Arkham lifts the veil on $ZEC.
By Maxime Laurent · 2025-12-09 13:30
Arkham lifts the veil on $ZEC.
Arkham linked over half of all $ZEC transactions to known entities — though Zooko says shielded pools remain untouched.
When I read this, I felt that little jolt — le coup de stress 😅. Arkham claims to have deanonymized more than 53% of all $ZEC transactions, public and private, tying over 48% of inputs and outputs to specific individuals or organizations. That’s massive: around $420B worth of movement mapped out.
One surprise? The U.S. government shows up as one of the biggest $ZEC holders. Back in 2018, authorities seized roughly $737K worth of coins from AlphaBay founder Alexandre Cazes — and with price growth since then, that stash has nearly doubled. Imagine Uncle Sam quietly bag-holding privacy coins… crypto never stops with the plot twists.
But then Zcash creator Zooko Wilcox pushed back. He insists Arkham didn’t deanonymize a single coin from the shielded pools, because that’s mathematically impossible. And honestly, he’s right: if you opt into full privacy, the protocol keeps your trail sealed. Arkham’s breakthrough is basically “we analyzed the users who chose transparency” — still super valuable data, but not a crack in the cryptography.
Still, moments like this remind me how fragile the illusion of privacy can be once you step into the public zone. Use the tools right, and $ZEC protects you. Slip into transparent addresses, and Arkham will be right there connecting the dots 🔍.
#Zcash #ZEC #Arkham #PrivacyCoins #CryptoNews
Arkham linked over half of all $ZEC transactions to known entities — though Zooko says shielded pools remain untouched.
When I read this, I felt that little jolt — le coup de stress 😅. Arkham claims to have deanonymized more than 53% of all $ZEC transactions, public and private, tying over 48% of inputs and outputs to specific individuals or organizations. That’s massive: around $420B worth of movement mapped out.
One surprise? The U.S. government shows up as one of the biggest $ZEC holders. Back in 2018, authorities seized roughly $737K worth of coins from AlphaBay founder Alexandre Cazes — and with price growth since then, that stash has nearly doubled. Imagine Uncle Sam quietly bag-holding privacy coins… crypto never stops with the plot twists.
But then Zcash creator Zooko Wilcox pushed back. He insists Arkham didn’t deanonymize a single coin from the shielded pools, because that’s mathematically impossible. And honestly, he’s right: if you opt into full privacy, the protocol keeps your trail sealed. Arkham’s breakthrough is basically “we analyzed the users who chose transparency” — still super valuable data, but not a crack in the cryptography.
Still, moments like this remind me how fragile the illusion of privacy can be once you step into the public zone. Use the tools right, and $ZEC protects you. Slip into transparent addresses, and Arkham will be right there connecting the dots 🔍.
#Zcash #ZEC #Arkham #PrivacyCoins #CryptoNews
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