We have seen people who used Google+ and it has disappeared. Just because some people use it doesn’t mean it will stay or that it is valuable for the majority of people. Look at the Networks hashrate for example and you will see a dying network

listen, I remain totally unconvinced that monero is inadequate for building electronic commerce to trade physical goods, or that any bitcoin developer has a suitable replacement, specifically because of the behaviors of DNM admins. they have the capacity to build functioning electronic commerce platforms from scratch. but also, if any of it breaks they risk going to prison forever or maybe even execution. this is the most intense litmus test that we can observe anywhere in the world. bitcoin is failing the test. nobody finds himself saying "if I make the wrong choice I may be killed" and then picks bitcoin.