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Crypto Long & Short: Zcash and the case for privacy in the age of AI
01 THE MACHINE READ
WHY IT MATTERS.
AI-driven wallet deanonymization strengthens the case for privacy coins, but regulatory pressure on privacy assets remains a counterweight.
AI surveillance makes on-chain privacy a durable niche demand
Growth in shielded ZEC pool share
Regulatory crackdown on privacy coins
FULL DISPATCH
AI has made it cheap to link wallet addresses to the people behind them, and the permanence of the blockchain means records don’t age out. Michael Zhao of Grayscale Research explains how Zcash’s shielded transactions address this problem, and why close to 29% of all ZEC ever mined now sits in the shielded pool.
02 THE STORY SO FAR
THE RECORD, IN ORDER.
STANDALONE ITEM — NOT YET FOLDED INTO A DEVELOPING STORY.
03 WHO'S INVOLVED
ENTITIES ON FILE.
04 RECEIPTS
THE SOURCE RECORD.
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