isnt almost any update on monero a hardfork?
>Yes. Strong aversion to touching the monetary policy in the community though. Updates are mostly efficiency and privacy enhancing.
does monero have a scaling solution?
>Confirmations are only really a problem for in-person purchases or time-critical digital purchases. Doesn't make much difference for online purchases if you have to wait for a physical item to ship.
Two options currently:
(1) Wait 2 minutes, (2) Instant transactions already available: Some merchants already accept 0 conf in both bitcoin and monero. Just price in the risk.
...or wait for Monero second-layer solutions: https://www.getmonero.org/resources/roadmap/
when you buy your monero in a kyc setup or hold it on an exchange then its not useful.
>Agree. Not unique to Monero though. And if you withdraw the trail ends. With bitcoin you have to actively attain you privacy after withdrawing.
If you want more privacy on bitcoin just use liquid, lightning network, coinjoins or chaumian eCash
>Liquid and eCash: Custodial,
>Lightning: Centralizing and not final settlement (and mostly used custodially right now),
>Coinjoin: Can be good privacy if you know what you're doing, but even if done correctly it is still inferior to Monero in ease, quality, and comprehensiveness. Doesn't hide receiver or amounts, and ip isn't obfuscated.
