Top 5 privacy projects: Manta, Aztec, Secret, Aleo and Zcash
Personal top-five privacy list with a one-line positioning for each: Manta as a programmable privacy L1 on Substrate, Aztec as a private zk-rollup, Secret as a TEE-based Cosmos L1, Aleo as a Zcash and Ethereum hybrid, and Zcash as the zkSNARK pioneer.
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How the call played out · since 24 Apr 2023
Prices as of 23 Oct 2026This piece takes a view on $ZEC, so that move is read against the call. Other assets it covers are shown as context, not as calls.
Named Zcash, the zkSNARK pioneer, among his personal top five privacy projects.
- At publication
- $37.00
- Now
- $1,212
- vs BTC
- +1,008%
- After 1 month
- −13%
- After 3 months
- −14%
- After 1 year
- −34%
- High since
- +4,368% 27 Sep 2026
- Low since
- −51% 06 Jul 2024
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