> However, historically, Bitcoin had an inflationary bug, while Monero does not. Therefore, this argument is not particularly compelling.

An inflationary bug in bitcoin can be spotted. In Monero, it could go unnoticed.

> The Lightning Network was a crooked crutch in 2017, and it remains so to this day, as even the biggest hypocrites in the Bitcoin community have acknowledged. Well, I don't see any "mass adoption" as a currency.

I must confess that I'm not really fond of the lightning network. It has failed many times for me. Many "unroutable" payments. And to get the best experience possible, you basically need either a custodian or a very well connected node, which basically means the NSA nodes in Virginia.

I prefer to use Liquid, which is basically a half-custodian. I'm not very happy about it. But it works well, without fail (until it doesn't).

> This problem will be solved in the near future.

What direction is monero planning to go on the ASIC issue? Could you tell me more about that?