Investors seem to be pining for 2013, and not because they want to put on a peplum top, scarf a cronut and blast Lorde’s debut hit “Royals.” Instead, they’re boosting a cryptocurrency based on bitcoin but tweaked with the idea that bitcoin has strayed from its original intent. 

Zcash zoomed ahead 55% over the month to Friday and nearly 1,200% over the past year, per CoinMarketCap. Crypto enthusiasts could be tired of poking bitcoin with a stick and saying, “Do something,” as the coin hovers around $80,000. Meanwhile, bitcoin’s mainstream-ization has investors looking to Zcash as an alternative they think might stay truer to crypto’s privacy promise.

Bitcoin, But Actually Anonymous

Ten-year-old Zcash is nearly a…