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Monero is the -only- option that offers fungible currency. Monero Research Lab is actively employing full time PHD researchers to asses and improve where needed

Monero is the -only- option that offers fungible currency. Monero Research Lab is actively employing full time PHD researchers to asses and improve where needed the strength of the underlying crypto and the implementation thereof. Zcash is not an acceptable substitute, as is the common opinion- I mention this only because you say "monero is on of a few options".

Ar-Curunir 9y ago
Zerocash was developed by (and is still being improved by) full time academics.
- ringaroundthetx 9y ago
  Which is probably why they have no idea that the user experience is irreparably broken to ensure privacy. The same criticisms exist as since Zerocash was just a white paper. I will say that there is the possibility that they can make the optional opaque transactions the more ready option, but you can look at the blockchain and see that nobody uses those addresses. Zerocash is just a bitcoin clone if you don't use the opaque addresses.
  - Ar-Curunir 9y ago
    There is ongoing work to speed up private transactions that should make it possible to make privacy the default. At that point Zerocash will essentially be a completely private version of Bitcoin. And Zerocash wasn't just a white paper, it was peer reviewed and analyzed by security and cryptography experts.
    - ringaroundthetx 9y ago
      What are the current limitations of private transactions, are they slower than the normal ones? Not sure what you are trying to say about the papers. I saw they were academic and theoretical.
      - Ar-Curunir 9y ago
        The current limitations of private transactions are essentially that they are slow and that they don't support things like multisig or timelocks. All of these limitations are being worked on. The academic paper you refer to had both a theoretical construction and an implemented system.

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Monero is the -only- option that offers fungible currency. Monero Research Lab is actively employing full time PHD researchers to asses and improve where needed

by jameskegel 9y ago

Ar-Curunir 9y ago
Zerocash was developed by (and is still being improved by) full time academics.
- ringaroundthetx 9y ago
  Which is probably why they have no idea that the user experience is irreparably broken to ensure privacy. The same criticisms exist as since Zerocash was just a white paper. I will say that there is the possibility that they can make the optional opaque transactions the more ready option, but you can look at the blockchain and see that nobody uses those addresses. Zerocash is just a bitcoin clone if you don't use the opaque addresses.
  - Ar-Curunir 9y ago
    There is ongoing work to speed up private transactions that should make it possible to make privacy the default. At that point Zerocash will essentially be a completely private version of Bitcoin. And Zerocash wasn't just a white paper, it was peer reviewed and analyzed by security and cryptography experts.
    - ringaroundthetx 9y ago
      What are the current limitations of private transactions, are they slower than the normal ones? Not sure what you are trying to say about the papers. I saw they were academic and theoretical.
      - Ar-Curunir 9y ago
        The current limitations of private transactions are essentially that they are slow and that they don't support things like multisig or timelocks. All of these limitations are being worked on. The academic paper you refer to had both a theoretical construction and an implemented system.