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I went for this tech event not long ago. It was one of those gatherings where everyone’s talking about innovation, games, and the future of the internet. Somewhere in the crowd, I met a developer. He told me about a game he’d built — simple task, simple promise: “Play it,” he said, “and you’ll earn a few dollars for free.” I played. I even invited some of my friends to join using my code because, well, who doesn’t like the sound of free USDC? But later, the developer messaged me saying my points weren’t enough to get paid. I shrugged. Maybe I hadn’t done enough. The next day, one of my friends called. He sounded surprised — he’d just received some USDC from a random wallet. It felt strange, almost too coincidental. He got curious and decided to check the wallet address that sent him the funds. And that’s where things got interesting.
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He could see everything. The wallet’s address full history. Every transaction. Every payment made. Every amount sent to every address. He even saw that the wallet had around $60 left just sitting there. Think about it. He’d never met this developer. Didn’t know his face. Didn’t know his name. Yet, by simply scanning the wallet address, he could trace a stranger’s entire financial trail. That’s when it hit me. On-chain doesn’t always mean freedom. Sometimes it means exposure. It means that privacy has a price and most times, that price is you. This is exactly what @zama has been warning about. They’re not against trust. They’re not even against transparency. @zama is against the idea that to exist on-chain, you have to sacrifice your privacy. That to prove you belong, you have to walk around completely visible — completely naked. @zama isn’t against choices. It’s against being forced to walk around naked.
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Cc: @randhindi
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