Privacy and Zcash with Zooko Wilcox

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Interview location: Skype
Interview date: Tuesday 22nd Jan, 2019
Company: Zcash
Role: Founder and CEO

One of the significant failings of Digicash, the David Chaum pre-Bitcoin digital currency was centralisation. Decentralisation has become one of the core components of what has made Bitcoin work and a success; shutting it down is only possible under extreme circumstances and no single person can exert control over its future direction.

How decentralised a cryptocurrency is often a measure of its strength or weakness. Maximalists often challenge Zcash as being centralised, and some refer to it as the corporate privacy coin but how much of a risk is this to the future of the currency?

I sat down with the Zcash Founder and CEO, Zooko Wilcox to discuss the intrinsic link between Zcash the company and Zcash the protocol, what risks this presents and how the bear market has affected operations. We also look into Zooko’s past working on Digicash, his discovery of Bitcoin and user adoption in crypto.

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Timestamps:

00.03.43: Intro and welcome
00.04.41: Zooko’s background
00.09.23: Working on DigiCash
00.13.57: Discovery of Bitcoin
00.19.17: Zooko’s early involvement with Bitcoin
00.20.47: Current opinion on Bitcoin
00.23.05: Why Zooko created Zcash
00.30.54: Is Zcash superior to Bitcoin
00.35.13: Is Zcash a company
00.38.18: What would happen to the protocol if the Zcash company failed
00.40.07: Founders reward pressure on the price
00.48.39: User adoption, target users and who is using it
00.57.32: Shielded addresses
01.01.58: User experience
01.05.22: More information on Zcash

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Helpful Links:

Connect with Zooko:
- On Twitter @zooko
- On Cruncbase
- On AngelList

Connect with Zcash:
- On Twitter
- The Zcash Website
- On Zcash Foundation

Mentioned in the interview:
- Book: The End of History and the Last Man
- Digicash
- Zerocoin protocol
- Laura Shin interview with Zooko

Other relevant WBD podcasts:
- WBD040: Personal Privacy and Safety in the Surveillance Age with Jameson
- WBD034: Why Crypto Privacy is Important with Monero's Riccardo "FluffyPony" Spagni

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