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Will McEvoy on why privacy is the most important investment thesis in technology right now: "Internet: step down in privacy. Phones: another step down. Social media: another. AI: very large step down." "We have never had less privacy than we do today. Privacy technology is a
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Cypherpunk is public privacyWill McEvoy on why privacy is the most important investment thesis in technology right now: "Internet: step down in privacy. Phones: another step down. Social media: another. AI: very large step down." "We have never had less privacy than we do today. Privacy technology is a00:00 - Winklevoss Capital reposted.@jswihart: "Zcash is peer-to-peer electronic cash, the vision of Satoshi with the Bitcoin whitepaper. But Bitcoin was missing encryption. It was missing privacy. Zcash is like Bitcoin, but with encryption, with privacy."
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01:24.@jswihart on Zcash: "As a society, if we don't have privacy or private money on the web, we will enter dystopia." It's Zcash or communism. - Winklevoss Capital reposted.@mert on Zcash: "It went from top 100 to top 20, top 15, depending on the day. Next up is top three." Privacy is becoming more and more valuable in the age of surveillance.
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01:28.@mert on why he believes in Zcash: "While there are still people in jail for writing privacy code, this is the time to make the push. Zcash embodies what the cypherpunks built crypto for: cryptography for individual rights and privacy." The original thesis is still intact. - Winklevoss Capital repostedImportant point here. It's not just about companies. It's about every American. Using transparent, non-private blockchains is one of the most blatant national security vulnerabilities. The same thing happened with HTTPS. Through the 90s and into the early 2000s, the governmentHas anyone thought of this: Historically, governments hated privacy coins. But in a world where AI can effortlessly track and exploit every corporate transaction on transparent blockchains (like Bitcoin and Ethereum), corporate privacy becomes a national security issue. +
- Winklevoss Capital reposted.@mert on why he believes in Zcash: "While there are still people in jail for writing privacy code, this is the time to make the push. Zcash embodies what the cypherpunks built crypto for: cryptography for individual rights and privacy." The original thesis is still intact.00:00
01:08.@mert on Zcash's future: "The next upgrade is a formally verified, quantum-proof and more scalable shielded pool in Tachyon. One of the most bullish possible network upgrades I've seen in the history of crypto." Zcash is unstoppable private money. - Winklevoss Capital reposted
It's still Zcash or communism. - Winklevoss Capital reposted
There will be bugs. Pretending otherwise, is delusional. Software security at its core is a never-ending race between the good guys and the bad guys. The good guys always have to stay at least one step ahead of the bad guys. AI doesn't change this game of cat and mouse, it justZcash has unparalleled cryptographers, security engineers, and security researchers. And the community is heavily focused on continuous improvement and hardening the network. That's why it engages world class security researchers to look for bugs. And that's why the recent - Winklevoss Capital repostedZcash has unparalleled cryptographers, security engineers, and security researchers. And the community is heavily focused on continuous improvement and hardening the network. That's why it engages world class security researchers to look for bugs. And that's why the recent
- Winklevoss Capital repostedZcash has the best cryptographers and security engineers in the world focused on it 24/7, auditing and battle testing it. In this instance within hours of the latest model dropping they used it to find a bug. A bit worried for the rest of crypto, which doesn’t have the same
- Winklevoss Capital repostedPrivacy has never been more scarce. Yet the demand for it is going vertical. Zcash.
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