Let's not forget that Monero has had to, supposedly, deal with exploits as well. It's not whether or not it CAN be hacked, but how fast those exploits can be fixed. https://www.bitsonline.com/monero-exploit-threatens-privacy/
IP data is not tx data--that's the difference between on-chain anonymity and bolting TOR onto a coin and calling it anonymous. On-chain is the more difficult of the two, and any user can do the second themselves. Of course you would have known that yourself if you has read the comments in that article or understood how Monero achieves privacy or had known that you can use TOR or I2p with Bitcoin and be more anonymous (more tx=more noise) than a coin like verge which bolted on TOR and called it a day. But thanks for proving you don't know what you are talking about.
At no point was it my intention to distinguish between the two. I'm not entirely sure why you are trying to stawman me into an argument. And no, I seldom read comments in articles. Reading comments on articles is a surefire way for me to lose faith that reasonable discourse still exists. If you somehow took the fact that I pointed out that Monero has had flaws in the past and was able to fix them as an affront to your character resulting in your defensiveness, I assure you it wasn't directed towards you. There's no reason to be zealous with me. I own and support Monero. I think it's a fine crypto. I just don't understand why so many supporters of Monero become insanely aggressive against other privacy coins as if Monero was the only coin able to attain a certain greatness.
I also don't mean this as an insult but your response read like the comic book guy from the Simpsons and I reread it in that voice and laughed a lot. Thanks for that.
I don't think you know what a strawman is. I merely pointed out how you were wrong and were helping to spread misinformation. Don't really care how you feel about it. Accept the criticism or don't.