I think I’ve read most of the arguments about this topic by now (never properly studied monero, and don’t plan to anytime soon). Was just surprised by my misunderstanding of the original statement.

Monero base layer mathematically more private, external considerations like size of network and number of users argue for BTC combined with privacy practices (coinjoins or lightning etc) could arguably make BTC more private in practice though.

And seems like you’re arguing here that the _effective_ size of network (aka anonset) is smaller than most admit.

About right? Hope that made sense.