After several threads and long discussions, I’m still not convinced there’s a valid use case for transparent addresses within the Zcash network.
If there are folks who need to use transparent addresses for some reason, they can use another blockchain, not this one.
I understand the reason (although I disagree) that @zooko decided to include transparent addresses to the chain. The original idea was to make it easier to integrate since Bitcoin tooling was already in place and it could be reused with minimal effort. Plus, Sprout was “heavy” and “slow”, with no tooling available.
In retrospect, it may have helped price speculators in the short term because it allowed effortless exchange listings, but eventually it hurt the project as it lost its identity.
We need to stop hurting our users’ privacy and finally take a stance to remove transparent addresses ASAP.