That's fair. But 1. A lot of progress has been made in that 7 years. 2. It seems to me as a noob (and I'm trying to discover the truth) that LN and ecash are making Monero irrelevant for most people.
I'm not being convinced on why I need to run an entirely separate thing with it's own tradeoffs and UX issues when Bitcoin has so much more going for it on the use and adoption front.
I don't store my wealth on Monero at this point. I have cooler product options for Bitcoin.
I just don't see it winning this race, so for me, it makes more sense to get those benefits in a Bitcoin compatible way. That's just how I see this ending.
I have nothing but love for the Monero philosophy. Its community members have always treated me well. I ran Monero before Bitcoin. But I left it. I don't run it anymore and using it was more cumbersome and seemingly pointless given adoption. That's just my intermediate noob perspective.
Matt
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2025-05-24 17:46:21
in reply to nevent1q…xmg7
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