How Zcash Is Solving Bitcoin's Biggest Problem with Josh Swihart
The Rollup30 Okt 2025

How Zcash Is Solving Bitcoin's Biggest Problem with Josh Swihart

Bitcoin's transparency problem just became a trillion-dollar opportunity for privacy-focused alternatives.

In this episode of AI Supercycle, we sit down with Josh Swihart from Zcash, to discuss how Bitcoin got captured by fintech, why zero-knowledge encryption is the only path forward, and how Zcash drove $100M in flows through NEAR intents in just 8 weeks.


We discuss:

- How Zcash Invented Zero-Knowledge Encryption

- $100M in Flows Through NEAR Intents in 8 Weeks

- The Exploding Shielded Pool & What It Means

- Navigating Regulators: FBI, CIA & Building Trust

- Why Bitcoin Got Captured by Fintech

- Freedom Coin vs Fintech Coin: The Coming Battle


Timestamps

00:00 Intro

01:01 Josh's Role & Zcash Origins

03:14 The Founding Scientists Story

06:43 Zcash's Recent Momentum Explained

09:34 Understanding the Shielded Pool

11:36 Relay Ad, Enso Ad, Talus Ad

12:19 NEAR Intents Integration: $100M in 8 Weeks

16:26 Comparing Zcash to Swiss Bank TAM

21:12 Builder Ecosystem Growth

24:08 Navigating Regulatory Pressure: FBI, CIA & Trust

30:27 Alvara Ad, Hibachi Ad

30:50 Building DC Relationships That Matter

32:13 Zephyr Punk Hackathon

36:00 Getting Started with Zcash

39:37 Op Cat & Bitcoin Comparison

40:18 Scaling to Billions of Users


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