My first real fortune in the crypto world was actually zcash:native.

But to be honest, I don’t understand why Western big-name influencers would treat ZEC as a privacy consensus. Maybe the West understands cryptography better, while the East understands the market better.
Anyone who’s been involved in escrow public groups should know that the #1 choice for privacy payments is Monero, not ZEC. Monero’s privacy is mandatory.
The more complex it is, the easier it is for things to go wrong.
For the privacy track, this kind of vulnerability has a big impact on the way the secondary market tells the story, but it won’t affect people who truly use privacy that much.
Go take a look at the jade market—Myanmar coin trades, and some diamonds used for special-purpose transactions. They’re never used because of no new issuance and no devaluation.
Even so, I still hope ZEC can make it through.