"Blockchain should be absolutely transparent"—I've heard this phrase enough times. It's time to challenge this sanctified logic.

First, let's clarify the concept: what is transparent is the rule mechanism, not your and my account balances. Bitcoin was created to oppose central bank financial control, but now some have turned it into a tool for mass surveillance. Every salary exchange, daily consumption, and investment trial-and-error is permanently recorded on the chain, and anyone can analyze it at any time. This is not freedom; it's naked oppression.

Privacy protocols are not for bad actors. Their true purpose is "selective disclosure"—you can prove your asset status to auditors and tax authorities without exposing everything to the world. Does that sound different? It definitely does. And reality is just like that:

When voting in a DAO, you need to prove you have voting rights but don't want your opponents to peek at your strategy in advance. Large institutions entering the market definitely don't want to be sniped and copied by bots during the initial build-up phase. Ordinary people have it even simpler—holding a certain meme coin makes them easy targets for mockery by friends and also for hackers.

That's why privacy technology solutions are becoming a necessity. "Pay for privacy" has become the consensus among the new generation of users. Those who shout about absolute transparency all day are only two types: either whales who are not afraid of exposing their wealth, or people who have never truly lived on the chain and are just talking idealistic nonsense.

It's time to take concrete actions to express our stance. Supporting the evolution of privacy protocols is like voting for a freer, more human-centric encrypted world.