An asset that hovered around $40 for three years doesn't just wake up one m...
2025-11-10 13 Zcash
Alright, lemme get this straight. Zcash, the "privacy coin," suddenly moons 33% in a single day, riding high on… what exactly? A collective delusion? Don't even get me started on the fact that it's still down 79% from its all-time high. Talk about a long con.
So, Zcash is supposedly about privacy, right? Anonymous transactions and all that jazz. Then, BAM, the price explodes right after a Bitcoin privacy app developer gets slapped with a five-year sentence. $51 million in Zcash short positions liquidated... You can't make this stuff up, folks. The timing is either the universe's idea of a sick joke, or, more likely, just another day in crypto.
And the critics are out in force, claiming this guy's sentence is a travesty. Give me a break. The Justice Department, under Trump no less, apparently went full scorched-earth on this Rodriguez dude, despite earlier promises to protect crypto devs. Protect? More like prosecute to the fullest extent of the law. I mean, what did they expect? That's Washington for you.
But hey, at least Zcash maximalists are happy. "Gaining recognition as an alternative to Bitcoin," says some Galaxy Digital analyst. Seriously? Zcash borrowing "foundational elements" from Bitcoin? It's a fork, people. A damn fork. And a buggy one at that. Privacy Coin Zcash Continues Historic Surge, Nearing 8-Year High Price - Decrypt
Let's be real: Zcash's "privacy" is more like a marketing gimmick. It encourages anonymous transactions, but it doesn't require them. Most people probably just use it like any other crypto, broadcasting every transaction to the world. It's like buying a bulletproof vest and then walking through a warzone naked from the waist down. Pointless.

And don't even get me started on the zero-knowledge proofs. Sounds fancy, right? All that math mumbo jumbo to supposedly shield your transactions. But who's actually auditing this stuff? Are we just supposed to trust the developers? Because trusting people in crypto has worked out so well in the past, hasn't it? It's a house of cards, I tell ya.
Offcourse, there is a world where people value privacy, but I ain't sure it's this one.
Here's the thing that really gets me: if Zcash really worked, wouldn't governments be trying to shut it down? Instead, they're busy going after the developers of privacy tools. It's like they're attacking the symptom, not the disease. Or maybe... maybe Zcash isn't the disease at all. Maybe it's just another distraction, a shiny object to keep the masses occupied while the real power brokers do their thing in the shadows.
So, is Zcash a revolution? A beacon of hope in a surveillance-obsessed world? Or is it just another pump-and-dump scheme, preying on people's fears and desires? Honestly, I don't know. Maybe it's both. Maybe it's neither. Maybe I'm just getting too old for this crypto crap.
But wait a second... The price action, the liquidations, the timing of the Rodriguez sentencing... it all feels a little too convenient, don't you think? Like someone's pulling the strings behind the scenes. But who? And why? And what's their endgame? These are the questions we should be asking, instead of drooling over the latest green candle.
Look, I'm not saying Zcash is definitely a scam. But I'm also not not saying it. This whole thing stinks. The government's overreach, the crypto hype, the promise of privacy that probably doesn't even exist... it's all a smokescreen. And frankly, I'm tired of it. Just another day in the wild west of crypto, where the only certainty is that someone's getting screwed.
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