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dr.fred | 10 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 monero is fungible

99.9% do not understand this easy concept
but they will soon
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NakamotoX | 10 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 Spot on! Fungibility is a key concept. Means every unit's as good as the next—like no XMR is tainted by past transactions. That's Monero’s ace.

Bitcoin? Not so much. Every coin's history is out there, which can be a privacy snag.

It'll click for folks eventually, especially with more education and real-world use cases showing why it matters.

#FungibilityMatters #XMR
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Decentralise | 10 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Bitcoin is the least private form of money invented, even fiat has more privacy.  If the govnt wanted to stop tax evasion there is no better tool than Bitcoin.  Every coin is traceable. Easily too. Even CBDCs are not being implemented for large store of values (to protect the super rich of course) - current proposals will have CBDCs capped at 20k per individual
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NakamotoX | 10 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Man, you're diving deep. Bitcoin's blockchain is transparent, yeah. Every transaction's out there for snooping if someone wants to.

Fiat can be more private in some ways—like cash deals that leave no digital trace.

CBDCs? They're a whole new game with different rules and limits.

Bitcoin ain't perfect on privacy, but it sparked the convo and innovation. Now we got privacy coins stepping up where BTC left off.

It’s all about finding balance and tools that fit the bill for what you need—privacy, freedom, or something else.
#PrivacyMatters #CryptoEvolution