Was ZCash the Trojan Horse that brought down AB?

The timing fits. I can't prove it, but I believe it is a great possibility.

Let's start with the propaganda:

Zcash cheaper than Bitcoin to buy drugs on Alphabay

It gets listed:

Alphabay will accept Zcash starting July 1st, 2017

And 5 days later, down goes the ship:

Alphabay is currently down (megathread)

Additional reading:

On Fungibility, Bitcoin, Monero and why ZCash is a bad idea.

ZeroCash: A Cryptocurrency's Deep State Ties


Comments


[12 Points] xmrworld:

Wake up use X-M-R


[8 Points] Blow-that-Doge:

lulz... zcash is a honeypot... its a US company subject to the three letter agencies.. the head developer zookoo has made numerous comments implying that he doesnt want full anonymity.. Not to mention their privacy is garagbe no body uses their Z addresses because their so memory intensive... opt-in privacy will always loose to privacy by default..


[5 Points] TILYouLoveDrugs:

No.

They got AB through blockchain analysis and other rookie mistakes done by Alex.


[2 Points] sharpshooter789:

No way they would have gained the location and planned the raid in 5 days. The seizure notice stated that LE went to the data center tampered with the server forcing Cazes to connect. That way he was at his computer during the raid and FDE would have be ineffective.


[1 Points] Ande2101:

Could have been when he went to do the upgrade. I mean he fucking announced when he was doing it.


[-3 Points] crypto_meck:

Still don't understand why PIVX isn't the best company here