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Topic: ZCash: What's the point? (Read 3827 times)

copper member
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November 11, 2016, 04:26:06 AM
#43
They(Zbank) counted on the same fact that if they hype the coin and make some noise about a quick cash grab people would simply act out of greed and take part as in mining and even being stupid enough to buy it at high prices.
Of course it was a good profit in first but not so fast as I remember no one could mine the damn thing properly in first 3 days and even now and too much difficulty changes as the price dropped or went up again, I mean WTF?

Manipulating the core by the hour and still people being blind by their greed and fell for it as Zbank anticipated it.
legendary
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FUD Philanthropist™
November 11, 2016, 02:33:20 AM
#42
ZCash: What's the point?

Don't ask questions !


Just HODL buy moar cheap coinz nom nom nom

..you know white paper & ROI's & such and penny stock investors profitz & what have you.

PAY YOUR "genius tax" and don't ask questions !
sr. member
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November 10, 2016, 04:59:59 PM
#41
Well... now it seems that the prime has plummit. many of the holders should have dumpped their coins. so here goes one more scam...
legendary
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October 30, 2016, 12:49:43 AM
#40
For today ZCash is just for trading altcoins on poloniex and making profit or making lost into it, still there are no clear of point from the developer of ZCash, we must wait until there are updating from developers because it is new coin. There are no people know is it will be survive on markets or not.
hero member
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October 30, 2016, 12:42:02 AM
#39
Why would you only use 6 people for key generation

At 3000 BTC/ZEC, the temptation not to throw away that key must be tremendous !
sr. member
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October 29, 2016, 03:10:11 PM
#38
The technology behind ZCash is revolutionary. And while some argue it is new crypto ZK-snarks have been peer reviewed for some 5+ years now by the best security researchers.

I agree with the general sentiment that the trusted setup could have been more detailed, open and document and also should have included more people. Why would you only use 6 people for key generation - this is a very small sample and it is quite easy to collude here. More info here: https://github.com/zcash/mpc
hero member
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October 29, 2016, 02:06:52 PM
#37
https://blog.okturtles.com/2016/03/the-zcash-catch/   and see the comments section at the bottom. The Zcash team repeatedly gives half-answers and refuses to completely answer questions.

http://weuse.cash/2016/06/09/btc-xmr-zcash/
legendary
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Get your game girl
October 29, 2016, 01:53:18 PM
#36
From what I've read, Zcash (formerly ZeroCoin) generates a masterkey that the devs have access to, that allows access to the complete blockchain, so you are trusting that the devs don't take advantage of this and delete the masterkey.

How retarded is that? Who would trust such technology?
-Where are you getting this information from ? Mind linking me to the source ?

-If somehow your information is true,aren't they being hypocrites for doing exactly what they promised not to?After-all,the hype is all about making the transactions anonymous as possible.
newbie
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October 29, 2016, 12:11:32 PM
#35
Because nobody believes in this idea, developers also have solved pump it
Only the great idea will be able to draw attention of people.
For example have acted wings and Waves this way
sr. member
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October 29, 2016, 10:34:53 AM
#34
zcash is will be everything bitcoin is not.  

  • zcash will have a blockchain that cannot be audited which means there is no way to find hacks or track the true circulation.
  • zcash will charge a tax on miners to pay investors - 2.1 million coins across 4 years
  • zcash is a corporation with share holders in the company - what will happen when the corporation needs more money and needs to pay investors?
  • zcash is a privacy focused currency with known knowns based in the privacy friendly US


Bitcoin's blockchain was revolutionary in that it solved an issue that plagued digital currencies; trustless verification to prevent double spending. Without this one needed to trust centralised parties not to deceive or be coerced.

With Zcash you need to trust Zooko and co not to deceive you to increase the money supply (you wouldnt know otherwise) and not to be coerced (for instance by government), bearing in mind the company Zooko moves with (look at his investors and advisors - the who's who of alt pump and dumps) trust is crucial.

Fact is Zcash is a privacy orientated digital currency that requires complete trust.

Bitcoin is a digital currency where privacy can be incorporated and it trustless.

Meaning that Bitcoin is still far better than Zcash. I wouldn't trust my money to invest in zcash at this point, it is all becoming too fishy. beware guys.
hero member
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hero member
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October 27, 2016, 04:21:48 PM
#32
 zcash is will be everything bitcoin is not.  

  • zcash will have a blockchain that cannot be audited which means there is no way to find hacks or track the true circulation.
  • zcash will charge a tax on miners to pay investors - 2.1 million coins across 4 years
  • zcash is a corporation with share holders in the company - what will happen when the corporation needs more money and needs to pay investors?
  • zcash is a privacy focused currency with known knowns based in the privacy friendly US


Bitcoin's blockchain was revolutionary in that it solved an issue that plagued digital currencies; trustless verification to prevent double spending. Without this one needed to trust centralised parties not to deceive or be coerced.

With Zcash you need to trust Zooko and co not to deceive you to increase the money supply (you wouldnt know otherwise) and not to be coerced (for instance by government), bearing in mind the company Zooko moves with (look at his investors and advisors - the who's who of alt pump and dumps) trust is crucial.

Fact is Zcash is a privacy orientated digital currency that requires complete trust.

Bitcoin is a digital currency where privacy can be incorporated and it trustless.
legendary
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October 27, 2016, 03:16:20 PM
#31
Saw a reddit advertisement for ZCash recently that only announced it as a crypto that has appreciated 5x in value. That's enough for me to never ever invest. No thanks.
sr. member
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October 27, 2016, 03:05:55 PM
#30
Wut??? I hate those Israeli Sionist Bastards. Working for Israel is no good thing I tell you. Of course that not every israeli think alike and many are against their governement ideology. But, if the guys got funded from the Israeli governement I'm out...
hero member
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September 29, 2016, 04:22:05 PM
#29
Yeah, inherently zero-knowledge is superior to anything else but if you investigate Zcash its like a bitcoin sidechain with zerocoin, they even copied the bitcoin core, nothing evil about that but this means you have 2 systems: one with the trusted-setup to generate anonymous transaction (which take several minutes and need 8 GB RAM or more btw) and the transparent bitcoin system, also 20% of mining goes to the founders. I will wait for the future if some smart guy figures out how to make this without trusted setup and without the transparent bitcoin core.

Take a look at NAV
navcoin.org
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/ann-nav-nav-coin-community-fund-live-679791

I just checked out that link. In part, it says under the WHY OUR TECH IS PRETTY COOL section, "Nav Coin is the first cryptocurrency to be fully anonymous."

How do they explain this?  https://chainz.cryptoid.info/nav/#!rich

Compare that to Monero's Rich List:  http://moneroblocks.info/richlist
legendary
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Use Coinbase Account almosanywhere with Shift card
September 29, 2016, 04:14:04 PM
#28
Yeah, inherently zero-knowledge is superior to anything else but if you investigate Zcash its like a bitcoin sidechain with zerocoin, they even copied the bitcoin core, nothing evil about that but this means you have 2 systems: one with the trusted-setup to generate anonymous transaction (which take several minutes and need 8 GB RAM or more btw) and the transparent bitcoin system, also 20% of mining goes to the founders. I will wait for the future if some smart guy figures out how to make this without trusted setup and without the transparent bitcoin core.

Take a look at NAV
navcoin.org
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/ann-nav-nav-coin-community-fund-live-679791
sr. member
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September 29, 2016, 04:11:08 PM
#27
Wait, what?
It requires 8GB of memory?
I haven't heard that.
If so that would mean it can't run on mobile devices, tablets, and many computers...
I see dozens of laptops and PCs every day that still come with 4GB of memory installed.
That's what I've heard from those who tried out the testnet. Not certain whether that's something they can optimize.
sr. member
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September 29, 2016, 04:03:59 PM
#26
Wait, what?
It requires 8GB of memory?
I haven't heard that.
If so that would mean it can't run on mobile devices, tablets, and many computers...
I see dozens of laptops and PCs every day that still come with 4GB of memory installed.
hero member
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September 29, 2016, 03:58:54 PM
#25
Monero just implemented RingCT with full implementation scheduled for January...and no trusted setup is required.
But what if I don't want to send a transaction instantly? What if I want to wait 5+ minutes ? Zcash takes a nice, long time to generate a transaction. I also like that it requires 8GB+ of memory, making it effectively impossible to use on any mobile device.
I have to admit that it took me a few seconds to catch the sarcasm...well done  Cheesy
sr. member
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September 29, 2016, 03:53:02 PM
#24
Monero just implemented RingCT with full implementation scheduled for January...and no trusted setup is required.
But what if I don't want to send a transaction instantly? What if I want to wait 5 + minutes? Zcash takes a nice, long time to generate a transaction. I also like that it requires 8GB+ of memory, making it effectively impossible to use on any mobile device.
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