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SEPTEMBER 25, 2026 A Private Room With a Public Door Someone sent me a write-up I didn't understand at first, claiming Zcash-style privacy now works on Bitcoin itself — no soft fork, no new coin — and a real private transfer confirmed on mainnet this morning to prove it. Both halves are true. Here is how it works in plain English, what the demo actually proved, the flaws its own builders list first, whether swapping the one-key vault for a decentralized escrow would fix it, and why, if I had to make Bitcoin private for a normal person tomorrow, I would still start with Lightning.