> A Bitcoin fork that’s privacy focused, what’s not to like?

Is it accurate to describe it as a fork?

In any case, I'm most concerned about the fact that there was some kind of mysterious collaborative operation [1] for the z-SNARK bootstrapping.

If Monero and ZCash have similar properties, Monero seems to be superior because it requires less trust.

[1] https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/articles/cerem...