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Re:ZCash (formerly Zerocash/Zerocoin) technology preview by sarciszewski on Friday February 05, 2016 @01:43PM (#11043603)
> Nothing new here. Add it to the pile of hundreds of other altcoins.

It sounds to me like you don't understand the technology involved. To be fair, it's probably Greek to most people outside of crypto.

How many of the other altcoins were based on zero-knowledge proofs or allowed for private transfers (with respect to the blockchain)?

I'm not aware of any. I think that's something new and worth talking about.

(EDIT: Snark was removed. Sorry dang.)

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Re:ZCash (formerly Zerocash/Zerocoin) technology preview by dang on Friday February 05, 2016 @01:55PM (#11043695)
Please don't be rude and confrontational when someone comments like the GP, even though they shouldn't have. Instead, respond with the information you clearly have and they (and the rest of us) don't. Then we all learn something.
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Re:ZCash (formerly Zerocash/Zerocoin) technology preview by grubles on Friday February 05, 2016 @05:11PM (#11045033)
>allowed for private transfers

Monero?

https://getmonero.org/knowledge-base/moneropedia/ringsignatu...

https://getmonero.org/knowledge-base/moneropedia/stealthaddr...

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