$ZEC rose more than 1900% in one year, while within the same 12 months, $BTC fell 28% and $ETH fell 44% — the market has already voted: privacy is the trade of this cycle. The demand is real: Zcash’s shielded supply rose from about 8% at the start of 2024 to over 30%, and shielded transactions reached a new high of 59% this February — without anyone forcing them, most users chose invisibility. But now, what Vitalik is pointing to is not these already surging privacy coins, but a project whose mainnet launched only in mid-August and whose token is worth just 9 cents: Interfold. What it hides is not your money — and what it does hide may be far more important. This idea sat idle for seven years, and Vitalik spent nearly ten years asking people to build it; finally, someone has done it.