1. Many coins can achieve this If the question is just 'Can it prevent merchants from seeing the balance,' Dash's traditional coin mixing already has some effect, and the Orchard upgrade in 2026 will make it closer to Zcash. Dash's overall positioning is still as a fast payment coin + optional privacy, rather than a pure privacy coin. Actual usage will depend on wallet support and the adoption scale of shielded pools. 2. The problem is we don't use $BTC to buy drinks, nor do we use $ZEC to buy drinks, nor do we use other coins to buy drinks. 3. Many people think $ZEC is superior to $BTC because of $ZEC's price increase, which is understandable (not referring to the original poster). But in terms of narrative, the gap between the two is enormous. 4. $ZEC is great, mainly because of strong market makers. From the price trend, it has a shadow of Bitcoin from ten years ago.