the thing is that if zcash "succeeds" here it will have the limit of being "just" a peer to peer store of value
while if it chases the vision of Ethereum, it will be the private backbone of the internet for finance
@aztecnetwork, @namada and @AleoHQ are doing that.

Can Zcash succeed where Bitcoin failed or nah?

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