ZCash (formerly Zerocash/Zerocoin) technology preview

Re:ZCash (formerly Zerocash/Zerocoin) technology preview by bb88 on Friday February 05, 2016 @01:58PM (#11043720)

I wish someone would come up with a bitcoin alternative that isn't based upon speculation to get people interested in it.

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Re:ZCash (formerly Zerocash/Zerocoin) technology preview by DennisP on Friday February 05, 2016 @06:25PM (#11045471)

I don't see another way to bootstrap value in an unbacked unofficial currency. It's possible to back digital currencies by gold or something, but then we have counterparty risk and potential for shutdown by governments.

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Re:ZCash (formerly Zerocash/Zerocoin) technology preview by PierreRochard on Friday February 05, 2016 @02:01PM (#11043744)

Why?

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Re:ZCash (formerly Zerocash/Zerocoin) technology preview by bb88 on Friday February 05, 2016 @02:07PM (#11043784)

http://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-price-15-network-failure-cla...

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