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## Zcash + Hush Anonymity Sets
The anonymity set is a *set*, not a count! Josh Swihart of Zcash Company does not seem to understand
The anonymity set is a *set*, not a count! [Josh Swihart](https://twitter.com/jswihart/status/1273022506014834688) of Zcash Company does not seem to understand
the difference between a daily count of transactions and the current set of privacy.
They are completely different, yet he talks as if they are the same. All graphics
from Swihart and Zcash Company related to transaction counts are *NOT* anonymity sets.
from Swihart and Zcash Company related to transaction counts are *NOT* anonymity sets counts.
They are transaction counts, which is not related directly to anonsets at all. It's possible
to have very high transaction counts and very small anonsets.
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For instance, if I use 10 shielded spends but only create 1 shielded output, that transaction
will reduce the size of the anonset by 9, since 10 - 1 = 9.
<img src="zcash-ztxs.png">
They show graphs of counts monotonically going up, attempting to lie (badly) with statistics.
Additionally, Zcash Company is running test scripts behind the scenes to massage their
incorrectly-defined data.
incorrectly-defined data. For about 17 months, the blue bars of Sprout shielded transactions have
not increased or decreased noticeably but stay under 0.5% deviation month to month. This is almost
certainly automated software by Zcash Sprout fund owners to increase shielded statistics
The *size* of the anonset is a count, and we can measure it at every block with a very simple
equation:

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