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Comment by anon13 | Hacker News Reader

It seems like the Monero guys can not stand that Zcash is the de facto standard for private transactions and the clear technological leader. Long live Zcash! for the benefit of all privacy loving users. On the other hand spreading FUD and lies does not speak well of Monero. That in addition to the mathematically weaker and inferior tech used by Monero.

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Or maybe we're just not buying into cryptography being pushed by a company that has a marketing department.

For sure any marketing that they (Zcash) have is no so active as the Monero guys are spreading lies and confusion around.

May be we should all abandon the privacy ship, join the Monero guys (no matter its obscure origins by the way) and spread FUD and lies about any better tech like Zcash or others that comes up, right?

By "the Monero guys" you mean the broader technical community that understand security software design?

Also, obscure origins are irrelevant when the technology is solid. Take the following examples: TrueCrypt, Bitcoin, MimbleWimble. Are you honestly arguing that TrueCrypt was bad?

By the "Monero guys spreading FUD and lies" I mean exactly that. I have used Monero in the past and consider myself part of that comunity at the time. Even used its predecessor Bytecoin for a while before Monero came up. I have researched a lot and just happen to like and trust Zcash tech much more! May be you should do a bit more research. It is nice to have competing privacy technologies. It is good for privacy loving users and for the advancement of the field. If you like Monero and feel is much better, good for you, use it and enjoy it, this is a free world, but there is no need to lie and confuse people about Zcash.

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