What has changed recently? I think the only thing that has changed is that VCs realize there is a sellable narrative and that they can pump zcash. You have been around long enough to see that so I can...
If you took the time to download a wallet, you would see that Zcash has DeFi integrations with NEAR Intents & Maya protocol.
Basically you can send shielded ZEC and perform a swap within minutes, so you can pay anywhere BTC, USDT, or whatever other coin is accepted without revealing how many coins you have in your wallet.
The receiver will see an incoming transaction from a DeFi liquidity pool, the DeFi service has no idea who you are and how many coins you own outside the ones you sent.
Basically you can send shielded ZEC and perform a swap within minutes, so you can pay anywhere BTC, USDT, or whatever other coin is accepted without revealing how many coins you have in your wallet.
The receiver will see an incoming transaction from a DeFi liquidity pool, the DeFi service has no idea who you are and how many coins you own outside the ones you sent.
1
