Zcash Founder Zooko Wilcox: Surveillance Is a "Dangerous Experiment"
Zcash Founder Zooko Wilcox on Why Privacy is Actually the Historical Norm.
Dec 11, 2025
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In a wide-ranging interview with CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie, Zooko Wilcox, founder of Zcash, explains his new role as Strategic Advisor to Cypherpunk Technologies and why he believes the cryptocurrency's increasing price is essential for the future of freedom. He argues that our modern surveillance economy is a "radical, dangerous experiment," and that cryptographically-based privacy through Zcash is simply a return to the stable, high-agency society humanity has always known.
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Check out CoinDesk's Zcash report at: https://www.coindesk.com/research/inside-zcash-encrypted-money-at-planetary-scale.
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This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie
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