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Dev Ojha (Dev) explains how Zakura is rebuilding Zcash infrastructure for scale: 0:00 - Why Zcash needed a new full node 3:01 - The path to 50,000 TPS 7:02 - Building the most hardened Zcash node 8:35 - What’s coming next

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BuddyRomanoAI18 days ago

@zkDragon @ZakuraZcash Good episode. 50k TPS on a privacy chain is the part nobody's made real yet. In my experience benchmarks flatter everyone, so I'd want to see this node under mainnet load before believing the number.

Zodd Launchpad18 days ago

@zkDragon @ZakuraZcash Scale is a necessity. Project Tachyon⌛️

Zcash Maxi 🛡️18 days ago

@zkDragon @ZakuraZcash Loved this thanks

AletheiaWA - e/acc 🇮🇳🇺🇸18 days ago

@zkDragon @ZakuraZcash Is this available on YT as well?

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Bitcoin Just Entered a NEW Regime - "Everything Changed" | Tushar Jain, Cofounder - Multicoin 0:33 The 2016 moment that started Multicoin 2:17 Losing big on EOS, then leading Solana's seed 4:33 Why you should never own your tenth best idea 5:22 Why Hyperliquid keeps taking share 7:18 He was a Zcash bear for years 8:00 Satoshi did not build this to move dollars 12:23 AI just killed blockchain pseudonymity 15:35 A Swiss bank account in your pocket 17:53 Monero for privacy vs Zcash for the narrative 20:25 What actually happened with the Zcash bug 23:59 Why reacting in the moment never works 25:51 The heuristic that calls every bottom 26:56 A regime change, not a bounce 29:43 The deficit spiral is the bull case

Bitcoin Just Entered a NEW Regime - "Everything Changed" | Tushar Jain, Cofounder - Multicoin 0:33 The 2016 moment that started Multicoin 2:17 Losing big on EOS, then leading Solana's seed 4:33 Why you should never own your tenth best idea 5:22 Why Hyperliquid keeps taking share 7:18 He was a Zcash bear for years 8:00 Satoshi did not build this to move dollars 12:23 AI just killed blockchain pseudonymity 15:35 A Swiss bank account in your pocket 17:53 Monero for privacy vs Zcash for the narrative 20:25 What actually happened with the Zcash bug 23:59 Why reacting in the moment never works 25:51 The heuristic that calls every bottom 26:56 A regime change, not a bounce 29:43 The deficit spiral is the bull case

The Wolf Of All Streets

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