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Re:Comprehensive Analysis of De-Anonymization Attacks Agains... by im3w1l on Wednesday May 28, 2025 @01:05PM (#44118169)
One important factor is that Monero are printed at a constant rate, unlike BTC that are printed at an exponentially slowing rate.

A constant rate of printing means the supply is uncapped but the inflation rate will approach zero.

Monero's choice is arguably better for actual use as a currency, as the printing will prevent deflation from lost coins. But it makes it less attractive as an investment.

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Re:Comprehensive Analysis of De-Anonymization Attacks Agains... by wkat4242 on Thursday May 29, 2025 @06:08AM (#44124556)
> But it makes it less attractive as an investment.

For me that's a feature not a bug. The investor cryptobros have thoroughly killed the interest in BTC as a real payment method and made it just a vaporware pyramid scheme. They have accumulated a lot of influence.

Also they corrupted the whole idea behind bitcoin which was independence from the old centralised banking system where others control your money. To guarantee their investments they've rebuilt the whole old system in bitcoin with the exchanges and some regulators even demanding you use them to store your BTC.

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