Instead pointing out that Monero will "just be like Bitcoin" and somehow I doubt that will be enough for the holy grail (it isn't "golden" you infidel Tongue) of crypto, the "mass adoption". If we are honest with ourselfes, goals, targets than it isn't merely about value, it is all about adoption.
We never said it will just be like Bitcoin.
I think we already stated multiple times that anonymity won't be the only point of Monero, but its a must have.
Mining decentralisation is one of the things that will be worked on for sure.
If you're a darknet operator, this isn't a dick measuring contest, it's the difference between jail time and freedom. It'd be nice to hear from non-investors on the matter and have a legitimate discussion on which coin(s) is anonymous and which one(s) is just claiming to be anonymous--neutral territory, of course.
If you want opinions from neutral people who have no hedge in monero, maybe read the post from gmaxwell (nullc):
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7765455Or Andytoshis post on stackexchange:
http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/29471/is-there-any-true-anonymous-cryptocurrenciesWhy hasn't this been answered?
First of, I am a Monero core developper. I'll try to remain as factual and objective as possible, though.
Now, for the simple answer: use Monero
And for the longer answer: read Andrew Poelstra's very informative reply.
I would also add the following:
Zero-Knowledge Proof has several of fundamental issues that may not even be fixable (from the less critical to the most critical): trusted accumulator, lack of academic research, obscuring the whole economy means that it is impossible to notice a bug until the economy had already been badly damaged. See our comparison on Monero ANN.
The CryptoNote technology is sound, but most actual implementation of it are not -- Boolberry and particularly Monero being the only ones worth considering, on the grounds of market confidence, activity and volume.
Monero also works with the i2p initiative to obsfuscate IP (the only thing left visible once CryptoNote is in action).
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Since the fraud revelation linked in this post, the CryptoNote.org whitepaper has 404'd (part of the fraud was that this document was digitally signed with an obviously-wrong-by-multiple-years timestamp, so I guess that's why..). Do you or anyone have a link to a citable document describing their ring signature scheme? – Andrew Poelstra Aug 25 at 15:27
http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/29471/is-there-any-true-anonymous-cryptocurrencies