One easy way to compare ZCash and Nockchain is to look at the capability of their ZKPs. In ZCash, wallet generates ZKPs that verify a single transaction is valid. That's it. In Nockchain, NockApps get miners to generate ZKPs that verify the execution of NockVM is valid. Execution of the NockVM can include: - Millions of $NOCK transfers, - Settlement of a high-performance exchange - Issuance and liquidation of thousands of loans - Minting billions of stablecoins - Virtually any other blockchain application - The many use cases for ZK untapped today (cybersecurity, private IDs, securing critical infrastructure, digital provenance, verifiable AI etc.) This difference can be directly traced back to how the consensus algorithm is designed for each chain: classical-PoW vs zkPoW. In classical-PoW, 100% of the compute and energy spent mining a block goes to gathering and verifying transactions and finding a PoW solution. In zkPoW, some of the compute and energy goes to gathering and verifying transactions and finding a PoW solution, and some of it goes to generating useful ZKPs, which make make the native asset (like $NOCK) more valuable. These are nuanced differences but they make a big impact in the functionally of the chain and the potential for each asset.