that + massive emissions in the first few years burned ~every holder + public addresses by default (vs. monero) + no smart contracts + internal project politics + crypto bugs

i _think_ it's trending positively, but definitely had a lot to overcome, and will always risk shielded txns being absorbed by another L1

was listening to Hugh Hewitt's Peter Thiel interview and he said: 

“if crypto is a way that the government can monitor everyone's payments and transactions, is it really this decentralizing technology as advertised or is it actually a version of AI, a version of centralized control of the financial system”

1/3

Using the zcash, a user can pay for goods or transfer money online with their identity completely hidden. İt s one of use cases