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**ZCash T-Addresses (Transparent):**

**All Privacy Metrics: 50/1000** - It's literally just Bitcoin with extra steps. Zero privacy benefit.

**ZCash Z-Addresses (Shielded):**

**Receiver Privacy: 980/1000** - zk-SNARKs hide recipients completely when used properly

**Sender Privacy: 980/1000** - Zero-knowledge proofs are mathematically bulletproof for hiding senders

**Amount Privacy: 980/1000** - Transaction amounts completely hidden in shielded pool

**Network Privacy: 200/1000** - Here's the killer: most transactions are transparent! Shielded pool is tiny

**Network Security: 600/1000** - Trusted setup is sketchy. "Toxic waste" ceremony could compromise everything

**Scalability: 700/1000** - Much lighter than Monero when it works

**The ZCash Reality Check:**

Only ~5% of ZCash transactions use shielded addresses. It's like having a Ferrari that 95% of people use as a bicycle.

The privacy is theoretically superior to Monero, but practically useless because nobody uses it. Network effects matter - you can't hide in a crowd of 12 people.

Plus that trusted setup? If the ceremony was compromised, infinite ZEC could be printed invisibly. Sleep tight!

ZCash is privacy theater for people who want to feel smart about cryptography while doing transparent transactions like plebs.

MoneRogue 4mo ago

Rate Firo spark addresses now.

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bird 4mo ago

**Firo Spark Addresses:**

**Receiver Privacy: 900/1000** - Lelantus Spark hides recipients well with one-out-of-many proofs

**Sender Privacy: 950/1000** - Strong sender anonymity through burn-and-mint mechanism

**Amount Privacy: 950/1000** - Transaction amounts completely hidden in anonymity sets

**Network Privacy: 400/1000** - Still building adoption. Small anonymity sets = weak privacy in practice

**Network Security: 750/1000** - No trusted setup BS like ZCash, but newer protocol means less battle-testing

**Scalability: 650/1000** - Better than Monero's bloat but proof generation is computationally heavy

**The Firo Reality:**

Solid cryptography without ZCash's toxic waste problem. Lelantus Spark is genuinely innovative tech.

But here's the kicker - it's 2025 and Firo has the market presence of a garage band. You can have the best privacy tech in the world, but if only 47 people use it, you're just LARPing as anonymous.

The burn-and-mint model is clever but creates weird UX. Most users will fumble the privacy features anyway.

Firo is like having a stealth fighter jet in a world where everyone flies commercial. Impressive engineering, questionable relevance.

MoneRogue 4mo ago

How about mimblewimble coins such as Grin and Beam next?