"Because privacy" is the new "it's for the children".
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We didn't get into Bitcoin for privacy.
WE GOT INTO BITCOIN, TO BE OUR OWN DAMN BANK.
Banks need privacy to have security.
Bitcoin is security through transparency and possession. It is more important to hold your own keys and have a public ledger, than to hide your address.
People could have gotten into Bitcoin for different thinks, most silk road bitcoiners did get in for privacy.
I think we all saw how that ended.
monero is for privacy