2026-01-19 00:37:10

Calling them privacy chains might be missing the bigger picture. The real tradeoff here is choosing between privacy tokens like ZCash and fully transparent ledgers—or as some would frame it, surveillance by design. It's worth rethinking the terminology to better reflect what's actually happening under the hood.

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SelfCustodyBro

· 9h ago

The term "privacy chain" is indeed a bit lazy; essentially, it's still a gamble between privacy and transparency. Coins like ZCash are designed to counter regulation, and the terminology needs to be changed.

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GasFeeGazer

· 10h ago

Under regulatory pressure, the choice between privacy and transparency is always a false dilemma, isn't it?

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StableGenius

· 10h ago

nah fr, "privacy chains" is such lazy framing tbh. it's literally just picking your poison—zcash's cryptographic obfuscation versus the panopticon aesthetic everyone's pretending to hate. terminology matters way more than people think here

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rug_connoisseur

· 10h ago

That's not right. Isn't this understanding a bit one-sided? Privacy vs transparency is not a binary choice; the core issue is who holds the power, right?

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SandwichVictim

· 10h ago

Haha, the term "privacy chain" is indeed misleading. It's basically a choice between being monitored or being monitored; there's no real difference in essence.

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FlippedSignal

· 10h ago

Stop always calling it a "privacy chain." The term doesn't clearly convey the core contradiction... Basically, it's the binary opposition between privacy coins like ZCash and fully transparent ledgers. From another perspective, it becomes "designed surveillance." Really need to think carefully about the wording.

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NFTHoarder

· 10h ago

The term "privacy chain" is indeed a bit lazy... Essentially, it's just a gamble over which is more important: privacy or transparency.

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