This. If you're a VC looking at the testnet or social numbers and making your investment decision based on the assumption that those numbers are real - you need to get your head checked.

Me when I try to understand how Solana's TowerBFT functions while solely relying on official documentation:

Okay, so here's all the problems that people seem to be having with Zcash: - core contributor is trans (okay?) - Mossad backdoored it because one of the co-creators of Zerocash is Israeli (following that logic, every zero-knowledge proof construction ever created is backdoored by Mossad because Shafi Goldwasser co-invented zero-knowledge proofs) - NSA backdoored it because DARPA provided funding for the research (by that logic, SHA-2 and SHA-3 are also backdoored by NSA + Zcash has had two different iterations of shielded pools since then) - not used for illicit activities (Tornado Cash, which is essentially Zcash with a smart contract attached to it, has) - not delisted from all U.S.-based exchanges unlike Monero (Monero is not delisted from all U.S.-based exchanges either) - the founders own the "decryption keys" (the trusted setup is only necessary for Sprout and Sapling, Orchard is Halo 2-based, which doesn't require a trusted setup)

There's no other industry like this one.

Btw, turns out this is a great tweet to expand the block list with a bunch of imbeciles in the replies lol

Apparently, ChatGPT is not a big fan of the word "retard" lmfao

How to spot a retard 101: > unironically refers to himself as a KOL > Forbes 30u30 (in vast majority of cases)

Commonware is based

Some of the mentally challenged people on CT are coming out of the woodwork to opine on arguably one of the most brilliant cryptographers of our generation.

So, this is the guy who plastered his developmentally challenged mug on a Formula 2 car.

"Hrr brr, Zcash is backdoored because *insert some scary government agency*" Guess Bitcoin is also backdoored because it utilizes SHA-2, which was designed by NSA ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

> has no idea what he's talking about > proceeds to still make sweeping claims

You know what else had "Israeli involvement"? Zero-knowledge proofs. Literally. The Goldwasser in that Goldwasser-Micali-Rackoff seminal paper which won the Turing Award stands for Shafi Goldwasser - an Israeli citizen. So according to these retards, any zero-knowledge proof construction has "Israeli involvement". Oh, btw, that RSA thing that is still widely used today. The S in RSA stands for Adi Shamir - an Israeli citizen. So these windowlickers should stop using HTTPS while they're at it.

Brainlets who claim that Zcash is somehow "backdoored" because the founders have not been jailed don't even know that: 1. There are three different versions of Zcash shielded pools (Sprout - which used BCTV14, Sapling - which used Groth16 and Orchard - which uses Halo2) and 2. Tornado Cash was literally based on Zcash's construction

Retards like this one are literally talking out of their fucking ass. Do you have any idea how many projects/people Zach has helped behind the scenes? I've been in a war room with Zach. Many others have too in other war rooms. Without any of that being publicized. Have you?

Fun fact: in the "Acknowledgements" section of the Zcash Protocol Specification paper, @tarunchitra's name is misspelt as "Terun Chitra"

Fuck any auditor or project who shills their shit after an attack. Each and every one of them deserve to burn to the ground.

Salami doesn't know how to use Phantom He's truly the Tom Lee of Solana lmfao Pic unrelated

> bro, we made bare stacks this year > btw, you're all fired tihi lol

Toly is absolutely based for mocking those retards