>" I would prefer a private coin that is two ways pegged to Bitcoin than Monero"
Putting aside the merchant adoption stuff, I think if it was basically indistinguishable from Monero, a lot of Monero users would also prefer this (because many are also Bitcoiners). Unfortunately it doesn't exist right now and there seems to be little consensus on the idea of something like drivechains.
Something will give sooner or later. The status quo is not sustainable and Lightning is increasingly disappointing everyone, so unless Bitcoiners will turn custodial shills, they will have to give something.
Offtopic, just realized are you Pubky dev? That's badass been waiting for it to go public and give it a spin 🏄♂️
Any rough ETA?
I am the maintainer of pkarr.org, and I designed and implemented most of pubky core (the protocol that the app is built on).
I no longer work at Synonym, so I don't have privileged insight on when they will allow users to try the beta.
If anyone can answer you it would be nostr:nprofile1qqsgeksa4tajm7x673gq2v7t56dkgkh6pjhhzdhrgxlpke4za8jmmkqpz9mhxue69uhkummnw3e82efwvdhk6qgjwaehxw309ac82unsd3jhqct89ejhxjylycj
