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Hyper-Zcashization will unfold faster than 98% of the market can fathom. Learnt outcomes from hyper-bitcoinization drastically shortens the timeframe for the next leader in cryptographic store of value to achieve market dominance. In tech, the second-mover advantage beats the pioneer more often than not. By learning from the first-mover’s mistakes, the second-mover can launch improved, scalable versions that capture a much larger market with shortcomings from the first-mover removed or fixed. Prominent examples when a subsequent launch dethroned the original creator: Napster -> iTunes; MySpace -> facebook; MapQuest -> Google Maps; Netscape Navigator -> Microsoft Explorer; Pandora -> Spotify; Rio PMP300 -> iPod; Silanis -> DocuSign; Kickstarter -> GoFundMe; Be ready. Bitcoin -> Zcash History doesn’t repeat, but it rhymes. My people get it. @mert @GoodTexture @bitlarrain @yoshi_v1 @deepcandles @BarrySilbert @cypherpunk @zooko

Seriously, the yearly growth rate is sick

Zcash is generating more fees than Ethereum

Encryption >>> Obfuscation

everyone wants zec to go back to 200 to reload but it already went to 200 and they reloaded and you didnt

I bought zec at $35 I bought zec at $600 I will buy zec at $1000

yes retail is coming, but not for bitcoin retail is retarded but not retarded enough to think they can still make it off btc they are coming for alts

@in4crypto ZEC is the new revenge trade.

cypherpunk + privacy season by definition excludes bitcoin and obviously zcash will be the #1 runner

The evolution of $ZEC : - born as a research paper called “Zerocash” in 2013 - built by a small cryptography team that later became Electric Coin Company (ECC) - takes Bitcoin’s model and adds zero knowledge proofs for private transactions 2013-2016: origins and mainnet 2013: Zerocash paper comes out of Johns Hopkins 2014: Zooko and team found Zerocoin Electric Coin Company (later ECC) 2016: the famous “trusted setup” ceremony with 6 participants destroying the toxic waste 28 October 2016: Zcash mainnet launches (Sprout) 2017-2018: foundations and Sapling 2017: Zcash Foundation (ZF) is created as a non-profit to handle grants and community ECC builds the reference node client and protocol upgrades June 2018: Overwinter upgrade adds versioned transactions and replay protection October 2018: Sapling goes live zk-SNARK proofs become 90% faster and lighter 2019-2020: speed, governance and the first halving 2019: Blossom upgrade cuts block time from 150s to 75s Zcash becomes faster and more usable for everyday payments ECC rebrands from “Zcash Company” to Electric Coin Company to separate brand and entity November 2020: first halving block reward goes from 6.25 ZEC to 3.125 ZEC 2021-2022: Halo and the end of trusted setup the big problem: “trusted setups” are controversial and hard to explain to users ECC works on Halo 2, a new proof system that doesn’t need a trusted ceremony Halo 2 goes live on mainnet 2023-2024: stress tests and second halving 2023: ViaBTC temporarily controls more than 50% of Zcash hash rate Coinbase increases required confirmations for ZEC deposits 23 November 2024: second halving (NU6) Lockbox governance and updated Dev Fund rules are introduced Dev Fund is extended so ECC, ZF and grants can keep building until 2028 2025: Zashi, shielded explosion and the privacy rally ECC focuses on user experience instead of just core cryptography Zashi wallet ships on iOS and Android Orchard + Zashi make private payments feel simple for normal users for the first time, privacy is not a niche corner of the chain Encrypted money at internet scale.

zec is the only coin built for the world we’re in right now. surveillance everywhere. cbdcs coming. every tx watched. zec stays completely shielded by default. invisible. untouchable. privacy era is happening now 🫡

Those selling $ZEC now are exiting right at the start of whats set to be a massive and glorious price run in the months and years ahead.

unmatched perspective

What's more likely: ZEC doing a 15x from here, reaching ~10% of BTC price or BTC doing a 15x from here? Risk adjusted the selection is clear.

@blknoiz06 Oh boy

@deepcandles Bitcoin fails the Finney Test. The Finney Test: “If you see a proposal for an electronic money, check to see whether it has the ability to preserve the privacy of financial transactions the way paper money does today.”

@cypherpunk Hey, maybe you guys could post the fuller video—x.com/zooko/status/1…. It's only 5 minutes. I'm saddened by all these people thinking I'm trying to leverage Hal's memory. I'd like people to see the context. Hal was important to me.

The full five minute clip adds important context:

The Zcash $ZEC takeover of bitcoin continues

Got a notification from x that it’s been 9 years since i joined twitter. I remember buying my first batch of BTC around $700, then I read the bitcoin whitepaper and went all into $ZEC at about the same price. Never looked back, never sold a coin, kept accumulating, still am!

This is exactly the Zcash playbook. Made it exist first, now we are in the make it good stages.