ZEC has taken a somewhat controversial and unique approach of heavily incentivizing founders and the existing ZEC team to promote ongoing protocol improvements. As opposed to default privacy on the protocol layer, optional privacy has been shown to reveal users transactions through linking if transacted between non-shielded addresses. As zk-SNARK technology becomes available in other protocols like BTC and ETH, ZEC will need to set itself apart through scalability and low transaction fees.
Zcash Price Analysis – (Sometimes) private transactions
ZEC has taken a somewhat controversial and unique approach of heavily incentivizing founders and the existing ZEC team to promote ongoing protocol improvements. As opposed to default privacy on the protocol layer, optional privacy has been shown to rev…