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Benito Ziccinti
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Bitcoin enthusiast, technologist, zcash newbie, and slight conspiracy theorist
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Benito Ziccinti 2 months ago
Most of the corn around here has been harvested. Not ready for winter 🥶 image
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Benito Ziccinti 2 months ago
Zcash: Bitcoin’s Privacy‑Focused Cousin If Bitcoin is the pioneering eldest sibling of crypto, Zcash is the cousin who shares the same monetary DNA—just with a built‑in privacy switch. Both aim to be decentralized digital cash, but they make different tradeoffs about what’s public on chain. Same Family Roots - Scarce money - Both cap supply at 21 million and release coins on a schedule via block rewards. - Proof‑of‑Work security - Miners secure the network and make attacks costly. - UTXO model - Both track coins as “unspent outputs,” like having multiple signed checks rather than one account balance. - Open‑source ethos - Transparent code, peer review, and community governance. Where They Split - Privacy by default vs. transparency by default - Bitcoin: Transactions are public—addresses and amounts are visible. Privacy is possible, but it’s an add‑on and requires discipline. - Zcash: Offers shielded transactions that encrypt sender, receiver, and amount using zk‑SNARKs. You can still send transparent transactions when you want Bitcoin‑style visibility. - Selective disclosure - Zcash supports “viewing keys” so you can share your transaction history with an auditor, accountant, or counterparty—without exposing it to the whole world. Bitcoin has no native equivalent. - Address types - Zcash has t‑addresses (transparent) and z‑addresses (shielded). Funds can move between them. Why Zcash’s Privacy Matters - Normal financial confidentiality - Your salary, vendor list, and donations don’t need to be public to everyone forever. - Safety and OPSEC - Reduces doxxing/extortion risk for users in hostile environments. - Business use and compliance - Companies can keep supplier relationships private yet use viewing keys to prove what’s needed to who needs it. Tradeoffs to Keep in Mind - Ecosystem size - Bitcoin leads in liquidity, integrations, and brand. Zcash is smaller but focused on privacy. - Tooling and wallets - BTC tooling is everywhere. Zcash shielded support exists but isn’t universal across all wallets/exchanges. - Complexity - Zcash adds advanced cryptography. It’s gotten fast and user‑friendly, but the protocol is more complex under the hood. A Simple Mental Model - Bitcoin = transparent cash with strong censorship resistance. - Zcash = cash with a privacy switch and a share‑when‑needed window (viewing keys). Both are decentralized, scarce, and permissionless. One is public by default; the other lets you choose what to reveal. image
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Benito Ziccinti 2 months ago
What do you think? I put the eye behind the Z to represent the privacy. image
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Benito Ziccinti 2 months ago
In 2013 I dabbled in bitcoin for the first time and should have held on to my purchases when it was in the $300 range and didn’t. I’m not making that same mistake with #zcash. I have a feeling it will be doing well in the future. #bitcoin #zcash #hodl
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Benito Ziccinti 2 months ago
What is causing zcash to rise so rapidly while most everything is dipping? #zcash #bitcoin
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Benito Ziccinti 2 months ago
Here is a sample of the song I made on #suno about #bitcoin . What do you think?
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Benito Ziccinti 2 months ago
Inflation depends on what your currency is. Average National Rent 2020 - $1164 / 0.1047 btc 2025 - $1640 / 0.0138 btc A $464 increase in price for dollars and a .0909 decrease for bitcoin. What currency would you prefer? 🤑 #bitcoin #fiat #inflation
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Benito Ziccinti 3 months ago
This is my first post. Quick notes, I think 3i/atlas is alien. I 100% put all my faith in bitcoin. I love ai art and the things ai can do for you, and I also like photography an I think both can still exist together. #introductions