How Zcash Is Solving Bitcoin's Biggest Problem with Josh Swihart

Bitcoin's transparency problem just became a trillion-dollar opportunity for privacy-focused alternatives.

In this episode of AI Supercycle, we sit down with Josh Swihart from Zcash, to discuss how Bitcoin got captured by fintech, why zero-knowledge encryption is the only path forward, and how Zcash drove $100M in flows through NEAR intents in just 8 weeks.

We discuss:

- How Zcash Invented Zero-Knowledge Encryption
- $100M in Flows Through NEAR Intents in 8 Weeks
- The Exploding Shielded Pool & What It Means
- Navigating Regulators: FBI, CIA & Building Trust
- Why Bitcoin Got Captured by Fintech
- Freedom Coin vs Fintech Coin: The Coming Battle

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