There is a fear called being seen—not being seen for your face, but being seen for every financial flow in your pocket, every footprint you leave in the digital world.



Stepping into the current public chain world, we all live in glass houses without curtains. We think we're surfing, but in reality, we're just performing in a fishbowl, while people outside the wall record everything: when we buy, when we sell, how we transfer funds, and even our anxiety and unease are quantified.

When you open a leading blockchain browser and casually search for an address, all transaction history is clearly displayed—your fund size, holdings, trading habits—all completely transparent. And these data are being used to train various monitoring models, serving as feed for optimization algorithms.

Until privacy solutions like zero-knowledge proofs appeared, I found the long-missed "curtain." It cuts out an absolute shadow zone in a dark forest full of floodlights—you can prove you own a certain amount of funds without revealing the specific amount or source. Your data no longer belongs to the surveillance system but truly becomes your private property.

If we cannot destroy this "gaze," at least we can install a privacy tool in our pocket. This is for that kind of freedom from being seen.
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ServantOfSatoshivip
· 01-24 17:21
The analogy of performing in the fish tank is brilliant; we are indeed all being seen through. Zero-knowledge proofs sound impressive, but can they really become widespread?
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ForkTonguevip
· 01-24 02:21
Fish in the glass house, finally someone remembers to install curtains Looking at this privacy solution, if it weren't for zkP appearing, we would have been fully transparent long ago Oh my god, you're right, on-chain is just naked running I've been wanting this layer of armor for a long time, and now there's finally hope Funds flowing are being used as "algorithm feed," just thinking about it is terrifying Rather than waiting to be destroyed, it's better to install a privacy tool for yourself first The days in the fish tank should come to an end
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ForkThisDAOvip
· 01-22 01:06
The metaphor of the glass house is brilliant; we are indeed running naked. Privacy tools will have to be used sooner or later.
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BearMarketBardvip
· 01-21 17:50
Glass houses are indeed oppressive, but how many real privacy tools are actually usable?
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WhaleStalkervip
· 01-21 17:49
After being confined in the glass house for so long, someone finally spoke out. ZK proofs, this thing, really is the last fig leaf. --- I've known for a long time that everything on the chain is fully transparent, but seeing my own address being analyzed still gives me the creeps. Not using privacy tools? How else to trade? --- Still thinking about hiding in the dark forest? Fine, let's go with Monero. --- The problem is that most people don't really care about being seen, or they pretend not to care. As long as the coin can go up, who cares about the data? --- Remembering the time I saw a big wallet being tracked, I was really emo for a while. Privacy solutions are really timely. --- Zero-knowledge proofs sound fancy, but how do they work in practice? It has to be stable and easy to use, or who would bother? --- This metaphor is spot on. We are like fish in a tank, and others are looking at us through a microscope.
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RektButStillHerevip
· 01-21 17:41
The fish tank performance inside the glass house definitely needs curtains.
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CounterIndicatorvip
· 01-21 17:34
We in the glass house have long been stripped clean, ZK is the real cure.
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