monero is based off cryptonote, a totally different protocol than bitcoin. it does stuff that bitcoin will never be able to do so it acts a good hedge.
last year monero was the first altcoin accepted on dnm
Carter Young
Bad coins do well in a down market :^)
Samuel Reyes
>implying literally every coin other than Monero is bad
Xavier Evans
The threat of increased regulations has everyone cashing out into Monero.
Michael Gonzalez
If the powers and be turned around and decided to completely assfuck crypto to the best of their ability, Monero would survive.
It is the ultimate hedge against instability.
And honestly, when you think of what Bitcoin was at the start (fringe, anonymous, anti-establishment, FUDded for facilitating crime when really it was just a middle finger to the powers that be) that's what Monero is now.
Monero is Bitcoin. Finkle is Einhorn.
Gavin Peterson
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Christopher Gomez
Monero appeals to those of wealth as it keeps your ledger private. Think about that for a crypto second.
Ian Bennett
Monero is somewhat of a safe haven during a market crash as it doesn't drop as bad as others.
Jace Thomas
its an all or nothing coin.
As long as it is safe, everyone will use it more and more, increasing value. When/if breached it will dump to negative satoshi.
Also possible that it flips to a competitor like ZCash when/if Monero gets FBI fud.
>Monero lacks an encrypted memo field. (Monero has encrypted payment IDs but these aren't quite long enough to hold an e-mail.) >Would require multiple communications >Monero devs will fix