Are we too transparent?! Zooko talks Zcash, Tornado cash & user privacy.

This week on The Defiant podcast we speak to Zooko, the Founder & Chief Executive Officer at Zcash and Founder and CEO at Electric Coin.

By: Camila Russo • Loading...

Zooko has made a massive impact on the space especially relating to privacy (though he doesn’t call it that) and with unprecedented regulations that have come in relating to Tornado Cash, Zooko has an extremely nuanced take. But first, Zooko is a crypto OG, so let’s get his and Zcash’s story.

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