Why I can't sleep soundly with blockchain, being the cypherpunk

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More on Monero vs Zcash (including usual armchair and bias)...

https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/70kx3g/let_me_clear_some_things_up_about_anonymity_of_a/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/wiki/comparison

They're not so easy to compare due to being different
approaches with evolving development in each.
Here's a partial family tree, newest generally towards the bottom...

https://getmonero.org/ - Monero XMR

http://zerocoin.org/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zerocoin
 https://smartcash.cc/ - Smartcash SMART
 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=846471 - Zerovert ZER
 https://zcoin.io/ - Zcoin XZC
http://zerocash-project.org/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zerocash
 https://credacash.com/compare - Credacash, license issues
 https://z.cash/ - Zcash ZEC
 http://zclassic.org/ - Zclassic ZCL
 https://zensystem.io/ - Zencash ZEN

As usual, a few years / generations out will see new
coins emerge that combine both old and new elements
into more capable, private, anonymous, overlay transport,
txrate, resistant, encrypted, trust less / mitigated setup,
mixed, ringed, whatever, etc solutions.

And exchanges, whether 'git clone and host on darknets', or
fully distributed (blockchain / p2p), and whether funds-on/off-exchange,
are complete greenfield and a highly needed ecosystem part
that's still missing.

Some early examples...

https://bisq.network/
https://www.openbazaar.org/