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[@zooko](/creator/twitter/zooko)
"Welcome to Grace the newest Zcasher Shes a barista at the local coffee shop and she takes tips in Zcash"  
[X Link](https://x.com/zooko/status/1979232197996613783) [@zooko](/creator/x/zooko) 2025-10-17T17:05Z 96.3K followers, 17.3K engagements


"@rowlandgraus A hardware wallet is not for permanent storage of your seed. It is just for secure *access* to your seed. But hardware doesnt live long"  
[X Link](https://x.com/zooko/status/1982827641465176150) [@zooko](/creator/x/zooko) 2025-10-27T15:12Z 96.3K followers, 30.3K engagements


"PSA This is a very common and very dangerous mistake. A hardware wallet is not a long-term storage solution"  
[X Link](https://x.com/zooko/status/1982831484429091288) [@zooko](/creator/x/zooko) 2025-10-27T15:27Z 96.3K followers, 32.1K engagements


"Zcash is an open standard that everyone can use and nobody can control the users. Unlike *all* transparent-only blockchains -- Bitcoin Ethereum Solana and all fiat-pegged-currency chains. Mandatory transparency means the most powerful actors get to control everyone else"  
[X Link](https://x.com/zooko/status/1983595196932935774) [@zooko](/creator/x/zooko) 2025-10-29T18:02Z 96.3K followers, 2732 engagements


"For example the way the government of Canada under Justin Trudeau seized the Bitcoin donations that people from around the world made to the Canadian Trucker protestors. That's not an aberration that's the inevitable consequence of mandatory transparency"  
[X Link](https://x.com/zooko/status/1983596196817236342) [@zooko](/creator/x/zooko) 2025-10-29T18:06Z 96.3K followers, 11.6K engagements


"@juanaxyz00 Spagni and Rhett Creighton then collaborated on "ZClassic" Creighton then did "Bitcoin Private" and then Creighton and Gary Le forming a kind of scammer super-group did "Bitcoin Diamond". Anyway. I need to let this go and get back to work"  
[X Link](https://x.com/zooko/status/1955361411615559815) [@zooko](/creator/x/zooko) 2025-08-12T20:11Z 96.2K followers, XXX engagements


"In my five-minute unscripted talk at the Network State conference I disclosed a private conversation between Hal Finney and me shortly before he died:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/zooko/status/1976313962154307751) [@zooko](/creator/x/zooko) 2025-10-09T15:49Z 96.2K followers, 127.1K engagements


"@trent_vanepps Sounds like maybe the Ethereum community could learn from the experiences of the Zcash community"  
[X Link](https://x.com/zooko/status/1979712387294052861) [@zooko](/creator/x/zooko) 2025-10-19T00:53Z 96.2K followers, 1034 engagements


"This is why I started working on Zcash about ten years ago and this is why I will still be working on it ten years from now"  
[X Link](https://x.com/zooko/status/1981519013617553679) [@zooko](/creator/x/zooko) 2025-10-24T00:32Z 96.1K followers, 24.8K engagements


"dammit eric spilled the beans"  
[X Link](https://x.com/zooko/status/1981536807105024298) [@zooko](/creator/x/zooko) 2025-10-24T01:42Z 96.2K followers, 31.6K engagements


"Just got another one of these. This is from a Bitcoin OG who started an important Bitcoin company XX years ago. If someone tells you Zcash is undergoing a coordinated pump and dump you should really learn not to trust that persons information. Its on you not on them. Learn"  
[X Link](https://x.com/zooko/status/1981827719009800304) [@zooko](/creator/x/zooko) 2025-10-24T20:58Z 96.2K followers, 19.9K engagements


"@zack_bitcoin Ok this is an example that is simple enough for me. (And motivating) Suppose the Zcashers as a whole want the price of ZEC to rise and they are collectively deciding whether to activate Crosslink (Someone actually suggested futarchy for this.)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/zooko/status/1982819934930628785) [@zooko](/creator/x/zooko) 2025-10-27T14:41Z 96.2K followers, XXX engagements


"@zack_bitcoin But now what Im stuck on is just the very simple mechanics. I understand the shared values (ZEC) and the divergent beliefs (Crosslink good for ZEC/Crosslink bad for ZEC). I understand that we need an Oracle for whether Crosslink has activated in main net"  
[X Link](https://x.com/zooko/status/1982820286375596396) [@zooko](/creator/x/zooko) 2025-10-27T14:42Z 96.2K followers, XXX engagements


"@zack_bitcoin But what I dont understand is just the stupidest parts. Where does the money go If I bet 1000 ZEC that Crosslink is good for ZEC and you bet 1000 ZEC that it is bad for ZEC and then it activates then what happens"  
[X Link](https://x.com/zooko/status/1982820699585843347) [@zooko](/creator/x/zooko) 2025-10-27T14:44Z 96.2K followers, XXX engagements


"@zack_bitcoin What would probably fix this for me is an interactive toy app in JavaScript that simulates the behavior"  
[X Link](https://x.com/zooko/status/1982820914418110948) [@zooko](/creator/x/zooko) 2025-10-27T14:45Z 96.2K followers, XXX engagements


"@zack_bitcoin Like this simulator that @shieldedmark made for Crosslink staking rewards:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/zooko/status/1982823754960121953) [@zooko](/creator/x/zooko) 2025-10-27T14:56Z 96.2K followers, XXX engagements


"@zack_bitcoin @shieldedmark @socrates1024"  
[X Link](https://x.com/zooko/status/1982823802070524254) [@zooko](/creator/x/zooko) 2025-10-27T14:56Z 96.2K followers, XX engagements


"@zack_bitcoin Well thanks for taking the time to explain but I still dont get it. I just dont learn from words apparently but only from the experience of playing with a thing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/zooko/status/1982824294687375646) [@zooko](/creator/x/zooko) 2025-10-27T14:58Z 96.2K followers, XX engagements


"@Takuiten Best approach is "Dollar Cost Averaging" -- earn more than you spend and invest a little every month for the next X years straight without changing your mind. It has to be a monthly amount that you can afford to do without for *many* years"  
[X Link](https://x.com/zooko/status/1982855583381500198) [@zooko](/creator/x/zooko) 2025-10-27T17:03Z 96.2K followers, 1633 engagements


"@samuelcook_ Haha yes I've thought a lot about this. It bothers me that printers can (and do) come with backdoors. I wish there were a simple mechanical machine that would compute BLAKE3. Like a pachinko machine or something"  
[X Link](https://x.com/zooko/status/1982855922147037500) [@zooko](/creator/x/zooko) 2025-10-27T17:04Z 96.2K followers, XXX engagements


"@zack_bitcoin Thanks"  
[X Link](https://x.com/zooko/status/1982858329249780037) [@zooko](/creator/x/zooko) 2025-10-27T17:14Z 96.2K followers, XX engagements


"@defi_is_theway The difference between the two is whether you self-custody and shield your ZEC. Try it It's something that is only possible with Zcash (not Bitcoin) it is easy to do and only takes you a minute and then your ZEC is counted in this chart:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/zooko/status/1982874751975731613) [@zooko](/creator/x/zooko) 2025-10-27T18:19Z 96.2K followers, 2544 engagements


"@roommatemusing Jimmy Fallon"  
[X Link](https://x.com/zooko/status/1981452222950232178) [@zooko](/creator/x/zooko) 2025-10-23T20:06Z 96.3K followers, 2010 engagements


"@DeanTribble Good to see Dean Tribble from Agoric supporting both ZEC and BLD. I own few digital assets: ZEC obvs XTZ BAT NAM BLD and thats it. ☺"  
[X Link](https://x.com/zooko/status/1981824468105441340) [@zooko](/creator/x/zooko) 2025-10-24T20:45Z 96.3K followers, XXX engagements


"These graphs are bullish for freedom. Total value of all ZEC over all time:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/zooko/status/1982121126512984493) [@zooko](/creator/x/zooko) 2025-10-25T16:24Z 96.3K followers, 46.3K engagements


"@valardragon Yes I agree I don't XXX% see the next steps yet but my intuition is that Crosslink v1 which adds security and improves tokenomics without changing PoW will be super helpful for future upgrades that improve throughput and latency"  
[X Link](https://x.com/zooko/status/1982883901250171102) [@zooko](/creator/x/zooko) 2025-10-27T18:55Z 96.2K followers, XXX engagements


"@UnicornGonad @0xMert_ @aquietinvestor Thanks for your perspective I agree with all of these values: simplicity privacy safety and a transparent and predictable upgrade path. Our role is more engineering than governance whether to activate Crosslink or not has to be decided by the community of users not by us"  
[X Link](https://x.com/zooko/status/1983230807855796319) [@zooko](/creator/x/zooko) 2025-10-28T17:54Z 96.3K followers, XXX engagements


"@PesceDory @jswihart I support every group that wants to cooperate with each other in their own way having their own chain-fork of Zcash. I love Ycash although I dont actually use it. If somebody wants to make the no t-addresses Friendly Fork of Zcash Im all for it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/zooko/status/1814020155288011217) [@zooko](/creator/x/zooko) 2024-07-18T19:31Z 96.3K followers, XXX engagements


"@PesceDory @jswihart P.S. But dont confuse *chain-forks like Ycash which are Friendly because they rewarded every current holder of ZEC with their newly created coins with source-code-forks such as ZClassic Horizen etc etc which stiffed the original ZEC holders. Those are Unfriendly Forks"  
[X Link](https://x.com/zooko/status/1814020878276940011) [@zooko](/creator/x/zooko) 2024-07-18T19:34Z 96.3K followers, 1597 engagements


"@TheVladCostea @_Eph91_ Right. Anyone who prefers to hold a coin that has a copy of Zcashs tech but does not have a Dev Fund could choose to buy not ZEC coins but ZClassic coins or PirateARRR coins or Ycash coins"  
[X Link](https://x.com/zooko/status/1935417275559067657) [@zooko](/creator/x/zooko) 2025-06-18T19:20Z 96.3K followers, XXX engagements


"@juanaxyz00 VertCoin That was it. Originally by the serial scammers Gary Le and Poramin Insom who also made ZeroVert Moneta Zcoin (now Firo). Spagni ran a related scam (VertPay). Le later did Bitcoin Diamond"  
[X Link](https://x.com/zooko/status/1955354455152701818) [@zooko](/creator/x/zooko) 2025-08-12T19:43Z 96.3K followers, XXX engagements


"@feross @pnpmjs Tim (Thanks by the way for your post about sustainability and open source a few years ago.) Please let us know what you think of the proposal to use Agoric/MetaMask's LavaMoat tool to successfully defend *even* after a successful code injection"  
[X Link](https://x.com/zooko/status/1968058918850154982) [@zooko](/creator/x/zooko) 2025-09-16T21:06Z 96.3K followers, XXX engagements


"I dont know why the Zcash price has been skyrocketing. And I dont know if it is going to go back down. But what I do know is that the it is a coordinated pump counter-narrative is just more cynical propaganda from people who cant believe in anything good and real"  
[X Link](https://x.com/zooko/status/1980750902689677379) [@zooko](/creator/x/zooko) 2025-10-21T21:39Z 96.3K followers, 53.1K engagements


"@rowlandgraus Yeah it is a super common misunderstanding. 😭"  
[X Link](https://x.com/zooko/status/1982828252323573866) [@zooko](/creator/x/zooko) 2025-10-27T15:14Z 96.3K followers, 1406 engagements


"My day job is Crosslink. I'm excited about it It is a safe add-on to Zcash's Proof-of-Work security reduces supply of ZEC and increases demand for ZEC and we are on track to bring it to mainnet soon if the Zcash users decide to activate it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/zooko/status/1982857672006463714) [@zooko](/creator/x/zooko) 2025-10-27T17:11Z 96.3K followers, 23.3K engagements


"@UnicornGonad @0xMert_ @aquietinvestor Yeah Zcash has a pretty good governance process that has already grown and evolved and now it is absorbing a huge influx of enthusiastic and influential new participants. Good problem to have. ☺"  
[X Link](https://x.com/zooko/status/1983232873214947465) [@zooko](/creator/x/zooko) 2025-10-28T18:02Z 96.3K followers, 1121 engagements


"@UnicornGonad @0xMert_ @aquietinvestor It wont be all-out war like Bitcoin. The only thing we need to avoid that kind of self-destructiveness is to consistently signal confidence in the good intentions of the other participants. 👍"  
[X Link](https://x.com/zooko/status/1983233151108633014) [@zooko](/creator/x/zooko) 2025-10-28T18:03Z 96.3K followers, 1658 engagements


"I love this thread about the huge positive impact from network effects of open standards. My one quibble is I suspect Christian might be thinking of national-government-issued currencies as being the open standard everyone can agree on and I don't believe that. :-) But read it:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/zooko/status/1983590536138387590) [@zooko](/creator/x/zooko) 2025-10-29T17:43Z 96.3K followers, 7778 engagements


"Ok this is awesome. Human Rights Foundation accepts only Bitcoin (Alex Gladstein is a Bitcoin maxi). But Zecrimoni is a Zcasher. So what happens Zecrimoni donates while exposing nothing about his private financial assets. People do not yet understand this"  
[X Link](https://x.com/zooko/status/1983630997485973962) [@zooko](/creator/x/zooko) 2025-10-29T20:24Z 96.3K followers, 19.7K engagements