent transfer, and OpenRouter and ROZO keep the order records they normally keep. This page does not describe ZEC checkout as a private or anonymous payment.

The current Beta receives each payment at its own one-time t1 address and tracks it through confirmations on the public chain. Receiving to a shielded address is not part of the current implementation.