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Debunking the narrative that Zcash is "private bitcoin" or "encrypted bitcoin" or any other narrative that rides the coattails of Bitcoin's legitimacy, in my newsletter this week substack.com/@ericyakes
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AI visual note: The excerpt argues that Zcash’s narrative as “private” or “encrypted Bitcoin” is unsupported by its current network metrics, while acknowledging that it could theoretically evolve into a competitor with stronger technological properties. It questions claims that Zcash is hard money equivalent to Bitcoin and says its privacy and quantum-resistance advantages come with fundamental trade-offs.