Regardless, many here are basing their hopes on XMR replicating the performance of BTC in its early years.
One cannot just expect the future to be like the past, based on a statistical sample size of just 1.
BTC may very well be a one-off phenomenon, never to be repeated again.
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The fact that neither Monero or Darkcoin seems to be catching on with dark markets makes me feel like BTC is a one-off black swan, never to be replicated in upward momentum again. But, it's possible Monero can't gain any retail use solely due to lack of wallet, so I guess we'll see after that happens.
using Monero in dark markets.... with xmr.to, there's no way to tell.