David Schwartz, Ripple’s CTO Emeritus, has pushed back against concerns that Zcash users could lose access to their funds if they fail to migrate assets from the troubled Orchard pool. According to Schwartz, coins left behind in Orchard would remain fully owned by their holders, even if the pool eventually becomes isolated from the rest of the network. His comments addressed growing debate within the Zcash community following the discovery of a critical vulnerability that affected the privacy-focused pool.