I rest my case. You literally bought the top. Dec 21. Enjoying your 50% haircut so far since you joined Bitcoin?
https://mempool.space/block/00000000000000000001454242737a3e5fc6d7879d02e53d0d327e83484ec822
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You clearly have no interest in learning about all of the layer 2s that are working on privacy upgrades on Btc. I think that is much more of a gamble than assuming Monero will some how rise from the dead and outpace Bitcoin. Lightning is also already more private than layer 1, not to mention e-cash which is going to make monero completely useless. You have a lot to learn my friend.
Also don’t get me started on the GPU mining as a security model It is absolutely idiotic. Much easier to acquire a large amount of GPUs to overtake the network than acquiring 450 EH/s of ASIC hashing.
L2s have their own major trade offs. Will never be a complete substitute for Monero. Lets see we have Ecash(custodial, rehypothecateable) and Liquid(permissioned, only hides amounts) so far with all their other problems. Unless you like your privacy with a side of cuck, Monero will always be used. Monero is also not static and waiting for yall to catch up. It is constantly improving it's privacy.
Any minute now Bitcoin will have it's major privacy solution. Just wait a few more years bro it will be on Layer 4. ⏰
I pay you Btc that I acquired off exchange for a service. You buy groceries with the same UTXO, and then the grocery store uses that UTXO to buy more supplies. The suppliers then use that UTXO to buy more raw materials. Based just on addresses please enlighten me on how you would know owns the UTXO?
Ok, then why do you care about all these other privacy improvements if it doesn't matter? Why do you want privacy?
None of your excuses (right or wrong) stops the state or chain analyst companies from associating your transactions with others: https://www.torekeland.com/roman-sterlingov/
Also doesn't stop others from connecting the dots (correctly or incorrectly):
https://github.com/jlopp/physical-bitcoin-attacks/blob/master/README.md