Why Crypto Fails without Privacy with Mert Mumtaz (Helius)

About this episode

Austin chats with Mert about the importance of privacy in crypto and discusses various privacy protocols and their implications.

People in this episode

Host: Austin Federa

Guest: Mert Mumtaz

Topics covered

• crypto privacy
• on-chain finance
• ZK-based privacy
• Solana privacy protocol
• Zcash adoption
• composability
• regulatory shifts

Keywords

• crypto
• privacy
• ZK-based
• Zcash
• Solana
• composable privacy
• MEV
• shielded pools
• regulatory compliance

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Helius, Zcash, Monero, Solana, Light Protocol, Bitcoin

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