@socrates1024 @JEhrenhofer @zcashvr @andreas_io @tdrud @_geonic @GoodTexture @coolman_kurt @chowbungaman Fwiw I disagree. I use the phrase "zero knowledge" to communicate the true and important fact that when you do a z2z transaction that *almost no information about you gets leaked via the blockchain*. ...
@socrates1024 @JEhrenhofer @zcashvr @andreas_io @tdrud @_geonic @GoodTexture @coolman_kurt @chowbungaman When you make a Monero transaction *a whole bunch of information about you* gets leaked via the blockchain. Whether it is enough that it can be exploited against you depends heavily on a lot of other factors about what other information your attacker can combine with it.
@socrates1024 @JEhrenhofer @zcashvr @andreas_io @tdrud @_geonic @GoodTexture @coolman_kurt @chowbungaman The argument "oh we use zero knowledge proofs too so that distinction you're drawing isn't true/important" is specious. Suppose there was a blockchain that leaked *complete information* about your history and your identity when you used it. But, ...
@socrates1024 @JEhrenhofer @zcashvr @andreas_io @tdrud @_geonic @GoodTexture @coolman_kurt @chowbungaman what if this hypothetical blockchain didn't actually dox you yourself, personally, it just doxed that it was *either* you or one other randomly chosen decoy person. ...
@socrates1024 @JEhrenhofer @zcashvr @andreas_io @tdrud @_geonic @GoodTexture @coolman_kurt @chowbungaman Then, if you said "oh but there is 'zero knowledge' in the blockchain about whether it was you or the other person! See, there's nothing special about Zcash", I would say who cares this is stupid.
@socrates1024 @JEhrenhofer @zcashvr @andreas_io @GoodTexture By the way, Justin, I've been noticing how you've been contributing a lot to the Zcash community and governance discussions, and I'm curious how *you* would phrase what is it about Zcash that makes you value it and want it to succeed.
