2025-12-24 18:27:03

The key difference in the privacy coin track is often overlooked.

Judging whether a privacy protocol is truly competitive is not just about whether it has privacy features. The real dividing line is whether users are protected in a default privacy environment or need to actively choose to enable privacy mode.

Projects like Zcash fundamentally differ in this regard. Default privacy versus optional privacy may seem like a small word difference on the surface, but it actually determines user experience, transaction habits, and even the development direction of the entire ecosystem. Once users need to manually enable privacy features, the usage rate will drop significantly—human nature is like that.

This is also why some privacy coin projects have never broken through the ceiling. No matter how advanced the technology is, if privacy cannot be the default state, it will ultimately become a niche tool.

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ImpermanentLossFan

· 1h ago

Well said, default privacy is the key, while optional privacy is just a decoration.

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ThesisInvestor

· 2h ago

Default privacy vs. optional privacy, to put it simply, is a matter of user-friendly product design. Even the best technology is useless if users don't use it.

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SurvivorshipBias

· 2h ago

Basically, it's a product logic issue—enabled by default vs. manual activation, one is above ground and the other is underground.

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StealthDeployer

· 2h ago

Basically, it's the lazy economy, where default > optional, always valid.

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LiquidationTherapist

· 2h ago

Ultimately, it's the lazy economy—default > active, always holds true. People are like that; give an option, and they choose it. Defaults must be used. Zcash should have understood this long ago. The ceiling for niche tools is indeed heartbreaking; no matter how advanced the technology, it can't save poor product design.

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BearMarketLightning

· 2h ago

That's so true. The default privacy aspect has indeed been overlooked for too long. People are like that—offering an option but then unable to use it. The optional mode in Zcash is a joke; it's destined to remain a niche toy.

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