
On-chain privacy will forever be optional.
In 10-20 years most of anything finance and more will move on-chain; payments, records, even agents running in the background.
That’s the direction we’re already heading and privacy doesn’t disappear in that world.
And privacy will never be the default setting for everything.
Accountability still has to live somewhere, we already watched it play out.
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Monero got delisted from the big venues because you can’t easily report what you can’t see.
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Tornado Cash is still running but the founder is looking at real time.
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Silk Road is another story to talk about.
The blockchain tech will forever stay and privacy will come as an option and people who needs it will still use it.
But the main rails will keep a version they can actually live with.
Full default opacity will survive in the corners but everywhere else will become a feature you switch on when it matters.