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Monero's security model is reliant on the community trusting the devs who rotate the hash algorithm and use checkpoints because it doesn't have the security budget to remain censorship resistant or immutable if it comes under attack. This is a non starter against a state actor and defeats the entire purpose of proof of work.

There are many ways Bitcoin is vulnerable, but it's the only attempt being made at separation of state and money.
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Cyber Seagull 1y ago

So does Bitcoin. If Quantum Computing breaks SHA-256, Bitcoins security model relies on devs switching to a post quantum algo.

Maitenance hard/soft-forks are not a feature unique to Monero development. What is unique is its hyperfocus and singular mission towards default privacy. Bitcoin has inconsistent narratives, memes and aspirations (NgU, MoE, Sov, is it for privacy or not, is it compliant or libertarian) all well and good in terms of competition in pure market terms, but the history of large unfocused projects and nations is not favorable. Small, lean and focused teams can win against giants, especially during a crisis the elephant too entrenched to respond to.

But hey, who knows, maybe one more fucking addressing scheme is what Bitcoin needs.

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