One of my team, superstar cryptographer and engineer Daira-Emma, has been under attack on this platform by some people with questionable motives. I find it disgusting and appalling.
The ECC team is a group of people that deeply care for humanity’s freedom, and are gifted beyond
A few things have changed in Zcash since Jan 2024:
- @zashi_app, launched world-class UX for ZEC
- @ShieldedLabs, new team of core contributors
- integration with @FlexaHQ for retail payments
- 2nd Zcash halving
- fundamental gov change (no ECC/ZF control)
- no direct dev fund
“It is because of Naval”
“It is a pump and dump”
“It is because of the Zcash cabal”
“It is because of Mert”
“It is because of Arthur”
“It is because of the Winklevii”
Cope.
Zcash’s time has come.
Encrypt your money.
It’s not a trade.
Think.
I greatly appreciate this post and @zachxbt’s uncompromising work.
He messaged me with his feedback ahead of the post, which is also admirable.
Interop, and the movement of funds leaks information, almost without exception.
We’re working with NEAR to tighten this up for
1/ As part of my work I like to test out privacy products and figure out what works and what doesn’t so I can abuse any design flaws for my investigations.
With the recent hype around Zashi & its Near Intents integration I tested it for Zcash.
If you decide to ape into Zcash because of the move, cool.
But download @zashi_app, shield your ZEC, and use it. Pay for something with ZEC to someone accepting BTC, USDC or wherever…
Look at your tx on a block explorer and you won’t see what everyone else also can’t see. 🪄
Zcash, once called a “science project,” is now a movement.
We’ve grown from 100s to 1000s, 1000s to tens of 1000s… to millions, then billions. Reclaiming agency.
The wave is strong, unstoppable.
Zcash is accelerating. Some are in shock. But not all of us. Many have been preparing. Many have been diligently working on the flywheel of financial freedom for some time. (1, 2, 3)
We are far from...