I peeked through a few darknet markets just out of curiosity. The most serious ones all accept Monero, which makes sense. But surprisingly, a lot of them also take Bitcoin (non-Lightning) and Litecoin (non-MWEB). Not a single marketplace accepts any form of Zcash. That's honestly not shocking. Despite all the marketing around its superior privacy tech, it has zero real adoption among users who actually need serious opsec in their transactions. The market has spoken. When privacy matters most, Monero is the only standard. Bitcoin and Litecoin are tolerated for convenience, but Zcash? It's just not trusted where it counts. No community, no demand, no real use case in the shadows. Privacy isn't just about tech. It's about trust, adoption, and proof of work in the wild. Monero wins where it matters most.