And I thought running nodes for a decentralised network is a good thing. Obviously only if it's BTC. Come on. Monero has the second most nodes behind BTC. It has proper decentralised mining. Some argue even better than BTC thanks to p2p pool mining. Now combine that with merchant usage. Monero usually ranks first if both BTC and XMR are offered. Bitcoin is nice. That's why I am into it for 15 years. But when it comes to money I spend daily I prefer the cash like qualities of Monero and so do many other OGs. The only thing you are showcasing here is your own stubbornness and ignorance.

No..."proper mining"... If you call 3 or 4 hard forks over just a few years and changing monetary policy and adding tail emissions as "proper" mining, you don't know enough about monero , or you're being swindled by a privacy narrative.