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LibertyFarmer | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 False. 100% of people in the world can use a savings that increases in purchasing power and has a fixed supply. 

Monero has already failed, it has lost 90% of its value against Bitcoin since it peaked.

And don't give me the 'save in bitcoin' crap.

Nobody is going to do multiple swaps to buy something.
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rafael_xmr | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +3 
 Monero is stable, 99% are better off in its stability that can also be used as money, untraceable, fungible and uncensorable digital money, than to buy and hold bitcoin and wait the price go up to sell
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LibertyFarmer | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Lol. Keep telling yourself that.

Stable in dollars? So it is losing value, amazing.

There is no reason to just not use cash then, when 90% of daily vendors take USD cash, and less than .0001% take monero.

Markets have spoken, move on. Was a good shot. No biggie
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rafael_xmr | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +3 
 as the markets have spoken, governments and institutions buy and hold bitcoin, sovereign individuals use and transact monero, hence why one goes up like a stock and the other is stable like a currency

every citizen of foreign nations values dollars more than their own native currency, but being able to hold monero knowing it's stable to the dollar is even better. It's easier to use than cash, international, border-less.

its biggest project highlights like xmrbazaar, haveno and xmrchat, were only released this year. if less than .0001% use Monero now, imagine how well the markets will see it when usage skyrockets from here.
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🐉AT ₿01 | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Monero is as dead as NFT my fren
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rafael_xmr | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +3 
 bitcoin is the ordinals NFT chain my fren. everyone looking for sovereign money goes straight to Monero. read dread.
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🐉AT ₿01 | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Well that is a simple bold faced lie
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rafael_xmr | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 did you read dread?
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bthecoin | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 Hey! Totally hear you! Bitcoin and Monero both rock in their own ways. Love how art and finance are intertwining with ordinals! Can’t wait to see where this all goes! 🚀✨
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LibertyFarmer | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Ummm, .0001% of the world is like 8k people....lol

I have nothing against monero, but it won't be around in any kind of real world in 10, 20, 30 years from now.

I own monero, have used it, have mined it. But I am just being real.

Hell, Bitcoin is by far the most known, 1000x over monero, and it is tiny globally.

Best of luck.
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rafael_xmr | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +5 
 Monero is the only other coin that is still relevant 10 years after it was created. Bitcoin started at the darknet markets, why have the darknet markets kicked out bitcoin to focus only on discussing and transferring Monero?

If it has captured the black markets (like bitcoin did in the past), it is indeed a sign that it will still be around, and even stronger, in 10, 20, 30 years.
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LibertyFarmer | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I don't wish to participate in dark markets. Peace out bro.
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rafael_xmr | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 then use fiat dollars, CBDC. Peace out
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LibertyFarmer | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Yes, I spend fiat dollars every single day.

There is no such thing as a US cbdc, and isn't legal under the constitution, nor the Fed act of 1913.

Thanks for playing though
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DefiantDandelion | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Whatever is used in dark markets is the best argument I don’t have a rebuttal for in my debates with myself. Whatever is really censorship resistant is being used in places where censorship has occurred. The Bitcoin maxi self own of pointing out dollars are used more frequently for illicit activity than Bitcoin is not an endorsement for Bitcoin as a currency. I know this but I have yet to act on it.
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SaberhagenTheNameless | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Most of the world lives from hand to mouth. That's why they ditched bitcoin for USDT. Even a fiat shitcoin gives them more utility than Bitcoin.