My statement being irrelevant is not the point. The market has made its decision, just check the XMR/BTC graph. Every year that passes, #monero loses, not only to #bitcoin but to other shitcoins aswell.

Not hating on you, in fact, what hurts me the most is that the Monero community, unlike other shitcoiners, comprises of smart individuals who value #privacy and #freedom. Unfortunately, many become blinded and turn into maxis, constantly hating on #btc and refusing to acknowledge that #xmr is merely a privacy tool, a pseudo-L2 for Bitcoin and nothing else. It's a hot potato, where users constantly atomic swap to and from Bitcoin. No one wants to hold it medium-term, let alone long-term. And no one accepts it as a currency besides few privacy services. It has failed both as a store-of-value and as a currency.

It's actually easy to catch Monero maxis here on #nostr, they don't even bother setting up a Lightning address to receive zaps. They also think Monero will catch up to Bitcoin in the future, it won't. There is no second best. You can Bitcoin, or you can lose (with Monero), but at least you lose privately.

On-chain mixing, #lightning, #liquid, and eCash offer enough privacy for the majority of people. Unless you are into shady darknet markets, there's no need for Monero.

This is probably my last time answering about Monero-related topics. Bees don't waste their time explaining to flies that honey is better than shit. Best of luck to all Monero holders, I hope they can weather the storm ahead and jump ship before it's too late.