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Why Zcash might be a lead balloonHow I converted from Zcash to BTC. Last few months I devoted my time to investigate Zcash (going beyond technical analysts) and come to the conclusion that I need to sell all my ZEC position and buy BTC. Since I haven't found concentrated/summarized thoughts at one place, I decided to make a tweet so others can find this useful. So let me name few thoughts: • Hardly anyone seems to be using Zcash’s anonymity features (estimated to be like 0,1 %) ...I found only ZecWallet supporting these transactions. (Consider how old is ZEC and no privacy adaption in wallets). If one wants to use it, he needs 5 GB of RAM and 25gb free disk to run the program. Therefore it don't see it as a mobile friendly wallet. • Zcash mining is incredibly centralized. • Zooko publicly admitted that he doesn’t know how Zk-snarks works (see: ‪https://youtu.be/P6RLjcGVUnw‬). • Expiring developers funding in 2020. Since developers in ECC are supposed to be unique, I see no developers when ECC is gone. Moreover let’s face it, ZEC developers salaries are above average (for non US resident) • Knowledge of Zk-snarks is not owned by ECC (Electric Coin Company). Zk-snarks are not so new, as they were discussed and experimented in 80`s, and after a while more and more scientific papers were published decade before Zcash ... so Zk-snarks are “open source knowledge”. • Albeit Zk-snarks protocol is monetary system is relatively new and has yet to undergo the test of time. On the other hand more and more currencies adopt just these/similar privacy features step by step and i don’t see anymore the huge advantage Zcash had 3 years ago. This combined with most of the above reasons and the current development makes me believe that the future won’t be so bright. Zcash should gain trust and popularity in first 2 years. • consider this; what keeps a gigantic army of BTC developers back to integrate Zk-snarks in Bitcoin, not as primary function...the same as ZEC has it, choose it if you want to? • ECC team already help implemented JPMorgan ZEC privacy features... so when ECC developers will be on the street next year (they sure will miss above-average salaries... the last thing they will work for free for ZEC (from my point of view -> ZEC developers paid by ZEC holders to develop Zk-snarks for JPMorgan) kinda irony • Zcash community forum - nothing seriously happening there. I see only few people with superior brains there (sorry as they are neither developers nor ECC officials), yet no serious involvement from ECC and developers • Ethereum team already working on integrating Zk-snarks. • E.Snowden did mentioned that he likes ZEC privacy features only because Zk-snarks encryption. He clearly said that others coins will do the same and that's a great thing. • Ycash “friendly” fork (free money of thin air project) Having ZEC officials even support this fork • REAL trading volume is so small (when doing this notes last week was 2,3 M$) • For the end a story. Two years ago AlphaBay (popular darknet marketplaces) back then has officially announced that Zcash is available as a payment option on its platform. 5 days after that announcement, AlphaBay got seized by law enforcement. Just 5 days after it’s integration of Zcash (coincidence?) • Looking forward for good arguments why I am being wrong.
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by slapnikovski
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Follow institutional investors. The ZCash investment reportSupplement to: Realized-Capitalization-ZEC-trading-at-a-60-discount A-detailed-investment-case-with-supplementary-offsite-data Privacy coins occupy a function within the cryptocurrency industry that many of the early adopters of cryptocurrencies consider essential. Bitcoin itself is often incorrectly referred to as an anonymous way of transferring value. Security experts call it pseudonymous privacy, like writing books under a codename. You can preserve your privacy as long as your wallet address is not linked to you. 1- Privacy solved with leading technology Originally based on Bitcoin Core's battle-tested codebase, ZCash was able to capitalize on the privacy issues of Bitcoin and forked its codebase so that there are now two types of transactions on its blockchain: shielded (using zk-SNARKS) and unshielded (just like on the original Bitcoin blockchain), making privacy an option for its users. zkSNARKs are the most exciting/interesting way (as Vitalik or Snowden would say) to make blockchains private. 2- Efficient, usable, widely supported Zcash is a fast, reliable and inexpensive way to send money or digitally purchase goods and services. It is also supported by all the top exchanges and wallets. For a detailed list see Figure 1 here: imgur.com 3- Multisignature transactions Zcash supports transactions that require multiple signatures. This means that a transaction may require two or more parties to agree to the transaction before funds are sent. 4- A world-class team ZCash is led by Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn, a world class computer security specialist. The team has by far the most expertise in zero-knowledge cryptography, it's natural that they are looked to and respected. 5- The Controversial Founders’ Reward 10% of the eventual monetary base goes to the founders so that there is continued incentive and continued resources for the founders to improve the value of the coin. I am backing Edward Snowden in the logic that a reward is important to attract the best minds to work on the Zcash project. Consistent payment of the developers allows them to discover issues and patch them before they can be exploited by opportunistic parties. Whilst this is open to debate, a steady budget should help push things forward with development and education. 6- Exposure: Zcash for Institutional Investors and Family Offices There are a variety of potential market participants, among them hedge funds, venture capital firms, high-net-worth individuals, and pension funds that now have financial options available: Custodians: hold your Zcash for you to help minimize the risk of lost keys or theft Investment vehicles: allow investors to gain exposure to Zcash without having to hold it themselves. Trading firms: offer access to counterparties for the purpose of large over-the-counter (OTC) trades. For a detailed list of some of the big names involved see Figure 2 here: imgur.com 7- Progressing towards becoming audit and regulation friendly In the world of cryptocurrencies and digital assets, which by default are intangible, trust, risk management and reasonable assurance are key. In the crypto market there is a huge problem with market integrity and with consumer protection. Music to the ears of regulators is that payment disclosure and special "viewing keys" can be used to share transaction details with trusted third parties for compliance or audits or to comply with regulatory requirements. 8- Audited meticulously Zcash is going to great lengths to make sure their code is world-class by ensuring world class cyber security audits by third parties. This separates Zcash from 99% of all other cryptos out there. For more information on cyber security audits please see the respective reports at Kudelski Security, NCC Group, QEDi and Coinspect Additional positive quantitative data: Figure 3: Stacked Daily ZCash Exchange Volume_ZCash Market Capitalization: imgur.com Figure 4: Realized Market Capitalization vs Market Capitalization_ ZCash Undervalued imgur.com
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by warrenhochfeld
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Bitcoin 2.0- Put your faith in Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn Supplement to: ZECUSDT/6QOHSMU5-ZCash-buy-in-opportunity Privacy coins occupy a function within the cryptocurrency industry that many of the early adopters of cryptocurrencies consider essential. Bitcoin itself is often incorrectly referred to as an anonymous way of transferring value. Security experts call it pseudonymous privacy, like writing books under a codename. You can preserve your privacy as long as your wallet address is not linked to you. 1- Privacy solved with leading technology Originally based on Bitcoin Core's battle-tested codebase, ZCash was able to capitalize on the privacy issues of Bitcoin and forked its codebase so that there are now two types of transactions on its blockchain: shielded (using zk-SNARKS) and unshielded (just like on the original Bitcoin blockchain), making privacy an option for its users. zkSNARKs are the most exciting/interesting way (as Vitalik or Snowden would say) to make blockchains private. 2- Efficient, usable, widely supported Zcash is a fast, reliable and inexpensive way to send money or digitally purchase goods and services. It is also supported by all the top exchanges and wallets. For a detailed list see Figure 1 here: imgur.com 3- Multisignature transactions Zcash supports transactions that require multiple signatures. This means that a transaction may require two or more parties to agree to the transaction before funds are sent. 4- A world-class team ZCash is led by Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn, a world class computer security specialist. The team has by far the most expertise in zero-knowledge cryptography, it's natural that they are looked to and respected. 5- The Controversial Founders’ Reward 10% of the eventual monetary base goes to the founders so that there is continued incentive and continued resources for the founders to improve the value of the coin. I am backing Edward Snowden in the logic that a reward is important to attract the best minds to work on the Zcash project. Consistent payment of the developers allows them to discover issues and patch them before they can be exploited by opportunistic parties. Whilst this is open to debate, a steady budget should help push things forward with development and education. 6- Exposure: Zcash for Institutional Investors and Family Offices There are a variety of potential market participants, among them hedge funds, venture capital firms, high-net-worth individuals, and pension funds that now have financial options available: Custodians: hold your Zcash for you to help minimize the risk of lost keys or theft Investment vehicles: allow investors to gain exposure to Zcash without having to hold it themselves. Trading firms: offer access to counterparties for the purpose of large over-the-counter (OTC) trades. For a detailed list of some of the big names involved see Figure 2 here: imgur.com 7- Progressing towards becoming audit and regulation friendly In the world of cryptocurrencies and digital assets, which by default are intangible, trust, risk management and reasonable assurance are key. In the crypto market there is a huge problem with market integrity and with consumer protection. Music to the ears of regulators is that payment disclosure and special "viewing keys" can be used to share transaction details with trusted third parties for compliance or audits or to comply with regulatory requirements. 8- Audited meticulously Zcash is going to great lengths to make sure their code is world-class by ensuring world class cyber security audits by third parties. This separates Zcash from 99% of all other cryptos out there. For more information on cyber security audits please see the respective reports at Kudelski Security, NCC Group, QEDi and Coinspect Additional positive quantitative data: Figure 3: Stacked Daily ZCash Exchange Volume_ZCash Market Capitalization: imgur.com Figure 4: Realized Market Capitalization vs Market Capitalization_ ZCash Undervalued imgur.com
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by warrenhochfeld
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Zec/Btc looking for a bounce on weekly @ 25 RSIBeing all in on Zec since 1 million Satoshi price, I am naturally a little biased. However, there is a bullish divergence on this high time frame Zec/Btc pair. I believe this pair will naturally find a balance at above 2 million satoshis as the zcash halving approaches next fall. Keep in mind how much power and control the Zcash miners have to keep price suppressed. They are generating and controlling 0.1% of additional Zec supply DAILY... Suppressed price means less mining competition, why would the miners want to jack price to the moon on a coin that is already profitable to mine at current price? A moon shot now would only attract more hash rate and give current Zcash miners less power over the distribution. Therefore I believe there is a lot of open market price suppression by miners while whales accumulate via over the counter buys. I will keep adding, I think Zcash is a SOLID project, all the founder reward drama is way over hyped, and the btc pair will return to 5 million sats at some point in the coming years. Might have to suffer seeing 500,000 sats first, but the likelihood of the upside is high given the immense disadvantage of the current stock to flow ratio of Zcash. The supply squeeze next year will be very significant as a percentage of inflation, as annual rate will drop from 33% to 12%.
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by mobster2
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