JasonLee🛡

Long-term holder of ether & zec & fil

[Tushar Jain @tushar_jain]

1/ Multicoin has built a significant position in $ZEC since February.

Zcash is a return to the cypherpunk ideals crypto was founded on.

[Arjun Khemani @arjunkhemani]

“Zcash is the only other store of value that has any relevance when Bitcoin exists.”

— @RaoulGMI

[Messari @MessariCrypto]

.@Zcash address three main challenges amongst cryptocurrencies: privacy, stability, and quantum resistance.

@AvgJoesCrypto breaks down how Zcash is quickly becoming the face of decentralization and security in the current crypto landscape.

[a16z crypto @a16zcrypto]

Privacy will be the most important moat in crypto

@alive_

[Eli Ben-Sasson | Starknet.io @EliBenSasson]

The rise of ZEC and Privacy:

As co-founder of @Zcash I've been following it since inception.
(note: I later on co-founded @Starknet, and today I am admiring Zcash from afar)
For the past 3 years or so, ZEC price was in the $20-$50 area, and the chain was not even on the top 100 count.

All this changed roughly starting October this year, and as I'm writing this, ZEC is $500+ and top 30.

Fueled by the surge of Zcash, Privacy became a super-hot topic. As I'm writing, it seems to be the hottest topic in crypto today. This is good because privacy is not only normal, it's important.

One important question is - why now?
The best explanation I heard was that it's a combination of 3 factors, in decreasing order:

1. Good product -- the combination of the shielded Zashi wallet and Near Intents makes it easy for users (especially on Solana) to get good UX with good privacy.

2. Scarcity -- the halvening that took place one year ago made the inflation rate lower and new issuance more scarce.

3. Regulatory atmosphere -- this is the most favorable US administration to crypto, so this fueled interest in privacy tech.

All these factors led to investors being interested in Zcash, and CT, along with KOLs, talking about it. According to this explanation, substance comes first, and the public chatter boosts that.

I'm reading now the excellent book on Common Knowledge by Steven Pinker, and he talks about the ability of humans to reach common knowledge: Everyone knows that everyone knows that everyone knows (and so on ad infinitum).

Within crypto, we've now reached Common Knowledge that Privacy is normal, needed, and an essential part of crypto infra.

What about Privacy and Starknet? Privacy will be a focus in 2026.
Stay tuned.

[Cypherpunk ($CYPH) @cypherpunk]

That’s Zcash @chamath

[Naval @naval]

Creation without a creator is meaningless.

[Naval @naval]

Bitcoin is insurance against fiat.

ZCash is insurance against Bitcoin.

[Filecoin Foundation @FilFoundation]

From @nvidia

[JasonLee🛡 @lixujason]

@cxygyw20171 @stfil_io 加你微信了哈

[Filecoin TL;DR @FilecoinTLDR]

.@solana using @Filecoin to store its entire ledger history, 250TB, is historic!

But the movement to decentralized storage is not limited to Web3. Filecoin's stored data volume grew 3.8x in 2023 to 1,800 PiB, majority of which come from non-Web3 players.

Interesting Web2 use cases🧵

[Zcash Foundation 🛡️ @ZcashFoundation]

The Zcash Foundation is pleased to announce the release of the first stable, audited version of Zebra: Zebra 1.0.0

https://t.co/2uwXnMqFNy

[JasonLee🛡 @lixujason]

What Is Filecoin? (2023) https://t.co/zsh4XJo0iZ via @YouTube

[يو نس @IzzahBTC]

The truth is that Bitcoin proves Zcash is the fulfillment of all things it’s failed in.

[JasonLee🛡 @lixujason]

@benjamincowen Distributed storage/IPFS/Filecoin

[zooko🛡🦓🦓🦓 ⓩ @zooko]

Further decentralization of the Zcash support ecosystem is under way: “Shielded Labs: An Independent, Non-US Organization”—https://t.co/3B5saMCzXn

In particular, this new organization is intended to support Zcash from outside the United States.

[JasonLee🛡 @lixujason]

@DontTraceMeBruh $zec

[Zcash Open Development Lab @zodl_co]

"Privacy isn't about isolation or withholding information. Privacy is about consent."

- @zooko

$ZEC

[Zcash 🛡️ @Zcash]

As @durumcrustulum from the @ZcashFoundation states, privacy and encryption are fundamental for building good systems.

For digital cash, privacy and encryption need to be the standard. Not add-ons.

#Zcash $ZEC