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 Monero’s value is in real world cash peer-to-peer.
Bitcoin’s market cap rises on SPECULATION.  I’m disputing that it’s actually being used for real world transactions.  Even on Nostr, we’re using custodial accounts, which is really like a fractional reserve bank account but for bitcoin.

And Ethereum is developers and venture capitalists, it’s not real world shit.  Nobody is buying toilet paper at the local store for Eth layer 2.

Compare that to VPNs or privacy services.   The overwhelming bulk of all transactions at Simplified Privacy are Monero.