Saifedean Ammous Sparks Crypto Firestorm by Downplaying Privacy in Money

[madtrader]

Bitcoin author Saifedean Ammous ignited debates after questioning whether privacy is as important as monetary hardness. Calling Zcash a “shitcoin,” he argued that anonymity compromises auditability — drawing pushback from privacy advocates who say money must be both sound and private to resist seizures and state control.

[Nahid Hossen]

Saifedean’s take on privacy ignited discussions across the entire crypto space.

[Rimon Khan]

Downplaying privacy in money is always going to stir controversy.