LukeJr is what I would like to call an intelligent fool. Right now, the bitcoin ecosystem is locked with political strife amongst the core developers, miners, et al. ANY cryptocurrency can do what Monero does, but this requires consensus amongst developers, miners, etc. Getting consensus amongst all the miners to change the bitcoin software is much easier said than done. We are already seeing a schism between the core developers... It will be interesting to see how it plays out.
Monero has anonymity, privacy, etc. right at the node which is how it should be. All of the key aspects of a cryptocurrency that users want should be functional at the node and nowhere else.
I can only hope that the miners, users, and developers with regard to Monero will welcome software changes. This will make Monero very powerful in the long run.
The beauty of cryptocurrencies is that they are programmable money...which bitcoin seems to be lacking. I believe it may be its downfall, or at the very least, it will lose its kingly status. (which we have already seen the last few years in the growing popularity of other cryptocurrencies.)
