###### tags: `zcash` # Links to Zcash things around the web --- Draft mode z2z.to/jmsjsph --- [toc] --- ## Wallets ### Zecwallet https://www.zecwallet.co/ https://zecpages.com/Zecwallet ### Nighthawk https://www.nighthawkwallet.com/ https://zecpages.com/NighthawkWallet ### Unstoppable - https://unstoppable.money/ - https://electriccoin.co/blog/zcash-is-unstoppable-privacy-focused-wallet-first-to-integrate-ecc-wallet-sdks/ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hw7E9yNZi2g ### Full node Wallets A full node wallet is usually for more advanced or technology-savvy users. These experiences are for users who may want to mine Zcash and validate transactions and blocks, in addition to sending and receiving ZEC. #### ECC Zcashd The official, Linux-based, full-node wallet, updated and maintained by core developers from the Electric Coin Co. Technical requirements and links to download Zcashd can be found at the link below. z.cash/download Watch this video and learn how to download Zcash to your Debian machine https://youtu.be/hTKL0jPu7X0 #### Zecwallet Full Node Zecwallet is a UI frontend wallet for Zcashd. Zecwallet's embedded node features Fast Sync, which can sync the Zcash blockchain up to 33 percent faster than an external node. https://www.zecwallet.co/fullnode.html ## Block explorers - https://blockchair.com/zcash - https://zcha.in - https://explorer.zecmate.com/ - https://sochain.com/zcash - https://zecblockexplorer.com/ - https://github.com/guardaco/blockbook ## Mining - MineZcash zecpages.com/minezcash - Guide to Mining Zcash https://z.cash/mining-zcash/ - HowToMine.com https://howtomine.com/zcash/ ### Mining Equipment #### Articles - Luxor's Antminer Z9 Mini Zcash Setup Guide https://medium.com/luxor/antminer-z9-mini-zcash-miner-setup-guide-d11ea095de9a Jun 26, 2018 - Luxor's Antiminer Z9 Setup Guide https://medium.com/luxor/antimer-z9-zcash-setup-guide-5e46268be9f8 - Luxor's Antminer Z15 Setup Guide https://medium.com/luxor/bitmain-antminer-z15-equihash-zcash-miner-setup-guide-654e3a30f23 #### Videos ### Mining Pools - All pools https://www.poolwatch.io/coin/zcash - Bitfly Mining Pool https://zcash.flypool.org/start/ - Luxor Zcash Mining Pool https://mining.luxor.tech/coins/zcash - Luxor https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/luxor-technologies - Poolin https://www.poolin.com/zec/stats - Slushpool https://help.slushpool.com/en/support/solutions/articles/77000423634-zcash-mining-setup-on-slush-pool-%E2%98%85 - Nanopool https://zec.nanopool.org/stats - Zhash https://zcash.zhash.pro/stats - Luckpool https://luckpool.net/zcash/stats.html ## Exchanges ### United States - (San Francisco) Coinbase - https://www.coinbase.com/price/zcash - (San Francisco) Kraken https://www.kraken.com/en-us/learn/buy-zcash-zec - (New York City) Gemini - https://www.gemini.com/prices/zcash - (Chicago) HitBTC https://hitbtc.com/ZEC-to-USD ### World - (China) Binance - (Milan, Italy) The Rock Trading - https://www.therocktrading.com/en/market/ZECBTC - (Israel) eToro - https://www.etoro.com/news-and-analysis/crypto/zcash-now-available-on-etorox-exchange/ - (Switzerland) Crypto.com https://crypto.com/price/zcash - (Hong Kong) Bitfinex https://www.bitfinex.com/t/ZECUSD - (Hong Kong) ZBG https://www.zbg.com/ - (Hong Kong) Digifinex https://www.digifinex.com/en-ww/trade/USDT/ZEC - (Saint Kitts) Bitcoin.com Exchange Bitcoin.com Exchange ### Shielded - (Europe) TheRockTrading - Shielded ZEC Deposits and Withdrawals https://www.therocktrading.com/en/pages/deposit-withdrawal-methods - (New York City) Gemini - Shielded ZEC Withdrawals - https://www.gemini.com/blog/youre-one-step-closer-to-financial-freedom-with-shielded-zec-withdrawals ### Peer-to-Peer ### Decentralized SwapZone - https://swapzone.io/?to=zec renZEC - ## Research ### Notable - Cryptoanarchy wiki http://mailing-list-archive.cryptoanarchy.wiki/authors/notable/ - [ ] bitcoin talk zkp - [ ] ... ### Bitcoin: Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash - https://bitcoin.org/en/bitcoin-paper ### Zerocoin: Anonymous Distributed E-Cash from Bitcoin - https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6547123 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7rnE9nqhic - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRcPReUpkcU - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nS3smRAfUd8 ### Zerocash: Decentralized Anonymous Payments from Bitcoin - http://zerocash-project.org/paper - https://studylib.net/doc/5812586/zerocash--zerocoin-meets-scipr-lab - Zcash, Monero, Mimblewimble: How to make blockchains untraceable - Bitcoin Munich Oct 18, 2017 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJRcfmExn3s ## Development - Zcash: Schedule https://z.cash/support/schedule/ - ZF Governance - https://www.zfnd.org/governance/ Engineering Roadmap 2020 BY GEORGE TANKERSLEY NOVEMBER 11, 2019 https://www.zfnd.org/blog/eng-roadmap-2020/ - ECC R&D and Engineering Flight Plan for 2020 Electric Coin Company | November 22, 2019 https://electriccoin.co/blog/ecc-flight-plan-for-2020/ ### Code - ECC Zcash Projects https://github.com/zcash/zcash/projects - ZcashFoundation / parity-zcash https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/parity-zcash - Zebra https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra ### Calls - ECC: Zeal Calls Gardening Calls Arborist Calls - ZF: Zcash Protocol Hangouts ZF Community Calls - Other: ### Docs - User Guide — Zcash Documentation 4.2.0 https://zcash.readthedocs.io/en/latest/rtd_pages/zcashd.html #### For Zcash newbies Learn how Zcash works, history https://zcash.readthedocs.io/en/latest/rtd_pages/basics.html #### For wallet developers Android, iOS, lightclient https://zcash.readthedocs.io/en/latest/rtd_pages/lightclient_support.html #### For Zcashd Full node, mine Zcash, verify network transactions https://zcash.readthedocs.io/en/latest/rtd_pages/zcashd.html #### For all documentation Browse everything, including recommendations and community spaces https://zcash.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ ### Functionality - Parity Releases Zebra, the First Alternative Zcash Client, to the Zcash Foundation - https://www.parity.io/parity-releases-zebra-in-collaboration-with-zcash-foundation/ - Zebra, the New Consensus-Compatible Zcash Node Client https://www.zfnd.org/blog/zebra-zcash-node-client/ - Parity builds Zebra to make it easy for developers to build on Zcash By Tim Copeland Jun 17, 2019 https://decrypt.co/7486/parity-zebra-zcash-developers ### Grants - Gitcoin https://gitcoin.co/zcash - ZOMG https://grants.zfnd.org/ ## Legal ### Trademark Agreement - Electric Coin Co. donates Zcash trademark to Zcash Foundation electriccoin.co › Blog The contract was signed and executed Wednesday, Nov. 6. ECC created and launched the Zcash digital currency in 2016 — three years ago last week — and ... - A Solid Future for the Zcash Trademark – The Zcash Foundation www.zfnd.org › blog › zcash-trademark-resolution Nov 6, 2019 — The Zcash Foundation and Electric Coin Company have signed an agreement regarding the Zcash trademark. In short, ECC has donated the ... - Zcash Trademark Policy – The Zcash Foundation www.zfnd.org › about › trademark-policy Nov 18, 2019 — While the Zcash software is available under a free and open source software license, the copyright license does not include an implied right or ... ### Travel Rule - Zcash Regulatory & Compliance Brief April 2019 https://bitzec.github.io/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Zcash-Regulatory-Brief.pdf - Zcash Regulatory & Compliance Brief September 2019 https://z.cash/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Zcash-Regulatory-Brief-201909.pdf ### Other - 12/23/2020 31 CFR Parts 1010, 1020, and 1022 RIN 1506-AB47 Requirements for Certain Transactions Involving Convertible Virtual Currency or Digital Assets AGENCY: Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”), Treasury. ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2020-28437.pdf ## Finance ### Counterfeiting - Zcash Discloses Vulnerability That Could Have Allowed ‘Infinite Counterfeit’ Cryptocurrency BY ROBERT HACKETT February 5, 2019 11:00 AM EST https://fortune.com/2019/02/05/zcash-vulnerability-cryptocurrency/ - https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zcash-counterfeiting-vulnerability-successfully-remediated/32671/61 - https://electriccoin.co/blog/sapling-addresses-turnstile-migration/ - https://electriccoin.co/blog/defense-against-counterfeiting-in-shielded-pools/ - MIT Bitcoin Expo 2019 - Defending Against Counterfeiting Attacks in Zcash https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oac0IRlH4kc ### Metrics - http://zdash.info - https://electriccoin.co/zcash-metrics/ - https://z.cash/upgrade/ - https://stat.bloxy.info/superset/dashboard/zcash/ - https://zcha.in/statistics #### Transparency Reports - The Zcash Foundation's 2020 Q1 Report BY SONYA MANN APRIL 17, 2020 https://www.zfnd.org/blog/q1-report-2020/ - The Zcash Foundation's 2020 Q2 Report BY ANTONIE HODGE JULY 02, 2020 https://www.zfnd.org/blog/q2-report-2020/ - ECC Transparency Report for Q1 2020 Electric Coin Company | October 5, 2020 https://electriccoin.co/blog/ecc-transparency-report-for-q1-2020/ - ECC Transparency Report for Q2 2020 Electric Coin Company | December 21, 2020 https://electriccoin.co/blog/ecc-transparency-report-for-q2-2020/ ### Investor/Theses - Placeholder https://www.placeholder.vc/blog/2020/9/15/zcash-thesis - Grayscale https://grayscale.co/insights/the-zcash-investment-thesis/ - Pantera: "Bitcoin Will Not Succeed As Money" https://www.dcforecasts.com/bitcoin-news/pantera-capital-cio-bitcoin-will-not-succeed-as-money/ - Matthew Green's bitter tweet about Cryptokitties raising $12 million when he had to beg VCs to give Zcash a fraction of that amount: https://twitter.com/matthew_d_green/status/976298627759972353 https://archive.is/MLEmd - Roger Ver https://bitflyer.com/en-jp/discussion/roger-ver - Naval Ravikant https://twitter.com/search?q=from%3A%40naval%20zcash&src=typed_query ### Forks - A brief history of Zcash forks by eToro 27NOV2019 https://www.etoro.com/news-and-analysis/market-insights/a-brief-history-of-zcash-forks/ - zclassic https://twitter.com/zclassiccoin?lang=en - bitcoin private https://twitter.com/bitcoinprivate - komodo https://twitter.com/KomodoPlatform - pirate chain https://twitter.com/PirateChain - ycash - - https://twitter.com/YcashFoundation - zencash - https://twitter.com/horizenglobal ### Partnerships - JPM - Arg Blockchain https://argoblockchain.com/our-facilities/ - ZDA https://electriccoin.co/zcash-developer-alliance/ - Crypto in Context https://electriccoin.co/crypto-in-context/ ## Media/PR ### Articles - Ford Would Replace Gold With Energy Currency and Stop Wars, 1921 https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1921-12-04/ed-1/seq-1/ - The Crypto Anarchist Manifesto https://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/classes/6.805/articles/crypto/cypherpunks/may-crypto-manifesto.html - The Cyphernomicon https://nakamotoinstitute.org/static/docs/cyphernomicon.txt - A Cypherpunk's Manifesto https://www.activism.net/cypherpunk/manifesto.html - Re: Why ecash is traceable http://cypherpunks.venona.com/date/1995/09/msg01006.html - Clipper Chip - Crypto Museum https://www.cryptomuseum.com/crypto/usa/clipper.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipper_chip - Freedom of Speech in Software by Phil Salin 7/15/91 http://www.philsalin.com/patents.html - Zcash, an Untraceable Bitcoin Alternative, Launches in Alpha https://www.wired.com/2016/01/zcash-an-untraceable-bitcoin-alternative-launches-in-alpha/ - New Digital Currency Zcash Promises Total Anonymity And Privacy BY REBECCA CAMPBELL FEBRUARY 17, 2016 https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/new-digital-currency-zcash-promises-total-anonymity-and-privacy-1455720144 - Zcash, the Newly Launched Currency, and How to Get It NOVEMBER 1, 2016 https://blog.bitmain.com/en/how-to-get-zcash-newly-launched-virtual-currency/ - [Mirror] Zk-SNARKs: Under the Hood 2017 Feb 01 https://vitalik.ca/general/2017/02/01/zk_snarks.html - STARKs, Part I: Proofs with Polynomials 2017 Nov 09 https://vitalik.ca/general/2017/11/09/starks_part_1.html - Can This Man Build a Better Bitcoin? BY ROBERT HACKETT December 18, 2017 6:30 AM EST https://fortune.com/2017/12/18/jp-morgan-bitcoin-zcash-wilcox/ - The Intercept article about the NSA tracking Bitcoin users: https://theintercept.com/2018/03/20/the-nsa-worked-to-track-down-bitcoin-users-snowden-documents-reveal/ - 11.01.2018 Zooko Wilcox Says Regulators Like the Privacy of Zcash By Brian Patrick Eha https://breakermag.com/zooko-wilcox-says-regulators-like-the-privacy-of-zcash/ - 12.05.2018 Zooko Wilcox Isn’t Concerned About the Government Trying to Track Zcash By Jessica Klein https://breakermag.com/zooko-wilcox-isnt-concerned-about-the-government-trying-to-track-zcash/ - 02.28.2019 People Don’t Care About Financial Privacy As Much As You Think By JP Koning https://breakermag.com/jp-koning-people-dont-care-about-financial-privacy-as-much-as-you-think/ - Zcash and the Art of Security Theater Michael del Castillo Nov 14, 2016 at 8:38 a.m. EST Updated May 18, 2017 at 4:36 p.m. EDT The cameras were rolling as Bitcoin Core developer Peter Todd set fire to the computer he’d just used to help bring Zcash to life. - The Crazy Security Behind the Birth of Zcash, the Inside Story https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/computing/networks/the-crazy-security-behind-the-birth-of-zcash Zcash, the new anonymous cryptocurrency, was born in a cloak-and-dagger cocoon of digital secrecy. There was just one little problem By Morgen E. Peck 02 Dec 2016 | 18:50 GMT - Worlds collide: JPM works with team behind anonymous crypto Zcash By Marc Hochstein May 22, 2017, 9:35 a.m. EDT 4 Min Read https://www.americanbanker.com/news/worlds-collide-jpm-works-with-team-behind-anonymous-crypto-zcash - JPMorgan Partners With Zcash on Blockchain Security Michael del Castillo May 22, 2017 at 9:18 a.m. EDT https://www.coindesk.com/jpmorgan-partners-zcash-team-add-enterprise-security - A Boost For Privacy In Cryptocurrency: Gemini Announces Support For Zcash BY COLIN HARPER MAY 14, 2018 https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/boost-privacy-cryptocurrency-gemini-announces-support-zcash - Terrorist Use of Cryptocurrencies Technical and Organizational Barriers and Future Threats https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR3000/RR3026/RAND_RR3026.pdf - Zcash Foundation Says ZEC Developer Broke Trademark Promise The Electric Coin Company, the developer of second-biggest anoncoin Zcash, has reneged on its declared intent to share its trademark with the non-profit Zcash Foundation. MARIE HUILLET SEP 03, 2019 https://cointelegraph.com/news/zcash-foundation-says-zec-developer-broke-trademark-promise - Zcash Poised to Finally Have Private Transactions on Mobile With SDK Release ANDREY SHEVCHENKO JAN 16, 2020 Zcash released a Software Development Kit for both Android and iOS, which allows developers to easily build mobile wallets supporting shielded transactions. https://cointelegraph.com/news/zcash-poised-to-finally-have-private-transactions-on-mobile-with-sdk-release - An approximate introduction to how zk-SNARKs are possible 2021 Jan 26 https://vitalik.ca/general/2021/01/26/snarks.html Vitalik explains zk-SNARKs Vitalik explains zk-SNARKs, again ### Books - The Rise of the Computer State, Burnham, David - No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State by Glenn Greenwald - Introduction to Modern Cryptography: Principles and Protocols (Chapman & Hall/CRC Cryptography and Network Security Series) by Jonathan Katz, Yehuda Lindell - Bitcoin Billionaires: A True Story of Genius, Betrayal, and Redemption Hardcover – May 21, 2019 - by Ben Mezrich ### Educational - Cryptopedia https://www.gemini.com/cryptopedia/topic/zcash - Crypto Startup School https://a16z.com/crypto-startup-school/ ### Podcasts/Talks - Does Encryption Make Phones 'Warrantproof?' Fact-Checking The FBI March 7, 2016 4:27 PM ET https://www.npr.org/2016/03/07/469545328/does-encryption-make-phones-warrant-proof-fact-checking-the-fbi - npr radio labs The Ceremony July 14, 2017 https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/articles/ceremony - Paige Peterson - FOUNDATIONS OF INTERNET MONEY •Feb 13, 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-KcoEoLpi8 - CPC Crypto DevCon--Deploying the Sapling upgrade on Zcash Jun 25, 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuOEekVR6Pw - Tales from the Crypt - Leigh Cuen https://anchor.fm/tales-from-the-crypt/episodes/135-Leigh-Cuen-eauh0b - What Bitcoin Did Privacy and Zcash with Zooko Wilcox Interview location: Skype Interview date: Tuesday 22nd Jan, 2019 Company: Zcash Feb 5, 2019 Role: Founder and CEO https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cud2hhdGJpdGNvaW5kaWQuY29tL3BvZGNhc3Q_Zm9ybWF0PXJzcw/episode/NTk2NDFhMjhmZjdjNTA5OWMxMmE1ZWRhOjVhMTgzMGQyZjk2MTlhZmE2YWYzOGYxODo1YzU5OTNmNTkxNDBiNzk5NDg0MWIzZDg - The Pomp Podcast Zooko Wilcox, CEO of Zcash: The Evolution of Legitimately Private Crypto Zooko Wilcox is the CEO of Zcash, and one of the most experienced people in crypto. In this conversation, Zooko and Anthony Pompliano discuss all things privacy, freedom, decentralization, the original battle between governments and technologists for encryption, and how the current privacy technology for crypto is likely to evolve moving forward. Jun 5, 2019 - August 4, 2020 Unchained by Laura Shin Why The Travel Rule Is One Of The Most Significant Regulations In Crypto https://unchainedpodcast.com/why-the-travel-rule-is-one-of-the-most-significant-regulations-in-crypto/ - CoinDesk Podcast Network Jan 12, 2020 'The Internet Was Illegal' and Other Early Stories With Zooko Wilcox The best Sundays are for long reads and deep conversations. Earlier this week, the Let's Talk Bitcoin! show enlisted CoinDesk reporter Leigh Cuen and early cypherpunk Zooko Wilcox for a conversation on the history, challenges and long term development path of early, formative technologies. which we often hear modern blockchain movements compared against. - Epicenter https://epicenter.tv/guests/zooko-wilcox-ohearn/ Mar 14, 2016 Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn: Zcash – An Open Financial System with Privacy https://epicenter.tv/episodes/122 - Born to Die? Why ZCash May Not Live Up To Expectations https://cointelegraph.com/news/born-to-die-why-zcash-may-not-live-up-to-expectations SEP 30, 2016 GUEST AUTHOR ### How-To Videos - Building on Zcash https://www.coindesk.com/videos/foundations-consensus-distributed/foundations-zcash-electric-coin-company - Deploying the Sapling upgrade on Zcash CPC Crypto DevCon Jun 25, 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuOEekVR6Pw ### Videos - Paige Peterson - Foundations of Internet Money - Feb 13, 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-KcoEoLpi8 - But how does bitcoin actually work? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBC-nXj3Ng4 - What Your Wi-Fi Is Really Doing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIJEUqgODO4 - Crypto Rap Battle - Behind-the-scenes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nfFQN3g7sU - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaMJi1_1tkA - Before the Web: the 1980s Dream of a Free and Borderless Virtual World https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBuns9Evn1w-T2RwqMhUnTZbTTe-M-g42 - Snowden: Bitcoin Needs Privacy by Naomi Brockwell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bL6jT8X14E - Security and Privacy for Crypto with Zero-Knowledge Proofs Aug 29, 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NL0ThdvWMU #### One Minute Intro to Blockchain Videos ##### Blockchain Intro <iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/EsAwLdKWKYY" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> ##### Digital Signatures <iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0xJAxrxal3c" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> ##### Public Ledger Record <iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/jKcXm2S1xcE" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> ##### Chain of Blocks <iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zMF9mBh-yiE" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> ##### Full node and lightweight wallets <iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qhISd6O1IZw" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> ##### Zcash <iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/JL82iHNjnUk" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> ##### Zero Knowledge Proofs <iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7dafI77h6fU" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> #### Zcash Perspectives Series - [ ] Get ### Quotes #### Milton Friendman - "A reliable e-cash" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MnQJFEVY7s&feature=emb_title #### Snowden - A lot of people wonder why I like #Zcash despite the Founder's Reward. Here's a reason: that tax funds a quality team that catches and kills serious bugs in-house, before they get exploited. Some other projects learn about bugs like this only AFTER people have lost money. https://twitter.com/Snowden/status/1092827086497239041?s=20 - "Zcash is the most interesting for me right now, because the privacy properties are truly unique" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5vgAKYjs_4 - Snowden mentioned Zcash as a solution to the surveillance risks of Bitcoin in a videoconference talk to a conference called "Decentralized and Encrypted" in Berlin, 2016-06-01. https://archive.is/AzWqX - "I'm with Vitalik. (https://twitter.com/Snowden/status/913544739542241282) Zero-knowledge proofs may be the future of private trade." https://archive.is/vu7a7 - "Agree. Zcash's privacy tech makes it the most interesting Bitcoin alternative. Bitcoin is great, but "if it's not private, it's not safe."" https://archive.is/z8pE8 #### Winklevoss - [ ] signed btc bill book for zooko #### Satoshi - [ ] bitcoin talk msgs: btc isn't private #### Hal Finney - [ ] running bitcoin >> looking for ways to add anonymity #### Nassim Taleb - "You can anonymize a gold coin by re-melting it. You can rework a spoon. BTC is more tractable than cash." https://news.bitcoin.com/black-swan-author-pulls-a-180-nassim-taleb-says-bitcoins-a-failure-at-least-for-now/ #### Ray Dalio - "Regarding privacy, it appears that Bitcoin will unlikely be as private as some people surmise. It is, after all, a public ledger and a material amount of Bitcoin is held in a non-private manner. If the government (and perhaps hackers) want to see who has what, I doubt that privacy could be protected." https://www.bridgewater.com/research-and-insights/ray-dalio-what-i-think-of-bitcoin #### Balaji - "This is so cool. Reminds me of the early web. It's bandwidth and space constrained. But it's freaking awesome. https://zecpages.com/board" #### Naval - https://www.coindesk.com/angellists-naval-ravikant-token-summit-bitcoin-solves-money-problems https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oac0IRlH4kc #### FluffyPony - "zcash z-address transactions are hands down the winner for "most private", they have been for ages" https://archive.is/lcx6u - I would describe ZCash z-address to z-address transactions as providing maximal privacy, not merely excellent privacy https://archive.is/VHHuL - "I like this, it’s a pretty accurate way of understanding it." https://archive.is/1yd92 > “I thought, ‘I’m going to pump it and dump it,’ because I was interested and taking the ideas and implementing them in bitcoin. The bitcoin code base was far more interesting to me than monero, and I thought, ‘I’m not going to work on this codebase, it’s terrible,'” fluffypony on Monero. https://www.coindesk.com/drugs-code-icos-moneros-long-road-blockchain-mainstream https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/6d5yt5/what_fluffypony_just_did_is_not_ok/ #### OTher Imagine if your code could send you money in the mail, or if a router did real-time load balancing by changing its micropayment price-per-through-packet when traffic got too high or too low. The future of the net may be a strange place, indeed. http://www.nzdl.org/cgi-bin/library.cgi?e=d-00000-00---off-0tidbits--00-0----0-10-0---0---0direct-10---4-------0-1l--11-en-50---20-about---00-0-1-00-0-0-11-1-0utfZz-8-00&a=d&c=tidbits&cl=CL1.1&d=HASHc9d81b6397dde2737a0f46.5 Apple, the Business Market, and Geodesic Networks by Robert Hettinga <rah@shipwright.com> ## Communities - Forum.ZcashCommunity.com - Telegram.com/ZcashCommunity - Zero Knowledge Podcast https://www.zeroknowledge.fm/ - Zcash Community Advisor Panel https://www.zfnd.org/blog/expanding-cap/ https://www.zfnd.org/governance/community-advisory-panel/ - MGRC/ZOMG Candidates https://www.zfnd.org/blog/mgrc-candidates-finalized-cap/ - PayWithZ.cash - ZcashZeal - ZECpages.com (zecpages | twitter | telegram | discord ) - Zcash User Groups (Boston, India, Africa, Indonesia, Russia, VR) https://www.zfnd.org/blog/farewell-josh/ https://electriccoin.co/blog/zda-announcement/ https://electriccoin.co/crypto-in-context/ https://electriccoin.co/event/ Zcon0 archive Zcon1 video archive https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL40dyJ0UYTLLjPZaKjdhMoCNanb77_Ztj