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Quote from: generalizethis on July 20, 2015, 12:51:52 AM

I want to pay a hooker without my wife knowing.

Do I read a mantra on what money should be written by a pseudoeconomist and buy a coin with same the anonymity level as bitcoin?

Or do I use the coin that's agreed upon to have the best anonymity?

How will I ever decide? Roll Eyes

I think for you, you should definitely be a Lemming

Follow what you're told. It's the best policy, just ask Ross Ulbricht,

You're the one following the master to his node and paying him for the risk to your privacy. And you probably have spent so much time in that cult that you believe people accidentally instamine coins, but don't have the heart to fair launch. OOOPSY Roll Eyes

I completely and thoroughly understand DASH. I understand completely how and how well it protects my privacy. This is why I'm inclined not to trust other solutions, because I don't trust them. Aside from that, if cryptonote were to actually prove to me that it can not be manipulated, I still wouldn't be inclined to back it because it has a major issue in blockchain size. Dash is 50% older than Monero, yet has 25% the blockchain size. Can the chain be trimmed and still be solid? Can this be done with a completely hidden chain such as cryptonote's, which I already don't trust? It's going to be hard to convince me. But I will keep an open mind and continue to try to see my way through this

otoh is by far the biggest DASH holder. Nobody out there touches him. And he bought them all, so I think the dam braking in the begining, and it's subsequent sell off (because it was just another silly alt coin for all anyone knew back then) means absolutely nothing to anyone who is serious about the technology. So it's your loss.

I'm not trying to convince you of anything; you're obviously a hardened loyalist who is trying to spin a Bitcoin Dev's analysis of their investment into a hand-waving distraction, "But over here..."

Masternodes are a human controlled point of failure that has never nor ever will be incorporated into a serious cryptosystem. These systems are fragile enough without excessive parts that serve no real purpose other than to funnel money into the greedy hands of early adopters.

Snake oil.

I'm sorry, but I have read what Peter Todd said, and he has no idea what he is talking about. Comparing instant X to green addresses or DarkSend to CoinJoin is like comparing boiled wheat to a German Chocolate cake. He acts as if none of the issues in those first thought experiments were resolved. I agree, I'm a fan of DASH and of Evan Duffield, because he really thinks outside of the box, has come up with super eloquent solutions to resolve those issues, keeping everything simple and verifiable. That takes genius. Complicating things to the point where you lose all the beauty of why Bitcoin works is simply death.