[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.]  Nym [@nymproject](/creator/twitter/nymproject) on x 162.4K followers Created: 2025-07-13 08:03:34 UTC 🔥 Key Topics • 🎉 Announcement: NymVPN subscriptions can now be paid using shielded Zcash (ZEC) transactions. • 🤝 Deep integration of Zcash and Nym discussed: private payments + private traffic = a full privacy stack. • 🧪 Technical setup: zk-Nym + Sapling payments + Coconut protocol → strong privacy guarantees. • 💬 Legal implications of Tornado Cash delisting and the role of decentralization. 🛡 Zcash + zk-Nym: Full Privacy Stack • 🔐 Zcash: first cryptocurrency to implement zk-SNARKs in production, hiding sender, receiver, and amount. • 💳 Users pay with ZEC → receive zk-Nym credentials → use NymVPN without revealing identity. • 🔁 Credentials can be randomized → unlinkability of payments and sessions. • ⚖️ NymVPN stores no user data — only proof of payment and a public key. 🌐 Zcash & Nym Collaboration • 🌉 Two layers of privacy: Zcash (financial) + Nym (network). Combined use increases anonymity. • 🧱 Mixnet hides IPs and prevents timing correlation in Zcash wallet activity. • 📦 Goal: full Zcash network operating invisibly over the mixnet. • 🧑💻 Work is ongoing to integrate Zashi Wallet and other light wallets with the mixnet. ⚖️ Legal Outlook • ⚖️ Tornado Cash case (OFAC) was dropped — important precedent for defending privacy tech. • 🧑⚖️ Discussion of criminal liability risks for developers and shifting legal strategies. • 🇨🇭 Switzerland introduces ID requirement for providers with 5000+ users — threat to privacy services. • 🧩 The answer lies in decentralization and cryptography — systems without intermediaries are harder to censor. 🛠 Zcash Integration into BTC Pay Server • 🧰 Zcash plugin developed from scratch for BTC Pay Server — now anyone can accept shielded payments. • 🧪 Sapling shielded addresses (starting with z) are used; Orchard support not yet implemented. • ⏳ Payments are detected only after block confirmation (no mempool tracking yet). • 📦 Light node mode is recommended — no need to sync full Zcash node. 📦 Misc & Community Questions • ❓ How to stimulate token purchases in a bear market? → by offering practical, privacy-enhancing tools. • 📉 Why is Monero more often associated with laundering than Zcash? → due to higher usage volume and Zcash’s transparent pool. • 📲 BitChat & Nostr: discussion of Bluetooth-based messaging and offline payments using Zcash. • 🔮 Zcash’s Tachyon Project: offline transactions + scalability to billions of users. XXXXX engagements  **Related Topics** [protocol](/topic/protocol) [coconut](/topic/coconut) [stack](/topic/stack) [coins privacy](/topic/coins-privacy) [topics](/topic/topics) [Post Link](https://x.com/nymproject/status/1944306694483300776)
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Nym @nymproject on x 162.4K followers
Created: 2025-07-13 08:03:34 UTC
🔥 Key Topics • 🎉 Announcement: NymVPN subscriptions can now be paid using shielded Zcash (ZEC) transactions. • 🤝 Deep integration of Zcash and Nym discussed: private payments + private traffic = a full privacy stack. • 🧪 Technical setup: zk-Nym + Sapling payments + Coconut protocol → strong privacy guarantees. • 💬 Legal implications of Tornado Cash delisting and the role of decentralization.
🛡 Zcash + zk-Nym: Full Privacy Stack • 🔐 Zcash: first cryptocurrency to implement zk-SNARKs in production, hiding sender, receiver, and amount. • 💳 Users pay with ZEC → receive zk-Nym credentials → use NymVPN without revealing identity. • 🔁 Credentials can be randomized → unlinkability of payments and sessions. • ⚖️ NymVPN stores no user data — only proof of payment and a public key.
🌐 Zcash & Nym Collaboration • 🌉 Two layers of privacy: Zcash (financial) + Nym (network). Combined use increases anonymity. • 🧱 Mixnet hides IPs and prevents timing correlation in Zcash wallet activity. • 📦 Goal: full Zcash network operating invisibly over the mixnet. • 🧑💻 Work is ongoing to integrate Zashi Wallet and other light wallets with the mixnet.
⚖️ Legal Outlook • ⚖️ Tornado Cash case (OFAC) was dropped — important precedent for defending privacy tech. • 🧑⚖️ Discussion of criminal liability risks for developers and shifting legal strategies. • 🇨🇭 Switzerland introduces ID requirement for providers with 5000+ users — threat to privacy services. • 🧩 The answer lies in decentralization and cryptography — systems without intermediaries are harder to censor.
🛠 Zcash Integration into BTC Pay Server • 🧰 Zcash plugin developed from scratch for BTC Pay Server — now anyone can accept shielded payments. • 🧪 Sapling shielded addresses (starting with z) are used; Orchard support not yet implemented. • ⏳ Payments are detected only after block confirmation (no mempool tracking yet). • 📦 Light node mode is recommended — no need to sync full Zcash node.
📦 Misc & Community Questions • ❓ How to stimulate token purchases in a bear market? → by offering practical, privacy-enhancing tools. • 📉 Why is Monero more often associated with laundering than Zcash? → due to higher usage volume and Zcash’s transparent pool. • 📲 BitChat & Nostr: discussion of Bluetooth-based messaging and offline payments using Zcash. • 🔮 Zcash’s Tachyon Project: offline transactions + scalability to billions of users.
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