Summary
The user is seeking clarification on the differences between acct.storage.borrow and acct.capabilities.borrow in Cadence 1.0, particularly regarding authenticated access versus public capabilities. They explain that acct.capabilities.borrow allows borrowing a value from a public path without permissions, as long as the account owner has published a capability for it. They note that capabilities.borrow() is a new helper function that simplifies borrowing capabilities. Additionally, they mention that all storage functions have been moved under acct.storage, making acct.storage.borrow the replacement for acct.borrow.