135 - Crypto Wars 2.0 with Zooko

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As the dust settles with Tornado Cash’s sanctioning news and the arrest of Alexey Pertsev, the space is drawing parallels to the early days of crypto, Crypto Wars 1.0.

We brought on OG cypherpunk privacy developer and co-founder of Zcash, Zooko to talk about Crypto Wars 2.0.

Crypto privacy is being tested in new ways and Zooko couldn’t be in a better place to explain the current complexities. What’s the case for crypto privacy? Why is it such a tough problem to solve? Why is Zooko optimistic about the future of crypto privacy?

What are your thoughts on crypto privacy? Let us know in the comments or on Twitter @banklesshq

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Topics Covered:

0:00 Intro
6:25 Zooko’s Background
8:30 The State of Crypto Privacy
13:26 A Privacy Enabled Society
18:34 The Case for Privacy
27:53 Why Privacy Equals Freedom
32:38 The Chilling Effect
35:26 Negative Externalities
38:28 Consent & A.I.
47:22 A.I. vs. Cryptography & Law
55:53 Crypto Wars 1.0 vs. 2.0
1:05:25 CDBC & The Clipper Chip
1:09:26 Why Isn’t Crypto Privacy Bigger
1:18:45 The Crypto Experiment
1:22:51 Solving the Privacy Problem
1:24:30 Privacy & DeFi
1:30:00 PoS & Roll-ups
1:42:50 Optimism on Crypto Privacy

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Resources:

Zooko
https://twitter.com/zooko

Zcash
https://z.cash/

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