Unverifiable supply is a point which often comes up. Personally, if an asset is < $ trilly in total value it’s not worth too much attention.
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I never did it myself and don't know how to, but the monero folks saying it's verifiable.
By running a Monero node and typing in a command just like any Bitcoiner would do
A hidden inflation bug is potentially harder to suss out on Monero. But it gains the advantage of privacy and fungibility. I guess it depends what you think is more important for digital cash (nothing stops us from using both for different situations).
Technically it is true it is not verifiable in a simple manner, but in practice there is no difference in my opinion. Virtually no Bitcoiner manually makes sure every single input/output on-chain of literally over a billion+ transactions cancel out (and indefinitely every ten minutes on top of that).
They just run a node (if even that)
One you can't verify in a simple way (relies on cryptographic assumptions and correct implementation)
The other you can, but in practice almost no one does
An advantage one never takes advantage of doesn't seem like much of an advantage, but thats just me I guess
Do you know if it can be done on a start9 running monero?
I don't have much familiarity with start9 so don't take my word for it but I'm 99% sure you can
The supply is verifiable cryptocraphically.