to the edited version of your question:

> What are advantages of doing all those steps using Monero instead Fiat? I understand that you can hide your trances but if you buy legits things, who cares?

I had a balance of Monero. It was convenient. Online payments are a lot easier when you don't have to fill in a bunch of information, what "steps" were you imagining? I didn't have to go get Monero, I had already accumulated it. Just like the Miners in the article have already accumulated it, just like anybody earning for Monero by providing a service had already accumulated it.

in any case, compared to attempting to pay with fiat, a crypto payment form typically lacks:

- First Name,

- Last name,

- Company Name,

- Street Address,

- City,

- State,

- Postal Code

- [] Is Billing Address the Same or Different.

- Card Number

- Security Code

- Expiration Date

Similar to how convenient Apple Pay is this decade. Crypto users had that last decade, Monero users had that and less leaking of their finances.

Aside from the pared-down user experience, I also like that the merchant isn't storing all that personal information just to process a transaction, but thats just icing on the cake, not really a motivating factor.

> last decade

Two decades ago actually, Bitcoin launched in 2009.

> what are legit things you bought with Monero

its been 8 years now, I guess off the top of my head:

groceries, domain names, registered agent services, compute instances, graphic design, press releases

Any reading you could recommend on Monero? Beyond wiki, subreddit, etc. Looking for more of an economics angle than cryptography angle, without generic crypto hype.

I have no insightful information to give you with regards to Monero, but to me what you're looking for is a good fit for Marginalia's text-centric search engine [0]. I get interesting results when I'm looking for authentic and elaborate opinions on given subjects outside the beaten path, which seems to be your goal. And especially useful when trying to flee the cesspool of results Google gives you when looking for topics with heavily financial undertones - good effing luck getting to a genuine article speaking of cryptocurrencies, stocks or any topic with financial incentives.

0: search.marginalia.nu

Thanks, this surfaced several interesting looking results. I'll try using it more often.

These lectures by Daniel Kim should be up your alley:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wq6w03E2DS4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REC5V7d3pqM

Thanks, saved both of those.

Not sure, one key aspect of the economics side in that community is “tail emission”

So looking up

Monero tail emission

might help, but I don't think there is more formal literate that just focuses on that, maybe some enthusiasts in university have something on SSRN