I just came across this post from Zooko on Zcash's forum:
https://forum.z.cash/t/cross-chain-atomic-transactions-project-alchemy-stellar/13524/1
I'd potentially be interested in using XCAT to allow interop between the Zcash blockchain and the Stellar network. There are several things I like about Stellar:
* I like their CEO, Jed.
* I know and like one of their coders, Graydon.
* I like the fact that they have a public-interest mission rather than a for-profit mission.
* I really like the Stellar Consensus Protocol, although I only understand about 90% of it, which is always a warning sign. I like it so much that we briefly considered switching from Bitcoin consensus protocol to Stellar Consensus Protocol way back in the day years ago when we were first envisioning Zcash. Decided not to for good reasons, and I don't regret it, but I do like at least 90% of the protocol.
* I like the scientist, David Maziéres, who authored the Stellar Consensus Protocol and many other good science works over the years, and with whom I briefly collaborated on an anonymity protocol many years ago.
* I like the fact that Stellar seems to be — judging from this press release — making progress on real deployment to end-users. That's a giant step, which the vast majority of projects never reach.
Seeing other crypto currency project leaders praise Stellar gets me really excited about the project.
