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<a href="https://u.today/bitcoin-generates-24-time-more-fees-compared-to-ethereum" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Ethereum</a> founder Vitalik Buterin provided insights about privacy-oriented ZCash, suggesting a different approach to development <a href="https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin/status/1782090410929574304" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">funding</a>. He imagined a fusion where ZCash remains "Conservative on technology, insistent on privacy, experimental on economics."
Buterin's idea centers around off-chain-governed RPGF rounds, possibly integrating a yearly issuance or an anonymous voting system for decision-making. The concept utilizes decentralized governance principles.
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 IMO Zcash should do off-chain-governed RPGF rounds with issuance every year (or perhaps an indirect process where you off-chain choose some voters who then anon-vote)"Conservative on technology, insistent on privacy, experimental on economics" would be a great niche for Zcash.— vitalik.eth (@VitalikButerin) <a href="https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin/status/1782090410929574304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">April 21, 2024</a>
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ZCash uses zk-SNARK technology to provide privacy to its users. This tech currently demands significant computational resources, restricting wallet support to computers rather than mobile devices. As for the timeline on mobile wallet availability, it largely depends on the progression of lighter zk-SNARK protocols.
Despite ZCash's advanced privacy <a href="https://u.today/shiba-inu-shib-on-verge-of-massive-breakthrough-enormous-26-bounce-for-xrp-solana-secures-150" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">features</a>, the uptake for private transactions is low; about 95% of transactions are conducted publicly. The reasons range from the lack of understanding of privacy benefits to the comfort of sticking with familiar, less private transaction methods. Incentivizing privacy transactions could encourage users to switch, but privacy is often its own reward for those who value it.
Ordinary traders might opt for privacy-enhanced transactions in scenarios where they require confidentiality for security reasons, during high-value transactions or when trading in politically unstable regions.
To support privacy transactions, ZCash may need to market the advantages of privacy and create various incentives for private transactions to promote their usage. Buterin's remarks and their potential implementation may in fact drastically change the situation on the private cryptocurrencies <a href="https://u.today/shiba-inu-shib-on-verge-of-massive-breakthrough-enormous-26-bounce-for-xrp-solana-secures-150" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">market</a>.
ZCash stands at the frontier of this debate, holding the flag for privacy with the potential to lead a shift toward more secure and discreet online transactions. With input from visionaries like Buterin, ZCash could well be on its way to redefining economic privacy for the future.

Vitalik Buterin Reveals His Views on Privacy-Oriented ZCash Project

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