Zcash: Snowden's FAVORITE crypto?

More and more people are waking up to why financial privacy is so important, and just how invasive the traditional banking system is.

Many cryptocurrencies, even though they give you back control over your money, are actually pretty bad for privacy, and can expose your full transaction history and holdings to everyone.

That’s where Privacy coins come in.
This is the first of many videos exploring various privacy coins and how they can bring anonymity back into your life -- We're starting with Zcash

00:00 - Intro to privacy coins
02:10 - Zero Knowledge Proofs
02:45 - Fungibility
05:00 - Shielded vs Unshielded transactions
07:30 - Transaction Fees
07:37 - Unified Addresses
07:55 - Trusted setup
08:53 - Auditing the supply
09:50 - Scaling
10:33 - Recommended products

A special THANK YOU to Nathan Wilcox for chatting with us about Zcash!

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Here are a bunch of products I like and use. Using these links helps support the channel and future videos!

Recommended Books:

Permanent Record - Edward Snowden
https://amzn.to/305negc

No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State - Glenn Greenwald
https://amzn.to/2UQmJ4m

What has the government done to our money - Rothbard
https://amzn.to/2KMzmcu

Naomi's Privacy Bag: some of my favorite products to help protect your privacy!

Use the Brave browser! https://brave.com/nao076

USB-C to ethernet adapter:
https://amzn.to/2lOVBoy

Lightening to ethernet adapter:
https://amzn.to/2nWyNns

Faraday bag (signal stopping, to protect your fob, credit card, computer, and phone)
https://amzn.to/3DjIvCP

Data Blocker (if you're charging your phone in an unknown port, use this so that no data is transferred)
https://amzn.to/2SVh0J2

Computer privacy screen (use your computer in public? Keep your information safe!)
https://amzn.to/2SXYHmf

Phone privacy screen (don't let people in public see your private data)
https://amzn.to/2YyJMnH

Camera cover (for computers and phones, so no one can access your camera without you knowing)
https://amzn.to/2Mt7Hic

Privacy Tip: Turn off your wifi and bluetooth when you're not using them!!! (or don't use them at all)