- The first pros would be their good technology, Horizen is a great privacy protocol they also have a large volume of daily shielded transactions, this helps to increase anonymity. Another good thing is that there was no pre-sell for the project no ICO just a good old-fashioned fork with a goal, also in their whitepaper they make mention of where they pulled inspiration from the project, basically saying thanks to all the projects that came before them, I think it was an honorable way to go about thinking projects that came before them and gave them inspiration and maybe helped pave the way to where they are now.
- This protocol shields not only the sender and the recipient addresses but also the amount transferred this creates challenges in auditing the private coin supply if a major bug were to be discovered that could cause some problems in the future.