Monero's FUD was refuted. The privacy attack was patched and it's solid now.

It was not to do with privacy, it is to do with scaling issues that may arise if it gains more traction and wide acceptance.

Do scaling issues really matter?! Bitcoin hasn't dealt with its scaling issues, and Monero is an extremely far way away from it in needing to deal with issues of scale.

Many of Bitcoin's scaling innovations could be applied to Monero as well.

I'm also very interested in hearing the answer to this.

The only reason misinformation can thrive in the first place is because people choose to believe what other people say, rather than slowly, but steadily, acquiring the relevant knowledge, until they can judge by themselves.

If people either a) didn’t show interest in something they don’t understand, or b) acquired the necessary level of knowledge to judge — by themselves — the validity of some concept, misinformation would be unable to survive.

Listen to the ones the market listens to.

For crypto currencies is not necessarily people with deep technical insight nor is it established economists.

> Listen to the ones the market listens to.

This is exactly the sort of anti-advice that brings suckers into a pyramid scheme.

> For crypto currencies is not necessarily people with deep technical insight nor is it established economists.

Sure, stir up hatred and jealousy of "experts" and "the establishment" to bring in more suckers, right?

GTFO shill.

This is a weird rule of thumb but I don’t trust anyone or any team in the cryptocurrency space who doesn’t have a technical background from a top university. When the noise is high, I need a better signal.

It helps if they control a private key to a wallet very early in the blockchain.