Is this geezer being paid by Zcash? He rolls that out every time.
i see where he's coming from. a lot of security researchers are turned off by BTC's utter lack of privacy. i'd like to think that we can expand on BTC's easily verifiable proof-of-work to include better privacy features.
I'm not hugely interested in his opinion on this subject. He has no track record in this area.
fair enough. how about someone like matthew green (zcash)?
The way things are developing I'd say the public aspect proved to be a pretty pragmatic move in terms of keeping the authorities mollified. If Bitcoin had Monero's qualities they would've gone all out to squash its interaction with fiat. I don't think they've had the time to figure out what stuff like XMR really represents.
is that what they've done with monero, though? i suppose it's true that legit exchanges are too scared to touch it. it seems like the only fiat exchange (that you can actually deposit/withdraw fiat from---removing bitfinex) that offers XMR markets is kraken. i guess there's bithumb, but not sure i'd call them legit.
Let's see what second layers bring in terms of privacy.
what's stopping tumblebit development? i was under the impression that it didn't require any major consensus change.