&gt; I happen to be involved with cryptography. I&#x27;m very familiar with three of the people on the Zcash team, one of whom I call &quot;friend&quot;.<p>Maybe this is where your potential bias stems from.  I mean, what&#x27;s the point of name dropping here if it&#x27;s not stemming from a bit of ego, maybe strong enough ego to believe you&#x27;re out of reach for a three letter agency?  You know three of them, great, but you don&#x27;t know all of them and you may not know the most major contributor and it&#x27;s possible there exists a key member that has an already shady past.<p>The hypothetical in question isn&#x27;t even intended for you.  It&#x27;s intended for the general public.  Most of whom would gladly eat up whatever story they are sold.