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When comparing Monero vs ZCash, the Slant community recommends Monero for most people. In the question“What are the best cryptocurrencies?” Monero is ranked 1st while ZCash is ranked 8th.
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Pros
Pro Private by default
Pro Anonymous
Anonymous. More info here.
Pro Fungible
Pro Supports .onion nodes
Pro Decentralized
Pro No Pre-Mine or founders fee
Pro Traded on Coinbase
ZCash is listed on Coinbase, arguably one of the easiest to use exchanges.
Pro Anonymous
Decently Anonymous Cryptocurrency
Cons
Con Can be sometimes slow
GUI client does not allow setting higher fees.
Con Trusted Setup
In order to remain anonymous you must utilize a set of keys set by a group of individuals. If it got cracked or somehow leaked or if this group was corrupt your transactions might not be anonymous.
There is discussion to change this: https://www.starkware.co/
More Info: https://www.reddit.com/r/zec/comments/551wnw/what_is_the_trusted_setup_in_zcash_an_overview/