farad

mechatronics undergraduate ▪︎
@zcashmaxxing

[farad @farad_0]

day 1 of my deep dive into @Zcash ($ZEC).

my first big "aha" moment is surprisingly simple, but it reframes everything.

the first thing i heard about zcash that its a "privacy coin".

my first thought was "another privacy coin" ? but after i started my research i now realize i was looking at it completely wrong.

the best way to understand zcash is to first understand bitcoin. ↓

zcash isn't built from scratch. it was literally forked from the original bitcoin codebase.

it has the same fixed supply of 21 million coins and the same predictable halving schedule. it inherits that core DNA of bitcoin.

but the creators, a group of scientists and cypherpunks saw bitcoin's one major, unresolved flaw:

its lack of privacy.

every transaction and balance on bitcoin is on a public ledger for the world to see.

they understood that for money to be truly sovereign and safe for individuals, it must be private.

so they took bitcoin's powerful foundation and added a layer of advanced cryptography: zero knowledge proofs.

the simplest way i can explain my understanding so far is this:

bitcoin gives everyone a transparent glass ledger.

zcash gives you the option of a sealed, encrypted envelope for every transaction.

the network can mathematically verify the transaction is valid without ever needing to look inside the envelope.

so, my day 1 takeaway is this:

zcash is a direct successor of bitcoin, built to complete the original mission of economic freedom by adding the missing ingredient of privacy.

this opens up curiosity about how this privacy actually works (shielded vs. transparent addresses, zk-SNARKs).

that's what i'm diving into next, see you tomorrow.

[farad @farad_0]

i've been seing $ZEC and zcash lately.

so i decided to finally dive in and check it out (dont want to be late to the party😭)

i'll be sharing everything i learn here as i go.

any $ZEC maxi out here ? lets connect

[farad @farad_0]

@uc_iyke @NigeriaStories is your brain no longer working ?

[GNB OFFICIAL @GHNaijaBallers]

🚨🇳🇬 Zadok Yohanna emotional as he signs his contract with Brighton.

He was still playing in Nigeria last year, what an incredible story.

[Brighton & Hove Albion @OfficialBHAFC]

Zadok Yohanna is officially Albion. 💙🤍

[Brighton & Hove Albion @OfficialBHAFC]

👀🔜

[farad @farad_0]

@Zito_001 @SuperteamDE @solana looking forward to this, thanks for sharing

[farad @farad_0]

@Zito_001 @heisnissi_ you sef slow like this 💔

[zito @Zito_001]

the first thing i ever did on @solana was mint an NFT.

i didn't fully understand what i was doing. i just knew it was fast, it was cheap, and something about owning a piece of something on-chain felt different from anything i'd done online before.

that was my entry point. a mint. a wallet. a transaction that settled before i could second-guess it.

on june 13th, @SuperteamDE is hosting the biggest solana event germany has ever seen. and whether your entry point was an NFT mint, a defi protocol, or you haven't found it yet, there's a reason to be in that room.

i'll give you mine ...

🧵🔻

[zito @Zito_001]

do whatever you want. but make sure sure you never miss the @SuperteamDE solana summit

berlin. june 13.

if you've been waiting for a reason to show up to something real in the @solana ecosystem, this is it.

full breakdown of why this summit matters, who it's for, and why the room you're in on june 13 tends to matter more than most people account for.🔻

[farad @farad_0]

@BarcaUniversal mi equipo❤️

[farad @farad_0]

@heisnissi_ june support 😳

[farad @farad_0]

@Jayceeowusi na me wey dey watch suppose follow am before ?

[farad @farad_0]

@BobMfonmma Amas what ? 🤣

[farad @farad_0]

@itsPelumy @Africa_ftbl so no goal keeper is saving that ?

[farad @farad_0]

@Ankpa_Girl1 @abwales @omaakatugba @NaijascoutforSE he made some great saves but you can't tell me no keeper is saving that....

[farad @farad_0]

@omaakatugba @NaijascoutforSE your boy also deceived us today, speak on it 😒

[farad @farad_0]

@NaijascoutforSE on his return lmao, that guy no real

[farad @farad_0]

@Africa_ftbl cant believe my eyes man🥹

[Asuuswago @thatboyasuu]

@seyikanbai The problem no be even say he useless
The problem na the people wey de watch e streams na them useless pass

[farad @farad_0]

@crayune oh, you know better than brighton and newcastle 😳