This week on The Defiant podcast we speak to Zooko, the founder of Zcash.

Privacy remains one of the hottest issues in crypto after the U.S. Treasury’s recent move to sanction Tornado Cash. Zooko believes the ability to consent to what information is made public is more about freedom than privacy and he thinks that eventually, this will be expected in the blockchain space.

We explore what a private transaction using ZEC actually looks like, with shielded addresses visible only to the sender and receiver.

Finally, Zooko talks about The Electric Coin Company’s future plans, which include moving Zcash from proof-of-work to proof-of-stake and a standalone wallet.

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