i have seen it so many times now but it still surprises me how many people's conviction toward their and this industry's core vision is tied to market conditions. after everything we saw this year in reg clarity, stablecoin adoption, institutions, privacy, etc, you think we are

not too long ago, when markets would turn red people would flee into bitcoin. now people flee into zcash.

Defi has made me skeptical of yield

unstoppable private money looking squeeze-y

up 40% since this tweet (a day ago)

You are a special kind of awful if you pick on people based on their appearance. Even moreso when that person has dedicated their brilliance to making the world a more free place.

One thing I've learned is that a *lot* of people consider phones to be inherently insecure and they go to some effort to sequester their high-value stuff onto their desktop and keep it off of their phone. That's backwards! Phones are secure. Desktops are not.

A publicly traded company with a massive Zcash holding. Unstoppable private money is just getting started.

The simplest bullpost you will ever see

this aged well at the time i hadn't thought about the value of this move in enabling exposure to zcash through the traditional stock market when there aren't many avenues to access zcash today. it will be interesting to see how that dynamic impacts the market. but i think this

I am loving coinbase customer support era Cobie Cobie when shielded Zcash withdrawal on Coinbase 🛡️ ?

This ZK timeline feels like the 80s chip wars: Intel vs. Arm vs. Texas Instruments. And yes, someone likely gets relegated to calculators and another misses client-side compute entirely. The story is not who wins, but what internet-equivalent fast, commoditized ZK enables.

Governments only want to increase control. Digitalization of the financial layer is massive opportunity for them to criminalize freedom and require their approval for everything. This is why privacy is important.

I have so much respect for the Aztec team. They never take the easy path, resolute in doing things their way. By every measure they stay dedicated to the long term vision. it is so rare to see these days.

This and the long winter of 2018-2020 that really shook your conviction. We would have begged for this environment. Zoom out. Only up from here.

Nicolas Ramsrud The early-grey-bald are the thrice-blessed.

Since ZEC swaps went live in Zashi via NEAR Intents (October), they have processed over $556M in volume, second only to ETH volume (at $1.9B) thats over half a billion in volume in less than 2 months

you are not thinking big enough, anon zoom out and keep the faith

In case you are all wondering what my morning routine is. It’s not cold plunges or affirmations It’s Haseeb’s velvety voice telling me I’m not thinking big enough