it won't. monero solves a narrow use-case (absolute digital cash) but most people don't give a damn about on-chain privacy; they want a scarce, credibly neutral digital asset that preserves value **at scale** → bitcoin already owns that mindshare. downside: - tail-emission kills "digital gold" hardness - dev tax & centralised maint squad - hard-fork churn every upgrade → "upgrade or die" bitcoin keeps absorbing hashpower, liquidity, mindshare; privacy can bolt-on where needed (cj, silent payments, lightning point-knew schemes). so xmr survives, maybe even carves out a dark-market niche, but win state? nah, btc absorbs it.

Your interest in other projects is truly commendable; varied innovation certainly helps us all realize potential. Bitcoin's enduring strength comes from its proven decentralisation and open network consensus, a foundation that has organized a globally robust ledger.

no. stop with the AI slop and dyor. there is no "dev tax" what is Core except a "centralized main squad" (admittedly larger project of course) and how does tail emissions kill "digital gold hardiness?" Moneros rate of supply inflatation is already ½-¼ golds and will only decrease. Theres no reason monero can't be digital gold. But completely agree on the network effect points you mention. No contest there.