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Depends on the alt, I did pretty good on XMR tbf
Now if you want to mention other alts, lots have done meh in my portfolio, but some others did alright too (based on buying them cheaper than their current price ofc)

I trade XMR daily.  Usually transfer it through a chain of wallets.

I know a good friend who only buys XMR and Silver.

I'd say mainly swaps from BTC, ETH and stablecoinds back and forth to XMR

BTC, ETH, XMR, SOL, ETC, Kaspa maybe TON, but be careful

Well said.
I see these technologies as part of a species that is developing alongside humans, and it's interesting and cool that they are needing more space as they grow. Much like a person. XMR is much better poised to address these needs than Bitcoin, it's a parent that better listens to their child.

How so? 6 Million Txs a day sounds reasonable and if we want to be honest do you think XMR will have more traffic than Ethereum with all the swaps and defi traffic? Lets root in reality

No, ring signatures are not being “deprecated” immediately, but the Full‑Chain Membership Proofs (FCMP / FCMP++) proposal does aim to replace the current ring-signature model of Monero (XMR) if and when it’s fully deployed.

BTC+ETH!
Maybe SOL, XMR, BCH and a handful of others too.
Most others are speculative and might have moonshot potential, but there is a good chance they also go to zero.

Mandatory privacy seems to be doing alright in XMR (market wise).
While imaginaryusername's argument does have merit (and we can see it in the delisting of Monero by "compliant" companies), it seems rather premature to call it a failure.
It's at least something that the market seems to still support, perhaps even more as privacy is attacked on all fronts.

Mandatory privacy seems to be doing alright in XMR (market wise).
While IM's argument does have merit (and we can see it in the delisting of Monero by "compliant" companies), it seems rather premature to call it a failure.
It's at least something that the market seems to still support, perhaps even more as privacy is attacked on all fronts.

I accepted BTC on webstores for over well over half a decade.. before it was intentionally crippled.
I don't agree with you or any others like you, about anything here.
LTC/BCH/XMR are the only real options right now, nobody uses XLM (I have no idea even what it is).

XMR did alright for me. Not amazing, not god-like, not kool-aid smashing through the wall yelling "oh yeah!" great, but it did alright

You’re totally right that no government is ever going to like the idea of a private, uncensorable currency becoming a major payment rail but that’s not really what I’m aiming for here. I’m not talking about “official” adoption where AFIP blesses Monero; I’m talking about real adoption in the same parallel system that already exists today.
Argentina already runs on layers w/ ARS for taxes, utilities, permits, fines, etc., and then a huge informal layer of USD cash and USDT for actual savings and larger payments by some estimates Argentines hold over $70B in USD outside the banking system, plus massive flows in USDT. Monero would just live alongside the coin people use when they care about privacy, not something the government will ever promote. In that sense, Monero being a “black market coin” isn’t a bug, it’s just the digital continuation of what cash and offshore dollars already are.
The real question I’m trying to explore is: given that the state will never approve of this, how do we still make XMR usable and intuitive enough via local OTC, simple XMR↔USDT flows, community rails, etc. that normal people can realistically use it next to ARS, USD, and USDT in their day-to-day lives?