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Misunderstanding you slightly brother, that Monero is a shitcoin? or Bitcoin? Or both lol?

Nice misunderstanding. Was talking about Monero. Deeper wisdom tells us that everything is a temporary shitcoin. Neither Monero nor Bitcoin perfected money. They make trade offs and leave space for advancements. Maybe in ten years or ten generations from now.

Not fucking bothered at this point, I’ll stack both and just wait it out.

It feels good to read this thread. The issue of maximalism is so real... I've almost stopped posting about Monero on Nostr because I'm just tired of getting shit on by Bitcoin maxis for no reason (mute list getting big here). For the record, I still hold both coins and nothing else. I got into Bitcoin before Monero was created with the hope of fucking central banks, and that's the same process that led me to Monero with its obvious advantages. I didn't have this problem on Twitter, but I'm waiting here. I'm sure you won't be the last person to realize that Monero isn't "just shit" after all.

Some jobs call for a screw driver. Some call for a hammer. No successful investor has ever put all in one asset. Dont stop there either. Gold and silver (physical). Grid down, btc and xmr are useless.

It's a one way street my friend. I've seen it about a thousand times by now. Almost 100% accuracy. No one knows when you will get it. But it inevitably will happen and then there is no way back to "Bitcoin and nothing else". Like many you will find comfort in knowing that it's about trade-offs and hedging between the coins is as easy as it gets.

> I see no need for Monero. You may not see it, and that's okay. But the market for goods and services disagrees with you :) 1)

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I had my reasoning and I still hodl, believe in, and stack Bitcoin. But after seeing the knots and the v30 drama it is clear as day that the Bitcoin space has been corrupted to its core. (Pun not intended) Regardless of what side you stand on it has never been as fragile as it is today, and there are agents everywhere. It’s pretty much made me question the fundamentals of what will truly be valuable in the future if Bitcoin were to fail, and believing in inevitability is beyond irrational when you understand what is truly on the line. After looking into how XMR truly works after days of reading, I simply just changed my mind. With both tools at my side, I do not see how I cannot be ready for either reality. View quoted note →

If it makes me a "Shitcoiner" so be it brotha.🤙

so you can privacy or you can have self custody but not both huh? the absolute state of Bitcoin these days SMDH

Substantial Monetary Networks layer to scale. Inevitable I think. People have cold, lukewarm and hot wallets based upon these layers. Interoperability between layers works well. You know this.

So how much hedging do Monero degens recommend?

It’s not about hard money for them

For me it was trying to use bitcoin privately, p2p exchanges, coin control, whirlpool, thinking there must be an easier way… then Samourai arrests. At some point you realize it isn’t a shitcoin as it has a real (and important) use case.

Exactly that.

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When you take into account the supposed paradigm shift within Bitcoin, it paints a scary reality of totalitarian control and surveillance, the intellectual backflips and steps you have to do in order to be truly private are beyond reasonable, and with the sentiment and division we currently see, it raised alarm bells for me personally.

Yea agree

One of the best things nostr has done for Bitcoin is to help Bitcoiners find monero. Without all the maxi influencer noise, just everyday plebs sharing knowledge and a basic web of trust, I saw the case for monero as a stronger argument.