but tbh

nobody actually verifies the Bitcoin supply themselves.

they trust the code to do it for them.

yes Monero has additional complexity.

but it isn't really THAT different for the end user

and also, the Pedersen commitments that guarantee Monero supply are old and well-understood.

not really arguing, just a different perspective.

as people become more used to the idea of Bitcoin

they will become more comfortable trusting cryptographic primitives.

Bitcoiners now are just like precoiners from 2014,

willing to trust certain specific primitives they don't understand. but not others.