Monero was (and still sort of is) my favourite altcoin of all time. Comparing to other speculative coins with nearly absurd claims, monero is doing what it suggests: allowing you to do transactions meanwhile staying anonymous. People still can't realize how important anonymity is to avoid ridiculous wealth taxes forced down in their throats. Anonymity was my favourite thing when I first learned about crypto but people just don't mind it all now, joining markets that forces you to do KYC.
In my personal opinion there is a legitimate use case for both, leaving it up to you if you want and/or need to be transparent or not.
Let´s make a use case for transparency: If for a example a NGO needs funding, why should that not be transparent? Or funding of a political party or a fundraiser for a start up or what so ever.
For anonymitiy: If my employer pays me, nobody needs to know how much i earn, the taxes are still, either directly or indirectly, paid by the employer, and besides that, it is in the papers of my employer. Needless to say, that my purchase i do is nobodys business as well. For objects as real estates i can do that also, hence the value and paid price is also in the papers.
I think, this is a never ending discussion, hence a gun per sé is not dangerous, the finger on the trigger and the mindset of that finger is important. I also think there are two core ideas for crypto
1. Speculation object (as reals estate, Rolex clocks, E-Typer Jaguar) were nobody cares of the idea and the true value of the speculation object
2. Idealistic use cas
(more bad signs from me enjoy your road to 0)
