We're at $2.46 ... can we please not talk about $1000?
The most likely scenario is that XMR will fail.
How?
It looks to me like there will be a replacement as the development progress has slowed to a crawl. Not to mention Diffie-Hellman elliptic Curve25519 is considered not safe.
I no longer trust the constants. I believe the NSA has manipulated them through their relationships with industry
Bruce Schneier
Should I continue?