Private inference. Private agents.
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The systems built for humans were not built for agents.
Agents can’t own property, have rights, take on liability, raise capital through equity, sign contracts, or move through financial rails at software speed.
They need an end-to-end digital-native system for legal status, ownership, permissions, capital, payments, execution, and settlement.
Clear rules. Verifiable actions. Maximal speed.
Z Protocol retweeted
Every economic golden age in history was built on the same ingredients.
Property rights, capital accumulation, enforceable contracts, privacy from surveillance.
Z finally delivers these ingredients to agents.
Z Protocol retweeted
Agents are already beginning to power the digital economy. I expect this trend to 1000x from today.
But agents require privacy to operate at scale. Z is the infrastructure that makes it possible. Stay tuned.
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The next generation of agents won't just answer questions. They'll reason through complex tasks, take action without supervision, and accrue value from the outcomes.
@_zprotocol is where they'll operate.
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Frontier labs are building the intelligence. @_zprotocol is building the interaction layer.
Inference, execution, and ownership in one environment built for agents, entirely private.
All powered by Satoshi Plus. 🔶
Z Protocol retweeted
Bitcoin was supposed to be a freedom currency. Now it settles nation-state trade.
@richrines on why OG bitcoiners are quietly migrating to @Zcash - it still carries that original cypherpunk vision @_zprotocol @Coredao_Org
DROPS E35: @Coredao_org - Bitcoin yield without giving up your Bitcoin
@richrines is one of the initial contributors to Core DAO, the leading Bitcoin scaling solution. He's also a long-time Zcash holder and early backer of @_zprotocol , a new privacy chain built on Core's Satoshi Plus consensus. We talk Bitcoin yield, financial privacy, AI surveillance, and why the next big move in crypto might not be where most people are looking.
We talk about:
- How Core DAO lets you earn yield on Bitcoin by time-locking it - without ever giving up custody
- Why borrowing against Bitcoin makes sense now
- OG Bitcoiners rotating to Zcash - what "transition" actually means and whether it's bad for Bitcoin
- Z Protocol as the DeFi layer for private money
- Why AI has made financial surveillance trivial - and why that accelerates privacy adoption
- How Agents are leaving full financial fingerprints - and why privacy needs to be default on at the chain level
And much more...
Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction
2:05 - What does Rich Rines do?
3:00 - Financial Freedom
4:09 - Journey from Bitcoin to Zcash
6:40 - Zcash Philosophy
8:38 - Transition to Zcash
11:20 - Who is Rich Rines?
11:46 - Bitcoin as Pristine Collateral
14:28 - Criticisms of Borrowing Strategy
16:52 - Explaining CORE
18:58 - Bitcoin Yield Story
20:29 - Misconception regarding CORE
22:08 - Time Lock
23:34 - Risk of using CORE
24:37 - Strategies used by CORE
26:42 - What Bitcoin Holders Want?
28:46 - Bitcoin Yield
30:10 - CORE Alpha
32:44 - SatPay
34:19 - Power Grid Thesis
35:37 - Satoshi Plus
37:07 - What is Z?
38:12 - Benefits of long-term Zcash Holder
40:01 - Vertical Integration
43:12 - Privacy for Agents
44:41 - Faux Privacy
46:14 - Privacy vs Government
49:01 - Zcash’s Future
50:01 - Conclusion
Z Protocol retweeted
.@Coredao_Org's Satoshi Plus just got its first franchise chain.
@_Zprotocol is building the interaction layer for the agentic internet.
Private inference, economic rails, and end-to-end tooling.
Satoshi Plus now covers the three most important parts of crypto: Bitcoin, privacy, and the agentic future.
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As @_zprotocol co-founder @KieranPDennis said, giving an AI agent a crypto wallet today is like giving a toddler a credit card: easy to use, but not yet ready for real capital.
#agent #trading #onchain #capital
This episode, @KieranPDennis explains privacy is core infrastructure for AI agents onchain, and @_zprotocol is building a programmable privacy layer, and trust + privacy remain the biggest bottlenecks for agent adoption.
Full episode: youtu.be/rKO_yQgGifw
#ZK #Agents #privacy
Z Protocol retweeted
At @_zprotocol, we’re solving crypto’s two biggest gaps:
privacy and AI-native design.
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Thank you for the opportunity to speak on @_zprotocol and the exciting road ahead @jacqmelinek @richrines
Core Quarterly Webinar w/ Token Relations xitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1kKzDMQvq…
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This is huge news ⚡️
Zcash Proof of Work 📈
Zcash Delegated Proof of Work 🔜
Zcash $ZEC has matured into an institutional-grade asset, and the mining infrastructure should match. Today we announced Foundry's Zcash Mining Pool, launching April 2026. Compliance-first, institutional-grade infrastructure built by the team behind the world's #1 Bitcoin mining pool, coming to one of the most important privacy-preserving networks in the industry.
🔗Read the full press release here: businesswire.com/news/home/2…
