Don’t get me wrong I love bitcoin as a storage of wealth but it has been, and is being absorbed into corporate treasuries which at some point will be able to influence its cost no different than they do with the dollar or stocks in a company.
Absolutely, that’s the challenge — privacy without breaking trustlessness. But if Zcash’s Halo tech continues proving itself, it could solve one of the few major things Bitcoin hasn’t fully tackled yet. The market might notice that gap closing.
I get it — Bitcoiners are focused on what’s proven. But technical merit is exactly why I’m watching Zcash. Privacy and scarcity are both key themes, and Zcash happens to tick both boxes.
Even hard core bitcoiners have to be looking at zcash right now. I’m not saying it’s better it is just looking a lot like bitcoin did a while ago. I made a mistake on bitcoin back then like most people and I’m not making that same one now.
#bitcoin #zcash #hodl
Most of the corn around here has been harvested. Not ready for winter 🥶
This show and Ozark are some of my favorites and they both deal with a lot of “dollars”. You may have some meme ideas after watching it 😂
For IPhone I really like “Locally AI” you can chat privately with zero tracking.
Personally I think bitcoin and zcash are like cousins in the same family. They both have the same DNA but they are not identical twins. There is a use for both and you should stack Sats and Zats 🙂
Made a song about bitcoin 🤑
That was a good video, I’m always amazed at how you use so many locations for one video.
Zcash: Bitcoin’s Privacy‑Focused Cousin
If Bitcoin is the pioneering eldest sibling of crypto, Zcash is the cousin who shares the same monetary DNA—just with a built‑in privacy switch. Both aim to be decentralized digital cash, but they make different tradeoffs about what’s public on chain.
Same Family Roots
- Scarce money
- Both cap supply at 21 million and release coins on a schedule via block rewards.
- Proof‑of‑Work security
- Miners secure the network and make attacks costly.
- UTXO model
- Both track coins as “unspent outputs,” like having multiple signed checks rather than one account balance.
- Open‑source ethos
- Transparent code, peer review, and community governance.
Where They Split
- Privacy by default vs. transparency by default
- Bitcoin: Transactions are public—addresses and amounts are visible. Privacy is possible, but it’s an add‑on and requires discipline.
- Zcash: Offers shielded transactions that encrypt sender, receiver, and amount using zk‑SNARKs. You can still send transparent transactions when you want Bitcoin‑style visibility.
- Selective disclosure
- Zcash supports “viewing keys” so you can share your transaction history with an auditor, accountant, or counterparty—without exposing it to the whole world. Bitcoin has no native equivalent.
- Address types
- Zcash has t‑addresses (transparent) and z‑addresses (shielded). Funds can move between them.
Why Zcash’s Privacy Matters
- Normal financial confidentiality
- Your salary, vendor list, and donations don’t need to be public to everyone forever.
- Safety and OPSEC
- Reduces doxxing/extortion risk for users in hostile environments.
- Business use and compliance
- Companies can keep supplier relationships private yet use viewing keys to prove what’s needed to who needs it.
Tradeoffs to Keep in Mind
- Ecosystem size
- Bitcoin leads in liquidity, integrations, and brand. Zcash is smaller but focused on privacy.
- Tooling and wallets
- BTC tooling is everywhere. Zcash shielded support exists but isn’t universal across all wallets/exchanges.
- Complexity
- Zcash adds advanced cryptography. It’s gotten fast and user‑friendly, but the protocol is more complex under the hood.
A Simple Mental Model
- Bitcoin = transparent cash with strong censorship resistance.
- Zcash = cash with a privacy switch and a share‑when‑needed window (viewing keys).
Both are decentralized, scarce, and permissionless. One is public by default; the other lets you choose what to reveal.
What do you think? I put the eye behind the Z to represent the privacy.
In 2013 I dabbled in bitcoin for the first time and should have held on to my purchases when it was in the $300 range and didn’t. I’m not making that same mistake with #zcash. I have a feeling it will be doing well in the future. #bitcoin
#zcash
#hodl
What is causing zcash to rise so rapidly while most everything is dipping? #zcash #bitcoin
Here is a sample of the song I made on #suno about #bitcoin . What do you think?
https://video.nostr.build/bb25e81171037fbf3d653c273432265f757fa7e895c57ebdc1d403ba1bdb25b9.mp4
#bitcoin is on sale 🤑
I have been having a lot of fun with Suno and made a rap about #bitcoin personally I like it. Amazing the leaps and bounds #ai is making.
Inflation depends on what your currency is.
Average National Rent
2020 - $1164 / 0.1047 btc
2025 - $1640 / 0.0138 btc
A $464 increase in price for dollars and a .0909 decrease for bitcoin. What currency would you prefer? 🤑
#bitcoin #fiat #inflation
I got a chance to sign up for Coinbase One. Not sure if it’s openly available yet.
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I think I set everything up right.
The only way to protect your wealth #bitcoin #bankless
This is my first post. Quick notes, I think 3i/atlas is alien. I 100% put all my faith in bitcoin. I love ai art and the things ai can do for you, and I also like photography an I think both can still exist together.
#introductions