Looks like jl777 is looking for some skilled developers to join his effort. His plan has merit. Watching with interest!
Me too.
It's interesting to see what possible use one can get out of an old system, which is completely different, has limitations that make it impractical, will be completely rewritten from scratch by the zerocoin guys and implemented as a stand-alone altcoin instead of a Bitcoin integration. I also have no idea what this imaginary "zerocoin API" is that he keeps talking about.
So I think he, indeed, needs some skilled developers to explain to him why this might not be such a good idea...
Meanwhile, if anyone interested in Zerocash (i.e. Zerocoin 2.0) and its possible integration with NXT, follow
http://wiki.nxtcrypto.org/wiki/NxtCash - I will keep updating it as we go.
Care to make a wager that NXT allstars will get a functional zerocoin proof of concept working or not? Or that once we have a working proof of concept that we can do the same with the May zerocash release? Or that once we have that the zerocash C++ code can be refactored into Java and cleanly integrated with NXT core?
The NXTcash team is making progress this weekend. I am in the process of plotting incremental releases that gradually morphs to the final solution.