Monero is alright but can someone explain me what chance it stands against Zcash? I think Zcash has already proved that they use by far the most superior cryptography. And if you don't believe me, you don't have to. Just ask yourself why JP Morgan is implementing their solution and not Monero's solution in their blockchain ledger, or why Ethereum is implementing the Zcash technology and not the Monero technology? I have nothing against Monero but it looks to me like everything is against that coin, what are the chances of success when developers come up with real innovations. That is already a good proof that is reflected in the price of the currency, Zcash is far more valuable than Monero, so the market has spoken regarding that topic. Monero has to implement some real alternative to even come close to compete with Zcash. I wish the team best of lack, we need competition in the space because it pushes us to improve our service and products, I hope it does the same for Monero.
1. Your statement about Ethereum is flatly false. The Ethereum Metropolis fork adds support for both approaches, not just Zcash (zksnarks and ring signatures). In fact I came across a video last week where Vitalik was personally explaining the benefits of both.
2. Companies like JP Morgan will often make big announcements about high profile initiatives and partnerships when working with other companies such as Zcash. Frankly in only a minority of cases do these intitiatives ever lead anywhere beyond press releases. However, those same companies also very often have people internally and quietly working with decentralized open source technologies. I would be virtually certain there are people within JP Morgan studying Monero and thinking about how to make use of it (and other open source cryptocurrency projects too), without any press releases being generated. That also does not guarantee it will ever lead anywhere (perhaps Jamie Dimon will find out and fire them).
