Seeing a lot of people criticize Zcash for having optional privacy. Most of it is bad faith. Zcash gives you the choice between shielded and transparent addresses. You can stay fully shielded forever if you want. Having a transparent option does not weaken the privacy of shielded ZEC. Let me repeat that: the mathematical guarantee of shielded Zcash’s cryptographic privacy is completely unaffected by the existence of transparent addresses. Transparent ZEC simply enables exchange support. And with new wallets like Zashi making shielded by default effortless, you can withdraw from an exchange and shield your funds in one tap. Zcash is the only currency in the solar system with true, cryptographic privacy. Decoy based systems like Monero become obsolete under straightforward chain analysis - an effect AI will only accelerate. With Zcash, you get the strongest privacy guarantees - zero-knowledge proofs and end to end encryption - while still having the freedom to reveal your funds if you choose, or keep them secret forever. Oh, and Zcash’s privacy is also post quantum resistant in many scenarios.