Quote from: st0at on January 29, 2016, 06:06:49 AM

Quote from: generalizethis on January 29, 2016, 05:53:54 AM

Quote from: st0at on January 29, 2016, 05:41:45 AM

Quote from: generalizethis on January 29, 2016, 05:25:10 AM

People who have nosy wives will figure out anonymity. Tongue

They already have. That is why they don't tell their wives their secret BTC address(es). It logically follows that the entities that have a sufficient economic incentive for block chain mixing will also inspect the technology with a fine tooth comb. Again I don't care, because I only care what speculators will throw their lunch money at.

And as soon as divorce attorneys realize that they can inspect the Bitcoin blockchain with technologies already at hand and make correlations to mistresses, prostitutes and camgirls, that dog and pony show of anonymity will be at an end. We both placed a bet on which way this will turn, so either we are both proved correct, wrong or one of us is on the wrong side of it. It's not a big deal--though given your stance, I wonder why you even follow this debate?

That is when they try using Cryptonote and it fails (even once per 1000 spends) due to their fumbling of meta data, so these mere mortals give up and pay in gold, gifts such as jewelry, or cash (if it is still available). Business can spawn which pretend to sell computer software but really ship jewelry. "Oh honey, that was some software for my business". Humans are very ingenuous and prefer to use methods they understand because they can't trust what they don't understand.

Or they learn how to handle their meta data and using decentralized exchanges to launder money in which case they do not need Cryptonote.

Or something more robust to meta data arrives.

And yeah I don't care in terms of my speculative investing here. I care if I am considering a long-term investment, and so far nothing qualifies per my analysis but to each his own.

You're missing that Monero is building not just a currency, but a one stop shop of privacy solutions. The tokenization of assets is just what forms the network, and the more private this is, the better. Layering Bitcoin with ad hoc solutions is inefficient and will offer subpar performance in both network and privacy. IE. Icing won't hide that the cake is dry and moldy.