Monero is almost FUBAR unless it changes direction.
1) Scaling / bloat = DOA. There is desperate need for a scaling solution and this is not on the horizon.
2) Community is shooting itself in the foot all the time, engaging with other alts
3) Devs gloat about development when ...well.... GUI
4) Actual development for transitioning the coin from a proof-of-concept to a viable coin is lacking
5) Due to 1 & 4, it is thought that if we attack the market leader perhaps we stand a better chance. Well, spending 24/7/365 on the Dash thread, trolling, won't fix Monero's issues.
DASH, on the other hand, is losing focus on the core industry of privacy (masternode blinding, ip obfuscation), wanting to extend beyond that, to instant transactions (ok, it may have broader appeal compared to anonymity, and it may well be that it's a killer app if Bitcoin's zero-conf are killed, but still), decentralized government and stuff and its roadmap to scaling will probably take quite some time. Yet it's better than having no map at all, or expecting BTC to solve the issue for you.
The market positioning of DASH and the consolidation as undisputed #1 in the market, as good as it may be for the investors of DASH, is not good for the anonymity development of DASH. If Monero, Bytecoin etc didn't suck so bad (difficult to use, incompatible with BTC, bloated to proof-of-concept levels, stealthmined, cripplemined etc), DASH would be pressed to improve its own core business as well. Users would actually have better anonymity systems to use due to the competition, so to speak. Now it's just "trolling wars" = bullshit.
1) Scaling / bloat = DOA. There is desperate need for a scaling solution and this is not on the horizon.
2) Community is shooting itself in the foot all the time, engaging with other alts
3) Devs gloat about development when ...well.... GUI
4) Actual development for transitioning the coin from a proof-of-concept to a viable coin is lacking
5) Due to 1 & 4, it is thought that if we attack the market leader perhaps we stand a better chance. Well, spending 24/7/365 on the Dash thread, trolling, won't fix Monero's issues.
DASH, on the other hand, is losing focus on the core industry of privacy (masternode blinding, ip obfuscation), wanting to extend beyond that, to instant transactions (ok, it may have broader appeal compared to anonymity, and it may well be that it's a killer app if Bitcoin's zero-conf are killed, but still), decentralized government and stuff and its roadmap to scaling will probably take quite some time. Yet it's better than having no map at all, or expecting BTC to solve the issue for you.
The market positioning of DASH and the consolidation as undisputed #1 in the market, as good as it may be for the investors of DASH, is not good for the anonymity development of DASH. If Monero, Bytecoin etc didn't suck so bad (difficult to use, incompatible with BTC, bloated to proof-of-concept levels, stealthmined, cripplemined etc), DASH would be pressed to improve its own core business as well. Users would actually have better anonymity systems to use due to the competition, so to speak. Now it's just "trolling wars" = bullshit.
1. pruning
2. No. Just because I out shady scummy truths about coins/businesses doesn't make MONERO look bad.
3. GUI != development exclusively. As a "programmer" you should know this. ANSWER: Use MYMONERO or 3rd party guis that exist if a GUI is such a big deal for you.
4. How so is it not in a proof-of-concept in monero's current form besides "the gui"?
5. Trolling is not the same as calling out bullshit when bullshit rears its ugly head. Speak for yourself and the dash-scam-defenders resorting to childish behavior and underhanded tactics of lying, twisting the truth, being hypocritical, and makin veiled threats towards people who oppose what DASH is and was created on and around (instamine, lies, Evan et).
Not to mention when Evan and Minotaur and other dash-scam defenders run away when the truth comes out and they don't want to address what is being discussed about their shady actions.
