A fool and his money are soon parted

The part that says "with no margin calls" sounds like the catch 🪝

True. What currency would Ross U use on Silk Road if he had today's options? Not likely bitcoin.

monero is amazing way to lose all your purchasing power by holding it, exceptional opportunity!

why would I care how others use their money?

Don't get me wrong, it's good you can use Bitcoin/Crypto mortgages but the way it's being done in the most fiat way possible.

Monero could lose it's purchasing power at approximately the same rate as Fiat, I would still use it. It's the most reliable private way to transact online. Yes, you could use Z-Cash, and Mixers, payjoins, coinjoins, etc. too but Monero has the highest anonymity pool, and is more convenient to use, guaranteeing stronger privacy for the general population. That being said Monero hasn't, by most metrics it's been one of the best performed just as good, if not better than Bitcoin recently. Some additional links to look at.

BitInfoCharts

Monero (XMR) statistics - Price, Blocks Count, Difficulty, Hashrate, Value

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BTCXMR Bitcoin Monero - Currency Exchange Rate Live Price Chart

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XMR-USD vs BTC-USD: Performance Charts & Full Comparison

Compare XMR-USD vs BTC-USD performance side-by-side. 1Y return: -2.05% vs -46.45%. Interactive charts, historical returns & key metrics.

there are very important reasons why DNM participants overwhelmingly prefer monero over bitcoin privacy solutions. it's a shame that bitcoin maxis refuse to understand these reasons. if they understood it, they would act in favor of network upgrades

😅 but but it’s “private”

By recent he means like the past three days lol 😂

Over the past 10 years Monero has outperformed Bitcoin in annual growth.

XMR-USD vs BTC-USD: Performance Charts & Full Comparison

Compare XMR-USD vs BTC-USD performance side-by-side. 1Y return: -2.05% vs -46.45%. Interactive charts, historical returns & key metrics.

You posted a 1-year chart and called it 10 years.

Bitcoin market cap: $1.41 trillion. Monero market cap: $6.31 billion Bitcoin 24h volume: $12.78 billion. Monero: $92 million Your own source says XMR drawdown: -95.54%. Volatility: nearly double Bitcoin’s. Volume: 150x smaller. That’s not outperformance. That’s a smaller, riskier asset that had a good year.

Bitcoin had a first mover advantage of course, so when compared to Monero, it's going to have more market recognition. It also doesn't help the fact Monero has been delisted on most if not all exchanges but despite this fact it's used more, or just as much as Bitcoin in every Multi-coin market that accepts both. As an assets/investment, yes Monero is underperforming Bitcoin but as a peer to peer digital cash, I'd say Monero is doing quite well in comparison. Most of Monero's volatility comes from major hacks, or delistings usually, outside of that Monero is much more reliable, and predictable with a steady price growth over time. Monero is serving its purpose as a private steady appreciating monetary system quite fine.

Monero's CAGR over 10 years is aprox 40-55% Bitcoin's CAGR over 10 years is aprox 70.75% Monero is good but from a value perspective Bitcoin still wins. But fiat value isn't everything. Monero is a very viable currency alongside Bitcoin but yeah, money wise Bitcoin still wins.

Meant to say 70 - 75% not 70.75.

Anyone who put $100/ month into Monero over the last 5 years is sitting on 109% return. Then again, people who own Monero don't stack JUST for fiat capital gains.

Bitcoin's cypherpunk era is over. Anyone who doesn't realise that is delusional.

Debt is debt no matter which currency you use.

alwayshasbeen the cypherpunk crowd has moved to monero a long time ago. btc is for shiny digital rock savings, fine as far as that goes.