Just finished watching S16 E51 of Bitcoin Takeover Podcast with @ebfull @TheVladCostea Here The Key Point : ➤ Sean Bowe was the engineer who found and fixed $ZEC hidden inflation bug. The exploit was never used, but the fix became a turning point for trust in ZK systems. ➤ he built these protocols to remove trusted setups entirely, answering early Zerocash critics and setting new standards for zero knowledge infrastructure. ➤ focused on scaling zk-SNARKs to billions. It tackles state growth and speed bottlenecks, enabling private, shielded transactions even on mobile. ➤ $BTC was never private. Cryptographers knew this from day one. CoinJoin only patches leaks. Zcash builds privacy into the base layer, not as an afterthought. ➤ the inflation bug could’ve minted ~20,000 $ZEC , but Turnstile would’ve caught it. No exploit ever happened. A key lesson in cryptographic integrity. ➤ $BTC culture moves slow, waiting for perfect zk rollups. Zcash moves fast, upgrading privacy and scalability in real time. Tachyon is proof.