Starknet co-founder Eli Ben-Sasson attributes Zcash's recent price surge partly to market concerns that Bitcoin has become "too ossified" at the protocol level. While expressing strong personal support for Bitcoin, Ben-Sasson acknowledged these rigidity concerns as legitimate within the crypto community. Ben-Sasson revealed that Bitcoin holders have contacted him directly to report shifting portions of their positions into ZEC. This migration suggests some investors are seeking alternative privacy-focused assets amid perceived limitations in Bitcoin's ability to evolve at the base layer.