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A comment on Ask HN: Why are privacy coins like Monero not seeing wide adoption?.

Re:Ask HN: Why are privacy coins like Monero not seeing wide... by wmf on Tuesday July 26, 2022 @12:13PM (#32240215)
Digital cash needs several features to even start getting adoption:

Stable value

Fast finality, low fees, high throughput

Privacy/anonymity/fungibility

Usability

No cryptocurrencies meet these requirements so far.

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Re:Ask HN: Why are privacy coins like Monero not seeing wide... by criddell on Tuesday July 26, 2022 @12:30PM (#32240452)
They have to do all of that and do it better than physical currency. I can hand you an envelope with $10 in it and I don't have to record it in a centralized ledger that everybody can see. I'm waiting for a cryptocurrency that is decentralized to that extent.
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