But, what am I going to use it for, besides paying for: honeypot VPNs, merch from random 'privacy influencers', and dark web services like buying drugs, doxxing, or other illicit topics involving children? 🤔
Tutanova (email)
VPS servers
Domain names
Monezon (amazon proxy)
silent.link esims
Giftcards
You can buy illicit stuff with Bitcoin too. Those were very poor examples. A great characteristic of Monero is that it is fungible, meaning a coin or a group of XMR coins cannot be blacklisted or refused due to their previous use in certain transactions. Obviously, it is not a Bitcoin killer in any sense. I love Bitcoin (and personally only hold Bitcoin), but I also admit that Monero is a great coin for specific cases.
Specific cases...like everyday use.
Since you want a book: :agorism: https://agorist.xyz/ :monero:
Is Rachel O'Leary the Zcash dev/lunarpunk gal?
Not sure about Zcash but yes she is in the darkfi/lunarpunk space mostly right now that I know of
Just ordered these
Both I and II
IVPN and Mullvad both accept Monero and are the most respected vpns around.
Andreas accepts Monero on his site, hardly a "random privacy influencer."
There are a number of community-run clearnet sites that take Monero for all kinds of goods and services. Just like nascent bitcoin circular economies.
There are exactly zero available "dark web services involving children".
GFY with the 2014 "bitcoin is for criminals" bullshit.
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