Bitcoin is now completely driven by large financial interests - the Blockrocks and Saylors of the world, their only objective to build more wealth.
Bitcoin development ossified years ago, and the chain now heavily surveilled. It is only used for accumulation. What was once the promise of the cypherpunks to bring financial freedom through cryptography and code, has been captured.
If Zcash is to be “unstoppable private money” and deliver on the original promise of Bitcoin, I suggest that Bitcoin’s path is the cautionary tale, not the example.