In monero each transaction gets obfuscated with a group of other nodes so that it is very hard to tell which node in that group the transaction came from. In Z

In monero each transaction gets obfuscated with a group of other nodes so that it is very hard to tell which node in that group the transaction came from. In ZCash it is impossible to tell anything about any transaction- it could have come from any address on the network, and be for any amount. A ZCash blockchain setup involves a sharded private key that is meant to be deleted. If every single one of the shards is kept by the group of people setting it up, they could mint new coins without anyone knowing. If the set of people setting up the blockchain is large enough it seems unlikely that not a single one would be honest, and that they would all collude later to mint coins without word getting out. However, this attribute has been a source of FUD, especially since many people have now invested in Monero.